The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-03-01
Roll Up a Nation Wide
WdVe of Protest Against
Anti Foreign Born Bills
BY s. HoRWATT,
New York District Secretary for Protection
of the Foreign Born.


THE delegation sent by the Committee for thg
Protection Of the Foreign Born and the Tn-
ternational Labor Defense will appear today be-
fore the Immigration Committee of the United
States Congress to state the opposition OF hun-
dreds of thousands of workers against the anti.
foreign born bills which are now being dealt
with by this committee.
All of these bills aim to serve more discrin1frsa
ton, more persecution and more deportation Of
foreign born. Among these bills there are two
which, if adopted by Congress- will not only re-
strict the rights of foreign born but would also
enslave them. The foreign born workers par
ticularly, would be hit by these bills to such
an extent that it would absolutely deprive the
foreign-born worker Of the right to participates
in any economic or political struggle for better
living conditions or civil rights
The bills we are referring to are the Hop
kins H. r. No 1879 and the Bachman Bill H r.
No. 1857 These two bills, which were intro
duced to the first session of the seventy second
Congress, provide for exclusion and expulsion of
alien Communists, and it reads as follows: BE
it enacted by the Senate ard House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America. :. f..
That subdivision (a) of section of the Act Of
October 16, 1918 as amended by the Act of June
5, 1920 use. Title 8, Sec. 1877, is amended as
follows
"(a) Aliens who are anarchists or Commu-
nists'
Needless to say that these two bills deprive
the foreign born of their political rights granted
by the Constitution of the United States.
Let no one be misled that these bills can only
be applied against "alien Communists" On the
contrary these two bills will lay the juridicial
justification for charging every and any foreign
born militant worker with anarchism, Commu-
nsm, and use against them, "the club OF de-
portation."
That this is going to take place we do not
have to prophecy, since militant workers are all
ready being deported for the only crime of dis
tribution of leaflets belonging to a militant
trade union. 1t certainly will be interesting to
mention here a few of the nearly two hun
dred cases, which will prove the correctness of
our stand.
Louis Bebricks, editor of the workers paper,
vi Elore, is being held for deportation even
though he is legally in this country, and is not
accused of any other "crime" than that of being
the editor of workng-class paper.
Edith Berkman, arrested in Lawrence, Massa-
chusetts, for the only "crime" of belonging to the
National Textile Workers Union and has par
ticipated in the textile strike.
E. Yamaguchi, arrested for the only crime" Of
attending Negro mass meeting.
Padillo, arrested and was deported for selling
Communist papers We could quote numbers of
such cases, but the few mentioned are sufficient
to prove the correctness of our statements.
The Protection Of Foreign Born Delegation
which is today being heard by the Immigration
hundreds and hundreds Of thousands of native
and foreign born who support the struggle Of
the committee against these bills
The return of the delegation must be the
signal to start a nationwide campaign against
the bills before the committee now and against
those bills which are going to come up sooon.
We must especially remember the Gable Bill.
which provides for registration and the issuance
of certificates of residence of foreign born. When
the Gable Bill will come up it is important that
each language organization, that each American
progressive organization should be represented in
a general mass delegation which should
strengthen the fighting power of the Commit
tee for the Protection of the Foreign Born
against the anti-foreign- born bills. All mass
organizations must Immediately start to arrange
mass meetings, where report of the delegation
should be given, and resolutions in support of
the delegation should be adopted.