The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-10-28
FALLING OF
BORICH IS
NRA TRICK
New Dealers Use Every
Means to Break
Coal Strike
BY TOM MYERsCoUGH

Every trump" up the sleeves of the
New Dealers" has been played to
smash the militant strike of the
Fayette County, Pa, miners, but
without success. Now they resort
again to the use of an earlier trick,
deportation, and order Frank Borich,
National Secretary of the National
Miners Union, deported to Fascist
Jugo-SlaVia. "A
This step, Acporting Borich, is ex-
pected to throw fear into the hearts
Of the vast majority Of those remain
ing 10000 strikers who are of foreign
birth, and accomplish what Lewis
Murray, Pagan, Feeney and fHynes
of the U.MWA., Roosevelt. iTe''-'~ol.
and McGrady of the N.R.A., and the
demagogic governor of Pennsylvania
(Pinchot) with his state police, have
so far failed to do to break the
strike. rre7}
Every move of the government, in
its attempt to deport Borich, has
come when miners were either on
strike or preparing -5r strike and all
were cleverly designed and not acct.
dental. From the first move, when,
Borich was taken from an Executive
Board meeting of the union at the
order of Deportation" Doak (now
departed up to the latest order is
sued in the name of the liberal
Fanny Perkins, the intent was to de-
prive the miners of his capable lead
ership.
The above may sound far-fetched
when it is admitted that the miners
are demanding recognition for the
U.M.WA., but it is mo-e logical to-
day than it would seem at any other
period of the strike. This is SO be-
cause the miners are in real danger
of losing the strike unless they
change their tactics, and the govern
nlent and the bosses know that they
will. t~
They know too that the National
Miners Union is playing a role in the
strike situation even If different from
the past, and they are truly alarmed.
Finding that the signing of the code
agreements by the commercial mine
owners and the U.MW.A. failed to
drive the men back into the cap
tive" mines, they now resort to push
ing the deportation of Borich with
the hope that it will remove the
chance of his helping the strikers.
When Borich was ordered to sur
render, his attorneys took legal steps
to delay his going to Jail, pending ac-
ton on proposed appeal to the
United States Supreme Court. This
was at first secured and two addi-.
tional days of time were given him.
On the strength of this, Borich wired
to the International Labor Defense
in New York, telling them of his de-
sire to appear before Secretary OF
Labor Perkins, in Washington, with
a committee of lawyers and others
who would carry fight for him and
several other deportation victims to
the Board of Review. And then things
happened.
The phone in the Office of Borich's
lawyer, Seligsohn, rang and q voice
inquired as to the status OF Borich's.
case. Thinking it might be q reporter
for the press, the lawyer asked for
the name and connections of the in
quirer and after 'hemming and haw-
ing" a bit and being evidently I'M
prepared for the counter questioning,
the mug" on the other end of the
phone declared:
This is Mr.. Marshall, the immi-
grafton inspector, and would like
to know what is the idea Of Borich
going to Washington to see the
Secretary of Labor"
A clear case of wire tapping. Re-
suit: Borich is ordered to surrender at
3 O'Clock on the day the delegation
goes to Washington. And it is fur
ther expected that they will try to
hold him until they have succeeded
in breaking the strike of the Fayette
County miners. ....s...--..-.. j.
We must wage relentless fight to
save Borich from deportation SO that
he may be still able to personally lead
the miners to victory.