The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-06-14
Mobilize Against New "Sacco- Vanzatttii'
Electr0cutiOn.

THE tremendous historic significance of tn Its ir the
textile strike at Gasona North Carolina, IS be-
coming more clear.
The struggle began fight against the textile bosses
for elementary economic demands 1t rapidly develop
ing into political struggle of major Importance between
the working class and the bourgeoisie.
woud be superficial to say that the open armed clashes
between the workers and the police the of this
These clashes rather evidence of the The
goes much deeper The Gastona workers have challenged the
attempts of the capitalists carry out their efficiency pro-
duction program Thus it has challenged the whole
being followed by the capitalist GLASS; and this has forced the
struggle into the sharp forms it has now taken.
Reduced to simple terms, the deficiency production
program had the double aim Of strengthening Wall Street
its struggle for foreign markets and also of making American
Industry better prepared for world 1t neces
ry for these purposes to cheaper labor and free
ain strategic industries from contact with the more rad
Called sections of the working is for this reason
that those industries which suffered most from the inter
national crisis of capitalism began to South first
namely the coal industry and the textile industry these being
also important for purposes since they the pro-
ducers of gun-cotton, power etc.
In carrying out its program there be doubt but
that the capitalist class has agreement for close
operation with the A. F. of L. Executive Council The Ma
tional Civic Federation of which Matthew Vol is acting
vicepresdent is for just such purpose. That
this is not speculation is evidenced by the fact that
leading textile magnates and coal barons members of the
federation Coleman DUPONT of the biggest of
rayon mills (Which in twentyour hours be
gun-cotton plants for purposes) is member Samuel
Mather director of United States Steel Corporation which
D. a
member T. E. Crowley president of the New York Central
Railroad and owner of coal subsidiaries is another
member
Is it accidental that Wo the labor leader and Dupont
the rayon magnate members of the political body
and that the A F. of L. through the United Textile Workers
Union entered she Ezabethton strike and twice betrayed R
The workers fully know of the breaking the miners union
through Lewis and Green's sabotage of the organization of
the southern miners and betrayal of the northern miners
These facts the explanation for the situation the
South Especially the explanation for the fact that the
Gastonia strikers led by the Communist Party and the Ma
ona Textile Workers Union and against the A F. OF L.
fighting bitter militant struggle which has not been broken
where the bosses forced to resort to the of the
skebreakng government the rameup of the strike lead
ers, and attempts at lynchng
That the capitalist realizes that it is the Comu
list Party which the backbone of the workers struggle
made evident by the fact that Fred Bea Communist who
among the pioneers organizing the Southern workers. and
Who many miles away from Gasonia when the armed
lighting took place picked out with twelve others to be
harged with the murder OF the boodhrsy chief of police
HAderholt, who the victim of his vilany.
The favore weapon of doing away with working class
leaders is to the due process of capitalist law against
them The whole history of the working class the United
States is repete with examples of battles between the work
and bosses the prisoners whom they captured
ranks The most recent of Sacco and Vanze
stands both warning and batecry the American pro-
letariat.s
The Communist Party of America is engaged in strug-
e to free Fred Bea and the other Gastona prisoners
clutches of the master class who would eectrocue and
pson them for having led the strike of the textile slaves
All organizations of the workers. the trade union and relief
organizations and especially the international Labor Defense
must hur their forces into the fight
Workers of America We are faced with new historic
struggle No sacrifice is too great make victory possible
Workers of the South! The best leaders in your fight
prisoners of the bourgeose You organize your
energies to help free them
Demonstrations for freeing the prisoners collection of
funds for Defense added relief these must be the rayng
points for the work behalf of the Southern textile strikers
and prisoners.
Promoting the Murderers of Communists