The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 11, 1931, Page 3

ArLY WORKER, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1931_ Shanghai Workers and Students Storm SENTENCE JONES, Kuomintang Offices, Disarm Officers} KENTUCKY MINER, (OONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) Chi-isang, chief of police; dis- armed policemen and troops, smashed the Kuomintang party headquarters and interfered with railroad service... “Five thousand of the students, forming fifteen groups, overcame the armed guards of the municipal headqwarters building, Then, in complete control, they presented a series of demands to General Chang Chun, mayor of the Chinese ity section of Shanghai. Koumintang Official Flees to Imporialists ‘ene workers and sfudenis hinted throughout the Chinese city for Pao Teli-chuang, a leader of the Kuo- Mifitang party, but “in anticipation ef thé students’ wrath, Mr. Pao has gone into hiding.” Like other be- thayers of the Chinese masses, Pao has sought refuge in the foreign im< perialiet concessions. hiv feporting thé destruction of the Kuomintang headquarters, the Times dispatch says: “At 7:30 tonight about 700 sta- dents from Futan University stormed the Kuomintang head~ duarters building and after gaining entrance they smashed farniture and windows and tore down pic- tares of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, called the father of republican China.” ‘The Tithes dispatch admits that the demonstrations are continuing in Shanghai, and that similar anti- Nanking, anti-imperialist demonstra- tions are taking place in Nanking it- self, where, it says, “the foreign of- fice has been deserted for the last three days. Roving bands of stu- dents yesterday caught the guards unawares and stoned the building, breaking windows. “Most of the business of the gov- erfiment is being conducted in se~- cluded parts of the city.” Nanking, Canton, Uniting Against Masses, Under the pressure of United States and Japanese imperialists, the Nat- king and Canton wings of the Kuo- mintang are making another attempt to subordinate their differences (which are mainly a reflection of the conflict. of interests between Amer- ican, Japanese and British imperial- isms) to the major task of uniting for the fight on the Chinese Revolu- tion and the Chinese Soviets and Red Army. Dr. C. C. Wu, Bugene Chen, Dr. Sun Fo and Li Wen-fah have ‘eft for Shanghai to resume negotiations with the Nanking lead- ers. A British inspired dispatch from Hongkong to the New York Times states that ‘anton opinion, how- ever, is pessimistic about the out- come because of the persistence of intrigues among cliques.” Teague Legalizes Seigure of Manchuria, With the secret participation of the United States, the League of Nations Council yesterday “legalized” the Japanese seizure of Manchuria. A ‘Tokio dispatch to the New York Woftld-Telegram is significantly headed “Council Appeases Japan by Deleting Objectionable Features of Pian.” The League Council's Reso- lution, in its final draft, sets no date for the withdrawal of Japanese troops ftom Manchuria. It denies that fhe Japanese seizure of Man- churia is war, declaring: “, , . the Council decides to ap- point a commission of five mem- bers to study on the spot and to report to the Council any circum~ stances which, affecting interna- tional relations, threatens to dis- turb peace between China and Japan or the good understanding between them on which peace de- pends.” Of the pretext that the Chinese militarist Genefal Ma Chen-shan is Menacing Japanese “interésts” in Northern Manchuria, Japanese rein- forcernents are being rushed to Tsit- sihar and plans are announced for the seizure of the city of Hailur. In the meantime, completely ex- posing the Japanese lies of Soviet aid to General Ma, a dispatch from Muk~ den admits that General Ma Chen- shan is a Japanese agent, This has been pointed out from the very first by the Daily Worker. The Mukdex dispatch pretends a recent agreement between General Ma and his Japa~ nese masters, ignoring the admissions of the capitalist news agencies 2 few weeks ago that Ma was getting his arms from the Japanese. The dis- patch says: “After a two-hour conference at Hailun with two of General Hon- jo’s emissaries from Mukden, Gen- eral Ma Chen-shan announced he would operate hereafter under ‘the protection of the Japanese.” INTENSIFY THE STRUGGLES OF THE UNEMPLOYED (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONED demonstrations, with great enthu- siasm ahd with multitudes coming to hear the story of the historic march on Washngton and the plans for the continued struggle. Other cities should notify the Daily Worker of their arrangements at* once. ee CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 10.