The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-24

U1OtGGIOIdlGSs
tendencies, and manufactures.
The British worker can no longer
IN his belly with stale beer and chips
and the imperiaHsts can no longer
take enuf from the Hindoo-Egyptian
Peter to soothe the temper of the
skilled British craftsman Paul, and
leave the fat man enuf to live in his
customary style. Action is liable to
follow words now in Merrie England
and the velvet glove is now deposited
in the British historical museums
while the mailed fist is brot into play.
1t Is the operation OF the law of self
preservation and as sure as cat will
jump at a mouse the capitalist class,
sauve or surly, plebian or aristocratic,
VIII all do the same thing in much the
same way to their natural enemies
when necessity arises. Freedom of
speech, of the press and of assem-
blage is as dead today in England as
1t Is in Passaic, New Jersey or In
Boston, Massachusetts, the home of
the dried and sacred Goldfish and the
birthplace of Paul Revere.
THE government has been sniping at
L the British Communist Party for
several years. Tho the party is small
in numbers, it has considerable infiu-
ence among the workers. The greater
part OF its membership are In the
trade unions and many of them oc-
cupy leading positions in the unions.
Tho there is a constant theoretical
war on between the Communists and
all other workingclass political par
ties, nevertheless, many local labor
parties, and l. L. P. branches invite
Communists to speak at their meet
ings and look upon the party as their
political guide.
The Minority Movement, which is
led by such well known trade union
lists as Harry Pollitt, Nat Watkins,
Tom Mann, George Hardy and sup
ported by A. J. Cook, Gossip and other
prominent left wing ofacials, was
given its program by the Communist
mihtants in the trade unions, Its
most active spirits are Communists
and hundreds OF thousands of work
ers follow its lead. Many OF the slo-
gans that it issued were reluctantly
adopted by the trade union leaders
who were In charge during the gen
eral strike. This was the driving
force inside the trade unions which
the government feared might eventu.
ally put an end to the twaddle of the
right wing and left" wing leaders.
That the strike was an economic strug-
gle and not political fight, while
millions Of workers took their orders
from the T. q. @. in EccIeston Square
and told the tory government at Down.
Ing street, in effect, to go to hell,
Therefore 1t was not surprising that
the government decided to outlaw all
organizations in which the Commu.
nists had a footing. Detectives from
Scotland Yard and amateurs from the
university kept close watch on the
headquarters Of organizations that
were labeled Communist" -Four of
those dicks ambled up and down the
sidewalk in front uf the Minority
Movement headquarters on Great Or
mond Street and eventually padlocked
the place. The officials of the move
ment escaped arre5t, at the moment.
and were obliged to keep on the move.
A SCOTLAND YARD detail was on
: constant watch near 10 King
street, the headquarters OF the Com.
munist Party. The fascists were IN
the habit Of visiting the place at dead
OF night and smearing the shutter that
protected Che window Of the Commu.
mist bookstore, with paint, The police
never tnterfered with those vandal
acts, The most active leaders of the
party were under constant surveillance
and some Of those dicks who stood on
the corner near Che O, p, headquar-
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