The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-17
ADRAMOvITCH IS
BACKED BY COPS
AT PH|LLY MEET
But the Workers Cheer
for Soviet Russia
Especial to The Daily worker)

Fih-HHE - lif1y Fcp. alos-DeSpite
the fact that socialists and police
men at the door barred Communists
from entering the Rafael AbramovItch
meeting at the Arch street theater,
the workers In the crowd loudly de-
nounced Abramovich as a counter
revolutionary when he appeared.
The crowd quite generally demon
strated its opposition to the white
guard traitor and cheered Justify for
Soviet Russia.
Just Like They Do in Russia.
Just as in Russia, where the yellow
traitors of the Second International
called in the capitalist governments
to try to crush the revolution of the
workers, so in Philadelphia, the go
cialists" had hundreds of police and
detectives scattered thru the hall, and
ambushed about the neighborhood in
patrol wagons.
Together with these instruments
of the capitalist government, the So
cialists had their own white guard
and busy stool pigeons pointing out
militant workers to the police. The
hall was like a factory on strike or
fortress held by capitalist armed fore
es, socialists and police were busy
everywhere bouncing upon workers
who tried to get in or who were not
dumb cattle after they were in.
Between the police, the detectives,
the white guard socialists and their
hired sluggers, forty-three workers
were beaten and arrested, police using
clubs freely, altho the more they at.
tackled the greater the disturbance.
Cheers for Lenin and the Soviets
drowned out Abramovitch.
Abramovitch Heavily Guarded. z
Abramovitch, the cause Of this, was
heavily guarded by police at all times
on his way to the hall, while he was
on the stage and in departing. The
meeting ended with the wild demon
stration still going on. Despite po-
lice, leaflets exposing Abramovich
were distributed both inside and out
side the hall.
The workers arrested were held
over night and rushed to trial be-
fore their attorney could appear, and
were given from five to ten days in
Jail, but were released after bail was
furnished
Abramovitch began his speech and
spoke for some time without Interrupt
ton. Then when he suddenly launch
ed into a hysterical denunciation of
Soviet Russia, a woman called out
something. At once, detective sta
toned near her seized and began to
choke her. He scream aroused the
audience of 1900 and a majority or
them jumped to their feet in fren-
zied protest.
Traitor Himself Sets Police on
Workers.
At this development, Abramovitch
himself called out to the sluggers and
police, do your duty! l cannot speak
if this noise continues!"
Then came the general assault up
on the workers. At least fifty were
thrown out of the meeting besides
the forty-three arrested, excepting
ten who, after being thrown out, came
back and demanded admittance. Then
they were beaten by police and taken
of in a patrol wagon. They were
charged with breach of the peace"
The others with "inciting to riot"
Magistrate Toughill handed out the
sentences, and strictly conrormed to
the united front arrangement between
the socialists and the capitalist gov
eminent. Among the prisoners were
eight women.
with the Able Assistance Of Capital
ISM"
The local capitalist press, while
falsely stating that the counter-revolu-
tionary professor finished his speech.
begins its account with the following
significant paragraph, underneath a
seven column streamer headline say
ing, Police Quell Riot as Speaker
Assails Soviet Russia"
with the able assistance OF po-
lice, Professor Rafael Abramovitch
last night finished, for the first time
in four starts, his favorite grafton de-
nouncing Soviet Russia"
The police department and the So
cialist party is becoming indistin-
guishable to the Philadelphia work.
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