The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-24

workers struggles, he has not es-'
capped unpublished by the ruling
class; Sandberg spent four years in
Leavenworth Prison as a result of
his anti-war activities.
Sandberg started out as a ma
chinist by trade, working in Mime
apolis. MINI. At the age of twenty
he joined the I.W.W., and was the
1.W.W. organizer for st. Paul and
Minneapolis = the Twin Cities = in
1918 and 1916. In 1917, as member
OF the Machinists' Union he took
part in q strike against the Min
neapols Steel and Machinery Co.
The strike was lost and Sandberg
was blacklisted as a machinist.
Learned Steamfltter's Trade
After that, Sandberg learned the
trade Of steamtitting, and has
worked as steamftter at various
times since then. In order to have
more than one string to his bow, he
made a study Of X-Ray machines in
his spare time, and for three years
worked as installation man and
trouble shooter for a national con-
Germ, under another name.
Meanwhile his labor activities
continued. He was a delegate from
the Left Wing group to the Mime
sofa State Convention of the A. F.
of L. in 1917, after the U. S. gov
eminent had entered the war. At
this convention, although Sandberg
was just a youth he showed his
courage and his advanced political
development. He made speech OPP
posing Gompers' War Resolution,
which pledged the unions against
strike action during the war.
Arrested Under Espionage Act
The workers were not only to be
sacrificed on the field of battle in
their employers interest; they were
also to give up the fight for decent
wages and living conditions at
home in the factories. AS a result
of this speech, Sandberg was ar
rested and charged with seditious
utterances under the wartime Es-
pionage Act. No delegates to the
convention would testify against
him, however, so the charge was
dropped
But this did not end for him the
fierce wartime persecution of the
champions of the working class. He
continued to oppose the war, and
refused to register for the draft. He
was forcibly indicted into the army,
but refused to wear uniform,
whereupon he was subjected to a
General Court Martial and SEN
fenced to twenty years in prison at
Fort Leavenworth, Kans. His jail
term in that grim institution was
not ended until 1921, when Presi-
dent Wilson issued his Christmas
Amnesty Proclamation as a result
OF mass pressure all over the
country.
After release from Jail, Sandoerg,.
instead Of being squelched, re-
entered the revolutionary move
rnent with fresh fervor. He became
the first Communist Party organ
izer in Regina, Canada. and helped
form the Workers Party there. He
was the leader of the Cincinnati
Columbus division of the Ohio Hun
ger March in 1881, and also the
Ohio Division of the National Hun
ger March of that year. He has
been Communist candidate for
councilman and for State repre-
sentative in previous elections. At
the present time he is the Ohio
Secretary of the International La
Dor Defense.
Sandberg lives in Cleveland, Ohio,
with his wife and three children
q six-year-old son, Glendon, and
34-month- twins, a boy, Carl,
and girl, Frel.
w. c.. Sandberg has proved his
strength and leadership. Ohio work
ers can be sure that vote for
Sandberg is vote for real fighter
in the interests of the working class.