The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-15

murder of number of individuals.
Twentyseven men of prominence in
all parts of the United States were
said to be marked for slaughter. The
story gained considerable credence
among worried plutocrats, and as a
result the Thiel, Burns and Smith
agencies reaped a happy harvest, I'M
til it gradually became discredited,
ceased to call forth revenue, and was
finally discarded ltogether-nottob bob
up again until Spolansky decided to
write his revelations" for the Chi
cago Daily News.
Burns Brazen Hoax.
AS for the famous Wall Street bomb
explosion, this forms part of one of
the most brazen hoaxes ever perpe-
trated by INSCRIPTIONS detectives. The
bomb was planted by an employee of
certain detective agency, and ex-
ploded on September 4, 1918, killing
four persons and injuring nearly
thirty. If there had not been $500, 900
lying around loose which the detect
ives believed could be diverted into
their Golfers for anti-Red investiga.
tions, the bomb never would have
been manufactured. Despite the fact
that fo- several years the dicks ande
farme-up men strove to implicate
Communists, they have been entirely
unsuccessful, and the Wall Street
bomb explosion still remains a mys-
terry, which the police say they cannot
solve. The DAILY WORKER intends
to aid in the solution. The Labor De
tense Council has in its possession
fac-simile documents and sworn testi-
mony, which it will make public thru
the DAILY WORKER, that the whole
thing was cooked up by the Burns
and Thiel agencies, operating with the
connivance of the federal department
of justice
{ These paragraphs indicate the de-
gree Of reliability of the material
which Spolansky is weaving into SEN
sations for the readers of the Daily
News. Anyone who reads Spolan.
sky's intrepid fiction is assured of all
the thrills attendant upon the perusal
of a hectic dime novel, but he will
learn nothing whatever about the rev.
dictionary working class movement,
which does not consist of fantastic
groups of avengers" engaged in plan
ming isolated murders and evolving
bomb plots, but it mighty concerted
struggle to free the working class
from wage slavery. The Workers
Party, which is the Communist or
ganization in this country, scorns to
conceal its real purpose; it does not
wait for Shiny sleuth like Jacob
Spolansky to expose" it; but it ex.
poses itself day after day in the
DAILY WORKER, which can be
bought freely from the newstands.
Spolansky Knows He Lies.
Spolansky knows all this. He
knows he is peddling spurious stuff.
He is not young innocent whose dis
torted ideas of socialism and Commu-
nism took shape naturally as a result
of seculsion from revolutionary in
fiuences. But Spolansky needs
money And his whole career indi-
Gates that he could not allow mere
principle to stand in the way of ma
terial gain. Perhaps he would prefer
to write the truth for the Daily News.
but the editor would call 1t "propa-
ganda," and refuse to print it, The
Daily News does not want the truth.
1t does not believe in giving publicity
to the Communists, except to discred.
it them as crack-brained or secret
medieval conspirators, and at the
same to furnish a few cheap thrills to
its readers.
Who is this Jacob Spolansky? Born
in Russian Poland, he came to this
country, and for a number Of years
had bitter struggle to make both
ends meet. Before the outbreak of
the world war, while still youth of
10 or 20, he became member of the
socialist party, joining Russian
branch No. l, in Chicago At that
time he was wretchedly poor. He
out Of the party in 1916, go.
ing directly into the employ Of the
federal department of justice.
During his membership in the so.
cialist party, Spolansky was, for a