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To Our Friends Who Arg Employed in the Coal Mines · Strike when th '
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WG, the undersigned citizens of Bell county, business ‘ 6- _A W0Y`]d·Wld€ I'€V0llllQl0Il, overthrowing all mp.
l {mm, profpszsmnal mem men in audwalks Of life who am em.n_ I‘esentat1ve government and the establishment of a dic-
mg Our l1V1I1Q,' lny the sweat; of our brow, just as you are, t3·tO1`Sh1P of th? S0Vl€l3 P1`Ol€t31'l£llL, with 11eadquarLgy$ in Y
“'¤»¤l to ggét this message to you, at this time of great uu- Moscow. and with l>h€"R€d Flag, as the only flag. · · `
rest and duficulty m our community. HERE IS PROOF
_ We puclerstand that an O1‘g‘11lllZ?llZlOI1 known as the Na- William H- Grady. an American miiiihg €¤g'l11€€r who
tional Miners Umon is calling a strike of the coal miners in SDM two years in Rlmia in W6 *‘mDl0y of the Soviet nov.
» Ellie? section, to talre effect on January 1, 1932. The organi— Qmmeut as **1* €ng”****?"= Statfis Wall G1`€g‘01"y Zloviév   as
— gation lms leaders in every mining' community, doubtless try- m`€S*d€“l* .0f Phe C0mmUuist international Of ]2_,,§Sja ’S€m
{ug to influence you to walk out on January 1. These 0rgz1n· ih"' f°u°W,mg *¤Sti‘¤¢li0I1S fl lim Moscow to Communist Qgentq
· mers have come among you from distant points, some are m the United Stiilwyi - · it
direct from llussia., and can hardly speak Enagaisli. 'i`E..~y are . ‘“”`l ·‘T K7` ·i.   4 V ' . ·
telling your all sorts of things, proriieing you that your work- r ·¤2. __  ,.`  dl Executive Ccillmlttce
1I`l_.%COl"l?1t1¤` s-2 will be improved, if you walk only that you   ““{; Gillmi/"'·llSt Party 01 AKH€Y}C8 IIlllSt i
wi get llg`h€1`\VZ1,£§`€S• aunt you will be fed by tue Union when l1'(%C` itc ?}1t3‘lLllCl1l211' ° 1:
V you walk out, until you win the strike. i - greg., my   · _,l—·-alike Ofigbllbfoll t0· thc pro`- it
_ We do not know all that is being; told you, because these M A  lil. , c mln€rS.ln Alncr" "J
V organizers are working secretly, bot we know enough to feel 50a' gl ‘h`i*K S_ {nd Dropagandlsts must ‘
_ 3;1ag;'ui0Liu;§*e;vEifigcggldtngziggi gvhrclciaixge absolutely $*9 SEIU? to the 5U.)l{Q l'€g`lUITS. It is IIQCQS-  
· WE ARE YOUR NEIGHBOR}; ' · U SdI:y UU 3.l‘UllS€ Si)1’lklllg"C0&li IIIIHCDS to the > V ~ J
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_ First of all, we want you to_kn0w that we are your pmnt of armed insurrection-
_ friends and H€lg`lll)O1'S. Yoo ll2lV€_g1'OW1l up with us; you . · J THAT VERY THING IS BELNG DONE `
are one of us;_you are our neighbors; your children and our Mining ffifmds, that very thier: is now being done ip
. children are Side by side in our schools and our churches. BBN ¢0¤¤ty.‘ Tlisa call for the strike is exactly in lim yvit}{ .
\,Ve are all one and the same peopl?, of the same blood, in- 01‘d€1`S,f1‘0m MOSW, Russia, iust·z1s the above instructions V
· tercsted in the same things, striving for the same things,. 0L1i>liH€d.i IT IS NOT FQR, THE PURPOSE OF BETTER_ _
and worshipppmg the same God.   l , XNG YOUR CONDITION; YOU ARE BEING USED TO
. Your interests are our interests, and our interests are A FURTHER THIS COMMUNIST REVOLUTION AGAINST _ .
