The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-19
BY FRANK SPECTOR.

Editors Note:-Com Frank Spector, the
writer of this article, is one of the eight I'm
2erial Valley prisoners. He released from
SAN Quentin July IA after serving IL months.
He is now being toured by the I. L. d. in con-
nection with the campaign for repeal of sed-
ton laws and the release of the remaining
seven Imperial Valley prisoners, as well as
Mooney and Billings
THE fourth anniversary of the murder of
Sscco and Vanzetd takes place in the per-
iod Of raging boss-terror. The bosses murdered
these two italian workers because they we're
loyal fighters for their class. Since the days of
Sacco and Vanzetti the bosses have raised their
terror against the toilers to the wholesale scale
The masters answer workers demonstrations
for bread and work with murder, clubs, gas
bombs and jail In walkouts of workers against
wage cuts and speed-up the bosses use the
entire government apparatus-from "Sec'y of
Deportations" Doak, down to the last con-
stable-to break the strikes. The leadership of
the A. F. of L. and the socialist party, and the
fake "lefts" Of the Music type are crawling out
of their hides to Guido one another in aiding the
master to grind the worker and beat down his
living conditions
The fourth anniversary of the death Of sacco
SdAAcGCl 1dIlS vi GIle QdJS near when all Gne
seven Imperial Valley prisoners will be lined I'D
before the august" body--the California State
Prison Board-to listen to the financial SEN
fences being fixed. In the meantime the work
ers set in motion by the LID, are determined
to wrest the seven prisoners from the clutches
Of the California bosses-a vicious outfit that
keeps Mooney and Billings for now IS years
1t is the persistent hammering of the work
ers protests that forced the bosses to beat a
retreat On May 9th the California Appellate
Court announced its decision upon the appeal
from the conviction handed down by an Amer
lean Legion Judge serving the fruit and vege-
table trust in Ell Centre. The decision reduced
the sentences of AZ years maximum to ID years
maximum on Sklar, Horiuchi Erickson Emery
and Roxas and reversed completely the convc-
ton Of Frank Spector, whose presence in the
valley the paid stools could not prove during
the trial Orozco and Herrera, the two Latin
American workers. were not included in the ap-
peal. They lost their right to appeal as a re-
suit Of trickery by the Valley judge and i'm
migration bulls The friends of the two workers
prevailed upon them after the trial to apply for
probation This they did and thereby lost their
right to appeal The judge, for appearances
sake granted probation with the condition of
deportation They were kept in the inferno
like Ell Centre Jail for over three months and
then shipped to San Quentin, where they now
face % years maximum. The I. L. D. is now
fighting to recover these workers right to
appeal
The May 81 decision Of the California bosses
court represents an important, though partial
victory for the working class This victory must
be recorded definitely as the outcome of mass
pressure of workers under the leadership of
the I. L. D. Still more pressure-rnore pro-
tests, more demonstrations, more meetings in