The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-13
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By T. J. oF1AHnrx.

By T. J. 0F1AHERrx.
NICOLA SACCO hassno faith that the
~ Supreme Court of Massachusetts,,
about to decide on the latest legal
move of defense counsel, will render
him justice. He feels that the judges
intend to send him to the electric
chair. He is on the verge of death
as result of a long fast. The way
den of the Jail threatens forcible feed
ing. The chair must have it's vic
tim.
IN the meantime the world protest
against this outrage against two
innocent men grows in intensity 1t is
good to hear of the British workers
nassing in their thousands in Trafal-
gar Square and marching on the
American embassy to protest against
the execution of two innocent work
ers in American. And in France
where the press of practically all
shades of opinion denounce the Sacco
and Vanzetti frame-up in strong and
caustic language. The action of the
French press is forced by the national
anger of the workers and peasants
And it is the Communist Party of
France thru it's great journal L'Hu-
mantle which is chiefly responsible
for crystallizing public opinion on
this historic case.
If the Massachusetts, hangmen ex-
pected to pull the CUTS out of the
Sacco and Vanzetti protest movement
: by going thru another piece of legal
hocus-pocus they are greatly mis-
taken. All signs indicate that it will
grow in effectiveness between now
and the date set for the execution. The
cruelty exhibited by governor Alvan ,
T.. Fuller in holding off a reprieve
until the last moment is ranking in
the breasts of all American workers
and other sympathizers with the con-
demned pair.
THE brunt of the fight to free Sacco
and Vanzetti from the beginning
has been borne by the left wing of |
the labor movement. While other
elements in the population have made |
valuable contributions to the cause, it |
was the economic action of the work
ers and the threat of further economic |
action that caused the execution to
halt at the switch.
IT is interesting to note that the al |
legedly liberal New York World, |
which has espoused the cause of Sacco |
and Vanzetti, has refused publication
to some articles written in behalf of
those doomed men by Haywood |
Broun, one of its chief columnists. |
Broun's column has been missing for
the past two days and in the issue of !
Friday, August IL, letter appeared I
at the head Of his columns position |
on the feature page, by editor Pulitzer
explaining that Broun expressed his
views on the Sacco and Vanzetti case
with "the utmost extravaganza" that |
the World then instructed him to Sc
lect other subjects for his next |
articles, but since Broun continued to I
write only on the Sacco-V -Vanzetti case,
the paper omitted all articles sub /
mitted by him.
THIS action is typical of the kind of |
support given to the case by even |
those capitalist papers that were in |
favor of a new trial. Haywood Broun |
is mot an extremist but he is farther
to the left than the editorial page of |
the World and those who own the |
World are strongly in favor of the
capitalist system and do not want, to
see any reflection cast upon it's judi
cial arm. What they object to in !
such cases is the feeling it isrcertain |
to develop among the masses that |
capitalist justice is more cockeyed !
than blind. This is why Haywood |
Broun's column felt the axe. ..
ONE of the most important pieces of
news of the day is the action of |
the Irish republicans in deciding to
take the oath of allegiance to the
king of England in order to enter
Dali Eireann for the purpose of over
throwing the Cosgrave government. !
This is sensible tho belated decision
! have written several thousands of [
words advocating combination be-
tween the Labor Party, the Commu-
nists and the militant Republicans
against the Free State reactionaries, !
with this end in view. The position
of DeValera was that his conscience
would not hermit him To talse an oath
that he could not conscientiously live
up to. Excessive purity is a nuisance
and particularly in politics.
ne VALERA now has taken the oath
~ and quite properly announces. that
he considers it only an empty for
mula. Probably before this article !
appears in print the Cosgrave govern
ment that was busily engaged putting