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country must awaken to a realization
Of their situation. If these bills are
enacted into Law, any worker may be
stopped on the street and be required
to show his registration card If he
moves from one place to another, he
will be obliged to report to the police.
In short, the foreIgn-born workers will
constantly be under police control.
But even If these bills do not pass
congress, the foreign-born workers
must recognize that they are constant
ly exposed to the attacks of the EN-
ploying class. The capitalists, who
control this country, have little re-
spect for their own laws. In order to
intimidate the working class, and par
ticularly the foreign-bofn, the capital
lists maintain such organizations as
the American Legion, the Minute Men,
the National Security League, ETC.,
whose respect for the law" is we'll
known.
What Is the Situation?
According to the United States CEN
sus of 1920, there are in the United
States 13,94.S91 foreign-born. In the
state of Ohio there are 67S,697 foreign
born out of total population of s.
759, 395-or 11.S per cent. In the city
of Cleveland there were 239,53S for
eign-born out of a total population of
762,026-or S1.43 per cent-that is,
about one out OF every three persons.
Among the most exploited workers
of this country are. the foreign-born
and Negro workers. Wherever there
is big industry-and especially heavy
industry, which is the dominating
force in the state of Ohio, there one
finds large numbers of foreign-born
workers. Thus In the iron and steel
industry, So per cent of the workers
are foreign-born; in the bituminous
coal mining industry, 81 per cent are
foreign-born. A large part of the
workers in the automobile industry,
maintenance of way men on the rail
ways, building laborers, etc, are for
eign-born. In short, the hardest, poor
est-pald workers in industry are for
eign-born.
To them must be added the Negro
workers, hundreds of thousands of
whom have been brot to the north
ern states to furnish "cheap hands"
for industry. The bituminous coal
mining industry and the needle in
dustry are the only two industries in
which there is large proportion of
foreign-born workers organized into
trade unions. In the steel and auto
mobile industry, there is practically
no organization whatsoever.
Trade Unions in Danger.
The capitalists of this country are
well aware that the present state of
prosperity" which they enjoy, will
not continue long. They declare that
up to July there may be continu-
ance of the present stage of produc-
ton and then there will be a decline.
Knowing that depressed conditions
will give them an excuse for demand
ing lowered conditions for the work
ing class as a whole, they are today
beginning an attack on the organ
lied labor movement.
The open shoppers are active all
over the country, and particularly in
the state of Ohio, where they claim
that more and more factories are 60
ing on the open shop plan. The de-
struction Of the labor movement is
their aim.
What is their method? The capt.
ltalists understand their game very
well. First they attack the weakest
section Of the working class; the for
eign-born. The foreign-born worker
is merely tolerated in this country. If,
in disappointment with things in this
country he endeavors to improve his
situation, he is met with the cry, IF
you don't like this country 90 back
to where you came from" These are
the words that come from the mouths
of the very same capitalists who de-
mand that the government shall en-
power the president to allow the ad-
mission of alien labor whenever in
dustry requires it.
Foreign-5orn Workers Oppressed.
Why do the capitalists prefer for
eign-born workers? Because they
know that they can always hold over
the heads of these workers the threat
OF deportation. Just as they are tell
ing Negro workers in industry in the
north to go back to the south if they
do not like conditions. Hence. by at
lacking the foreign-born workers they
are always in position to attack the
entire labor movement, by lowering
the standards of the foreign-born and
compelling the native American work
ers to accept the same conditions. In
addition, by attacking the foreign
born workers, they can prevent the
unorganized from getting organized
and increasing the power of organ
lied labor.
II the foreign-born workers rebel
against the discrimination and bad
treatment they receive in this coun-
try, they may be arrested and de-
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