The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-09

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| WILLIAM J. BURNS, the noted de-
w fective (correct) was very indig
nant when testifying before the grand
jury on a charge Of jury fixing. The
sleuth had good reason to boil in
wardly. He was not doing anything,
he insisted, that is not quite legal and
in accordance with precedent. Is it
not just as proper for the head Of
private fink agency to fix jury for
wealthy defendant as it was for
him to fix juries against labor de-
PENDANTS? The gentleman's logic is
unanswerable.
THE frame-up system is not in
digenous to the United States. |
am not one of those who believe that
| the ruling classes of Europe are less
hesitant about "polluting" their own
judicial wells when it suits their pur-
pose than are the less polished rulers
Of this country. But in no other land
has the frame-up been more generally
INDUCED in than in this, and it surely
is reflection on the government Of
the United States that one who sent
so many radical workers to Jail with
such artistry should be Inundated by
having to appear before a grand jury
| simply because he fixed a jury for
Sinclair instead IF for John d. Rookie
Teller.
GTILL, this cloud that now hangs
over Burns has it's silver lining.
The publicity is worth something and
should bring in more business to the
agency. Burns, as perjurer, jury
fixer and frame-up artist needs no
introduction to well-informed pub
lie. But there must be thousands to
whom Burns exploits are a closed
book. His success in dynamiting a
federal jury will enhance his reputa-
ton and the pain his sensitive soul
may suffer at the hands of his pro-
fessional opponents, will be assuaged
by the increased volume of business
which should flow into his office as a
result Of his latest feat.
THE SPLENDID demonstration of the
military strength of the Soviet gov
eminent aroused the enthusiasm even
of capitalist correspondents who were
obliged to pay a grudging tribute to
the efficiency of the Red Army. The
bedraggled, hungry and indisciplined
army of 1917 has been transformed
into mighty weapon for the defense
of the Revolution which has been
chiefly responsible for the hesitancy
of the imperialist powers to wage
open war against the Workers and
Peasants government. The first bugle
note heralding an imperialist attack
would be a signal for the mobilization
of millions of workers ready to defend
the socialist fatherland against its
enemies.
THE Fascist League of North Amer
lea has taken the place formerly
occupied by the Ku Klux Khan as the
greatest regalia-peddling organiza-
ton in the United States. What the
white pillow case was to the khan,
the black shirt is to the fascist A
bum count by the name of Revall,
who was of no account in Italy having
a title but nothing to go with it, is
now living in luxury here in New
York on the proceeds of his haber-
dashery business.
COUNT Revall, did not have a second
pair of pajamas to his name when
he was made head of the American
Fascist by Mussolini, according to a
reliable source. A long coat which he
wore constantly, except when in bed,
lA4u the Setp4-4e Aole IA The seat OF his
pants thru which a not spotless shirt
insisted on peeping thru without
warning. Now, the count has as
many suits as an East Side gangster,
and more shirts than you could COL
lect in Chinese laundry on Satur-
day morning.
THE count stops at a swell hotel
1 when in New York and travels
around the country melting ignorant
Italian workers against their more in
telligent and radical brethren. The
count does this with impunity since
his boss Mussolini is held in high re-
pute by the United States govern
ment. This noble bum is now engaged
trying to legally murder two Italian
workers, Greco and Garlic, who are
as innocent of the crime charged
against them as were Sacco and Van
zetti of the death of the Braintree
paymaster. Every American worker
| should rally to the defense of those
two marked victims of Fascist and
American capitalist vengeance and
show the tip of heavy boot to the
aristocratic panhandler who is living
IN luxury at the expense Of the ItaI.I
ian masses.
CLEVELAND exporters are anxious
to get their share of Soviet trade