The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-08
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By T. ]. o'FLAHERrY.

L.
THE decision of the Massachusetts,
supreme court to refuse Sacco and
Vanzetti a new trial is just what
might be expected of this organ of
capitalism. Despite the almost uni
versal belief that the two Italian
labor leaders are the victims of one
Of the most coldblooded frame-ups in
the history of the labor movement,
the hard-boiled legal machinery of
capitalism scorned public opinion and
forged another link in the chain that
is intended to drag Sacco and Van
zetti to their doom. Which should
convince even the most naive liberal
that justice in cases similar to this
one depends almost entirely on the
class prejudices of those in a posi-
ton to dispense it.
THIS dastardly conspiracy has
aroused labor all over the world as
no case has done since the employers
of California did their damndest to
give Tom Mooney a seat in an cleo
trio chair. Even sluggish American
labor has been aroused and moved to
protest. The officials of the A. F.
of L. gave lip service to the move
ment organized to save Sacco and
Vanzetti from legal murder, but the
capitalists of Massachusetts know
quite well that if Green was as seri-
ously concerned with saving the lives
of those two workers as he is in MAX
ing war on the left wing in the trade
unions, the whole labor movement in
the United States would be modified
for fight that would burst open the
Jail gates despite the opposition of
the capitalists and their ieutenants.
WHEN. Sacco and Vanzetti were
originally framed only the radical
wing of the labor movement jumped
in to save them from the vengeance
of the bosses. But by degrees, thru
years of agitation and propaganda it
was proven to the satisfaction of
even large sections of the bourgeoisie
that those men were innocent of the
crime charged against them and that
their execution would be pure and
simple assassination that would re-
coil with stunning force on the heads
of the perpetrators. Not for the
sake Of Sacco and Vanzetti or for
the sake of the labor movement but
out of regard for the capitalist sys-
TEN, several capitalist newspapers
and university professors joined their
voices to the demand of labor that
Sacco and Vanzetti be given new
trial. The answer of the Massachu-
sets supreme court is an emphatic
"No"
THIS answer will not be considered
final by the friends of Sacco and
Vanzetti. And those friends are le-
gion. A most serious responsibility
rests on the shoulders of the work
ing class of this country. Two mem
bers of their class stand on the
threshold of the death chamber. The
NhChAJ aim oblCSCHCQ OnL W ldk
them to eternity must be paralysed
by blow from the mighty fist of
American labor. If there ever was a
time when all sections of American
labor should stand together regard
less of differences it is now. Those
who would stand in the way of a
united front of labor and all other
sympathetic elements could be
charged with effectively aiding and
abetting the efforts of the capitalists
to burn out two proletarian lives in
the electric chair. Here is a chal-
lenge to labor that it cannot fail to
take up. The Massachusetts supreme
court has determined to kill our COM
rades. American labor must be
equally determined that "SACCO
AND VANZETTI SHALL NOT BE
MURDEREDp
WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON, for
/" mer mayor of Chicago, returns to
city hall as chief executive after one
OF the most hectic campaigns ever
waged in the Windy City. Thomp-
son Is wet and so is Dever, but
Thompson announced that he would
ignore Volstead while Dever declared
that he would enforce the law while
it is on the books. Both claimed that
they would give work to the unem-
ployed and both were lying conscious
ly and conscientiously. Both adj
mitted that they loved the workers.
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