The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-07-15
By CHARLES ALEXANDER.

TERRIFIED by the mighty wave of working
class demonstrations and protests against
lynching throughout the whole country
under the banner of the International Labor
Defense and other militant working class or
CARNATIONS the boss class of the United States
through their faithful lackey, Representative
U. S, Stone, of Oklahoma, has introduced into
the boss controlled House of Representatives
in Washington, a resolution calling for the
creation of a Mob Law Commission to Gin
vestigate and study" lynching throughout the
United States.
Let no worker-Negro or white-be disiI-
iusloned as to the true character and purpose
of this resolution. 1t is merely a ruse on the
part of American capitalism to attempt to
stem the mighty growing struggles of the Ne
gro masses in solidarity with the white work
ers against the bloody lynching weapon of
oppression, and the whole barbarous lynch law
system. Lynching is one of the most vicious
forms of oppression utilized by the employing
class of the United States against the Negro
masses. 1t is created, fostered and maintained
by the capitalist class, and fully supported by
its executive commttee-the government-fed-
eral, state and municipal. 1t is one of the pill
lars on which capitalism stands, and through
which the boss class is able to plumber, rob
and divide the working class.
Afraid of the growing unity of Negro and
white workers, the capitalist class utilities the.
lynch law weapon with all its savagery and
sanguinity against the Negro workers in order
to justify its special brutal exploitation of the
Negro masses in the eyes of the white work
ers, and against the whole working class, Ne
gro and white, when they show their determn-
alton to organize unite and fight for improved
economic conditions. Created by the capitalist
class lynching is an integral part of the whole
capitalist system, consequently, the capitalist
class will never do anything to stop it. The
only force capable of abolishing lynching is
the organized might and power of the workers
Negro and white.
1t is important that we go through the Sec
tions of this resolution in order to expose its
true nature to he workers Section one states
that the Commission shall "be composed of
five individuals who shall be citizens of the
United States, to be appointed by the Presi-
dent" 1t is obvious that there will be no
workers on this commission, and the members
of the commission will be appointed" by the
president of the capitalist cass-the same class
which fosters and maintains lynching. This
same section specifies that each member of
the commission "shall receive compensation
at the rate of $50. day." which means the
opening of new avenue of graft for these
More Graft
Section two directs the commission to study
and investigate" lynching. Every worker must
fully understand that no commission appoint
ed by the capitalist class or its agents will
investigate any case of lynching as to ex-
pose the names of the lynchers-who are al
ways composed of bosses, superintendent,
foremen, sheriffs, ministers, and other hang
ers-on of the capitalist classic the eles of
the toiling masses of Negro and white workers.
The economic policy of the boss class is always
to ntimidate, to threaten with Imprisonment
on the chain gangs, blacklist, ETC., workers
willing to testify against bosses lynch mobs.
This was very clearly seen in the lynching of
John H. wilkins Negro Pullman porter Not
only were the porters and other workers threat
ened with loss of their jobs, but they were also
threatened with Imprisonment on charges of
perjury, if they dared expose the names of the
lynchers. 1t is evident that what the COM
mission will do will be to white-wish the lynch
ers, give them clean slate, and therefore en-