Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-12-15
B, oHESlER ". MRIGHr

Perhaps Mr.. DaOgherly is n fer \
real investigation. TIE House iudle-
lary committee viii subpoena vii
uesses. jackson RSlston, CHIEF eoUn.
SCI fer the American Federation .
Labor, Is serving as counsel Ter Con-
gresham Keller who stafteJ the I'M.
peachpeai proceedings.
Da9gherty - FAR has done nothing
but deny IN a loud xelee thar he i
guilty q the fourteen formidable
charges outlined in kelleFs bill ef
particulars, Loud voices, however.
90 not always convince.
let the fight 30 on. IL viii be =
pleasure 10 hear what Nh. DauEherty
mas 70 say On the witness stand.
That viii be much more Interesting
than his preliminary buster.
How many are watching the indi-
cations Of Russian domination Of the
rurkS7 How many remember, IN
addition, that Russia has treaty
with Germany
Those. who laugh At the strength
Of Communist in1uenee abroad OF
who regard as inconsequenaal the
communist propaganda in our own
country are making a grave mistake.
The trade union movement itself
has not reached the point where IL
can forget this destructive influence.
There is before congress pro-
posed constitutional amendment pro-
viding fer abolition OF the electoral
college and direct election of presi-
dent and vice president. There Is one
also which proposes 10 do away with
tax exemptions on bonds.
Success Of such propositions means
much to the people. These will be
real steps in the direction of progress.
How wildly they contrast with such
propositions as the ship subsidy
Ship subsidy, by the way. Is rock
ing along ON rough road in the Sem
ate. There seems 10 be much
clearer shadow of the recent cleo
tons In the Senate than in the
House. Old John X. Plutoerat isn't
going to find IL so easy 10 hang the
Senate scalp TO his belt. Meanwhile
it would be "A good thing if every
American worker and farmer would
write MS senator letter about the
Subsidy loot. With subsidy in oper-
alton every boat would be gravy
boat.
When the devil was sick, the devil
a monk would be. That was said
many, many years ago. 1t is re-
called by the administration frantic
hunt for something to do for the
farmer" The president calls in his
golf partners and dopes 1t all out
However, the farmers are much bet.
ter judges of what's needed than are
the golf partners and until some
body takes the farmers word for IL
there won't be much doing of any
consequence.
Mr.. Secretary Of the Treasury
Mellon tells newspapers that Con
gresham Frear is all wrong in his
attacks on the Treasury policy of APP.
proving melon cutting. The people
will look at the figures, which have
been well reported through the labor
press by international Labor News
Service, and the Twill draw their OWL
conclusions. Working people will
| find ii difficult. quite likely, to agree
with Mr.. MELONS, justification of the
stock dividend saturnalia.
Boston Central Labor Union is re.
ported to have ordered delegates to
get out of the Foster so-called de-
| Tense council or give up their c. l.
u. seats. That is handling Foster
without gloves. There win be a great
, many trade unionists who will fee
| like congratulating the Boston c. l.
L. for its action. Foster will fine
| that there are a great many who
can't be fooled even part of the
| time.
When the progressive senators ant
congressman, including those serving
and those newly elected, met recent
ly in Washington, the reactionar,
crowd cried "boIshevikn
There are real bolseviks in Amerl
sa, at both ends of the line; ant
Labor is the foe of both kinds. But
Labor knows the real thing and ism
deceived by mere name calling.
Senator Brookhart. one of the new
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