The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-12
CHICAGO WORKERS
WILL FIGHT ALIEN
IN CAPITOL
Will War on Fingerprint
Plan in Washington

The Chicago Council for Protec-
ton of Foreign Born Workers pro-
poses sending delegation to Wash
ington, D. c., to voice the protest
of the labor movement against the
passage Of the vicious "selective'
immigration laws Aealling for regis
tration of foreign-born. 1t also
urges the councils turnout the
country to Join in this movement.
It is proposed that action be taken
simultaneously by the various coun-
ellis so as to create a strong delega-
ton which could voice the protest
in an impressive manner. This ac-
ton would lead towards a nationally
unified movement Of the councils.
Militant Action Necessary.
The Chicago Council has no in
tention of petitioning for favors. 1t
aims to bring pressure to bear on
the capitalist politicians and to
show them what the working class
thinks of their nefarious schemes.
At the last meeting of the council
every delegate was also urged to
ask his organization to support this
movement financially. The delegates
unanimously went on record to urge
that resolutions be adopted by their
organizations protesting against the
anti-alien laws and that such reso-
lutions be forwarded to every labor
gathering and to the coming Inter
national Trades Union conventions,
for their approval. The delegates
voiced the sentiment that The or
ganization to follow must be the
establishment of a nation wide
farmer-labor party which will take
up this issue as one Of its aims.
More organizations have recently
affiliated with the Chicago Council.
It is eortinualle growing in
strength and now includes 10000 or
ganized workers directly affiliated.
The Finnish workers, organized into
one language council, have helped
to swell the ranks. The Scandina-
Wan workers are uniting the various
existing organizations, based on the
one issue and report that delegates
will be selected. Mass meetings are
being arranged by the Italian work
ers' organizations. The Lithuanian
Workers Alliance has made arrange
ments for a mass meeting April ID.
Danger of johnson Bill.
In Pullman a council for protec-
ton of foreign-born workers, com
prising % organizations, has been
organized and connections have been
established in the small Lake Coun-
ty cities. Hammond, Whiting and
Indiana Harbor, as we'll as in Gary,
Indiana. These councils have also
established connections and are act
ing jointly with the Chicago body,
The Chicago Council for Protec-
ton of Foreign Born Workers will
issue circular, to be spread broad
cast, setting forth the issues in
volved in this campaign. Altho the
Johnson Bill is the only bill reported
to Congress by the Committee on
immigration and Naturalization, ex-
perience shows that when the least
Objectionable of the proposed bills
are reported, as rule, some of the
vicious bills, or paragraphs Of these
will be grated on in the form of :
amendments, before the law is fin.
ally adopted.
1t will be pointed out that this is
political issue and that the remedy
is Independent Political Action OF
the working class and that it can
be taken up only as class issue
vitality affecting the workers, for
egn as we'll as native born.