The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-17

this public through the Daily
Worker, that if l should by any
means be killed here, it will not be
because l attempted to escape or at
tackled guard, but because refuse
to yield to their attempt to crush
iay fighting spirit.
/. L. d. Lawyer Helps.
"On the 10th Miss Caroline Lowe,
an attorney from Pittsburgh, Kan
sas, who was retained by the l. L.
D., came down and | reported to
her about my mistreatment here.
Also I asked her to have the I. l..
D. take action on my mail, and now
I seem to be receiving mail from
comrades in Detroit, Michigan, This
shows that they are really afraid
of us taking legal actions and MAX
ing an investigation Of all this.
Since the defense attorney came
down they seem to use me much
better, although l still receive the
hard and dirty work. However,
these attempts will never crush my
revolutionary spirit, for I will al
ways remain loyal fighter Of the
toiling masses.
Still Full of Fight.
IT thank all the comrades who
have fought SO bravely for my re-
lease and send them my best greet
ings and fighting spirit. will still
continue to fight for the emancipa-
ton of the toil;ng masses and per-
haps some day I may be able to do
the same for them. Continue the
fight, comrades, for the czars here
realize that the fight is growing
intense. l pledge myself to be a
loyal fighter of the toiling masses,
always ready to even sacrifice my
life, if necessary, especially for the
young workers who are most ex-
| plotted. Expose them through the
Daily. l would also, if possible, like
to hear from comrades. Expose
publicly all l have written about
this place.
In a second letter Porter tells OF
the denial of all privileges, even
those which are, granted according
to regulations.
Porter says, Enclosed are a few
regulations concerning mail, visi-
rtors, home parole, etc. These regu-
lations are made by the War De-
I partment but are broken here with
out notice given to them. In plain
all privileges granted us by the
| War Department are denied by Of
| ficials here. All this should be tax
zen into consideration. Please for
ward copy to the /. L. D.
Illegal Restrictions.
"For instance, in my case / am
not permitted any mail from other
than relatives.
"All this should be made public
and fight put up so that we car
receive some privileges granted us
\ for, although we are prisoners, we
are still human beings.
"Please send best regards tc
comrades jailed at Washington. Best
regards to all comrades"
Porter then gives quotations from
the War Department regulations
and shows how they are being vio-
lated. Porter struggled all these
letters from the prison in order tc
inform the workers what is going
on.
Own Regulations Violated.
The letter of Porter telling of the
violation of War Department regu-
lations follows:
"(a) Privileges of first class pris-
oners. Permission to write as many
letters as desired each week. The
officials have changed it of their
own accord without notifying the
War Department, to one letter a
week. No specific reason given for
change other than it is too much
work reading two or three letters OF
each man.
"(b) Permission to receive visi-
tors on Saturdays, Sundays and
holiday afternoons, between 1 and
p. m.
"This also has been changed. First