The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-22
IL. D. drive ON
Police TERROR
GAINS IMPETUS
Labor Rallies to Fight
PGssaic Textile Barons

Heartily endorse your move for
campaign Of protest and publicity
on unlawful Garfield arrests. While
sheriff, police and petty magistrates
continue to suspend constitutional
guarantees Of free speech and free
assembly by arbitrary acts affected
area remains outside United States.
We are fighting with every lawful
means to correct these outrageous con-
dltions."
Civil Liberties Union.
With these words the American
Civil Liberties Union, thru Forrest
Bailey, today wired it's endorsement
of the campaign initiated by the In
ternational Labor Defense for a ma
tional, united campaign Of protest and
agitation against the arrests of AL
bert Weisbord, Passaic textile strike
leader, Norman Thomas of the social
list party, Robert Dunn Of the Ameri-
can Civil Liberties Union, Esther
Lowell of the Federated Press and
others.
Signs of the unanimity which has
greeted the announcement Of the drive
of the international Labor Defense
continue to pour into the national Of
fee in the form of kilograms of sol
idarity and protest from liberal and
labor leaders from all sections Of the
country.
MussoIInlzing America.
1.-THE Passaic strike is only one Of
the many systems of the Mussolinizing
of America" socialist Congressman
Victor L. Berger (Wisconsin) wired to
James P. Cannon, secretary of the In
ternational Labor Defense. IF Thomas
Jefferson would rise from his grave
today he would be locked up as a
dangerous radical who breaches revo-
luton or be mobbed by some one hun
bred per cent-American of the ku klux
khan"
Il consider the Passaic, N. J., strike
brutalities shameful abuse Of power
on the part of textile profteers, which
may be likened to the oppression OF
Russian autocrats and their cossacks
before the revolution" telegraphs Max
S. Hayes, editor Of the Cleveland
Citizen, official organ of the Cleveland
Federation of Labor. ''Passaic situa-
ton ought to be condemned by all
fair-minded citizens and pressure
should be brought to bear upon the
textile barons to force the settlement"
Charlotte Anita Whitney, herself
recently released from a criminal syn
dicalism case in California, wires the
International Labor Defense: Now
perhaps the decent citizenry of the
country will arouse themselves to
make an end of brutalities Of police
and administrative authorities and
that the workers will see that their
only safeguard is in organization and
a united front against capitalist greed.
am back of the Passaic strikers with
all my might"
Support Strike.
The national chairman of the Inter-
national Labor Defense, Andrew T.
MacNamara, former business agent of
the Pittsburgh district council OF the
International Association Of Machin-
lists, wired to Secretary Cannon: SIS
sue statements giving hearty support
Iof strike and severely condemning
authorities for arbitrary setting aside
of civil rights"
The development Of the movement
initiated by the International Labor
Defense is proceeding rapidly and it is
expected that scores of liberal and
labor organizations wilt shortly an
nounce their cooperation in the cam
lpaign in cities turnout the country.