The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-23
Cleveland Workers
Fight Against. the
War on Foreign-Bo
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439 of the Machinists Union, himself
an immigrant, told what the measure
would mean if enacted. He told
about the persecution in Europe and
what registration meant when the
authorities could track down a man
and hound him from place to place
Stick together and the people of this
city, the majority of whom are of
foreign stock, will be protected"
l. Amter, district secretary of the
Workers tCommunist) Party, analyz-
ed the bills, showing just what the
foreign-born workers in this country
face. Amter took up the bills, point
by point, reading from the original
and showed the audience that foreign
born workers will not only be regis
tered, but their every movement will
be controlled by the federal, state and
local police, "by the department Of
labor and any other agencies that the
president may designate.
This will be like Prussia or the
Russia of the cars. The worker who
comes to this country hoping to find
democracy and an opportunity, but
who is forced to fight for better con-
ditions, will not merely be branded.
He may be arrested and Immediately
deported. That means that he goes
back to his native country, where the
white terror is raging and that signi-
fies further falling, torture and pos
sibly murder.
Fear Organized Power.
1.-THE people at Washington are not
afraid Of votes. What they are afraid
of is organized powers,r Let councils
for the protection of the foreign-born
be built up in all sections of the
country, with native aE,7 foreign-born,
white, black and yellow workers af-
filiated to them, then Washington will
heed the voice Of the workers"
Amter dwelt on the world situation,
and showed that the Introduction of
the bills at this time is not an acct
dent. The working class faces seri-
GUS struggles. The capitalists intend
to reduce the standard of the Ameri-
can worker and in their shrewdness,
attack the weakest section of the
American working class-the foreign
born. When they have subdued them,
they will proceed against the native
born workers.
"Why are the open-shoppers openly
in support of these bills?" asked Am
ter. Because they wish to use the
foreign-born as a weapon to destroy
the entire trade union movement of
the country. II all the workers of this
country stick together and fight, the
bill will not pass"
Albert F. Coyle, editor of the Loco
motive Engineers Journal, was the
last speaker of the meeting. Coyle
pictured the degeneracy into which
American democracy had fallen, and
asserted that only the united strength
Sof the workers would be able to re-
store it to the original form. Carl
Hacker acted as chairman of the meet
ing.
The meeting was preceded by con-
ference at which the Cleveland Coun-
ell for the Protection Of Foreign Born
Workers was formed. Fifty-one organ
izations sent delegates or credentials
to the conference. Trade union locals,
fraternal organizations, sick and death
benefit societies were among those
sending delegates. The conference
was very enthusiastic.
An executive committee of seven
teen was elected, which in turn elect
ed an executive council Of seven. in.
Guiding the four officers elected by the
conference. The officers are: ]. Gal
lagher president, Mrs. A. Kulczar,
vice-president, e. A. Duchan, secre-
tary and Joseph Keller, treasurer. The
other members of the executive coun-
Gil are Anna Morgan, I. Amter and M.
Shatz.
The executive committee will pro-
coed Immediately TO form language
sections OF the council, and develop
the work among the trade unions and
all language groups OF workers in the
city. Practically every nationality
was represented at the conference,
which thus was widely international
in aspect. The Cleveland Council for
the Protection of Foreign-Born Work.
ers is planning a broad campaign in
this city.
Adopt Protest Resolution.
Resolutions were adopted at the
mass meeting and at the conference
n the morning condemning the anti.
foreign-born legislation that is now be.
ore congress and calling on the for.
oign-born workers to join the trades
MONS and both native and foreign
born workers to join the Council for
the Protection Of Foreign-Born.