—The National Hunger Marchers of Column 3 will be here tomorrow, and addis tional meetings to Welcome them, have been announced by the Unem- ployed Council. ‘The number of meetings on Fri- day, Dec. 11, has now been increased to eight. The two atest to be ar- ranged are to be held at the Lith- uanan Workers’ Hall, 920 East 70th St, and at the Hungarian Workers’ Home, 11123 Buckeye Road. Other meetings for Friday are at Rayford-Jackson Hall, 3804 Scovill Ave; ‘967 Nathaniel, Collinswood; Carpenters Hall, Kinsthan & E. 135th St.; Pulaski Hall; 6628 Chambers Ave.; Finnish Hall, 1303 W. 58th St.; and a meeting Will be held in the Mayfield section. ‘The meeting announced for Grdina Hall has been cancelled. All meetngs will begin at 8 p. m. and every Cleveland worker, employed of unemployed, should turn out to the hall in his neighborhood to hear the report of the National Hunger Marchers. ‘ : eo 8 ¢ * Parade Through Detroit , DEFROIT, Mich, Dec. 10—A huge meeting to welcome the National Hunger Marchers of Column 3 when will not provide sufficient relief and that its aim is to drop a crumb now and then only to keep the unem- ployed quiet, and asa result of ef- forts of the organizational commit- tee from the Staunton Unemployed Council, which outlined a plan of struggle for immediate relief, the unemployed miners of Livingston have organized 2 branch of the Unem- ployed Council. A» number of young miners at- tending the second meeting took the Jead in discussion and urged the old- der miners to ‘get move’n,’ The youth showed a fine example by volunteer- ing to act on a committee to be the leading body of the unemployed brafich, ten young mners are on this committee, A mass meeting is being organized to take place on Dec, 21, to hear the report of the Hunger Marchers. The young miiners say “that the whole town got a turnout for this meeting.” To make this so, they are going to go from house to house two days before the mass meeting and “wake up the town.” ‘The Youth is having a special meeting on the sixteenth to organize their plan of action. ‘They say it would be @ good idea to march through town after the mass meeting. A series of mass meetings will be organized in the Illinois coal fields to hear the report of the National Hun- ger March. Jersey Ctiy Meeting JERSEY CITY, N. J., Dec. 10.— Albert Covington, one of the delegates chosen at the Labor Conference to Tepresent the thousands of Jersey City unemployed in the National Hunger March which has just con- cluded, stated on arrival here: “Hoover refused to listen to our de- mands, but the Government at ‘Washington was forced to feed and shelter us. Race discrimination was smashed. Only the organized force of workers will drive the government to give unemployment insurance,” Covington will give a complete re- Port at @ mass meeting to be held at 302 Henderson St., on Sunday, Dec, 18, at 2p. m. “e Croatians Declare For Soviet Defense PITTSBURGH, Pa.--'The Confer- TO LIFE IN JAIL Part of Boss Terror to Crush Fight of the Kentucky Miners W. B. Jones, Harlan Colinty, Ken- tucky miner who was artested and held on charges of ‘conspiring to murder” after minets had defended themselves against company gunrhen at Evarts, Ky., last year, wag sen- tenced to life imprisonment after one of the most brutal frame-up trials conductd by the Kentucky coal op+ erators. In passing such @ sentence upon Jones the judge made clear that it was the threat the Kentucky coal Owners now hold over the heads of all miners who defend their lives agdinst the murderous activities of the com- pany gun thugs. Scoring the extreme sentence as part of the attempt of the Kentucky coal operators to crush the organiza- tion of the miners, the International Labor Defense, which has offered to place all its legal and mass re« sources at the dfsposal 6f Jones and fight for an appeal, issued a state- ment yesterday, saying: Stool Pigeons State Witnesses “The trial of Jones in the Mt. Sterling court was characterized by every trick, falsehood, and frame-up device commonly used in strikes to “get” strike leaders.” “The original charge against Jones was murder. Then it was changed to “conspiracy” to murder” to make sure that none of the men who chal- lenged the feudal despotism of the coal operators would escape.” “Chief testimiony against Jones came from a group of stool pigeons and spies. They are openly charged with being bribed. “The International Labor Defense now offers all its legal resources to W. B. Jones for an appeal to a higher court. It will also mobilize hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the county in mass protest against this example of coal operator justi¢e.” GOVERNMENT IN ATTACK ON THE MINERS UNION Directed Especially at Foreign-Born Workers in Left Wing Union PITTSBURGH, Pa—That the mine boses are intent upon driving the Na- tional Miners