The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-18
The Imperial Valley Case Before
the y. S. Supreme Court
BY BURCK

struggle Of the workers against this attemp will
be SO great as to stay the sinister plans of the
growers their state and their Prison Board.
Fight Vicious Criminal Syndicalism Law!
This struggle must now be thousandfold in
tensifed not only to stop these sinister plans of
the bosses, but entirely to free these victims of
capitalism, and to smash once and for all the
vicious Criminal Syndicalism Law that impris-
oned these workers. This law is in effect in
other states and keeps in prison hundreds of
other working class fighters throughout the
country. 1t tends to cripple every struggle of
the workers against wage cuts, speed-up in
human working conditions and the general mis-
cry of capitalist exploitation.
The appeal to the Supreme Court, signed by all
7 prisoners, therefore says:
1--WE demand our release and at the same
time also the Criminal Syndicalisn Law
which deprives workers of their basic rights
should be declared unconstitutional"
This demand-the struggle against the opera
tons of the G. S. Law is Of utmost Importance
to all toilers in this country. The Scope of this
law is unlimited in its possibilities to be used
as weapon against the workers Especially at
present with the sweeping wage-cuts on; with the
ent with the sweeping wage-cuts on; with the
immediate danger of an imperialist attack upon
the S. u; this law will be used more and more
unless we are prepared to smash it completely.
Now the Time For sharpened Struggle in Case.
This is only one of the additional reasons why
the appeal of the Imperial Valley Prisoners to
the U. S. Supreme Court is of outstanding I'M
portance to the entire working class of this coun-
try. This is only one more reason why the work.
ers, the lid, the TUUL and the Communist
Party must muster all energy and vitality
behind the fight to free the Imperial Valley
workers and to smash Criminal Syndicalism as
weapon against the workers in their struggles
against capitalist oppression and exploitation.
This fight must be part and parcel of our strug-
gle for the freedom Of Tom Mooney, the Scots
boro boys, the Harlan miners and all other class
war prisoners.
Some comrades, some workers, may think that
now that the sentence upon of the I. v. prs-
oners was reduced from AZ to years in JAIL
that we have to be contented with our victory
and that the fight is all over. Such a thought
Is poisonous to the struggle and interests Of the
workers!
Our comrades in their appeal to the Supreme
Court prove with facts that they are not guilty
even on one charge that they we're convicted on
That all talks about "acts of Misunderstanding
bridges etc., are inventions of the growers stool
pigeons, designed to convict these working class
fighters. We must help the Imperial Valley
workers to prove this point, not only to the q. s.
Supreme Court, but to all workers and totng
farmers in this country as well as throughout
the world. We must help our comrades to ex-
pose the role Of the Criminal Syndicalist Law,
fight for its reversal and for the unconditional
freedom of the Imperial Valley prisoners!
The appeal that is now being printed must go
into the hands of millions of workers and toll
ing farmers Governor Rolph the liberal"
hypocrite, must be flooded with letters and tele-
grams demanding the unconditional release of
the I. v. prisoners and the repeal of the c. s.
Law. These letters and kilograms of protest OF
individuals and workers organizations must also
flood the office Of the Prison Board And when
the case comes up before the q. S. Supreme
Court, these gentlemen in high silk hats must
also get a taste Of real working class protest
and strength. They must be forced, by the or
ganized power of the workers, to grant the ap-
peal of our comrades who are buried the second
year in the dungeons of California "justice"
This struggle must be we'll organized, well pre-
pared and carry with It the proper working class
zeal, fighting spirit and energy. This struggle is
one for the entire working class of the country
But our movement In the state Of California
where our comrades were convicted and impr1s-
oned, must give the lead for the struggle through
out the country.