The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-17
STATES ATTY.
INVESTIGATES
DAILY WORKER
Scdb Bosses Using Anti
Labor Prosecutor
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against Reeve" Moutaocik said, zone
for distributing hand-bills without a
permit, and one for disorderly con-
duet. I am not now in position to
state whether any other action will
be taken against Reeve or against the
DAILY WORKER.
Can't stop Papers Sale.
Morris Loeb, business manager of
the DAILY WORKER, superintendent
the sale of the DAILY WORKER in
front Of the gates at the Western
Electric plant yesterday at noon.
There is absolutely no law which can
prevent us from selling the DAILY
WORKER on the Streets" Loeb said
II understand some Of the Western
Electric officials have tried to scare
our statesmen away from the plant by
threatening them with arrest. They
will continue to sell the DAILY
WORKER every day on the streets
around the Hawthorne plant"
I'VE will fight the case charges
against Reeve to the higher courts, if
necessary" said Loeb.
Reeves defense has been placed in
the hands of Samuel Holland, 100 N.
La Sale St., who declares the charg;
es will be fought to a finish.
Company Uses States Attorney.
It was the unanimous opinion Of
lawyers interviewed by the DAILY
WORKER yesterday, that the appear
ance of an assistant states attorney
against a person charged with dis
orderly conduct is rare, and is prob
ably the first case of it's kind.
J ION some of my cases in Cicero
and other out of town Cook County
court rooms, have begged and plead
ed for an assistant states attorney
to take up cases for me-" one down
town lawyer told the DAILY WORK
Err. They are mighty hard to get.
have even offered to pay the ex-
penses Of a states attorneys man on
important assault and battery and
burglary cases and have been unable
to obtain one"
This lawyer told the DAILY WORK
Err he feels sure that Groves assist
ant states attorney Moutaocik ap-
peared against Reeve because of the
tremendous influence welded by the
Western Electric management on CT
cero politics and police courts.
Workers Indignant.
Cicero worlzingmen yesterday told
the DAILY WORKER that if the
states attorneys Office really is anxi-
GUS to determine the facts about the
Western Electric plant, its influence
in Cicero, the low taxes it pays to
Cicero compared to the high taxes it
would have to pay If Cicero were in
corporated with Chicago, that Grove
should conduct an investigation along
the lines of the DAILY WORKER ex-
posture.
"The people of Cicero, most of
whom are ill.paid workers in the
Western Electric plant, pay for the
police and all the expenses of these
jury trials. IT'S damnable the way the
courts are used to take up the cases
which aid the Western Electric to
keep union conditions out Of the shops.
We get low wages in the Western
Electric, and part Of these wages go
out in taxes, which are used to pro-
tect the low wage system for the
Western Electric company" one resi-
dent Of Cicero said to the DAILY
WORKER.
Borg FalsIfed.
The quotation which offended the dig
nifty of the states attorneys office was
NOT as Borg had put it, statement
that $4,000 girls are forced to become
semi-prostitutes The exact, and the
only passage referring to these semi
prostitutes, declares in the DAILY
WORKER Of June 13, that "B. Stock,
the section head of the jack inspec-
ton department, practically admitted
to me that many Of the girls, due to
their low wages, are forced to become
semi-prostitutes."
The sales of the DAILY WORKER
around the Western Electric plant
reached the 5000 mark yesterday.