The Daily Worker Newspaper, January 29, 1927, Page 12

(Continued from page 8) from Alex Howat and the progres- sive miners! But although the Employers’ Asso-, ciation’ of Pittsburg did not inspire the raids they refuse to be pushed back of the scene even by John L. Lewis, They say that the raids were not timed .prop ry and that this left “open to arrest and identification every operative who had furnished the information on which the-raids were based,” This is a pleasant pickle. Some of the poor stools,in the radice ranks were picked up in the raids. But, as I recall they—whoever they were—were quickly released and the charges against them dropped. The Employers’ Association also tells us that it “drew the briefs and furnished practically all of the information on the Blankenstein case, which is being used as a precedent in this case. The Fmployers’ Association furnished all of the information .on svhich the search warrants were based in the recent raids.” Gold Star For Lewis. Well, let them have some of the credit, Let them share it with the officials of the United Mine Workers of America. Who would begrudge them this, several years after the event. Incidentally Blankenstein was a W. P. member who received a 2-year sentence for having some party litera- ture in his parlor. That’s all. The Flynn anti-sedition law is an effec- tive weapon against the thinking worker, The United Mine Workers’ officials knew this when they plotted these raids. One final word from the Employers’ Association statement: “The nature of the activities of the Workers’ Party down to its most minute detail has been known to the department of jus- tice from information furnished by the Employers’ Association and others. (italics ours.) These raids could have been made at any time for the WALL STREET’S EXECUTIVE PUPPET, past -year, However, no action ecoulé be gotten until the United Mine Workers brought their political pres- sure to bear to have this work done.” And, David Berry? God knows what has happened to him and his damage suit. Our last information was that he had been arrested in Washington, D. C., for issuing bad checks, He’s probably in an alcoholic ward somewhere, or shaking money cut of a boss, Wherever he is, he has our thanks for bringing that suit, It helped us to confirm a few sus- picions we had about those raids— and to learn more about Mr. Lewis and his gang.