The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-03-15

Long live the revolutionary
! struggles of the workers of the
world! a{
! Minor Speaks.
Robert Minor, editor of the Daily
/ Worker, elected by the workers
demonstration as a member of the
committee, then took the floor and
stated:
II am satisfied with the remarks
of Foster, and therefore, l would not
have taken the floor if it were not
that Mckee president of the Board
of Aldermen) has called upon me
also by name to answer a question
in regard to the matter of violence.
"All political parties believe in
Violence" said Minor. This in
cludes all of the capitalist parties,
the Democratic, the Republican and
the Socialist Party, which is also a
capitalist party. The big difference
is that they believe in violence and
apply violence on behalf of the cap
italist class against the working
class, whereas the Communist Party
is the party of the working class,
leading the workers in the class
struggle and recognizing that all of
history is made up of this struggle
which has never been solved and
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1t is not question Of violence or
no violence. 1t is a question of
which class.
"The Republican Party put the
capitalist class into power by going
through the most terrific civil war
that had ever been known up to that
time and in this way established the
present capitalist dictatorship in the
United States which is maintained
by the most brutal and ruthless vio-
lence. You are pretty fellows to
talk about violence! Only couple
of weeks ago several workers, in
Guiding myself, were knocked I'M
conscious by the night sticks Of
Whalen's ,eossacks in front of this
building for attempting to speak in
protest against the starvation of the
unemployed workers" a.
Minor pointed at Whalen, saying,
This man Whalen, your police com
missioner, says that no more de.,.-
onstrations will be allowed in the
open in New York City. Of course
this means the abolition of even the
+ pretense' of democratic rights of the
working class. You would say that
it can't be helped, that the only way
to preserve the interests of the cap
italists. is tg suppress the workers
demonstrations, 7" You admit that
your democratic forms of capitalism
are farce and that you are in the
process of establishing open fascist
forms of this capitalist dictatorship "
"Yous can Ahold. any meeting you
want to, under proper permit" in
terrupted Walker. }t
"Yes," said Minor, "you just deny
the permit. so-tta-
"We knowttWho owns the police
) and you too" said Minor. "Wall
street and the bankers own both
you and the police and use them
: ruthlessly against the working class
/ in every strike just as against the
unemployed workers." I.
Pointing to the group of Socialist
Party and company-union represen-
tatives, Minor said, "You notice that
these towards over there have not
said one word in defense of the right
Of the workers to assemble. They
have said no word against. the brutal
suppression of the working class
Listen, Walker, you think you can
make it appear that they are. your
opponents in sfhis~.class, struggle
You try to do this IN all Of issSour
pleasantries, jokes and laughter here
} today with the Reverend Thomas
over the. unemployed workers con-
ditions.. But let me. tell you, Jimmy,
we expose them as your supporters
against the unemployed workers"
Louis Waldman, former Socialist
Assemblyman, stood by the elbow of
Norman Thomas and Joseph P,
Ryan, president of the Central
Trades and Labor Council, represent
ing the A. F. of L., and asked the
Mayor that when a week from Tues
day the Board of Estimate holds its
public hearing in committee on the
unemployment situation, the Com
munists be barred.
"We don't want to be mixed up
with any such disgraceful Conmun-
list demonstrations" Mr.. Waldman
said.
81 don't blame you," sympathized
the Mayor. "They have slandered
and insulted every one and they have
made a spectacle out of this hear.
ing"
The Central Trades and Labor
Council representative spoke up, dis.
associated himself painstakingly
from the representatives of the un
employed, and asked that the hear.
ing accorded him and Norman
Thomas be on some other day thar
that at which the committee APP
peared.
"Now, that's very fair, said Wal.
ker. Then, turning to the commit
tee of the unemployed, he said, "Yor
see, you Communists can not ever
win the heads of the A. f. L. and the