The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-23
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By T. J. o'FLAnEarY.

GsINL1 d lew weeks intervene between
now and the date set for the execu-
tion of Sacco and Vanzetti Even the
easily-satisfied liberals who believe in
the innocence of the two labor leaders
but oppose mass protests in their be-
half, lest such demonstrations might
seem to reflect on the impartiality of
governor Fuller and his committee of
intellectual yes-men, are now begin
ming to entertain doubt. Ugly ru-
mors are afloat that the governors
commission will uphold judge Thayer
and the jury's verdict and that Sacco
and Vanzetti may either be electro
cuted or imprisoned for life.
A NEW wave of hostile propaganda
"A is appearing in the capitalist press.
Whenever a new development in this
historic case takes place, stories of
bomb plots and threatening letters are
to be found in abundance. Take the
yarn of the bombing of the American
consulate at Nice. At first it was
charged to friends of Sacco and Van
zetti. Now we are told that the in
tended victim was some Czarist prince
who had committed some private
punishment. But thousands who read
the first startling headline may never
see the later version and they will be
prejudiced against the victims of cap
italist Injustice as a result.
WITH death staring at our two COM
=" rades in the face and the steam
taken out of the mass movement that
was under way in their behalf by
liberals and reactionary socialists
there is no time to be lost in arousing
the workers and all other sympathetic
elements in this and other countries
to the great crime that may be COM
mitted against Sacco and Vanzetti.
One mass movement is more effective
in this case than the sympathies of
ten thousand separate bourgeois in
tellectuals and pacifists.
D LII pAS OOooCo 0IC. INV oil 1AN Ol
slaps on the wrist. They are afraid
of the wrath of the millions who are
huddled together in the mills and in
the mines. When the electric thrill
of class Indignation surges thru those
millions the master class sit up and
take notice. 1t was the collective pro-
tests of the masses that saved Meyer,
Haywood and Pettibone many years
ago. 1t was the same power that
saved Tom Mooney from the electric
chair. 1t is in the hands of this power
to save Sacco and Vanzetti.
THE Rumanians now have five
year-old king. That's the kind of
a king to have, easy to handle. When
the little fellow assembled the throne
he kissed crucifix, then the cannons
roared outside and the kingling burst
into tears. Ion Bratiano, the real
boss of Rumania was there but Marie
was not. Ion and Marie will have
things their own way until the work.
ers and peasants give them the gate.
only few years back, Warren S.
Stone was the uncrowned king of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers. His word was law in the
union and those who would oppose his
policies were crushed with an iron
hand. AS long as he was on top,
sycophants parroted his praise. But
after his death it was discovered that
his genius was largely bluff. He
brought powerful organization to
the verge of ruin. A few days ago
a brotherhood convention defeated by
the narrow margin of seven votes q
motion to remove an oil painting of
the late chief from the brotherhood
bank. Yes, Mr.. Stone was an inveter-
ate foe of Communism and "safe,
sane and conservative" leader.
LONDON, July 22.--The steamship
Homestead which was disabled in the
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