The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-04-22
Father" Cox and
His Blue Shirts
By $. H,

AFTER the fake hunger march" led by Father
"a Cox, this misleader's activities among the I'M
employed have increased tenfold. Throughout
Pittsburgh numerous card parties social af-
fairs, sport affairs plays and movies have been
arranged for the benefit OF Father CoX's relief
fund.-" and innumerabIe affairs of this nature
have been organized in towns all over Western
Pennsylvania. Father Cox himself appears at
most of these affairs as an added attraction to
make them a financial success.
In mining towns in steel towns, where most
of the workers are unemployed, Father Cox has
held affairs and raised considerable sums OF
money. Always using demagogic language against
"the rich,'' while at the same time obtaining
considerable support from the large corpora.
tons, he appears" to the workers as a nilitan
fighter in their behalf In his radio talks il
between his denunciations Of the milonaires hC
sandwiches in praise for the Ward Baking Co..
bitter exploiter of labor and completely anti
union trust because they donate their stale
bread to Coxs breadline
He has kind words to say about the Pittsburgh
sun Telegraph, because one of their Sunday
issues contains the story of one Of Father Cox's
fellow-fakers Father Coughlin of Detroit. The
"Sun-Tele," as the paper is commonly known
is a Hearst paper, as Shiny yellow journalist,
red-baiting, Soviet Union hating, capitalist dope
sheet as can be found anywhere. Father Cox
also is the darling of the Scripps- Howard paper,
he Pittsburgh Press, the paper that sings his
raiss continuously as "a champion CT the
nmon people" Father Cox is very good
lend of ke-breaking Governor Pinchot, Of
lie president of Gimbers Dept. Store, and of
ne heads of many large industrial enterprises.
What is most important, however, is his latest
nf
blue shirts" The members Of this organiza-
zion are to all wear uniform consisting of a
blue shirt and work-cap to represent labor"
In Father Coxs own words the organization
consists of Americans who pledge themselves
to be loyal to their country" He claims he will
soon have 100000 members in this organiza-
ton.
1t is plain that this organization, the Blue
Shirts is doomed to play in the United States
the same role as Htler's brown shirts in Ger
many or NIussolini' black shirts in Italy. Father
Coxs blue shirts is fascist organization-it is
openly being organized throughout the United
States and will no doubt play leading part in
misleading and fooling the workers in this coun-
try. 1t will help police smash demonstrations of
the unemployed break strikes. etc, and be 100
per cent jingoist, anti-red organization.
Yet in its infancy, the blue Shirts" fed by
the demagogy of Father Cox and others like
him, and with unlimited funds at their dis
posal this organization will become a weapon
Of murderous terror welded by the ruling class
against the rising militapcy of the workers.
1t is of utmost Importance for the Uneni-
ployed Councils and the Communist Party
throughout the country, but especially in Pitts
burgh, to expose ruthlessly and completely
Father Cox and his, Blue Shirts. In Pittsburgh
efforts must be increased by the Unemployed
Council hundred fold to loosen the growing
hold Father Cox is securing upon workers every
where.
The calling Of workers for mass demonstra-
tons outside Father Coxs old st. Patricks
Church, making concrete demands on the social
fascist, Cox the organization of the hundreds
of workers who eat in his daily breadline as
well as those living in his "Shantytown," the
organization of unemployed to take the floor at
all of his mass meetings and expose him before
the workers gathered, the holding-not of one
or two-but of dozens Of rneetings-especially
open-air meetings, in all sections Of Pittsburgh
and vicinity-on the North Side, on the South
Side, in Troy Hill, covering all working class
sections of the city--the constant agitation for
the burning demands Of the unemployed on a
vastly increased scale-only these activities will
succeed to show up Cox and his Blue Shirts "
will win the unemployed away from this "hoy"
hypocrite and contemplate tool Of the employ
ers, will put the Unemployed Councils forward
as the acknowledged leaders and uncompro-
MIXING fighters for the interests Of employed