The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-21
POLISH WHITE
TERROpSCORED
IN CLEVELAND
ToiIers More Oppressed
Than Under Car
tspeelaI to rhe oaIIy worksr.l

was excoriated at mass meeting
held recently I'M this city. The fol
lowing resolution was passed unani
mously:
Whereas the doings of the CAPT
talist government Of Poland represent
an uninterrupted chain Of bloody
crimes, committed upon the working
people;
(, Whereas in this so-called indie
pendent Polish Republic the WORKING
masses are oppressed more cruelty
than ever under the rule of Russian
cars and German kaisers:
Whereas the working class Of Pc
land is practically deprived Of all civi
liberties, the independent labor pres
being entirely suppressed by the DO
lice and courts, the freedom OF
speech and assembly denied as we'll a
the freedom of working class organ
ization, even trade unions and educa.
tional societies being closed down by
the authorities if they only faithfully
observe the interests Of labor, and
only those organizations are permitted
which betray the interests Of labor to
the capitalists and their government
being led by social traitors;
Whereas in the dungeons Of Pc
land there. is by this time about
5000 Polish prisoners-workers and
farmers-treated by the prison au.
thorities in the most inhuman way
which leads to numerous hunger
strikes often ending with the death of
the victims of this horrible system;
Whereas the ,torturing of prisoners
with the most cruel methods of the
holy inquisition OF dark ages is mat.
ter of daily occurrence in Poland
under it's present regime;
whereas the courts pass by hun.
dreds long term sentences of hard la.
Dor, for being members of the Com.
munist Party, for spreading labor pa
pers, for any kind of activity against
the capitalist exploitation and oppres.
sion;
Whereas in the parts of Ukraine
and White Russia which were an
nexed to Poland by military force is
raging an even more cruel terror and
the martial courts pass these hun.
dreds of death sentences;
Whereas the Polish government
tends to spread this iiangman's rule
over the whole country, as shown by
the recent sentencing to death of two
soldiers, Segal and Dyffecki, for the
crime of being members of working
class party;
Whereas the workers deputy to
the Polish parliament, Stanislav Ian.
zutsky was arrested and tried for high
treason under the paragraph provid-
ing the death sentence for speech
delivered in union meeting, and,
when acquitted by the jury, he was
Immediately rearrested under another
frame-up indictment held in store for
the eventuality of his acquittal;
Whereas thesrecent numbering of
two political prisoners, Baginski and
Wieczorkiewicz which we're under
way to Soviet Russia in order to be
exchanged for Polish citizens sen.
fenced by Soviet courts, and which
were shot down by the conveying Of
ficer of the Polish police;
BE it resolved, That we condemn
this government of bandits and ex-
press our brotherly sympathy to the
workers and poor farmers of Poland
suffering under its yoke, and
THAT we pledge our full moral and
financial support in their bitter strug-
gle for emancipation from this bloody
yoke.
Down with the bloody terror of the
capitalist government of Poland!
Shame to the traitors Of labor, shame
to the Polish socialist party which sup
ports this bloody regime of terrorism!
Away with the bloody comedy Of
bourgeois courtsi Stop the torturing
of imprisoned workers and farmers!
stop the oppression of the national
minorities of Poland!
Release the workers deputy,
Stanislav Lanzutsky!
Release all political prisonersl
Long live the revolutionary strug-
gle OF Polish workers and farmers!
Long live the Communist Party of Po-
land, their faithful leader! Long live
the victorious workers revolution in
Poland! Long live the Soviet Poland
of workers and farmersl
BE it further resolved that we call
upon the whole American labor for
the most energetic support OF the
heroic stuggle Of the workers and
farmers of Poland against the unthink.
able exploitation and oppression,
and especially we call for most gen
erous financial contributions for the
aid OF political prisoners in Poland
and their starving families.
Long live the International Red
Aidi
Long live the international solidar.