The list of speakers who will appear at the Second United States Congress Against War and Fascism, which will convene here September 28, was announced today.
Included on the program are Harry Bridges, leader of the San Francisco general strike; Robert Morss Lovett, University of Chicago professor; Lincoln Steffens, publicist; Dr. Kurt Rosenfeld, former Prussian Minister of Justice, and “Mother” Ella Reeve Bloor, militant farm leader.
Young workers and students, organized as the Second United States Youth Congress Against War and Fascism, will parade to the Coliseum in a demonstration of welcome to the 3,500 delegates expected to attend.
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