Union underground has been conclusively proved by the at- titude of the immigration office here on the Steve Perlich case, according to @ statement issued by the Inter- national Labor Defense Dec. 8. The representatives of the I. L. D. were reminded of the previous de- cision of the court that every mem- ber of the Communst Party believes in overthrowing the government by force and violence and therefore is subject to deportation. The immi- gration officials maintain that, al- though Steve Perlich was not a mem- ber of the Communist Party, he is a member of the Natonal Miners Union and to them there is no difference. They explain it this way—the Na- tional Miners Union is affiliated to the Trade Union Unity League, which is affiliated to the Red International of Labor Unions, This, in turn is affiliated to the Communist Interna~ tional. Therefore, every member of @ left wing union is affiliated to the Communist International and is a Communist, according to the immi- gration office! On this slight of hand excuse the bosses are tryng to railroad Steve Perlich to Jugo-Slavia, along with Mike Budich and Vasa Popovich, and to send Philip Giambatista to Italy. Perlich’s “crime” was merely the dis- tribution of leaflets for the union. For this, they would deport bim to a country where he is sure to meet death. Gov't Attacks Foreign Born If this opinion of the immigration “The House Was In An Uproar” (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONM) Hearst cofrespondent: says: “Th a fighting mood, their ranks almost equally divided, republicans and democrats in the House today clashed over proposals for tihem- ployment relief, with President's Hoover's policies the main target of attack and defense.” The digérence in the positions of the democrat and republican spokes- men in the debate, it is evident from dispatches, consists only in the differs ence between demagogy and openly expressed reaction. The “Opposition.” Following the traditional policy of capitalist party oppositions the world over, the democrats are beckoning to the millions of workers plunged into misery under the Hoover regime with gcstures of sympathy and support for unemployment insurance and federal appropriations for relief. Huddleston of Alabama calls for a grant of $100,« 000.000 for President Hoover to use as he desires in direct relief for the needy—cash, food, shelter, clothing.” What It Would Mean. The utter Shamelessness of such a proposal in the face of Hoover's ob- vious hatred of and disregard for the Unemployed millions of American workers, his refusal to listen to their demands and his open attempts thru the secret setvice and the department of justice to. suppress the Hunger March, is like giving Mussolini $100,- 000,000 to organize a strike against the wage cuts put through by his fas~ cist government. If history teaches anything, Hoover could use part of the $100,000,000 to finance @ scheme for selling spoiled food to the unemployed like he is said to have done in connection with “feeding the starving Belgians.” The other part could be used to finance new suppressive agencies, spy systems and war plots against the Soviet Union—just as Wilson used the $100,000,000 emergency fund given him by congress in the war period. But there was great applause from the democrat congtessmen for this proposal. It réads well in the print. ed speeches sent out to their con- stituents. Hunger March Echoes. In the halls of congress there still echoed yesterday the thunderous chant of the 1670 Hunger Marchers, from every section of the United States, who on Monday, surrounded. by the armed forces mustered en mas- sé to intimidate them, but surrounded as well by scores of thousands of sympathizers, repeating over and over for an hour, as their elected delega~ tion was ejected from the capitol building, “We Demand Unemploy- ment Insurance.” Demand Will Not Down. This demand will not die down. It will impinge upon the ears of the donkey and the elephant alike for many a day to come and make them restive in the marble stable with its armed grooms provided for them by Wall Street. As always when the voice of the working class is heard in a crisis per- fod indicted in measured and deter~ mined tones not merely an admin- istration but a system, the thin veneer of capitalist culture is skimmed off and the gentlemanly and ladylike representatives of the vatious groups within the capitalist class, quarreling over the division of the depleted pro- ANGRY FARMERS: CLOSE TOBACCO SALES IN KENT’Y), Price Offered by Trust Is Below Cost of Production | LEXINGTON, Ky.