The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-30
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SSTHE United States Government boasts Of be-
ing 'nerctHul Jailer' In reality It Is
vicious, mereileSs dungeon keeper. Conditions
are 30 bad IN the federal penitentiaxy at Atlanta
EAa4t at this moment there Is near epidemic OF
SPINAL meningitis" ...
II Is Patrick Deyine, secretary Of the National
Textile Workers Union, speaking He has just
been released from the federal penitentiaSy as
Atlanta, and now he Is penned UP at Ellis
Island, soon to be deported. International Ia
Dor Defense representatives meet him In the
large, wire-fenced room on the Island, where
visitors huddle in small, gloomy knots around
few Of TIE 500 foreign-born workers who are
being shipped out OF the country by Doak's de-
portation squads.
He viii leave Saturday on the s. 6. Ascania,
together with scores OF these victims OF the
Doak's drives. Landing at Liverpool, he win be
sent ON to Scotland, his native country. When
we first see him In the deportation pen this
militant leader is without money; for clothes
he wears q shabby prison suit and shoes that
threaten at every move to fall apart.
The Atlanta prison is supposed to be model
institution under the direction OF Sanford Bates,
eminent penologist,'" says Devine. cit was
built to house 1900 Today it holds 1000. Men
are crowded together like cattle. The lucky
ones are in dornitories which house 400 men
and five toilets, two OF which are slwayS out
Of order.
1.-THE food is a scandal Beans-beans-
more beans. There Is an efficient officer named
Mr.. Boyle In charge Boyle prides himself on
saving $4,000 last year on the food sppropria-
ton. That means that $500 day was taken
from the PRISONS food! What went from the
same fund to graft, nobody knows.
"Because Of these terrible conditions, there is
g. near epidemic Of spinal meningitis in the
penitentiary. From July, 1881, TO the time I
left there were about 80 cases Of the disease.
Nine OF them died.
"a window dressing cleanup Of a few Of the
worst evils is going on-on the surface--to try
to prevent the spread Of the disease. But the
inmates know that this Is farce and they are
scared to death"
Devne spoke Of the rigid discipline in the
penitentiary, which stu clubs prisoners, or puts
them "in the hole'-soltary confinement on
bread and water-for slight violations OF prison
rules. He himself was arrested In prison and
punished on a charge Of "inciting TO riot and
"boisterous conduct" for some offense which he
did not even know he had committed.
Speaking Of the horrible conditions of United
States prisons, Devine called the Federal De-
tention House on West ST. In New York "a gold
brick which Al Smith sold TO the government.
1t used to be an old garage kom Smiths truck
ing company. He had the government take 1t
OF his hands FOR more than million dollars"
says Deyine.
Deyine was active IN the Lawrence textile
strike, and prior TO that, IN the Pittsburgh coal
area He was sentenced TO Atlanta for year
in connection with his strike activities and
served seven months. Immediately upon his
release, he was arrested for deportation.
m statement for the Daily Worker today,
! Pat Deyine says:
| The year 1881 will forever be a landmark in
the revolutionary history OF the United States
and the world at large.
| It marked the confirmation, for all who wish
| to see, Of the correctness OF the Conaintern
analysis Of the third period postwar crisis Of
| capitalism
! For the American Party, particularly, 1881 has
especial significance In no uncertain manner,
| this, the third winter Of the criss-with its
| clear disintearation Of seemingly all powerful
| u. S.. imperialism, and its rising militancy Of
| the working class as expressed in the Hunger
March on Washington, the innumerable strikes,
and the ever growing Communist election vote
| has demonstrated the counter revolutionary
| character Of the Lovestoneites and Trotsky1tes
and the clear cut and correct feminist line Of
the Party.
! The Lawrence textile strikes, the Pennsylva-
mia, Ohio. West Virginia and Kentucky miners
| ton are splendid examples Of our orientation to
mass work in the unions and among the un-
employed organized and unorganized.
We are definitely reducing the gap between
abstract propaganda and concrete mass work
with Its concentration into organization in the
unemployed councils, revolutionary trade unions
| and the Party
| There are still many weaknesses, however,
especially those expressed in Lawrence in Feb
ruary, viz, lack OF preparatory work, insuffi-
Gent attention to the organization of basic COM
nittees in the factories, a hesitation to spread
the struggle-in itself an expression Of our un-
derestimation of the rehabilitation Of the masses
| Ia failure to recruit members energetically
enough during strikes, and lack OF connec-
ton between our organization centers and their
periphery. -
The local and district defense organizations
must be strengthened enough to make them
competent TO carry out the necessary defense
moves both additionally and technically.
The practice of spectacularly and sharply
| bringing forward special cases, such as Scots
boro, Kentucky miners, etc., must not be allowed
to crowd out attention to less important cases.
Nineteen hundred and thirty -one has brought
our Party TO maturity This growth must and
will be continued in 1882. Bigger struggles are
! ahead.
The present session Of Congress accentuates
the inherent contradictions OF capitalism and
exposes the plans FOR further reduction in the