The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-06-05
Perkins Bars NdtiVe Born Children
from U.s.; Passports Are FalSU1ed
Daily" Reporter Gives
Dramatic Picture of
Ellis Island

died six months ago OF an appended
tbs operation. 1t was really starva-
ton. She didn't have enough strength
to pull through.
I'VE couldn't afford to put stone
over her grave, but we just got a let
ter from the Omaha comrades which
made us all happy They write that
they have put red stone markers with
a hammer and sickle and red ger
a1iuf1s on the grave.
Jailed for Contempt
Three days. after they kidnapped
the children, we got five carloads OF
comrades and went out to the or
phanage and demanded the children
After this deinonstra tion the children
We're given ice cream. Next morning
they were turned loose. The Omaha
papers had carried headlines saying,
REDS COME TO BOMB ORPHAN
AGE"
Stalker was dragged into court on
"Vagrancy" charge. Addressing
Judge Medic, a local judicial yegg, he
had told him that Capitalism was
collapsing, but that he was too stupid
to see it," Infatuated, the Judge for
got about the vagrancy charge and
sentenced Stalker to 80 days in Jail
on a charge of contempt of court. .
and Stalker served the full term.
Nedle gave the Negro worker ar
rested with Stalker 30 days on the
''vagrancy' charge, but freed him
after he had served 20 days.
1.-THE judge, who was running for
reelection, used this as campaign
ISSUE" Mrs. Stalker told me. But
he was defeated anyway. He would go
to the Negroes of Omaha and say,
You see how good I am to the Me-
groes! let this fellow out of jail.
But for Christ's sake, stay away from
Stalker"
MOT content with refusing to put
IN the Stalker family on the relief
list while they were starving with
Stalker in Jail, the Omaha welfare"
got in touch with the charity organi-
cations of Karrimuir, Scotland, in an
effort to intimidate Shakers aged
parents.
"The authorities in Karrimuir, +"
Mrs. Stalker said, sent up the chief
of police of the town to ir1tirnidate
Georges parents into making state
ment that his son being Comn1u-
mist, he didn't want him to return
home. Incidentally Georges broth
er, James, is head of the Independent
Labor Party OF Scotland, and George
wrote him, saying, You'd better have
the I. L. P. inside the Communist
Party before I come over
Stirring FarwelI
Proudly, the Shakers told OF the
demonstration at the station when
they left Omaha. "Of course, I don't
like leaving this way, for we were
active in the movement and were
making progress among the workers
and farmers of Nebraska. From a
personal viewpoint too, hate to leave
my mother, whom I haven't seen for
IA years, and whom I'll probably
never see again. She lives IN Western
Pennsylvania. have four sisters and
two brothers. One brother is work
ing in the steel mills and the other
has a job in the lubricator works in
Detroit. The husband Of one of my
sisters is also steel worker and the
other sisters husband is railroad
worker Mrs. Stalker said.
1t was in Pittsburgh that Stalker
and his wife met about 18 years ago.
I'VE always had ideas in common, +"
she said proudly.
What am I going to do when get
to Scotland? 1 am going to get right
into activities. We are Communists,
and when we get over there, we will
carry ON. There is capitalism in Scot
land just the same as here!"
IN leaving the main building Of Ellis
1 Island, I lost my way and strayed
into hallway used only by the high
err officials. Hanging down from the
molding of the wall, about 10 to 10
feet from the floor was small sign.
Although it was covered with the
dust Of % years, managed to de-
cipher the text:
"ORDER CONCERNING TREAT
MENT OF IMMIGRANTS
Immigrants shall be treated with
clvility and kindness by everyone in
Ellis Island. Neither harsh FAN
guage nor rough handling will be
tolerated. The Commissioner de-
sires that any instance of disobe-
dinncn nf this order he t,roIioht IN