--An Associated Press dispatch from this city, r that 1500 infuriated tobacco halted the opening burely tobacco Sales of four warehouses on Dec. 7th. This action was caused by the dummy buyers of the Tobacco Trust foreihg the price paid to the farmers down to almost~half of that of last year and below the cost of raising the tobacco. ‘The farmers marched from one warehouse to another, and by mili+ tant mass action forced the manag~- ers to stop the sales. Their leader, George Weiter, of Georgetown, was twice afrested by pulive thugs called out by thé Tobacco. Trust, bub the ports armers fafmeére both times tore him away. So great was the militant pressure of the farmers that the police were utterly unprepared, and indeed, at one “warehouse two policemen were ejected by the farmers. ‘This mass action at Lexington warehouses follows similar demon- strations in other parts of Kentucky recently. On Dec. 1st, in Owensboro, 3000 farmers, made nearly desparate by the ridiculously low price offered them for their tobacco, forced the closing down of the warehouses. On Dec. 2, at Henderson and on Dec. 3, at Scottsville the same thing hap- pened.. The action of the Owensboro farmers forced the warehouses to open a week later with a slight in- crease in prices. ‘The farmers must learn, however, that any small concessions wrung out of the Tobacco Trust cannot be in- ereéased, or even maintained, unless they organize themselves into Com- mittees of Action,, representing all the small and middle farmers, for organized, solid resistance to the rob. bery of the Tobacco Trust. For more information write to the United Farmers League, Box 94, Superior, Wisconsin. Read the “Producers News,’, official organ of the United Farmers’ League. NEGRO PARENTS OF GARY REBEL Committee Demands Free School Books GARY, Ind., Dec, 10—On Dec. 1, @ committee of parents was elected at a meeting of parents of children in the Jim-Crow Roosevelt School here. The next day they went to the principal of the school to demand no rent charges on children’s text books, and for real food and clothing for children. The charges amount from $2.00 to $4.00 a child, and the unemployed cannot pay this, Chil- dren are‘sent back home every day for not bringing the money. There is great starvation and suffering from cold. The committee found 150 women waiting at the school for the skimmed fits wrung from the working class, snap and snarl at one another like hungry hyenas. GAL 2—House was in an uproar Patriotism at High Tide. ‘The capitalist shibboleths like “pa- triotism” and “Americanism” are hurled about freely and each tries to prove that his loyalty to “all that America stands fot” is greater and finer than the other. Let us take a sample of the debate whith took place yesterday as the number of hungry unemployed rose to new high levels, as steel production dropped to the new low level of 26 per cent of capac- ity. “The House was in an uproar”, says the Hearst correspondent. “Dignity was thrown to the winds. Up rose ‘Underhill of Massachusetts, yelling in @ manner shocking to the codfish aristocracy of his state! “The party of Jefferson has abandoned Jeffer- sonian principles for those of Karl Marx.” If he meant the Four Marx Broth~ ers—he was about half right when one considers the weird mixture of ofice here should become @ decison, |Klansmen, Catholics and conflicting it would mean that the entire left wing trade union movement would be declared illegal. and that any foreign- born member of the unions would be subject to deportation, The worker: ‘{ this country must protect vigor- ously against all such opinions, and organize on a still more firm basis fo force the jails open for fhe release of their leaders. These workers are being held in Jail with “bail of $1,000, and $2,000 for D. at once 86 that we can get out of jail pending the Money for ther defense should be raised, as the bosses’ everything in their power their defense difficult. economic Interests which make up the democrat party. Then came Mc- Kewon of Oklahoma replying to Un- derhill with what was probably sup- posed to be « devastating criticism: “It the republicans don’t co-oper- ate with the democratic majority in the House any better than they did with President Wilson in the World War, God help America.” 6 California Capitalism’s Contribu- tion. Up rose Mre. Florence P. Kahn, member of the house of representa~ tives by right of marriage and widow- hood—the relict of the late and un~ lamented Julius Kahn, republican from California to defend the de. ceased whose love for the kaiser was exceeded ofly by the kaiser him~- self: “Do you question Julius Kahn’s It was finally decided informally, after some further acrimonious inter- changes, that Julius had “cooperated with President Wilson for winning the war.” The Uninvited Guests. But demagogio debate and ponder- ous mumblings about patriotism could not drive out the demand of the Hunger Marchers that congress. dip deep into the billiens of its masters for unemployment inwtirance and cash