The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-09
Centralia-and Ten Years of
Change

penteniary of Wash
year In the period Nov H.
99 hundreds of other workers have fallen victim to the class JUS
bougeoisie similar background
and that of the Centraa must draw attention
walla waa. Nor forget their feoy
worker Wesley Everest whose body lies ong unknown spot
d ~ free these nroarn fighters the onv wav thew can be
pushed
goal
their organzaonal expression
Nov H. American Imperialism celebrating its
the world and starting the consolidation of its forces
world domination that swiftly leading to another world
In the past world war the l. W. W. Industrial Workers
Wor all it's syndcast confusion the outstanding
struggling against mpast though only few of its
deoogay advanced members conscious of its role While
officially general lack Of clarity
and its deceazed arazed its actions far any posi-
tive and wedefned fight against concerned holding 1t back
the political conclusions action to which its
premhe principle of class struggoud otherwise have taken
it, nevertheless anwar force to be reckoned the
fully recognized the terror meashed against its
members
W. understand and hence could not follow the
theory and practice of Leninism which would have clearly
and independent economic and political But waged
time of war and cung this had moth
with politics. for all that rejected the idea that the duty
revolutionary proetaat in time of mpeast to turn
the W. W. the object of ruthless civil war against
it by the bourgeoisie which suffered from no Illusions
of the Pacific northwest drew it the fire of all forces of
at that period the whole world
encouraged by the victory of the Russian working class
against the workers The fascist American
Legion mobzed celebrate to shoot and
the w. W. lumber workers Cenraa The Chamber
dominated by the Lumber Trust in charge and
ganzed W. lumber workers
their ground and led by Wesley Everest
with record of herom in action
attackers with gunfe and them shot for shot, the
fascist mob killed
AS members of the l. W. W. in the hall, and
jailed that night of the most ghas
carried when Wesley Everest who had been
ured after battle horribly
muae rdded with bullets and his body cast graethe
location of which is unknown to this day.
Gaona of those responsible although the leaders
known, The trial. held
don martial law resulted Eugene Barnett Ray Becker Bert
Bland c. Bland John Lamb James Mclneny and Britt Smith,
being the pnentay practically for e under sentence
from 25 to 40 while Loren Roberts, judged m-
this the without sentence being
Although that those did
firing and fully that these workers had
fire defense of their and their ve though uymen
their verdict has asked their
eease-the workers still enduring living death in
Today the Gastona is of the
the United emphaicaly the
INTERVIEWING of the and political struggle against
a Another the leading role by
Communist Party following feminist line of struggle against
emancipation The lack of political the
dast decntrad leadership conusedy cnging
fomuae cerhng all sorts of petty bourgeois anarchist
illusions of the peaceful transformation of capitalism into cooperative
caused dsintegrate
stands the front leading struggle against capitalism prestige
gained from struggles lost and its best members have joined
the Communist Party.
responding broadening
basis continuously everyday class battles connecting
with the for the overhrowal capitalism
the nheritor all the traditions the W. w. Bill
Haywood Ford and Suhr Joe HILL Frank Little and the Cena
WELL
PERIOD years
launching socialist the
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