The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-28
TOO PER CENTERS
TRY TO DISRUPT
STRIKE MEETING
Seek Excuse to Close
Strikers Halls
BY Il. NJ. WlcKs.
Especial to The Daily Worksr)

PASSAIc, March 26 - Officials OF
the American legion, endeavorins to
play the role Of faseists, have come to
the rescue Of the mill owners in the
strike here.
A group of individuals claiming to
be members Of the legion came into
the hall where a strike meeting was
in progress carrying large American
flag and walked up to the platform
from which Albert WeIsbord was ad-
dressing the meeting and asked him
whether he would hang it in the hall.
Recognizing this cheap, tawdry
stunt as plain piece of provocation,
and an attempt to befog the issues in
volved in the strike by raising the
fake issue of patriotism, the speaker
surprised these flunkeys OF the mill
owners by taking the flag and placing
it on the platform.
Then one James H. Donnelly, fourth
rate ward heeler who holds a political
job as overseer of the poor, tried to
get the platform to make "presenta-
ton speech" and explain that the le-
gion was for Americanism but against
Communism and other things that did
not exactly fit in with his disordered
conception of jingoism. He was gent
ly, but firmly, told that he would have
to get permission to speak from the
committee having the selection of
speakers in hand.
After few futile attempts to argue
the question the self-appointed bri-
gade left the building, evidently to re-
port to the mill owners and the other
scabby agencies Of Passaic that their
little scheme did not work.
Try II Again.
However, they tried to again raise
the question by coming to strike head
quarters and demanding to see Weis-
bord. There Donnelly and his group
that made such a miserable fiasco of
their provocative effort at the hall de-
manded that flags be displayed at all
halls where strike meetings are held.
Weisbord told them that If they
desired to furnish the flags there
would be no objection to displaying
them, but that the committee would
use its money for relief for the strik-
ing workers who are in need of food
instead of for the purchase of flags.
John F. Mccarthy, commander OF
the local legion post, spoke up and
said that the committee of strikers
would be forced to buy them and put
them up.
And what If we don't?" asked weis-
bord.
Take Law Into Hands.
"Then Wen see that there are no
meetings" belligerently declared Nc
Carthy.
"You mean you'll take the law into
your own hands?" queried Weisbord.
yes, we dove will do the same
thing the legion posts have done thru
out the United States" was the re-
port.
Soon the room was filed with strik-
ers listening to the alteration and
the gallant legionnaires began to tame
down a bit The atmosphere was not
exactly comfortable for them. They
evidently thot some of the workers
would resent such an uncalled for in
vasion Of their property and throw
them out.
The representative of The DAILY
WORKER told the legion gang that in
his opinion they were simply proyoca-
tours and agents of the bosses and
suggested that the strikers pay no at
tention to them, but CONTEMPORARY
ignore such cattle.
Weisbord, who had to leave TO adj
dress a meeting, started to walk away
from them and told them that in his
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