The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-28
By BURCK.

the same time struggle for the defense of the
Party itself.
In the last two years we can say that the
campaign for Protection of the Foreign Born in
volVed from 200 to 300 thousand foreign born
workers. The workers to great extent besides
participating in the campaign for the protection
OF the foreign born, participated also in the
campaigns of the LID, in the Scottsboro cam
paign, and in the other campaigns led by the
Party
The possibility Of creating tremendous move
ment is before us. But this possibility will be
realized only IL the Party, as whole will really
understand that the problem of the foreign born
in this country is of the major problems
facing the Party. Until now the campaign was
conducted in poor manner. The agitation was
Observation-Disclosures and mass meetings were
called, and organizational measures taken only
in such cases as the Michigan Alien Registra-
ton Bill or before new deportation cases; but
not conducted In persistent and systematic
manner.
The National Committee elected at the time
of the Washington Convention, because of it's
poor composition disappeared very soon Since
then the National Committee was recognized
twice.
The last eventr-the Hoover message, which
ton Bill in Michigan was declared unconsttu-
tional, also the report of Secretary Doak of the
Labor Department, shows very clearly how at
the same time that the Michigan court was
forced to repeal the reactionGry bill under pres
sure of the masses in Michigan, the Federal
Government is making this Bill its own.
The reason given by the Michigan Court for
declaring the Bill unconstitutional is that such
Bill can only be passed by the Federal Govern
n1ent. Both declarations and Doaks
to which has to be added the latest decision of
the Supreme Court which declares all non-nat-
uralized aliens subject to deportation no mat
ter how long they In this country-reversing
all previous laws, show us very clearly that we
are confronting new wave of terror against
the foreign born in this country and that our
duty is to develop real mass movement for the
protection of these workers.
Can we conduct this campaign on the basis
of concrete issues? Yes. We have the proof that
the foreign born workers, not only are deported
en- masse, but those who remain in the United
States are Disseminated against on every side
discrimination public works as construction
of new buildings, roads, ETC.. discrimination in
the assignment of jobs in the unions of the A.
F. of L., discrimination in relief distributed by
the charities distribution in schools, ETC.. ETC.
For example in New York City, in the element
airy schools, go per cent of the children are Of
foreign born parentage, but in the high schools
the children of the foreign-born represent only
10 per cent, which shows that large percent
age of the child labor army in industry is COM
posed of children Of foreign born workers
Finally, we must not overlook that all the re-
dictionary measures against the foreign born and
against the Negro masses are in line with the
war preparations. 1t is the old policy of all
capitalist countries to try to crush the revolu-
tonary movement as one prerequisite for war
preparations. For this reason we are compelled
to pay more attention to the problems of the
foreign born in this country.
ITO BE CONTINUED