The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-06-17
Fish. Fishing for Red Herrings

naturalization of women-women assaulted
by the reds, murder attempted, funds en-
bezzled, Russian gold all dangled before Fish
and his committee. Fish isn't expected to be
elected next term-what swell food for pre-
election publicity!
McGradys story of the fur strike is a mas
terpiece. The Communists unable to get Jews
to slug Jews, called in Greeks, "the spawn of
the gutter" sent them into the homes of A.
F. of l.. sympathizers, to destroy their furni-
ture, assault their women, almost murder
their men. Nobody mentions the Sigman
gangsters.
McGrady offers his tribute of admiration
and respect to Mr.. Sigman who led the fight
against these Communist leaders and their
hordes," ETC., as Ben Zion, Forward cores
pendent, scribbles busily "Sigman spent all
his money gave his health, almost his life to
make a straight American union" Sigman
the saint!
VOL, Whalen and McGrady.
Fish ticks his lips. Oh, those terrible reds!
Have you any recommendations to make to
the committee to deal with situation of that
kind?" he asks McGrady.
Matty Woll laid down the line Whalen
tried to help it along but only made a mess
of his forgery. Now McGrady takes a shot.
at is most essential to find out where this
money is' coming FROM McGrady replies.
eve were told. and we have no evidence of
this, that every who secured concession
from Soviet Russia paid three, per cent to-
wards Propaganda"
"In America they have been supporting ID
newspapers. None show a penny profit
they are all supported. Where does the money
come FROM" bellows McGrady. That the
workers of the country are rallying to sup
port the only real workers papers available to
them, McGrady does not choose to see.
Another favorite charge McGrady brings
forward Like Green, McGrady calls for more
active support for the A. F. of L. from the
bosses as the best way of getting rid of the
reds When the federation asks many bosses
to allow them to organize their workers into
unions-even company unions--the bosses,
real hundred percenters otherwise, frequently
refused
What about the Gastonia affair, Fish asks.
McGrady pulls a long face and shakes his
head. Terrible, terrible! Murder had been
committed and if the bosses had only listened
to the A. F. of l.. it might have been avoided!
The Federation had "looked over" the field
even before the Communists came in, McGrady
said, and discovered that the "shackles taken
off from the Negroes were put on the white
workers" But the mill bosses refused to lis
"a
Grafton, so the fat boys packed up and left.
Along came the terrible Communists, stirred
up unrest and called a strike.
But, McGrady stirringly declared, the Com
nunists, to turn the sympathy of "our south
ern citizenry" against them by actually treat
ing the Negroes as equals, allowing them on
the platform, etc., all causing "in the end
MURDER" etc., etc. The Communists didn't
want to win the strike McGrady declared, but
only to sow the seeds of discomfort
Again Ham Fish speaks up. "Are those
unions legal? Can we do anything to deal
with them?"
Alas, points out McGrady there is no legis-
lation against them But the gentlemen of
the committee SMILE
Then the doors are closed. immigration,
Asst. secretary of labor, and finally Robert
Kelly, chief secretary of Eastern European
Affairs Of the state department, secretly tes-
tify. The Cominte,n is meddling in Americas
domestic affairs, Kelly, whose special furc-
ton is reviling the Soviet Union, declares.
Harris of the immigration Department is
scheduled to testify Monday and give "spe-
cifc" instances of how the Russian agents"
got into the country to do it.