The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-17
FOES OF CHILD
LAW RAISE CRY
OF BOLSHEvISM
Know Communists Only
Worthy Opponents
Workers Party Press Service. )

(Workers Party Press Servlce.)
The opponents Of the child labor
amendment are actively carrying out
a concerted campaign designed to de-
feat it in the various state legislatures,
While the complicated machinery Of
the American capitalist government is
grinding, the little children are also
being ground into profits by the Amer
lean capitalists.
The big sum of $4,000 was spent
in the state of Massachusetts alone, on
a campaign Of Misrepresentation dur
ing the recent elections. One of the
favorite arguments Of the money ba-
rons against the amendment is that
it is fostered by the Communists.
That this accusation should be levelled
against the Communists proves that
the capitalist class realize that the
Communists are their only redoubt-
able foes. In Russia, the only country
in the world where the Com
munist Party is the governing party,
there is no child labor The capitalists
know this, therefore they try to
brighten liberal elements who are
sentimentally opposed to child labor
by raising the cry Of 'Bolshevism."
Al Smiths Treachery.
How little the workers can trust to
their alleged friends in the capitalist
parties was demonstrated by the &C.
ton of AL Smith, governor of New
York. who had the support Of the A.
F. Of L. machine in the last election.
His opposition on the question of child
labor was so reactionary that it even
drew a rebuke from the labor leaders.
Smith is a catholic and the Roman
church is bitterly opposed to any laws
that would prohibit the exploitation of
little children. So much for organized
religionl
Even such notorious reactionary
as Thomas J. Walsh Of Montana,
speaking recently in the senate, de-
clared that the moral arguments
raised against the amendment by big
business was insincere and was only
concerned with getting cheap labor.
The appearance Of James Emery,
counsel for the National Association
of Manufacturers, as foe Of the amend
ment recalls the Mulhall-Emery- scan
dial of 1913.
Rights Of Individual
John M. Glenn, secretary Of the IL
linois Manufacturers Association,
speaking recently before students Of
the University of Illinois, denounced
the tendency Of the federal govern
ment to usurp the power Of the state
government and interferes with the
rights of the individual. The notorious
reactionary did not express very much
consideration for the rights Of the in.
dividual when a Communist conven.
ton was raided in the year 1922 by
the stoolpigeons of the department of
justice and he is not so very con.
cerned over the action of the Michigan
supreme court in confirming the con.
viction of @. e. Ruthenberg, secretary
of the Workers Party, who is sen,
tened to from 8 to 10 years in the
penitentiary for merely assembling
with his comrades at a convention.
Their Own Government
The walls of the capitalists and
their paid hirelings against interior
ennce with the rights of the individual
comes with poor grace from a class
which owns the selfsame government
and uses it against the workers every
day In the year.
There can be no effective stop put
to child labor so long as the present
robber system exists. 1t can no more
help exploiting children than a flea.
bitten dog can help scratching himself.
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