The daily worker., 1928-05-17

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Editorial action of the higher New Jersey
reversing which four convicted
and Roger Baldwin head of the
American civil liberties union in connection with the silk strike
in Paterson, is significant:
But the final opinion reestables (the
supreme law of the land'-N. Y. World.
at also shows that even radical go
which has been done
will be righted"-N. Y. Times
This editorial comment exhibits the why the court
INDUCED the inexpensive luxury of releasing five men from
small Jail and fines imposed solely for trying to hold
meeting during strike The is that by this gesture OF
enienc the working class be further duped into
believing what the Times sayha workers (and espe
cay member of the liberal ntelgentsia) involved in police
suppression the of the class struggle can into an
that fragrant injustice which has
them will be rghted The for eniency of
Jersey justice ampfied by the following facts:
/. This is election year.
1t period increasing union-smashng cutting
suppression police violence against the working class
there has been open murder by state
troops striking coal miners Colorado aeged for step
ping property line, but really for pcketing.
reign of terror is now in process Pennsylvania Ohio
Illinois and other fields with cubbng wholesale arrests
and complete civil rights njunctions entirely nuy
ing constitutional guarantees far workers
concerned.
d The pauperizaon appropriation of smaller farmers
proceeding rapid rate causing widespread discomfort
g. The march of United States Imperialism just beginning
with the bloody against Nicaragua and the
lvAslon of China large scale.
l. At this particular time of alternative candidates
Wall Street for the presidency necessarily put forward Gas
Woodrow Wilson earlier tme) candidate
sentng liberalism constitutional rights and the common people,
g. The open shop movement engaged in nationwide
sterize eliminate radeunonism absolutely
rely upon present candidates of capitalist parties
Under these in this election year. which is
year supreme crisis for the organized labor
ment every harpy the capitalist press and pulpit striving to
prove that although strikers heads broken al
though and children jailed eyicted and assaulted
of lawnevertheess the constitution
protects from all of these things and any fragrant njus
tice which has been done them will be righted"
That is why day workers to Jail
York for pckeng and four workers jailed for picket
ing mine in Ohio the New York World and New York
Times pick out incidents of the living struggle in
process but fouryearod New Jersey edtoralze
about Crush today Stfe all speech and club the
picket today all osts Smash the Union in the struggle
which going noWbut is safe and profitable to editorial
liberty fouryear-od in which middecass ad
vocate of "free speech" is liberated
The working class must learn learning trust
these miserable hypocres liberal journalism
mosquito and swallow elephant in support of capitalist class
rule which murdered and Vanzett the
courts Harry Sinclair hold Mooney and Billings
lifetime of torture the courts and the constitution which
are being repress with blood and
and Ohio cannot be vndcated with this petty
ture Jersey Justice and the phsne boasts for which the
gesture is made
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