The producers news., 1927-07-15
THE SAME OLD STORY

| few weeks ago, VIM. Dunno, formerly Editor
of the Butte Bulletin, the former Butte labor
paper, and editor of the Daily Worker, the
communist paper published in New York, was ar
rested on charge of publishing "scurrilous las
civous and lewd article, because of the appearance
of the poem, america" written by an eighteen
year eastern boy, convicted by three judges with
out jury, refused bail pending an appeal, and
sent to the work house for thirty days. The
affair created such Juror that the "Court" was
compelled to grant an appeal and allow bail after
Dunno had served most of his term. The boy
Gordon was also allowed appeal from his SEN
tence to the reformatory for three years for the
writing of this parody
Those prosecuting Dunne because of his politics
disappointed at this turn of events, the "Keymen
of America" took the matter before the Federal
District Court for New York, and secured an in
dictment against VIM. Dunn and j. Louis Engdahl
Editors of the Daily Worker and young Gordon.
under some law prohibiting the sending of "asciv-
lous and obscene" matters thru the mails Of
course VIM. Rondolph Hearst, the proprietor of the
Hearst papers, nor Bernard McFadden, the pub
Usher of numerous "lascivious' periodicals were
not Informed against before the Federal Grand
Jury by the District Attorney. The reason for this
is apparent-the indicted men are radicals and pub
sh ant-capltalist papers, while the latter gentle
men are mllllonaires, supporting the present sys-
tenn, while coming fortunes out of the publication
OF "lascivious and obscene" matter and panderinp
to the perverts and erotics.
The Daily Worker crowd are being persecutad
oscaused they are communists and fight for labor
those who create the wealth of this land and
possesses it not.
offo Al
VIM. Dunn, reprint the following "Contributed'
editorial appearing recently in the Montana Labor
News, so ably edited by Frank E. Cleaves few
weeks ago, which covers this incident we'll.
CAPITALISTS WILL BE CAPITALISTS
students Of the labor movement well
know of the days when trade unions were
considered conspiracies in restraint of
'iaue. II a mana working man, mean
was convicted of being unionist he
was sentenced to prison here in the United
states; IN the old countries he might he
deported to some penal colony for life
Labor unions, even radical labor unions
became legal, but as soon as thew woud
get into action they would be met bv tbe
court, police and other authorities While
plckets had to behave very crcumspect or
80 70 jail, the gunner hired by the en-
ployers would wild shooting up everv-
body in sight without getting punished
Ihese same conditions prevail TODAY
but the capitalist class has invented few
new new wrinkles IN the game. The case of
william r. Dunno, editor of the Daily
Worker in New York. gives GOOD ilI1c
tration of them
When William F. Dunno was here in
puIIe eI ne was loved and respected as a
fIghter for the rights of the working class
some people might think that he was . bit
too radical. Others like the wobbiios
thought that he was not radical eno1Iob
but everybody knew that he stood for fbe
working class and that b ~ ~ loi Cile
sale. ~ nv AoI
First, the powers that be here tried to
lntlmldate and kill him. He was ono Of Az
i've men that was threatened with death
wllen w frank Little was so foully murdered
puC Dunhe was on his guard and too
clever for his would-be murderers He
could not be intimidated He stood HI;
ground. The next step was altogether dif9
ferent e0'"ol ull-
Where violence and Intimidation bod
1alled' slander and calumny took its Mace
Inc powers here changed their noIicU
Instead of attempting to assasinato = pOrr.y. rocS
ton. "0SdSsIla-
company tools would diligently spread
rumors about Dunne as well as anv otber
l1OoI ulllonlst that stood to his principles.
NO more were they denounced as nj
sheylk, or l. w. WIS, or Anarchists Tbo
metnods used were more venomous
ANY man that was a radical hero IN
800, "Ouu sooner or later find out that
runors were spread about him that he 1voS
q stool pigeon, Burns, Pinkerton ~
1hlel dectlve-or Government rnan
Dunne had to face that same harraoo
especially after he had left RunoorS 11e,o
circulated about him as well as about anvo
Oody else who had opposed conona
poncles. Supporters of companv noiio;aSS
never were accused, though
1t is deplorable but nevertheless . foot
enaC many workers do not find anv otber
use Tor their head but to keen tbe;r earl
apart; and in that manner it hannonaJ
C1aI rumors started by stools were renaat
ed by FOOLS "eie repeal
Why mention all of this now? TaS+
Iiday, Bill Dunno was exposed to eiToN
mllar piece of indignity. AS editor of tba
DAILY Worker in New York he u,as - VIC Wy
cused OF having published a parody If
and lewd" i@SciVIous
He was found guilty without beino
given q jury trial, and last Friday be T1as
sentenced to 80 days in the worlx house
NOW the work house is place where +boT
put buns who are too lazy or too nnfo,s
tunate to take care of themselves bn+ =
surely is no place for worker like Dl1nna
!, Ihls is not the only pecularitv abont
TINS case, but besides Dunno was den;eJ
jury trial and will have served tbe
most of his sentence before an anneo1 oa0 o..r
be taken "ppeal can
Occurrences like that created the rovo-
lu:lon t: Oh 100, as readers of the Declar