The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-29

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To The New York Times:
An answer to the editorial Of Jan.
20, on the Threatened Coal Strike, -
in which Cappellini is praised for his
threat to revoke the charters of all
those locals that 'refuse to respect
the laws and contracts" that have
been foisted on the miners by the
likes Of traitors such as himself and
John L. Lewis.
You speak of justice and warn the
miners that they must do justice if
they expect justice" Will you please
tell me Of single instance where a
working man in America ever got the
semblance Of justice, without fighting
like hell for it.
You warn them to observe the law,
and to settle their disputes in legal
way. 1 fail to see the bosses break.
ing their necks to observe the law
by putting up the safety devices in
the mines that the law calls for. And
I don't see the department Of justice
making any attempt, not even a blum
at it, to enforce that law.
You also consider problematicaI''
the outcome Of "any strike that has
lot the backing Of public opinion" A
lot Of sympathy any striker would
ever get that depended on the kind
Of public opinion" created by the of.
fal that you fling out thru your col
umns.
Then there's your SNUG hypocrisy
about starving women and children"
as result Of the strike. A hell of a
lot you care about those same women
and children. They'd be working II
and IL hours day If the likes Of you
had your way.
o, you liars-you Apprehension
parasites-who live of the flesh of the
workers-its in the same way you de
plore the "demoralizing Of the young
who will be forced to spend their
leisure time on street corners plan.
ming crimes and evil deeds" whenever
an attempt is made to curb the ex-
plOitation Of child labor.
There is one good thing to be ex.
tracted from your garbage, however,
that is this: whenever a capitalist
newspaper writes well of a union
leader it is time for that union to
look for another leader. And when
you give your praise to Cappellini and
Lewis, that means only one thing:
Lewis and Capellini are traitors to the
miners cause. they have been bought
out by the bosses, and the sooner the
miners get rid Of such rats as these
the. better it viii be for the United
Mine Workers OF America.
Your writer made a dangerous
break when he penned the following:
The American people are easy going
to a fault, but they will not, forever,
tolerate misgovernment."
This was intended as a parting shot
at the unruly miners. Evidently e
threat to the miners that they must
be docile, willing animals, and per
NIT themselves to be bled to death in
quiet, unprotesting way, otherwise
the American people" will chastis,
them.
However, this same thing about mot
forever tolerating disagreement"
lends itself to variety Of interpreta.
tons. For some day the American
people, mean the American workers
they comprise the bulk of the sam.
erican people"-will wake up and re.
fuse any longer to tolerate the mis-.
government" of capitalist rule. When
they do, it will be sad day for the
likes Of you and the fat bourgeoisie
whom you represent.
For you can rest assured that the
American workers will not be easy
going to fault" when they place the
word Soviet" before the U. s. and
make it the Soviet United States OF
America.
This does not come from any ''for.
eign-born Red" of whom you're so
fond Of prating. but a native son, who
went to France and fought in "Mor.
gan's war" and came back with a
body half-crippled-and a belly full
OF American democracy.
Joseph Cahi1I