The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-08-19

ism and ,protest against being
watchdog for the interest OF Wall
Street"
Paul Crouch, who was sentenced to
forty years Imprisonment Tor oppos-
ing Imperialism and expressing sym
pathy for the oppressed workers IN
Hawaii, declared that the reduction of
his sentence was due to the protests
made bv the workers and farmers of
the United States. He spoke of the
Sacco-Vanzetti case as being a chal-
lenge to the entire working class of
this country. eff these innocent men
are sent to the electric chair, it will
mean that onyone who dares oppose
the will of vWall Street will be In dan
ger" said Crouch.
Should the Soldier Think?
: "The Chicago Tribune, an organ OF
: Imperialism, declared that the severe
sentences. received by Walter Trum-
bull and me were due to the fact that
we were in the Hawaiian Island and
that if we had been on the mainland
: we would not have been sent to pris-
on. Why is free speech especially
y dangerous in the Hawaiian Islands
and why is it dangerous at any place
e sirable for soldiers to think for tha
: war was in the name of an ideal
: freedom from British imperialism
t Gwen though ecOnOmi causes wer
t responsible for the Civil War, it wa
d conducted in the name of high idea
and the soldiers knew they were help
ing to free the United States from
the disgrace of slavery. 1t was de
f sirable that soldiers in the Civil Wa
! should think and feel that, they wer
). free men. The Spanish America
War was under the flag of idealisr
- at first, but when the United State
: crushed the desires of the Filipino
?, for freedom with blood and steel an
- substituted American imperialism f
Spanish imperialism, the mask had
ID be thrown aside. No longer was
desirable that the soldier shou
think. The army of a country whiC
T. once fought for freedom against Bri
y ish imperialism had become a tool f
oppression of weaker peoples. Amer
ca is following the road of Rome"
&c China
n The history of the development
NC imperialism in China since Engla,
made war on China in 1910 becau
I'd the Chinese objected to the import
h ton of opium was discussed by t
~ speaker. He predicted that "Chia-
80 Kai-Shek, who sold out to the forei
nb imperialists, will go the way of X
- ensky, and then the marines in O.
y" ma will be used to murder the G.
e nese fighting for freedom, unless Y
% the farmers and workers of this COT
az az try, make such a protest that
government will be forced to bri
o o! them home" Conditions in Mic
% aqua, Haiti, the Philippines, and o
W. W. er colonies, were discussed, and
- audience urged to cooperate with
a All-America Anti-Imperialist Lea3
j, in fighting Imperialism and the
on on creasing danger Of new war.
oIo Conditions in the Hawaiian Islam
vi The ex-soldier told of conditions
90 had observed in Hawaii-the resi-
an of Imperialism. Gwen though
cost of living is higher in Honol
than here, the average wage on
OF plantations is one dollar per day
the ten hours hard labor under the
]
age. strike of the Filipino plantation VIZ
Its ers for a living wage, which
crushed by the most brutal me
last employed by the plantation owl
por- "and their rubber stamp, the tt
ated torial government, with the pro
aci- ton of the American army" Ty
A ty-four Fiiipinos were murdered
a thugs acting in the name of the :!
eminent" Pablo Manlapit, the /
lima er of the strike, was sent to pri
'ort- Though he had served his minir
mon sentence, the authorities refused
| on release him unless he will promis
liver leave Hawaii and desert the caus
con- the workers there.
Deplorable conditions exist in
from American army today and the gov
}. % ment deliberately tries to make
City unpleasant for the soldier, accor
until to Paul Crouch's account Of his
periences in the service. He
lenges an investigation to prove
truth of his statements.
Tor Army Life Described
gton, Recruiting signs say: Join
tions army. A good job, pay, food, c
nsid- ing, travel, education, etc. The
be- builds men, They say the U
States has a volunteer army.
Great is not true. The soldiers are DIR
this by unemployment, economic nece
lpour and the fact that one must eat j
e in der to live. The soldier is pro-
IS in a good job. He gets good job
resi- the capitalist point of view-th
:, but hard work and plenty of it." c
and then went into details showing
the soldier is forced to do manu-
south Dor with on-commissioned Office
les of bosses "just to take up his tim
Using. he will have less time to thin
here, discuss problems with his fellol
ng a diers." He said that soldiers
forced to buy tailor-made unifor