The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-05-31
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Central Organ of the Communist Party of the U. S. A.
Demand Release of Canter and Lifshitz

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NAP convictions invoked against Ben Lshtz and Harry
Canter in the courts of New York City and Boston,
stitue form of lynch law justice that is becoming
ever against workers in capitalist America.
Lfshitz organizer of the Communist Party in the New
York District arrested Saturday afternoon convicted
the following Sunday morning and sentenced to 80 days
prison. after days delay three solemn judges with
out giving for their action bunty reject the de-
mand for release ball. pending appeal Lfshz remains in
prison Meanwhile, the worst criminals usually important
cogs in the underworld machinery of Tammany Hail. are
at liberty BAIL Even those charged with murder
often so freed.
Canter the Boston Communist printer carried placard:
Fuler-Murdrr of Sacco and Vanzett in the Communist
Parys election campaign demonstration last November and
Immediately charged with criminay libeing" the
Governor Alvan Fuller of Massachusetts, He put
trial and conviction raroaded through with the Gym
cal methods that made brutal farce out of the prejudiced
hearings granted Sacco and Vanzetti. The judge openly
displayed his prejudice all testimony regarding the Sacco
Vanzet case which the ISSUE ruled out while Full
r who gave the final word that sent Sacco and Vanzet
burn in the electric chair at the Charleston prison.
excused from appearing the witness stand where he might
be effectively ss-questoned.
This mockery of "justice" in the capitalist courts should
be clear to all workers. in spite of the intensive propaganda
continually carried about the fairness of hghmnded
judges Capitalism tries to cloak its lackey judiciary with
responsibility that the ordinarily crooked lawyer not sup
posed to possess The lawyer turned judge however, de-
generates than into fawnng ackey of the capital
list social order he has taken an oath to uphold This ser
y emphasized by the hangmans black gown he
ally while on duty.
Capitalism in the United States the present period has
special needs 1t calls frantay for vicious attacks against
the Communists the leaders in the growing struggles of
American labor This is especially true in New York and
Boston.
In the pre-word days, during the comparatively
peaceful development of American Imperialism the courts
sought usually to give sembance of Justice" in their pro-
ceedngs Even in the midst of in 1917 and 1918 long
trials granted to indicted members of the Industrial
Workers of the World and the socialist party.
1t has been made clear the interim between the
first and second world wars that short shrft is be
of the court trials of revolutionary workers. the
Canter and Lshitz This is but another phase of the i'm
periast preparations method of fighting the
militant section of the working class during these days of
the growing rehabilitation of labor The actual opening of
hosties for the next will certainly find the worst
invoked against the workers.
The of labor must be immediate and growing
demand for the release of Lshz Caner and all the class
prisoners with increasing emphasis the continued
brutal incarceration of Mooney and Billings This means
rapid and effective strengthening of the international Labor
Defense the strong of the working class in fighting
capitalism in its courts. The outrages committed
against Canter and Lshz should be fresh warning the
whole working class to intensity its exposure of and struggle
against capitalist Justice.