The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-15
As We See 1t
Nv Tom o'FIs'erty

age person, whether
The a;st' or supporter OF cap
Connul;iss' now thOrOly cOnvmc (;
ssGsn. IS o va and Billings are m
Sui Nc y The crime for T when
rOcsnt Of offering ' in San Quen-
to and r conrt of the State OF
sapsHie MOI Donders and stews OV.
Csliorntt testimony of a couple S OF
a the .sss who were bribed by
be prS Sss leaders to death at the
TO aO q tbe capitalists of San
khesi =, would Just as soon
FTa.', nv life to the tender ner-
trust n! mack of hungry wolves
de- o. Gould to the sense of justice
8 W. VS. supreme court members
! !9oTs ever was a more CON
Il there demonstration of the
unelns ;st contention that the
O'mmu are instruments of Oppres-
"ulG hehaIf of the capitalists
~ the evidence has vet 10
h produced
nh, ean a person think of the
", W." of a court which insists
s soI those charged with the com,
lA' .;on Of a crime must stand
s;cted unless they prove the
sn5t Of others? This was the
~, m decision handed down by
~ s,me supreme court in pass
w N the recent pardon appeal
y billings. They say that II
T.aney and Billings are not
~;Iiy Of the preparedness day
s'nlosion it is up to them to bring
!. the guilty. If John Doe is
I,,ged with rape he is guilty
s 49, he proves TO the satisfac-
=" If the court that Bill Doe is
~ misereant. Was anything
II. i ever heard OF outside OF a
L~.tie asylum or the padded cell
Of sDirituaist?
- e.
And vet there is nothing crazy
,hut il. 1t is capitalist justice.
We had the Haymarket case
when innocent men were hanged
10 stop the agitation for the
eght-hOur day. We had the Sac
w-yanzetti case, when two innO-
cent men were murdered to ap-
Nase the blOOi-hWger of the
Puritan NabObs of New England,
those sanctimOniOus hypOcrites
VINO prattle about virtue and re-
pect for law, while their black
hearts thirst for the lives OF
their proletarian class enemies.
We have the Centralia case In
Walla Walla, Washington. where
several members of the l. w. w,
are held for defending theiY
headquarters against a gang of
American Legion hOOdlums. The
rutthrOats of California are moi
crazy. They are simply loyal to
THEN class interests.
$3.50 4sR
The Mooney Billings case is
the classical American Tragedy
Of our time, beside which tho
sexual tribulatiOns of Theodore
Dreiser's heroes and herOines are
as a pimple on the nose cOmpar
ed Ito a cancer. Liberals and tbs
less savage members of the cap
aalst ruling class say it is
blot on the escutcheOn of Ameri
can justice. They fear that tn,
masses will lose all confidence il
The courts unless this crime i
taken out of circulation. The!
lear that the workers will NOR
and more look with longing eye
towards the Soviet Union. wher
me courts are organs of the pre-
lelarln state anr not the tool
q the explOiters. But the NOR
nard'boiled capitalists believe i
terror. And they practice
wherever they can.
saA4 44@
Alter all the workers of til
United States are to blame 70
me MoOney-Billings tragedy. Th
nOOr leaders of the A. f. of !
are chiefly to blame. The dea
and damned GOmpers was MOI
concerned with winning the in
perlallst war for the House 4,
Morgan than with freein
Mooney and Billings. While TIL
seasoned prostitute was winir
a. dining with the plutocrat
Mooney and Billings were figh
ing The plutOcrats, Mooney WI
saved from the electric chair tn
demonstration of Communis
y lenmgrad, which created
International sensation at t
r rme' Lest the workers of t
united States be aroused to {
.ecuVe protest during the w
snO endanger victory for {
money crowd, Wilson induced {
sasernor of California to CO,
mute Moneys sentence to l
Wontinued on Last ragel