The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-18
Support the Fight Against the
Persecution of the Foreign Born

try" was arrested and is being held for depor-
tation? But it is Of no avail We know very
well that this is not question of constitutional
rights. We know that the attack on the foreign
born serves the same purpose as that which the
Tar Nickolai prosecuted Jews in Russia.
We know that the recommendation OF Mr..
Doak to preserve the right Of the government to
cancel citizenship only aims to frighten the
millions of naturalzed citizens and detract their
attention from the struggle for unemployment
insurance
According to the Bureau Of Statistics in Wash
ington there were 13,s6s,4o7 foreign born in
the year 1890 In the United States.
OF this number there are about 100000 work
era Does Mr.. Doak really believe that he will
succeed in terrorizing all these millions OF for
egn born without any resistance on their part2
Does he really believe that he can check this
struggle of the Committee for the Protection OF
Foreign Born and he will be left unhampered
in his deportation p1ansS We can assure every
Doak and the Ike that not only will we not
limit ourselves to our activities, but We will ad-
vance such a mighty struggle against persecu-
ton of the foreign born that they will first re-
alize what "hampering" really means.
The American working masses very apt
pupils in this crisis. They are rapidly realizing
that this reactionary wave against the foreign
born goes parallel with the increased lynching
campaigns OF the Negro workers. The American
workers are realizing that with this terror wave
against the foreign born and Negro workers
strides the wage-Cut unemployment, hunger and
homeleSsness, persecution and Jail for the entire
working class. The American worker Is rapidly
learning that all the dark powers in this country
that are fighting tooth and nail against unem-
ployrnent relief, are the important leaders in the
attack on the living standard of the American
working class in general and prosecute the for
eign born in particular.
President Hoover and Secretary of Labor Doak
have shown in their report to Congress that all
recommendations and bills against the foreign
born, proposed by the different personages and
patriotic fascist organizations, has now become
a general government issue. Hoover's and
Doak's recommendations were formulated by the
Coalition of Patriotic Societies only two weeks
ago and have been accepted on the 25th Of No
vember in Washington, D. G. This is what the
resolution formulated:
% To strengthen the deportation laws.
90 To exclude foregn-born workers from en-
ployment
80 To register foreign born workers.
"a To lengthen the time and make it more
difficult for one to become citizen Of the
United States.
80 That the President Of the United States
gets the fullest authority to deport anyone who
will not be considered III accord with 100 per
cent Americanism." Similar resolutions were
adopted before the opening OF Congress by the
United Patriotic" organizations and other or
CARNATIONS hostile to the working class.
Can anyone find one single word in the above
mentioned facts that were lacking in Doaks rec
concentrations and in Hoover's few masqued
words in his message TO Congress? Doak is
practically repeating every word Of the resolu-
tons adopted by the Coalition" and even elab-
Grated upon HooYers speech.
1t is quite clear that we have united front
of all reactionary and working hostile forces to
deal with now. 1t is quite evident that Fish,
Doak Hoover and the whole paraphernalia was
in back Of the resolutions Of the patriotic or
CARNATIONS. But against this united front Of
the working people in general. and the foreign
born in particular the Committee for the Pro-
lection of the Foreign Born will unite all the
working citizens and non-citizens, Americans and
foreign born, white and colored, and united we
will skater the chains Of slavery that the gov
eminent is forging for the foreign born
1t is the duty of every radical and progressive
organization that is in any way at all connected
with this righteous struggle which the foreign
born worker is conducting should Join the Com
mittee for the Defense OF the Foreign Born
Every organization in every city Of the United
States should put this issue Of the defense OF the
foreign born to the forefront The slogan Of
every organization, regardless Of its political or
social views, should be:
Down with the prosecuting determinations and
deportation OF the foreign borni
Long live the solidarity OF the American work
ing class, white end Negro, native and foreign
bornl