winter relied, Uninvited guesta were milk which is occasionally distributed to mothers of school children. These women enthusiastically joined the committee in its demands, The ‘principal is a fat Negro re~ formist, who endorses Jim-Crowing of the children of Negro workers. He threw @ fit when the demands were presented to him. He tried to scare the committee and the women with threats of arrest, etc., and then made a direct attack on the two white white workers who were on the com- mittee. The principal tried his best to start a race antagonism, and con- vince the Negro workers that only Negroes-could help Negroes, but with- out success. Finally the principal fled from his office. The committee and the women walked out in an organized manner, and the women promised to be at the next meeting of the Unemployed Council, where further plans to win the demands will be considered. “In one word, you reproach us Page Three College Dean Calls Scheme to Save Capitalism the note for open fasviain | Dean Wallace B. Don- inte Sthol of ‘Bust ion of Harvard Uni- ddress before the Am- Mechanical En- gave expression to the at- tempt, of the bosses to win the mass teachers and a fascist dictator- Soundi 1 America ham of the ¢ s Administr ni in an erican Sotie! of gineers, of 5 mer mall professionals for hip The great mass of our people, the Dean, ‘do not desire radical or revolutionary changes but much pre- fer the continuance of our present system of private capital and ins dividual opportunity, In their pr mood, however, they will favor alinost any nge which offers apparent security By “the great mass of our people,” the Dean had in mind the petit-bour- said gevisie who have been shaken severely by the crisis and who are being forcibly Hurled down from their} former position of relative securily The speech of Dean Donham is similar to others made by college professors and intellectuals who see the rapid drift of the working-class toward a revolutionary way out of the crisis and hope to stem it by forcing a fascst dictatorship upon them. HAMMOND MASS MEETING DEC. 7th FOR MARCHERS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) the senate, demanding that he re- ceive the delegation from the march- ers. . 700 In Terre Haute, TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 10.— Seven hundred workers packed the Workers’ Center here Dec. 7 to show their solidarity with the demands of the National Hunger March. Speak- ers stressed the tremendous effects of the march, in reaching millions of workers and ge@ining their support for Unemployment Insurance, and for immediate winter cash relief. Last week workers marched in parade on the Crernwell Transfer Co., where furniture of evicted families is stored, and forced the company to return furniture to some of these families. There are few evictions here, due to the mass pressure of the organized unemployed. At the mass meeting, resolutions were adopted and sent to Governor Leslie of Indiana, demanding the re- lease of Theodore Luesé, jailed for leading unemployment demonstra- tions in Indianapolis. Resolutions also demanded the release of Mooney and Billings and other worker pris- oners, no war on the Soviet Union, and a telegram was sent to Secretary of State Stimson holding his respon- sible for the Manchurian situation. CLUB JOBLESS IN STOCKTON Police Attack 500 in Parade for Relief STOCKTON, Cal., Dec, 9—A parade of 500 workers and jobless workers to the Welfare Department here Dec. 4, was first charged by the fire wagon and then by the police. The police clubbed those nearest them, while & speaker began to address the crowd. ‘The intention had been to present to the Welfare Council three cases of families actually starving to death and to demand relief. ‘The speaker was dragged down by police. One little Negro boy was knocked down by a policeman and then the cop trampled on him. Three workers were arrested at the demonstration, though one was only a bystander. Later another was ar~ rested on the street because he was thought to have been in the’ march. Still later @ Mexican workers’ leader was dragged out of his home, under with intending to do away with your property, Precisely so: that is just what we intend.”