The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-10
RESETAR, zIMA,
MiUSELIN FRAMED
FOR MILITANCY
Church Also Linked Up
in Case
.TBy a Worker Correspondent

PITTSBURGH, Pa, (By MALL
The case of Milan Resetar, Peter
Muselin and Tom lima is one of the
hardest fought cases in the history
of criminal law in Western Penn
sylvania. 1t has already been fought
thru the criminal court of Beaver
county and has been argued in the
superior court of the state and is
booked for argument in the supreme
court. This is a typical case of
prosecution by one of the largest
Independent steel companies, the
Jones and Laughlin Steel Company.
The case was conducted on the steel
companies side by W. D. Craig who
is the head of their trust company
in Woodlawn, while the judge, W. A.
Mcconnell, who sat on the beach in
the case in the Beaver county crirT-
inal court is we'll known to be tool
of theirs, and it is also well known
that he was elected and put into Of
flee thru votes cast under the most
fragrant espionage and terrorism of
the steel company. Craig the attor-
ney who was the real prosecutor be-
hind the prosecution, has served sew
eral terms in the state senate of
Pennsylvania as one of the plant
tools of the steel company and is
well known as the ~. & l.. state
senator from the Beaver district"
He studied law as student under
the judge in the case, Mcconnell,
who has shown himself, in this case,
as one of the worst of red baiters.
Background of Case.
The case has not only the backing
of one of the most powerful rivals
Of the United States Steel Co., the
J. & L. Steel Co., using all its indus
trial power to control the votes
which make and unmake members
of the state legislature and the
state senate but also has the neces-
sary power to make and urmake the
career of members of congress and
senate of the national government
and of the courts. But in the course
IF this case we see the hand of the
department of justice coming in, in
NE person of Henry ]. Lennon, "red"
e4pert of the department of justice,
and we also see the hand of the cham
befs of commerce, the courts of AL
fegheny county, the state police and
at livery turn of the case we meet
thei Shiny trial of the numerous pa
trSotic societies, one of which, the
American Legion, thru its post COM
-rsfafider, Robert c. Simpson, who was
the postmaster in Woodlawn, and
who thru his position as such not
only acted as snoop and spy but also
used his office as legion commander
to write letters of the most rabid
patriotism to the Beaver Argus to
rouse and stimulate the bigotry and
venom of the Ku Klux Khan and
similar 100 per cent paytriotic mud
sill and know nothing organizations
in order to get conviction, thou
sands of whom still remain wrapped
in the mists and fogs of the we'll
known brand of stupidity for which
they are only too we'll known and
renowned. The hand of the church
comes in in the person of John B.
Snaelhanich, priest of the Serbian
Catholic Church who appeared as a
witness in the interest of the steel
companies prosecution. We thus see
all the reactionary forces linked up
in this prosecution.
Case Must Have Support.
While this case has been loyalty
supported in the past by the workers
up to now, especially by the South
Slavs, the International Labor De-
Tense of the Pittsburgh district is
once again asking the workers to
come to the assistance of these
workers who are in the front line
trenches of the class struggle,
against one Of the most ruthless
enemies in the entire country, the
entrenched steel companies. The
Civil Liberties has been helping in
this case and they have rendered
valuable aid in the defense of these
workers. This case, if the superior
court is upheld, should be taken to
the supreme court of the United