The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-07-16
Wits, Tacticians and Communism.

Wits, IactlClanS and communism.
James Oneal of the editors Of the New York Call
official organ the Socialist Party and Reaction establishing
himself humorst and wit Recent issues of the Call Maga
zine have added to their vapd and characeess pages Comic
Supplement with Onea editor is the special task of Onea
to reveal the humor contained in thecumsace and fact of
various viewpoints of proetaran tactics Marxsm and other
phases of the struggle of the for knowledge and for
Not that Onea Intentionally enters the struggle par
cpant By means That would detract from the glory of his
position of official Call Buffoon and Wit Nevertheless aoo
from the struggle maintained and four columns of wit
less buoonery under his signature the Calls comic pages will
not cover up his reactionary position
We quote below that part of Comic which refers
to The Toer and editorial in issue of May 28 entitled
Communist Tactics and the Unempoyed wherein explained
what constituted communist tactics compared to nonrevo
onay tactics unemployment crisis Buffoon Onea writes
Now epoch development We will putt
question: Did the relation between and Com
"Marxan
kept rategsts any longer
shall tell all about and shall be happy reaches the the
Moscow Generalisimo himself.
organ COMMUNISTS
land There strike Washington The Washington Marxians
helping They cooperation help
carrots potatoes apples
fruit This followed with Systematic study of economies
which carried under the efficient ueage of uomomsg
Marxst as revolutionary Communist could wish"
A this submitted enthusiastic letter the cleveland "Marx
for his learned opinion The revolutionary" STYLE
We quote the Judgment Cleveland stragst:
We think deal the carried that would
prove nauang many certainly
in the program any accept goo
find that the work of the yowes variety possible We well
leave such aeang activities the Salvation Army Activity
cultivation the cminaIy
foolish such tactics carried Everett How peeng
and perncious revolutionary destroying Of
uionary spirit
Here finished MARKHAM tactcan talking another Mrxan
little bourgeois
mixed Washington
arxans' have done according the Cleveland "Marxian? He has
answer ready cannot that guy when
securing countryside gifts mogaged
penness farmers the capitalist be made purchase those
supplies from the farmers regular market prices give them free
understand the relation between carrots and Communism
Not being wit and having desire to shall
seek find the realm ordinary hosesense and the everyday
struggle of the to the Comic Cavortst of the
Call,
Taking the first paragraph Of it is not likely that
performer should any relation between carrots and
Communism Yet he standing his feet instead of his
head and not far removed from the workers struggles
his lofty position Official Wit compes him. he might possibly
realize that the relation Of carrots ood) to Communism is not
distant to maintaining inverted position
Why does Onea lie his readers in the second paragraph?
Realizing that the truth not always essential poser of such
characteristics Onea has chosen to exploit yet shall
allow him to lie about and get away with it. Nowhere
editorial did mention the word strike did consider
the circumstances of strike Yet 0nea states outright that
There strike in Everett Perhaps 0nea (dscamng tc
be tacan does not realize any difference in tactics to be
pursued strike and an unemployment crisis Yet the differ
vital We shall not grant him immunity from the
saton of lying stating that strike the consideration
editorial He must have read it before awakened his bum
Of wit osacivty would like to have him point out where
have taken up the matter Of strike at all Maybe
sdered wcm in the Call office to lie about Communists
will leave that to our readers to decide.
If the reader will back paragraph five of Oneas attack
will be noticed that he returns to the relation Of carrots
Communism Now carrots had been the subject of doria
discussion his misplaced wit might have applied Unfortunately
discussing Unemployment It quite natural that
wit Of the bre and political beliefs Of Onea should evade h
question Of tactics related to unemployment According to hin
and his yellow associates there question of wogcas
in wa Sy