The daily worker., 1930-05-24

anu uaiE-s 55EN L~ltlF D.T NAiSA2Nht~h
Ie Rules C0muittee, Nlichener
essing for Immediate vote, thus
placing at a disadvantage any
who might wish to oppose it.
But aside from the protest
speech OF the republican farm
representative, Ramseyer, Of
Iowa, neither the speeches nor the
votes Indicated any opposition to
this measure which is designed to
cover up the mass misery Of unem-
! ployment with red hysteria" and
moscow plots
Ramseyer's Opposition" while he
rightly expressed the fact that 'un-
employment is rife in the midst of
surpluses of things to eat, to wear
and to shelter our heads" was
merely a sham battle with an eye
to the thousands of voters who are
iobless in Iowa demanding relief
for their misery which Ramseyer
has no solution and whom he only
hopes to delude with tall talk.
Hamilton Fish Of New York, who
spoke at the fascist veterans anti
Communist demonstration on May
Day, fought viciousIy against even
Ramseyer's mild protests. 1t was
Fish who proposed the resolution
originally, as one of those who are
leading the campaign to make open
war against all militant workers in
true fascist style, to suppress the
Communist Party, the militant class
struggle unions and all activities as
signed to defend workers interests.
This was seen when Fish called
on the Southern congressman to
vote for the resolution because the
Communists were creating turmoil
in Southern textile towns and were
stirring up the Negroes to new de-
mands, y thus making this new per-
secution a part Of the drive against
the workers shown in the Infamous
Indictment in Atlanta against Com
munist organizers for 'insurrec-
ton" with death in the electric chair
ahead because they distributed leaf
lets.
Chairman Smell of the Rules Com
mittee, in whose name the revised
Fish resolution was introduced, help
Ell out the furious attack Of Fish,
by saying his committee could not
take responsibility for blocking
such an investigation" and that as
against the Communist menace"
the government was without pro
tection' and the Department of JUS
tice has mo weapon absolutely"
Smell has previously stated that
the action Of his committee was
taken because he was urged" by
Matthew Woll of the A. F. of L.
and National Civic Federation
along with Ralph NJ. Easley of the
Federation. Easley is known to
have had the notorious Whalen for
geries of "Comintern letters weeks
before Whalen published them.
These fOrgeries bear the mark
of the international forgers' ring
financed by British imperialists, and
appeared shortly after Sir Henry
Deterding, the chief of the anti-So-
Wet forgers, visited the United
States.
Thus the investigation" is not
only to cover up the starvation of
unemployment with "red plot" pub
licity, and to sharpen the attack on
the working class and its Commu-
mist advance guard, but to help in
the moral" preparation for war
against the Soviet Union, inciden-
tally disrupting Soviet trade with
the U. S. to the advantage of Brit
ish business. The chief section of
the resolution says it is;
g. to investigate Communist
propaganda in the United States,
particularly in our educational in
stitutions; the activities and men,
bership of the Communist Party
and all affiliated organizations
and groups thereof; the ramifica-
tions of the Communist Internation-
al in the United States; the AM
torg Trading Corporation; the Daily
Worker; and all entities, groups or
individuals alleged to teach, advise
or advocate the overthrow by force
or violence of the government of
the United States, or attempt to
undermine our republican form Of
government by melting riots, sgb-
otage or revolutionary disorderr,"