—Marx. present, These ate dismal) days for capital- ist party demagogues. ‘They have been thrown og their stride by the rapidly deepening crisis and the ris- ing clase struggle. They do not sleep ‘well, these not too clever hangers-on of imperialism. In the home dis- tricts of each one are thousands of unemployed workers who know about, the Hunger March and who support its demands. ‘These workers know, and congress knows, that the Workers Unemploy~ ment Insurance Bill of the Unem- ployed Councils was presented to Congress—and Hoover. “The House was in an uproar.” It 1s Just too bad for Hoover. He does hot like “disorder”, arrest, without a warrant. His name i8 Martinez, and he has 11 children. All five were arranged for dis- turbing the peace except one who is charged with not moving on when ordered, ‘Trials are set for dates bet~ ween Dec. 31 and Jan, 20, The work- ers demand jury trials, On the same night the demonstra- tion was broken up, @ large protest meeting was held in the open air, Build a workers correspondence group in your factory, shop or neighborhood, Send regular letters to the Daily Worker. ‘To the Readers of The DAILY WORKER The following are the names of workers who have sent their greetings to the Russian work- ers on the anniversary of the Russian Revolution. (Printing delayed because of late ar- rival) HICKSVILLE, b. 1. B. Malina, F, Pavelka, Gunner ‘Biornson. Net eet + In your netghbor at home, shop, mine or farm # Slovak or Czec! ha ae If he Is, haye him subscribe to the Daily Rovnost Ludu’ OCrechoslovak Org. of the O,P., UB.A. 1510 W. 18th St., Chicago, MM. Tue only Crechomlovak ha’ ce working ol Us es 0 Teeny, subscription $6, for 6 mo. $3. Write for free sample copy today ITHE BACKGROUND OF THE ATTACK. #, ON COMMUNIST {CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE) of Illinois is 9 legal of the worker the election ca on the ballot in the city and national electior is nothing unlawful abou munist Party. So these « @ clumsy attempt on the part prosecution i} In addition to this th course, is usual overthrow of the existing form of gov- ernment of the United Stat America and the State of Illinois.” Although these were the first charges against the arrested comrades, these charges, however, were brought onthe basis of the ke sin the Orient mines in July, 1931 strikes which were called by the local unions and of the United Mine Work ers of America and which were strikes ale as we charge the arge: * of the ainst mass starvation, st Miners of Orient refused to a the dictum of the inte tional and distr presidents to 1 off ie st and continued to fight for tr National Miners Union sup- ported the ‘uggle of the miners and on the basis of this support the in- dictment declares that the arrested comrades conspired to “injure the business of the Chicago, Wilmington, and Franklin Coal Co.,” which owns said mines. The most outstanding thing in these charges is the fact that the comrades are charged with “injuring the character of the United Mine Workers cf America.” How can anyone injure the strike-breaking, stool-pigeon, faker leadership of the UMWA? UMWA Officials Behind Charges ‘These three charges resulted pri- marily from the attempts of the of- ficials of the United Mine Workers of America to prevent any movement on the part of the miners to get rid of the corrupt officials of the UMWA and to take the control of the UMWA into their own hands. There is com- plete cooperation between the coal companies, county, state and federal government with the UMWA official- dom to break any resistance of the miners against the officialdom of the UMWA and in their struggle for the improvement of the conditions of the miners who are partly employed, and masses of unemployed miners. To what extent this cooperation exists the following facts will clearly illus- trate. Immediately after the August 1, 1931 raids on the headquarters of the National Miners Union in Zeig- ler, all the material gathered there was turned over for publication in the “UMWA Journal.” Then during my hearing before Immigration In- spector James Nash of St. Louis, Ray Edmundson, who was at that time a sub-district president of the UMWA came; although it may have been an accident, but the interesting fact is that there is a friendly relationship existing between Sheriff Robinson and Inspector Nash with Ray En- mundson, who also headed the so- called “rank and file’ movement, which was supported by John L. Lewis. This policy is in line with the policy outlined Matthew Woll, vice-president of the American Fed- eration of Labor and acting presid- ent of the National Civic Federation. Sheriff Browning Robinson and State Attorney Marion Hart, after the arrest of Gebert on November 14, made a trip to Chicago for a special conference with the “red squad” and other interested elements on formulating the methods of pros- ecution of the arrested comrades. There is also complete unity in ac- tion between the state and federal government. It was indicated by re- fusal to release Gebert on bond after it was posted by immigration au- thorities so He could not be released on bond until after the Grand Jury of Franklin County met. A close connection is also shown with the recent drive against the foreign-born workers in Chicago. Minister of De- portation Doan of Washihgton dis- pached to Chicago as his special as- sistant Murray W. Garrison, who is