The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-15
COURTS RULING IN THE
RUTHENBERG CASE Furnishes IDEAS

lnaJ the strongest weapon the capl-
talists use against them is the pow
er Of the government. The mass
struggle of the workers will teach
them the same lesson, and from
these experiences the mass strug-
giles of the workers will become
struggles directed toward the end Of
wrestling the governmental power
from the hands of the capitalist and
establishing the workers republic
1T proposed to destroy the gov
ernment: The Workers Party will
carry on propaganda to bring to the
workers an understanding of the
necessity Of supplanting the existing
capitalist government with Soviet
government The Soviet gov.
eminent of the workers, viii, because
of the same necessity-the necessity
of suppressing the capitalist a
dictatorship of the workers :"
Capitalist Government and Religion.
The court went at length into the
question Of the relation of religion to
the existing capitalist government and
held that it was proper to introduce
the religious issue into the trial, in
view Of the fact that religion is one
of the bulwarks of government. The
following quotation from the opinion
states this view:
Defendant claims great hurt be-
cause Buchrains exegesis to Com
munists, pointing out the necessity
of BE destruction of religion, was
read to the jury and insists it bore
no relation to the charge of Grim
NAL syndicalism. While no law can
be made in this country respecting
religion, and none prohibiting the
free exercise thereof, the great
moral force of religion in its relation
to good government and the happi-
ness of mankind, as expressed in
the great ordinance of 1887, for the
government of the northwest terri
tory has ever been recognized and
is clearly apparent to Communists;
for this force stands as a bulwark
against their Vaccinations and ne
farious schemes. Therefore, they at
tack religion, with resolve to abso-
lutely destroy the same. because of
its support Of the state.
"The influence of christianity in
diffusing moral conceptions of free
contact, individual property and
testamentary succession is well
stated in Mains Early History of
Institutions.
Rehearine Possible.
In view of the fact that the Michi-
gan court failed in it's opinion to meet
the contentious of the defense in re.
gard to the question of whether the
ruling of the trial court that it was
not necessary that either the Com.
munist Party or Ruthenberg advocate
ideas in violation of the criminal
syndicalist law in the state Of Mich
gan, it is possible that the defense
may ask for rehearing before the
Michigan supreme court in order tc
press this question upon the court and
get a definite opinion upon same
Under the court rules, the defense has
forty days in which to ask for a re.
hearing. Frank P. Walsh and /. E
Ferguson, attorneys for Ruthenberg
are considering this question and g
decision as to whether to demand re
hearing in the Michigan court or ap-
peal to the United States supreme
court, will be made within few days
In case it is decided to appeal to
the supreme court without further &C.
tion of the Michigan court, Ruthen
berg will have to appear before Judge
West of the st. Joseph trial court and
be sentenced by the judge before the
case can go to the supreme court OF
the United States. The question
whether Ruthenberg shall remain free
on bail, pending the proceedings be.
fore the United States supreme court
is up to Judge West of the trial
court. Should he refuse bail, an ap-
plication can be made to the supreme
court to allow bail pending the out
come of the case.