The daily worker., 1926-11-27
launch drive
FOR FOREIGN
BORN WORKERS
National Organization
Opens Headquarters
Especial to The Daily worker)

organize PUBLIC sentiment thruout the
country and focus attention upon the
various congressional bills which pro-
pose to register flngerprint, tax or
deport foreign-born residents of the
United States, the National Council
for the Protection Of Foreign-Born
Workers has opened headquarters at
Al Union Square, New York, under
the direction Of Nina Samorodin, the
national secretary-treasurer.
Three years ago. when the first of
the series of bills calling for regis
tration Of the foreign-born was intro
duced in Washington, groups in a
number Of the large cities banded to-
gether in the interest Of foreign-born
workers to oppose these bills. Some
Of these organizations have continued
to exist inactively, and they are now
being amalgamated to form the nu-
cleus Of a nationwide organization to
begin active work against all such
proposed legislation.
Dean Is President.
The president of the national coun-
ell is Joseph Dean Of the Motion Pic
ture Operators union; vice-presidents,
Max Orlowsky of the local council in
Chicago, and P. Pascal Cosgrove OF
the Shoe Workers Protective union.
Henry T. Hunt is legal adviser and
the executive committee consists of
Timothy Healy, international presi-
dent of the Firomen and Oilers un-
ion; Max S. Hayes Of the Topographic
cal union; James Maurer, president
Pennsylvania State Federation of La
Dor; William Cohen, international
president of the upholsterers' union;
Fred Suffer- international secretary
quarry workers union; Percy Thomas
of the commercial telegraphers' un-
ion; ]. L. Studder of the United Mine
Workers; NJ Ullman of the upholster-
ers' union; Carl Appel of the Boston
council; Rebecca Grecht of the New
York council; A. c. Boorman of the
United Mine Workers; John Brahtin
of the Cleveland council; j. r. Brod-
sky Of the United Workers Co-opera-
tive; August Burkhardt of the Anal
gamated Food Workers; E. G. Hora-
eek Of the western Pennsylvania
council; ]. J. Lewandowsky of the
Polish Roman Catholic Union of Amer
/ lea; ], Pede of the New Haven coun-
/ ell; John Lesesky Of the Connelsville
coke region council; Anna Levcik of
the Association of Benevolent Sisters;
Morris Sugar of the Detroit council;
Paul J. Zoretich Of the Holy Heart
Of Jesus N. 1914, N. H. 2.
Immediate Danger.
In announcing today the plans of
the newly-created National Council
for the Protection of Foreign-Born
Workers, Miss Nina Samorodin, sec
retary-treasurer, said:
"In view Of the fact that the Hola-
day bill, H. R. 12444, has already been
passed by the house and is to be
taken up by the senate at the next ses-
sion, we feel that there is immediate
need Of bringing this matter of dis
elimination against the foreign-born
directly before the people of the
United States.
Threatens Refugees.
THE Holiday bill permits the de-
portation of any foreign-born resident
of the country, whether O rnot he is a
naturalized citizen, if during the past
eight years he has served a years
sentence for any cause whatsoever.
1t also would allow the deportation OF
any foreign-born resident If he had
knowledge of the illegal entrance or
anyone into the United States. The
special injustice of this latter clause
can be appreciated when you realize
that in order to escape persecution
and death thousands of political ex-
lies have fed to this country during
the past few years from Italy and
Spain. OF course the constitution
guarantees that the United States
shall give refuge to political exiles,
but the Holiday bill intends to nullify
this.
VIII Fight Such Bills.
"The Council for the Protection of
Foreign-Born Workers intends to fight
all such legislation, including the five
or six other bills now in congressional
committees which would have us fin.
gerprint, register, tax, conscript for
industrial service. or deport foreign
born workers at our pleasure-even
when they have complied with all our
requirements and become naturalized
citizens.
Naturalization Bureau.
I'm addition to fighting such legis-
lation and giving II the widest pos
sible publicity, we shall establish nat
uralization bureaus in hundreds OF
smaller cities thruout the country so
that those who are unacquainted with
the demands for citizenship may be
informed just as soon as they reach
this country, and may be protected
even before they gain the rights Of
citizenship"