The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-02-08
WORKERS URGED
TO RESIST new
LEGAL ATTACK
Striking g Coal Miners
Voted Support

With stormy ovation the closing ses-
sion of the plenum of the Central
Committee of the Workers (Commun-
ist) Party yesterday made its reply
to the indictments of the federal
grand jury attempting to suppress the
central organ of the Party, The
DAILY WORKER.
Calling upon the entire membership
of the Workers (Communist) Party
and it's many sympathizers to rally
quickly as one man to the defense OF
the DAILY WORKER as the only
revolutionary daily paper in the Eng
lish language in the whole world, and
as the press organ of leadership IN
the present vital struggles of The
American workers, the plenum adopt
ed UNANIMOUSLY the following resolu-
ton:
Again the black forces of inn
perialism have launched an attack to
crush The DAILY WORKER, the
only English Communist daily in the
world.
A Challenge.
"The very existence of our revolu-
tionary daily in this period of whole
sale attacks against the labor move
ment has been challenge to the capi-
JaIIsr cIass ana ali It's agents.
''rhe history OF capitalist reaction
against the LABOR movement follows a
logic of it's own. Inc first blow is
always delivered against the most ad-
vanced section in an effort to destroy
the most potent rallying force for
mass resistance 10 capitalist tyranny.
This was the method used in the
present drive against the labor move
ment. The heaviest blows were de-
livered against the Communists ana
the left wing in the labor movemen,
in order to clear the way for an as
sault upon the balance of the labor
movement.
Unmasked Workers Enemies.
1t is a tribute to the vitality of our
Party that we have been able to
maintain The DAILY WORKER in
spite of this drive. Our daily has
borne the fiercest attacks of the
whole capitalist class as expressed in
it's state power. 1t has unmasked be-
fore the workers the reaclionary
combination of employers, police, the
courts and the treacherous trade
union officials who endeavor to de-
liver the working class bound and
gagged to the capitalist class. Wave
after wage of reaction rolled over ,ar
Daily, but still it stands firmly be-
cause of the devotion of our men,
bers and sympathizers.
Must Repel Attack.
''The new federal warrants against
members of the editorial and business
staffs of The DAILY WORKER come
at time when the reactionary Of.
ficialdom of labor and the American
Bar Association have entered into
new conspiracies to bind the labor
unions to the chariots Of the war;
mongers.
"This attack comes at moment
when The DAILY WORKER is under
the severest financial strain. The
Central Committee of the Party calls
upon the membership and all SYM
pathisers to do all in their power now
to help our DAILY WORKER to meet
the crisis of combined police attack
md the financial strain which endan-
gers it's life.
This latest attack must be re-
PEELED and The DAILY WORKER
must emerge stronger than ever from
the fight in order to meet the
tremendous tasks before us.
"The Plenum of the Central Com
mittee of the Workers (Communis ST.
Party calls upon the Party members
and the working class to rally at
once to the support of The DAILY
WORKER in order that we may be
able to survive and to lead the fight
against our enemies, the class enemies
of the workers and farmers of this
country"
The enthusiastic response of the as
sembly was indicative of determin-
alton on the par Of all to see the
fight thru. Many declared that the
fight to preserve the life of the
DAILY WORKER was the fight to
make. make the e. P. Par.yNt7Fdly mass Com
The Plenum also adopted resolu-
ton pledging full support to the strik-
ing coal miners of the Pennsylvania
and Ohio fields and the Colorado
field and welcoming the development
Of mass picketing in Pennsylvania.
The resolution declared that the
development of mass picketing in
this region proves the splendid fight
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