The Negro Workers by EUGENE VICTOR DEBS _Address delivered Tuesday, October 30, 1923, at Commonwealth Casino, 135th Street and Madison Avenue, N. Y. C._ Price 10 cents Published by THE EMANCIPATION PUBLISHING COMPANY, New York City ADDRESS delivered by EUGENE VICTOR DEBS On TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1923 At COMMONWEALTH CASINO 135th Street and Madison Ave., New York City Under the Auspices of the 21st A. D. Socialist Party of New York _Chairman_ _Chairman, Committee of Arrangements_ FRANK R. CROSSWAITH G. OLLENDORFF _Preliminary Speakers_ JAMES ONEAL _Author “The Next Emancipation”_ A. PHILLIP RANDOLPH _Editor “The Messenger”_ LUCILLE RANDOLPH _Aldermanic Candidate 21st A. D._ HON. JUDGE JACOB PANKEN INTRODUCTION After the preliminary speeches by Comrades James Oneal, author of “The Next Emancipation”; A. Phillip Randolph, editor of “The Messenger,” and Mrs. Lucille Randolph, the chairman of the meeting, Frank R. Crosswaith, presented Mr. Debs with the following glowing remarks: “And now, comrades and friends, the moment that we have all so anxiously awaited is here. I know with what eagerness you yearn for the eloquent voice, the sweet and inspiring personality of this great man, and his great message. Here is a personality full of that precious tenderness so rare in the average individual, but so much in evidence with Eugene V. Debs. (Applause.) “Seven years ago I joined the Socialist Party, little did I dream then that I would be the recipient of such an enviable honor as this: the honor of presenting this great character to an audience even though it be in this segregated section of New York City. I stand before you, friends, and say, in all boldness, that I am indeed proud of this honor, and equally proud to be a Socialist hailing this modern crusader as my comrade.