The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-07-24
CAPITALIST
court SEEKS
MISSING LINK
EUen Soviet Sympathy
Is VerbOten
Continued from page l

BE it remembered, that hereto
fore, to-wit; on the 22nd day of July,
A. D., 1925, the same being one of
the days of the regular July A. D.,
| 1925 term of said court, the above
entitled proceedings came on to be
heard before the Honorable Judge
Orr, one of the judges of said court,
at which time and place the following
proceedings were had:
The Court: call the case and
call the defendants by name"
Whereupon the Clerk of the Court
called the defendants.
The Court: II suppose you are not
guilty"
Defendants: Eyes, yes. Not guilty"
The Court: How many Of you
are working?"
Defendants: "All of u.s."
Double Duty.
The Court: Working day time and
speaking at night, l suppose?"
Defendants: Eyes"
The Court obviously a skeptic on
this question:. "All those that are
working raise your right hand? Those
! who are working"
The vote being unanimous, His
! Honor had to choose another tack.
The Court you are not going to
school, some of your"
Attorney Bentall, heavying for the
agnostics, olfacted an effort of the
fundamentalists to get a change of
venue to the Tennessee school sys-
tenn. Nobody goes to school," he
snorted.
The Very Idea!
Defendants: vigorously NO
No. mol"
| The Court: Hopefully remember
/ ing the immigration Act) How many
of you are born Americans? Raise
your right hand"
Seventeen hands, accustomed to
this sort of thing, pointed toward Je-
hovah's doorstep.
The Court; How many of you
are naturalized?"
The motion carried with only two
hands raised.
The Court: CLEARLY disliking the
vote, offered a third thesis.) How
many of you are not naturalized"
Alas! None to be Deported.
Complete silence.
The Court: "You say that this is the
fourth time you appeared in this
case? Have you been going some
where else to speak?"
Comrade Lewis: Eyes. We have
spoken on another corner"
Bentall: you see, the police head
quarters does not issue permits, but
they say you can pick out the corner
and unless there is an objection, you
go right ahead, and if there is OBJ
lection. you iron it out or go some
where else"
His Honor Becomes Curious.
The Court: Getting a bright idea)
What were you talking about? Re-
ligion?"
Comrade Lewis: mo, only occa-
sionally. We spoke for the Workers
Party, a labor organization. We were
talking about the subjects pertaining
to our party and we were talking
about labor topics and appealing to
union men,"
The Court: "On a religious issue?"
Voice: (Facetiously.) mo, nor of
evolution"
Methinks ! Smell BoIshevism.
The Court (Bethinking itself of
where labor topics and unionism
leads.) Are you connected in any
way with the Russian Soviet organ
ization?"
Comrade Lewis: mo, we are not
connected with the Soviet govern
ment."
The Court: Are you getting any
aid from it?"
| Comrade Lewis: mo. We are
not connected with it, but we are very
sympathetic
Sympathy Verboten, But Bazoos May
Blow.
The Court "The mere fact that you
are sympathetic is enough in my mind
to justify sending you to jail don't
think the great majority of Ameri-
cans are sympathetic. Any meeting
that tends to undermine the govern
ment of the United States would be
punishable. But believe a good
Ideal in the English idea of letting
them blow their bazoo. letting off
steam. It doesn't hurt anybody. !
suggest that to avoid trouble you OBJ
tain some sort of police recognition
There is a law. Don't break the law,
no matter what 1t has been"
Look Out, Here Come the copsl
Police officer: (Helpfully) 1T is
the business men out there that are
complaining to u.s."
The Court (Recalled TO its duty
by the mention of the word "Busi-
ness.D Just because you are turn.
ed loose this morning, don't think
you won't be brot in here again. II
is people that don't respect the laws
that cause the trouble. Defendants
discharged"