The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-14
Rally to the Defense OF the
Foreign Born Workers

Since this article was written the Michigan
Alien Registration Law was declared unconsttu-
tional as result of mass pressure. At the same
time, however, President Hoover in his message
to Congress, called for law for the federal
registration of foreign born workers Further
articles will deal with this more fully.
BY S. HORWATT.
NY. District Secretary Protection Foreign Born.
THE 72nd Congress opened for the first time in
the history of the United States, under threats
of powerful fists, wrath and the militancy of
millions of unemployed workers, whose fate it is
either to starve helplessly in the cutters of
our country or to be ready to fight for unem-
ployed relief and unemployed insurance.
For the first time in the history of the United
States, Congress was called upon by the Presi-
dent to outlaw the millions of foreign born in
the United States.
1t is an error to think that the United States
is far from adopting the proposals against the
foreign born. All indications prove that the
Congress of 1882 will undoubtedly pave the way
for complete persecution Of the foreign born.
But the attack upon the foreign born has prac-
tically started. Even though the 722nd Con-
gress has officially not taken up the different
bills and recommendations the government is
already long ago practising all means and ways
to persecute the foreign born, without any legal
pretense whatever, even for a capitalistic form
of government. But let us continue.
From 1920 to 1880 deportation increases 600
per cent; 2,762 in 1920, 1851 in 1880. This is
just the beginning. Here is what the General
Commissioner of Immigration stated in his an
nual report ending June, 1881:
1.-THE task of the housekeeping has practical
ly just begun, to continue the work and do it
thoroughly, is the big job ahead"
And these are not mere words According to
information for the year 1881, deportations will
even exceed those of previous years by thous-
sands But let no one be mised by the So
called upheaval aroused in government circles
and the yellow press, that deportations are con-
fined to foreign born criminals only 1t so
happens that the percentage of criminals de-
ported has remarkably decreased and reaches
only about 10 per cent.
The background OF this huge deportation
movement is the complicated machine of our
modern society with which the capitalistic gov
eminent is incapable to handle, and therefore
uses deportation as cover. That this is true
we do not have to look to the theories of the
radicals. no less faithful believer of capt.
talstic democracy than Miss Jane Clark, tells
us in her book, Deportation of Aliens" that
the hunting against the foreign born is result
of "the need for finding someone to blame for
the trouble, and the alien proved a likely pos
sibility"
In a more human language it simply means
IL you American workers have no job, it is
the fault of the foreign born. They take your
job from you; they are responsible for all your
sufferings. hunger. homelessness. They, the for
eign born workers. destroyed our prosperity
And we must admit, to our regret, that these
phrases had considerable effect upon the minds
OF millions OF workers The government, on the
other hand, hammers on this argument that
carries with it three aims: % Throwing off the
responsibility OF the present depression; CD d.
verts the wrath OF the masses that would other
wise point at capitalism, now points at the for
eign BORN CD tries to split up the unity OF
the working class in the struggle against wage
cuts and unemployment Insurance. Simultanel
ously with the bounding OF foreign born chau-
whistle lynching Of Negro workers is carried on.
The more acute the struggle of the hungry
millions Is becoming the more intense becomes
the agitation against the foreign born 10 put
up y serious front on the whole situation they
look for 3o-caled legal means in order to be
able 10 depcrt citizens as we'll as non-ctizeil5
and in order to terrorize, not only natllraliged
citizens, but even American born GaWrehcc.
Mass). For this purpose there are two legsla-
tive bodies working simultaneously in each state
separately and also in the federal government as
whole As characteristic example, OF how