heading the campaign of mass de- portation of foreign-born workers in Chicago. He started this campaign by @ raid on Chinatown in Chicago, arresting hundreds of Chicago work- ers and according to the Chicago cap- italist press, ten thousand of other foreign-born workers are to be ar- rested arid deported. A Crime to Strike in Ulinois! ‘The criminal syndicalist law is used in this case and the workers in the State of Mlinois: clearly understand why it 18 applied in this case. The —— PARTY IN ILLINOIS ‘ey, Marion Hart, whe ove for coal companies, to convict the comrades they were respon~ for the Orient strike and charg- ing comrades with “fomenting ® trike among the cosl miners em- ployed in the County of Franklin and the State of Illinois.” In short, the criminal syndicalist the State of Illinois is to be lied to suppress strikes and hand ent sof from one to 20 years ail for the participation In the >, in accordance with this law. It is an attempt to break the coming trike on April 1, 1932. Second, tt is cle that the compa unions, the UMWA, is receiving special protec- tion on the part of the coal operators and at the same time rob the miners ib’ of their miserable wages they are making at the present time. Here is a. typical example. ‘The day of my release. Y saw the pay statement of a coal rhiner working in Orient. It shows the miner earn- ed $8.04 out of which $3.91 was taken | off as the dues of the UMWA chetk- off So about half of the earnings of the miners in 2 weeks goes inty the pockets of the officials of thé UMWA The Purpose of the Criminal Syn- dicalist Law The attack against the Communist Party must not be considered only as an attack against the Communist Party. These attacks against the Party are attacks against the van- guard of the working class. The criminal syndicalist law in relation to our Party is fudged on the basis of the Orient strike. It clearly indi- cates the purpose of the criminal syn- dicalist law. It is also an attemps to make the Party illegal and this is a part of the war preparations at home by the American imperial- ists. Every worker in the Stat eof T- linois, and every farmer must clearly understand that this attack is part of the attack against the workers and farmers who are fightnig against wage cuts, unemployment, and the starvation policy of the bosses. Demand the Repeal of the Crim- inal Syndicalist Law Throughout the State of Tlinois, in every workers’ and farmers’ com- munity, factory and mine, in the locals of the A. F. of L., and other organizations, the demand must be raised in the most decisive manner, denranding the repeal of the criminal syndicalist law in the State of Illinois and the unconditional release of all arrested comrades, giving support to the International Labor Defense, which is organizing the defense of the comrades and the repeal of the criminal syndicalist law. nI this campaign the ILD is to be built into a mass organization. A new strata of workers everywhere is to be reached and especially members of the American Federation of Labor. A broad united front movement must be undertaken involving local unions of the UMWA and other local unions of the A. F. of L., showing the ruling class that the workers will not stand by idle when the vanguard of the working class is attacked with the criminal syndicalist law, for a law used against the Communist Party is a law used against the workers in general To Call Regional oOnferences In this campaign the Communist Party will play its role by supporting the campaign of the International Labor Defense. The ILD will carry on its own campaign independently and will rally the workers in behale of the Party and will call on the workers to join in massés into the ranks of the Communist Party. Throughout the state, a movement of regional conferences will be called, uniting the defense campaign of the five comrades together with the Moo- ney, Harlan and Scottsboro campaign. It is also important to state that all the witnesses the district attorney is able to produce are the Sheriff, Immigration Inspector Nash of Bt. Louis, Stanley Mondell, Aaron Wells, Thomas Lewis, all of whom are po~ lice officers. In short, it clearly in- dicates that the whole case is purely and simply @ frame-up arrest by the Chicago notorious “red squad,” the democratic and republican politicians. Only mass protest, only 8 mass movement can smash the criminal syndicalist law and will free the ar- rested comrades. The trial is set for the first part of February, 1982. ‘Therefore, there 16 no time to Be lost in undértaking a campaign in mobilizing the masses of workers in behalf of the campaign ondertaken by the ILD, Get DAILY WORKER Subscriptions In your shop, in your factory, in your mass organization SUBSCRIBE 'NOW! 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