The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-11

district attorney, Marion Hart, vhs
has special love for coal companies,
is attempting to convict the comrades
on the basis that they we're respon-
sible for the Orient strike and charg-
ing comrades with "fomenting =
strike among the coal miners en-
ployed in the County Of Franklin and
the State Of illinois,
In short, the criminal syndicalisti
law in the state Of Illinois Is TO be-
applied to suppress strikes and hand
out sentences Of from one to 20 years
in Jail for the participation in the
strike, in accordance with this Law.
It is an attempt to break the coming
strike on Apri1 1, 1882. Second, it Is
clear that the company unions, tina
UNfWA, is receiving special proteo4
ton on the part OF the coal operators
and at the same time rob the miners
of their miserable wages they are
making at the present time
Here is a. typical example The
day If my release. 7 saw the pay
statement Of a coal miner working
in Orient. 1t shows the miner earn
ed 1904 out of which 1891 was taken
off as the dues Of the UMWA check
off. SO about half Of the earnings
Of the miners in 2 weeks goes intg
the pockets Of the officials Of thu
UNfWA.
The Purpose of the Criminal Syn
dicalist Law
The attack against the Communist
Party must not be considered only
as an attack against the Communist
Party. These attacks against the
Party are attacks against the van
guard of the working class. The
criminal syndicalist law in relation to
our Party is Judged on the basis Of
the Orient strike. 1t clearly indi-
Gates the purpose Of the criminal syn
dicalist law. It Is also an atternpe
to make the Party illegal and this
is a part of the war preparations
at home by the American imperial
lists. Every worker in the Stat cor II
hnois, and every farmer must clearly
understand that this attack Is part
of the attack against the workers
and farmers who are fighting against
wage cuts, unemployment, and the
starvation policy of the bosses.
Demand the Repeal Of the Grim
inaI SyndicaIist Law
Throughout the State Of Illinois,
in every workers and farmers com
munity, factory and mine, in the
locals of the A. F. Of L., and other
organizations, the demand must be
raised in the most decisive manner,
demanding the repeal Of the criminal
syndicalist law in the State Of Illinois
and the unconditional release Of all
arrested comrades, giving support to
the International Labor Defense,
which is organizing the defense Of
the comrades and the repeal Of the
criminal syndicalist Law.
nj this campaign the LID is To
be built into mass organization. A
new strata of workers everywhere is
to be reached and especially members
of the American Federation of Labor.
A broad united front movement must
be undertaken involving local unions
of the UMWA and other local unions
of the A. F. Of L., showing the ruling
class that the workers will not stand
by idle when the vanguard Of the
working class is attacked with the
criminal syndicaiist Law, for a law
used against the Communist Party
is law used against the workers in
general
To Cali Regional Conferences
In this campaign the Communist
Party will play its role by supporting
the campaign of the international
Labor Defense. The lid will carry
on its own campaign independently
and will rally the workers in behalf
of the Party and will call ON the
workers to join in masses into the
ranks Of the Communist Party.
Throughout the state, a movement Of
regional conferences Will be called,
uniting the defense campaign Of the
five comrades together with the Moo
ney, Harlan and Scottsboro campaign.
1t is also important to state that
all the witnesses the district attorney
is able to produce are the Sheriff,
immigration Inspector Nash Of st.
Louis, Stanley Mondell, Aaron Wells,
Thomas Lewis, all Of whom are po~
lice officers. In short, it clearly in
dictates that the whole case is purely
and simply a frame-up arrest by the
Chicago notorious 'sred squad" the
democratic and republican politicians.
Only mass protest, only a mas
can smash the criminal
syndicalist law and win free the ar
rested comrades. The trial is set
for the first part OF February, 1882.
Therefore, there is no time to be
lost in undertaking a campaign III
the masses Of workers IN
behalf Of the campaign undertaken
by the LID.