The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-09
Defending the Foreign-Born
By VIM. Chopper

immigrants whom we permit to en-
ter" He advocates sharper immi-
grafton laws because "the parlor
pink, the ultra radical, the Bolshe-
vik, the Communist, were products
of foreign soil and for years con-
fined to foreign soil. because they
are hostile to our principles and ma
tional philosophy, we owe it as a
duty to our country to keep them
out. we are too prosperous and
contented to listen to the wild social
theories of other lands"
1t becomes plain that the meas
ures advocated by Secretary of La
Dor Davis, further restriction of
immigration, the registration of for
eign-born workers, the selection of
immigrants in their own countries,
the increasing of the powers of the
secretary of labor to administer the
laws, more severe deportation laws,
etc., are advocated to be used
against the foreign-born because
they have revolutionary tradition,
because they are more class-con-
scious, because they are enlisted in
basic industries. 1t becomes clear
that these measures are being
passed by congress ard are being
prepared by Hoover and his cabinet
as an attack on the working class,
as an attempt to split and divide
the workers, and to prosecute, de-
port and imprison one of the most
militant, advanced and important
sections of the working class, and
attempt to shatter the unity of the
working class. Thus, the govern
ment, throwing away all democratic
subterfuges, is changing our laws
during period of war preparation
in order to be able more easily to
exploit -kers and in ordc-' to keep
them in subsection, and try to pre-
vent them from protesting against
the plunging of the United States
into imperialist war.
Spies Expose Dictator.
Let me quote from a capitalist in
formation service, the Whaley-Eaton
Services, which are Offered to a
select clientele and are available to
persons of discrimination" and have
''the support and confidence of rep
resentative business men in all parts
of the union" In report entitled,
'The New Epoch Under Hoover"
this service points out that one of
the most significant changes inaug-
urated with Hoover is this tendency
toward dictatorship. 1t says, "He
was dictator in his relief work in
Europe and he was almost a die
tator in the food administration at
home"
The report then refers to the U.
S. senate and declares that one of
Hoover's tasks will be to subjugate
the senate to his dictatorship,
"what knock-down this senate will
get if it undertakes through sheer
obstinacy to oppose the construc-
tive programs of Mr.. Hoover"
The report continues, "Mr. Hoover
does not have to be a dictator in
the sense that Mussolini is a die
tator; the test is coming just as GER
tainly as the tide or rain and it
will be :, fine thing if it comes early
in his administration at the APP
preaching special session."
The workers must awaken to the
seriousness of the situation. They
must answer the attacks on the for
eign-born W -kers, they must fight
against the preparation for fascist
dictatorship, which is but a part Of
the preparation for the imperialist
war.
The International Labor Defense
is now conducting campaign in
defense of the foreign-born work
ers, and is defending John Topals-
canyi against deportation charges.
Topalscanyi has just had his citizen
ship papers revoked by the federal
court in Pittsburgh. and is facing
deportation because of his member
ship in the Communist Party. 80.