The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-02-21

ISIS ana dgIlCutuIlSUS VINO engineer :
ed the frame-up Of the defendants. /
It is Minis statement that pro-
vided the foundation for the pres /
ent criminal syndicahsm trial That
statement also led directly to the
identification and arrest of Donald
Bingham, who will face trial when
the present proceedings are over.
Minis act of directly associating
himself with the notorious Work
ers' Party (Trotzkyites) directly
after giving the prosecution this
weapon against the other sixteen
defendants, indicate that Mini acted
in this matter on the instructions
of the Trotzkyite leaders, as he has
been doing throughout the trial
here.
Other Defendants Steadfast
The prosecution has attempted to
force all the other defendants to be-
tray their class. They refused. When
1t came to Minis turn, he promptly
fell in line with the prosecutions
wishes, answering NcAllister's lead
ing questions in the manner he
knew McAllister desired.
The statement was made on Aug.
u, 1884, in the presence of Neil
McAllister, then district attorney,
and since his defeat in the recent
elections named as special prose-
cutor.
Others present at the time were
County Detective Kroll, two red
squad officers, and representatives
from both the San Francisco Elk
sn1iner and the Chronicle.
Minis Statement
Mini declared that he had spent
three years at West Point but was
court-martialed and expelled for
getting drunk on the football team.
When asked who first interested
him in Communism he gave the
name and address of the person.
Then the following dialog with Nc
Allister:
O.: What was your idea when
you Joined the Communist Party,
that is what was trying to get
at?
A: We wanted to see what it
was all about.
After this declaration that he had
Joined the struggle of the workers.
not out of sincerity and convictions
but foppish curiosity, Mini said that
the aforementioned person who
first introduced him also Joined the
Party at the same time.
Without any effort to explain his
statements, Mini made distorted and
misleading aff1rmations involving all
the other defendants.
McAllister now handed Mini a
prospectus Of the Sacramento Work
ers School on which he was listed as
an instructor of MARKHAM Economics.
He explained that the course was
abandoned and he never taught it.
O.; Would you pardon me if
appear to be ignorant on the sub
Ject--I confess am somewhat ig-
norant on the subject-can you ex-
plain TO me what is MARKHAM eco
Monies? A.: Well, it is a system of
economics just like any other sys-
tenn; there were several great svs-
TENS Of economic philosophy.
Attacks Marx
O.: Who was Marx? A.: He was
German Jew.
That is what Marx meant to this
unprincipled renegade. McAllister
had to remind him that Marx wrote
books.
u; And he wrote many books on
Communist advancement, did he
not? For the advancement of Com
munism? A.: guess he did. You
could call it that.
He then proceeded to give Meal
lister a garbled and idiotic descrip-
ton Of Marxism. McAllister gave
him leading questions all the while
TO draw out statements on force and
violence, and Mini obliged him
profusely.
q; 1T was intended to substitute
it was intended to have the working
class rise and by revolution and
force of arms substitute a working
class government for the capitaIistic
government? A.: Yes, if necessary.
When asked if the Communist
Party was the Party Marx referred
to in his works, Mini replied: well,
they think it is the one; the Social
lists think theirs is the one, and so
forth"
Later, McAllister asked him: 'It
would take over the government bv
force Of arms?" and Mini replied:
Eyes, sir"
And that was the teachings of
Marx?" McAllister asked.
That is the way I understand it,"
replied Mini.
At all times Mini used the words
them" and they" in hope of dis
sssociating himself from the whole
business.
Betrays Other Defendants
Next the Trotzkyite identified
Jack Crane, told everything he knew
about him, declared him to be the
secretary of the Sacramento Sec
ton of the Communist Party.
Did he advocate overthrow OF
the government by revoIution?" Nc
Allister asked.
I couldn't say whether he did
or not. ! think he probably did"
replied Mini.
Asked about defendant w. H. Huff
fine. he related all the particulars
he could remember and then:
O.: Did he advocate the overthrow
of the government by revolution?
A.; ] imagine he did; he usually
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