yourinterests. ` YOUR OWN COUNTRY. ‘ . . 1
- ; WE A$K YQU TO BELIEVE US _ A A J W6 appéal to you 2% patriotic American citizens to join
` Therefore, mining friends, we would never knowingly scheme of Russian Sovietism which is‘1·e2.ching right here
Atell you an untruth, do you any harm, say an unkind word into our midst, under the guiee of trying to help y0ur’w01·k—
. · about you, or give you adv1ce which is not for yourown good. ing conditions, and`known as the National Nixiers Union It
We beseech you to think quietly and carefully about the is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. . ` . `
activities of the National Miners Union, and learn if you W 3 al t— , · - , . _ . ·
can what it really is. We believe that if you knew its back- boys, tiatpaiis ¤(;O?,§;€I;1(»;tiiO‘ ile apmty- to this WO11d`w1d€ V
` __ J , ._ _ _ __ _ . . _ , e O1g3.Il1Z€d simply to wreck our
gwund, and what it wally stumds for, you would spew it out Country and yours to destroy your homes our ha .
_ of your mouth, as _some vile poison. ’ We therefore wish to your chumhés ,..;,,1. institutions which );O¥1 have pgfilvgig
SWB you the f0,ll0W1¤§;‘ facts: . - - loved, and foriwhich your ancestors and loved ones have
WHAT THE N. M. U. IS · fought ami died. T -
A 1. ` The National Miners Union is fostered by the " We appeal to you to believe us as your friends end neigh-
y Communist Party of America. ’· with us in driving this influence from our midst, to turn our ‘ A
· 2. The Communist Party of America is a branch l{21CliS UDOH ’cl1€S€ zlgitators who are representatives of a i
of the Communist Internatioiiaxl, with l1eaclqu2i1‘te1‘s" in T_0¥€1£'¤ 2.‘0V€‘”¤m€¤'¤. and to get together with your home
Ruggi3_ l V iriends, whom yOu_1mv<=l known always, in trying to work out .
_ J 3. Those organizers who are coming to Bell eounty H lJ€ll01` €0¤s··, wixk ‘¤ ‘.i`E£S§; €}{‘E¥€i.,.*g}QQl?,LL ARE `Y€}!_}B{ FR1?IT"i>°i .
#¤——···   ..¢ v iu¤=¢t,u1·w-goes for ·it< orders *t0“ tili? C0l`t1mU¤lSt Y’&\I'lJY` `''’ 4 " ``“` Yotr li1lOlV`. ive., ll1i0W`}l,..;1l; tlielicoai loperutoré, `exrgl  M  
of America, which is lieuclegi up by William Z. Foster, friends. They would give you more days to work hiigher A
and in turn, ALL THE l*l)L.lCi`ESAOl’ 'l`lll*} ORGAN'- wages, and better working conditions, if they' xvéro able.
ZATION ARE FORMED AND PILOMULGATED FROM 'ljiiey nzwe done it in the past; they would do sor now if 'Lhev ·= ·
· SOVIET IlEADQUAR'1`E`RS IN RUSSIA. were in zi pposition to do nn? more. What can theyldo? lf
A _ 4, _'\;Vl}en you become e member of the National you will stem; by your operators, they will stand by you ·
I Bling;-g Llmon you are l]lll)l'€fO1`€ i11<_i¤rcctly joining all and all of us will come outof these distressing conditions in
» organization which heuds up in Russia. much better circumstzuices than we will if we split up and ;
I WHAT COMMUNISM STANDS FOR A fight each other. - · · ` .
~ · Here is what-Communism stands for, which iS the f0S- ‘ V YOU H AVE REGHTS · e .
j _» umfather og the National Miners Union, as testified byi · In making this appeal to you_ we recognize that you
William Z, Foster himself_ on the stand in Congress lust year: have a, perfect right to strike in seeking a redress of your l _
— . 1. Hatred of God, and all forms of religious beliefs. WiTQ¤g§, OT in 9·t'¤€mrU¤8` to b€l3'¤€I‘ W01‘kiHg COHditi0ns_ but
A This would tear down every church in our land, and we believe that now is the most inopportune time that could
I ` would attempt; to drive belief in God from every man’s h?1}’€ ~€V€!‘ been Selected for 2. Sl_l'1l{€. The coal operators are _
h€3_rt_·. _ I __ doing everytliing humanly possible to keep their mines run-
2. Destruction of private property and inheritance. mhg _S0_ that Wu. 9811 2% employment. They have reached
This means that under Commumsmwyou can never Own the limit of what they can do. How under heaven cen you I
a bit of property, and cannot leave ·anythingn to your . ezrpect them to accede Ito the demands of the National Miners i
children. It will all be confiscated by the state. _ Umm ami keep $01112 - ‘ . .
