The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-09
By KARL REEVE.

Tendencies toward the concentra-
ton of the functions of the United
States government in the hands of
the president have already been
clearly manifested since the install
lation of Herbert Hoover and his
millionaire cabinet. The basis is be-
ing laid for the doing away with
the mask of false democracy which
is now irksome because of war pre-
parations and the world rivalry for
international markets. The Hoover
government is taking all measures
to facilitate the transfer from the
form of false bourgeois democracy
to open dictatorship.
More Efficient" Courts.
This preparation is emphasized in
Hoover's inaugural address, which
shows that the naked and open rule
of the imperialists is being made a
reality. Hoover declares that both
the civil and criminal laws must be
modified and that all of the dead
wood must be cut away from the
judicial system in order to insure
rapid, severe action against law
breakers.
Hoover declares his intention "to
re-establish the vigor and effective
ness of law enforcement" He speaks
of ''the entire federal machinery of
justice, the redistribution of it's
functions, the simplication of its
procedure, the provision of addi-
tional special tribunals, the better
selection of juries, and the more eff
fective organization of our agencies
of investigation and prosecution
that justice may be sure and that
it may be swift"
Fascist Methods.
The call for special tribunals, for
the betterment of agencies of in
vestigation and prosecution has a
familiar ring and we may find SINH
lar statements by Mussolini and the
Balkan dictators, where fascism has
been established by these very meth
DDS. Hoover's message is nothing
more nor less than the opening call
for the preparation of fascist gov
eminent.
Now in the period of war pre-
parations, the democratic forms
which cloak this oppression of the
workers and mask the rule of the
capitalists with democratic" trim
mings are becoming a nuisance, an
impeachment to capitalist dictator
ship, and are to be thrown over
board.
This preparation for the increase
in the efficiency Of capitalist JUS
tice, for the outlawing of all work
ing class organizations, permeates
all of the present activities of the
government. One of the points of
attack on the working class is to
be seen in the drive against the for
cign-born workers. New restriction
of immigration and deportation
laws have already been passed by
the session of congress recently adj
journed and the special session to
be called this month, will consider
further measures against the for
eign-born. Senator Blease is advo-
eating the voluntary" registration
Of aliens as preparation for es-
pionage against foreign-born. The
Johnson bill advocated extension Of
the grounds for deportation and re-
moval of the time limit within which
aliens can be deported for illegal
entry. The deportation bill already
passed provides Jail sentence, MAX
ing it criminal offense, to enter
the United States illegally.
Davis on "Selective" immigration.
Secretary of Labor Davis in his
report, advocates ian entirely new
code" of immigration, which includes
"selective immigration" Davis
points out chat already immigra-
ton officers are at work in foreign
countries wedding out undesirable
aliens"