The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-14
Combating the Spread Of Communism =

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I'm Soviet Russia" -T7-F-
Another supporter OF tts Arrows
section of the tariff act and ce4ns
of the Soviet Union, is Coasyesamaz
Edward E. Eslick, OF Ternessee, aka
quoted by the American Alliance 4ss
its circular
For a Tennessee Congressman BE-
be harping on forced labor In ether
countries is ridiculous enough, but
for a Mississippi Congressman, com
ing from a state which has the high
est percentage of illiteracy In this
United States, and where peouzgs
and convict labor especially sfgssb-
ing Negroes, but hundreds Of WHITES
as we'll flourishes ike a pcdsonous
weed, is little too much.
1t is clear that the whole prosrars
Of the American Alliance is directed
against the Soviet Union, the Corr
munist Party OF the United States
and militant workers organizations,
The campaign Of the American Al
lance for the three bills referred to
Is definitely part OF tlne eeritshst
drive against the working class. ~
Is an important part Of the cauitshs4
offensive and must be met and
fought from this Standpoint II Is
around such issues as These thai fas-
olst organizations develop and It -
more than coincidence THAI N EsasR,
there is complete unity between Hns
republican Fish from New YORK. on@
of the greatest industrial states, anef
Eslick, Baehman, Hall, etc. fsons
comparatively backward sou therr
states where there Is a neShz.bzy
small percentage of toreign bcsx
workers contrary to the 0oudESAuxs
prevailing in the northern sssam&seft
communities.
Fascist Trends
The calling of protest mass ussxs =
ings like that for the wzI0crs-A AZ
teria next Sunday. and tbs sxtsn-
sion of the agitation and prepasznds.
methods, used by the Alliances, as
well as by employers and tSasGr
hangers-en, directed against TIE
working class and the Cennrn14st
Party as in the Kentucky coal stxiks
where the American Legion, the
Chamber OF Commerce and other fas-
c1st and capitalist organizations, are
distributing thousands OF leaflets and
statements against the strike and its
leaders, shows quite clearly the be-
ginning Of the mobilization Of sahch
fascist elements in the United States.
Another Step Toward Suppression
This is a further step in the pro
gram Of Hoover Wall Street govern
ment for solving the crisis at the ez-
pense especially of the most explicit
ed and oppressed section of the work
ing population-Negroes and foreign
born workers.
The American Alliance in its Htes-
allure raise sharply the whole question
of the struggle for legal and extra
legal suppression of working class or
CARNATIONS and especially OF the
Communist Party. The Council for
the Protection of the Foreign Born,
such organizations as the Intsras-
tienal Labor Defense and the mil
liant unions of the Trade Unien Tn
ity League, can take up these issues,
and especially in this presidential
campaign year, when all the class 20
latienstips are sharpened by the
deepening crisis and the rapidly IN
ereasing misery and Inilitancy OF tbs
masses, organize and lead move
ment powerful enough to defeat these
new efforts for the suppression Of
working class organizations In pre-
paration for further encrosohmsnt OF
the living standard OF the masses
and imperialist war.