3. Social and racial equality, and class hatred. Th1s New is the time when all of us as neighbors, and friends
. means that everybody ·is‘0n an equal basis, white, black, must stick together, keep our mines going, keep something
· red’- or yellow, free to mingle as an equal group, go to to eat for our fmmlies, and keep out the agitator that would
school together, absolute freedom of social intercourse; have brothcrfigiit brother in a revolution. It is not right, r ·.
4; Destruction of all forms of representative gov- friends, and :1 {strike now can do nothing but add to our mis-
ernment, and the rights 2md_libe1·tiee gnmrenteed by the ery and suffemng. ‘
· American constitution_ ma1·1·1ag·e as an institution, home . ` We beseech you to believe us as friends and neighbors.
V as an institution, free speech, free press. and freedom of Everyone of us below who has signed this communieeition to
‘ worship of God uCC01‘¤1*·’.r. "ullmg for this mid adding to our distress mm >=ui`i` —l·· ringr. ·
M. S. Hollingsworth, May ir ll.   Chappell, Editor A. BL. Terrell, eterchi Bros. ll
‘ City of l\’liddlcsl»oio · Three States ~ . L. M. Sturm, Merchant ~ ‘
D1-, J, H. Brooks, President EM" ‘ `~`»’a¤r¤:ri — Dr. J. R. '1‘ine.1ey, Physician
1{ivumis Limb _ 112lkS Club ` XV. B. Fuymte, Merclie~:¤’1 ‘
Dr. H, E. Motch, Presidwit " T. R· Williams, lVl1mLlgct‘ , W, H. Hom`, .R€.E·§*i\\.l1`3l1l}
KLA: ry Club » Cumberland Hotel A J. W. Smith. Attorney
H. C. Williams, President M. W. Guttery, i\1e1·chnnt James P. Edmonds, Phyeician
· Cliztmher 0l’C0mme1‘¢c ’ _ John W. Burnett, Plumber Gaius Whitfield, 13an‘;or _,
W. J. Collins, Adjutant . Theo C. Zimmerman, Drnrygist . ‘ I . Dr. T. D.`Vanl(irk, Veterinarian
American Legion , W. J. Callison, 1·‘ur11iturc . ‘ W. R. Hawkins, Autoist
Capt. J. W. Mock · ' Lon Yoakum Co., lhuggist, .. J. W. Brmlncr, School Superintendent
Salvation Army 'Dr. U. G. Brummett, Physician » `· Ben VanBeeer, Druggist ‘ ` `
J. C. Baurngxurduer, Chairman Claudius F. Smith, Minister H. E. Vcrran, Merchant . *
Salvation Army Advisory Board E. P. Nicholson, Sr. ‘ A G. H. Talbott. Mereiuuat
T. G. Anderson, President A. B._ Reeves, Minister ’ . Leg F. Campbell, Merchant
National Bzurk C. Y. Blukenmn, Auto Dealer Morris Wonder, Merchant
. W. V. '1`enncnt, Prcsidr nt G. W. Bailey, Banker F. R. Wlmlin. Lumber Deznlcr
C0n]n·;r>]·(·i;li Ywfluk & Tru}-gt C0, I)2IV€ l1£llTll)0l`t, Auto Dgulcf _ NR, M.   B7lT`!.i·(F}I`
George L, Tiller, President C. H. Townsend, Druggist ` "I`. H. Campbell, l\’[erchant
Midrllwlmro Welfare Assn. ll`. l". Hambright, Insurance __ ` _ E. P. Nicholson, Jr., Attorney
Robert L. Kincaid, Editor Cecil Owsley, Groc<-·· - _R. Enrnhart, M<·r~l¤:mt _
· Mioro Daily News W. D. Motch, Auto Dealer P, T, Lydick, lVIereh¤nt ' _