The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-27

no doubt should beget their special committees. But
until they have attracted national and international
attention? And the cases that never attract ma
tional and international attention? Such perman-
ent defense committee handle EVERY case,
dramatic undramatic grow with every case, learn
with every so as to be more efficient, more
versed in the ways of courts and lawyers and frame
ups and publicity and protest. build up continuous
and cumulative public opinion against the whole
system of class injustice and frame-ups, unite all
branches of the labor movement so that anarchists
DO not have to depend only anarchists, Commun-
lists on Communists, socialist on socialists trade
unionists on trade unonists, miiner let us say
only on other milliners for defense. Even where
case is dramatic enough to warrant special COM
mittee, permanent defense organization could build
a special defense committee more quickly and more
efficiently than bunch of inexperienced and bung-
ling amateurs Such a permanent defense organiza-
ton representative of and open to all shades Of
opinion in the labor movement and ready to defend
all cases of class injustice is the INTERNATIONAL
LABOR DEFENSE. 1t must be built and strength
ened
T.. WE MUST UNITE THE LABOR MOVE
MENT AND STRENGTHEN 1T. The weakness of
the American labor movement proved fatal in the
fight to save Sacco and Vanzett. AS long as it is
divided, long there innumerable warning
groups, as long militants expelled and OPP
ponents of militant struggle are in control of the
official machinery, master class can afford to
laugh at the feeble protest of the working class.
That Sacco and Vanzetti shall not have died in
vain we must organize the unorganized unite the
warning unions, strengthen the labor movement,
make it all inclusive of every tendency, develop its
militancy and fighting spirit eliminate its corrupt
bureaucracy that shows no militancy in fighting
capitalism but much nilitancy in fighting against
militant workers
8. THE SOCIALIST PARTY BY FIGHTING
UNITED FRONTS IS WEAKENING THE LABOR
MOVEMENT AND SERVING CAPITALISM. The
biggest demonstrations for Sacco and Vanzett
held in New York in Union Square. In these demon
strations the International Sacco-VanzetG Defense
Committee, the Emergency Sacco-Vanzetti Defense
Committee, the International Labor Defense, the
T. W. W., the Workers Party, various trade 6nions
and other labor organizations united. The socialist
party refused to join in the demonstrations A
strike was called for August 22nd, the day set for
the execution. The socialist party condemned the
strike and instructed it's adherens not to participate
Business agents of the Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers under socialist control instructed bosses in
ious shops to fire any worker going out on strike.
When the Workers Party wrote letter to the
cialis party saying However great differences
may be we must set them aside and unite our
forces in this hour of need" August Claessens
threw the letter the floor in the presence of the
messenger who gave it to him. Thus the socialist
party did its share to weaken the movement to
Sacco and Vanzetti and to perpetuate division and
dssension in the labor movement Notable excep-
ton must be made in the case of Alfred Baker
Lewis in Boston who actively engaged in united
front activities with Communists, anarchists and
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