The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-07
ThrouU Out Burns

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vestigation of the Department of JUSTICE SYM
bolizes more than any other individual the bru-
tally and maied-ist of American capitalism.
AS director of the world-notorious detective
agency, the International Burns Detective
Agency Mr.. Burns has railroaded more lnno-
cent workers to JAIL has smashed more unions
and broken more strikes than any other strike
breaker or scab agency under the sun.
AS the boss of the most powerful subdivision
Of the United States Government, his Bureau
Of Investigation of the Department of Justice,
Mr.. William j. Burns was the feld-marshal in
the relentless war waged by the employers
against the railway workers In their national
strike of 1922 1t was the Burns agents,
cloaked with Government authority, that forged
the atfidavits, that committed outrageous acts
of violence, which served as the pretense for the
infamous Daugherty injunction.
All of these high-handed deeds of Mr.. Burns
were performed in the interest of the powerful
capitalists whose watchdog he has been for
years Fortunately the great majority of the
working class and the farming masses of this
country have never failed to recognize Mr..
Burns as their mortal enemy. But the dis
closures of the Teapot investigation should
serve to inspire and unite all workers and farm
ers to get rid of Mr. Burns, once and for all.
Mr.. Burns has attacked all workers, regard
less Of their political opinions. Now all work
ers should unite against him. Never before
was there so favorable an opportunity for get
ting rid of this scourge of the labor movement.
At the hearings before the Public Lands Com
mittee, Mr.. Burns showed himself in all his
bestiality, in all his sneaking meanness and cum
ming hatred of the workers and IN all his savlsh,
sycophantic loyalty to the bosses.
Mr. Burns, the supposed guardian of the
countrys security and peace, has allowed the
Use of the Department of Justice secret code to
be employed by the millionaire thieT Mclean
against the country which this Department is
supposed to be protecting.
It was Mr.. Burns who wanted this "dollar-a-
year man. to resign from the Department Of
Justice in order to enable Mr.. Daugherty to
continue in office more comfortably and help
the Sinclairs and Dohenys with less difficulty.
While the workers were being sent to die by
the thousands in France and Flanders in the
name of the fraudulent dollar democracy, Mr.
CASTOR B. Means, was in the employ of the
German imperialist government. No sooner
had the war ended and no sooner had Burns
been given his present appointment by Daugh-
erty than this same German imperialist spy
was employed by the Bureau of Investigation
And, while the country was being shocked
by the astounding revelations regarding whole
sale robbery of its oil resources, Mr.. Burns, who
calls himself the worlds best detective, not
only did not put at the disposal of the Commit
tee his powerful agency, but did everything he
possibly could to aid and abet the millionaire
capitalist criminals.
Mr.. Burns has been caught red-handed. Mr..
Burns the sworn enemy of all workers and
farmers has been caught at his worst. Mr..
Burns, the strike-breaker, the union-smasher,
the labor-hater has been exposed in his true
light as a most poisonous, dangerous rattle
snake menacing the working masses
Now is the time to kick Mr. Burns out of
office and out Of business. Now is the time
when the workers and farmers should unite in
one mighty effort to rid themselves forever of
this scourge that has been devastating the
ranks of the laborers and farming masses for
many years.
Let the workers and farmers get together
and force the Government to tiyow William j.
Burns out of the Department of Justice and to
bring him to trial for his numerous crimes.