The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-18
What Price American Institutions NOW?-Ihe Supreme
Court Outlaws the American Labor Movement The Soviet
Union Establishes the 7-HOur Day

Union Establishes the I-HOur Day
The United Mine Union has been outawed in the
Virginia by decision of the United States supreme
court
The decision is timed to coincide with similar attack the
union Pennsylvania the UWA has been prohibited from
carrying strike against the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Com
pany.
Both decisions are the theory that the activities of
the union in endeavorng to unonze these territories here
with interstate commerce.
precedent is thus established outawing all strikes of
any effect puts the whole of the federal
behind employer whose commodities are pped
from state state
The decision means basic industries Illegal
In porten workers Immediately affected and IN
the mpcrtanceof the the supreme court decision
Virginia the most sinister rendered far
the American labor movement is concerned
supreme court acting the agency of Wall Street
has placed the entire strength of the federal power at
the disposal OF the bosses for use against the LABOR movement IN
strike and organization campaign of any consequence
there aspect of this situation which the supreme
did consider fails that this decision outawing
weeks before the 10th anniversary of the Soviet Uncn when the
whole world is talking of the announcement of the hour day
industry country onesxth Of the earths
surface affords the American working class the cearest basis
had for comparison of the Soviet and American
mperiaist government.
capitalist democracy cannot stand this
parison.
This vicious decision follows within four days the forty
seventh annual convention of the American Federation of Labor
principal attack made by labor ocadom eveled
critics of American and where pledged the labor
movement unquestionng support of American institutions
declarations by leaders of labor movement whose
organization campaigns have just been ouawed by
that outstanding American institution imperast
government-wi have hollow sound to American workers
Thru machinery the capitalist class has
labor movement whose leadership is in the
of the enemy.
Fighting the demand for labor party centraze the
the tyrannca of American
workers who advocate amagamaton into industrial unions
united front with the capitalists to Islander and jail COmmu-
mist workers. warning upon the Soviet Union cngng
political parties of the capitalist GLASS; unable
unwilling lead nationwide campaign for organization of the
fhn
abor far the capitalists concerned.
Knowing that the official leadership belongs them the
capitalist believes that the whole labor
made part of the capitalist machine
Where the labor movement cannot be corrupted is to be
dubbed into submission.
We have said before that the strike of the United Mine
Workers decisive the American working
decision of the supreme court proves it.
While the leadership labor movement brays behalf
American capitalist and tries to crush all
position beraya the capitalists and their
working fast
Their latest achievement-the ouawng all strikes that
interstate commercs challenge to the whole labor
movement.
It must be understood what it is-the damaging
the working class and the
deadly blows yet
The labor be organized for resistance In
the face of the court decision labor official who
opposes the formation labor party for the 1928 elections
uncons backed by the entire forces
working strips himself bare of any labor character
shows himself open enemy of the masses
The struggle powerful trade union movement the
United States now struggle directly against imp
rialist government.
Those who realize this who refuse adopt
fight program based this fact only lead the labor
movement further into the prison American capitalism has pre-
pared for it. ~
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