The daily worker., 1927-09-21
President Green's Greeting Go These Who ReOced at the
Murder of Sacco and Vanzetti and Not to the
Workers Who Protested

cablegram slap in the face for the French labor
movement which, irrespective of political party affiaon
protesting against the American legion convention as
demonstration of resentment at the murder Of two innocent
workingmen by American "justice.'
The of the cabegram insult not only to
the memory Vanzetti but insult well to Amer
lean workers who know the srkebreaking role
played by dozens of posts of the American Legion with full Oil
cial sanction without official rebuke
Green says:
In behalf of the officers and members American
Federation greetings and of
continued cooperation with the American Legion mat
ters of mutual interest
these matters of mutual interest where there is
to be CONTINUED co-operation?"
By far great majority the former members of the
tona modified 1917 outside the ranks of the Amer
legion The legion claim at best only 100000 mem
bers and the greater part of this membership fictitious
Many of the posts organized direct auares Of big
corporations buwar the company unions in such
open shop the United States Steel Corporation var
os railway companies The Western Union Telegraph Company
An examination legion membership dscloses the
that does include high percentage of the actual workers
who in the national army.
What then the matters of mutual inerest?'
They be only joint Offensve against the militant section
OF the labor movement JOINT pressure upon congress for a
ton from which only the official caste of the unions and egions
will benefit and joint approval of mperaist enterprises like mil
ary training camps bigger navy campaigns In short all of the
by which, under the euphemstc OF national de-
fense the marzaon of the working class being carried out
immediate purpose of Green's cabegram of
offcadom of the Federation
sympahize in any way with the efforts the French
making to the Legion and to the whole world
that they look the murder of Sacco and Vanze
Green, when millions world
joined by hundreds of thousands of liberty loving persons
of other walks of life in trying Sacco and Vanze when
their lives hung in the balance sent only wire to Governor
Fuller requesting stay of sentence but expressing confidence
in their innocence.
by time that had the official
dom of the American Federation of Labor given support
the anzet campaign had it used its influence mobilize
the labor the executions
would be alive today
The cabgram President the final proof that the
official leadership of the A. F. of L. did power
stirred the of the world they for
1t shows also the why in spite of convention
decisions the F. of leadership made only the codest and
most formal requests for cemency The is that this lead
ership aligned with Sacco Vanzett labor
movements of the world but with their enemies
Had Green dipped his the blood of Sacco Vanzett
when he the cabgam greetings American Legion
his conduct could have been shameful.
Black upon the record of the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor leadership when it allowed Sacco
TO be murdered without exerng its to the limit Green
made it backer still.
Every worker who belongs and who does not work
and fight to drive such leaders from the labor
forever meet his fellows with bowed shame
Only labor officials who hate and despise the fighting tradi-
tons of American labor only leadership which join with the
police nformers the gangsers gunmen
the war on the left wing of the needle trades hold out the
hand of fellowship to the miarists the mill
tars in France who Fuller and were
convued with ackae laughter the deadly eaped
thru the bodies of two worngmen murdered because thew
loyal to their class in the they understood loyalty.
In the to the cabegam sent by Green will take
its place beside the perjue of Harry Orchard the Meyer
HaywoodPebone cas the lies of Oxman in the Mooney
and oath of allegiance to the British king by Benedict
Arnold
Even Green He will find that endorse
of American capitalist justice and his studied the
labor movement of France will meet with support in the ranks
of American workers.
His latest action has torn from him whatever covering of
labor character he and leaves open gaze mil
workers. organized unorgazed the agent
of American Imperialism whose heart goes out not the work
ers Sacco Vanze but the class which
and to the cenaes of this class who condone their
murder.