The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-07
AS WE SEE 1T.
BY T. }. o'FLAHERTY

1t is reported that a brand new Re-
publican party will emerge from the
national convention in Cleveland.
Coolidge is not entirely satisfied with
the organization in its present form.
There are too many alleged radicals
kicking over the traces. The elephant
is getting restless and so are the big
bankers and the heavy industrialists
who own the animal. what is the use
in feeding the brute unless he car
ries our load" is the way these fell
lows express their displeasure with
the G. o. P. of today. They figure on
Coolidge doing the animal training
stunt for them. Perhaps.
Those in the know say that "Cau-
tious Cal" aims to be another Wood
row Wilson. But those in the know
also know that he lacks Woodrow's
brains. Whatever may be said about
the famous fourteen points, none
could deny that he had more in his
head than comb would take out of
it. On the other hand Calvin's dome
does not even keep his spine from un-
raveling. He hasn't any. What Cal
vim is good for the bankers know
quite well. He is the best political
clerk that ever took an order over a
telephone. Later on the plutes may
need a Mussolini but they figure that
just now nonentity will suit them
better.
The Republican party is so corrupt
that nobody but a martyr would care
to run on its platform this year. Cal
vim is a Puritan and proud of it. 1t
lis said that Oliver Cromwell is his
favorite butcher. He resembles Oliver
in his intentions but not in his actions.
Coolidge wants to make this cam
paign Coolidge proposition. The big
idea behind this strategy is that the
voters will support Coolidge in the
hope that he may purify the G. o. P.
But the task of the gentleman who
had to clean out the Augean stables
was simple compared to the job of
getting the filth of the Republican
party.
French radicals charge that the fam.
GUS Morgan 100000, 900 loan netted
insiders a profit of over $2O0,000,OOo
in ten days. Herriot said, "Our
country was treated like Turkey.
1 see no excuse for it, Herriot
was not in on the deal. He is
a millionaire anyhow and is not badly
off for cash. Herriot would not crit
icise the American bankers but he
would not withdraw his criticism OF
the French politicians He may need
the bankers later on. This is pretty
lesson in patriotism that will not be
taught in our goosestep universities.
How self-sacrificing our patriots are7
In the moment when France was slip
ping and her currency travelling at
lightning speed trying to overtake the
invisible mark, those who were at the
helm Of the ship of state were busy
making fortunes out of the increasing
misery of the people. Well, the Har-
ding and Coolidge administrations
were doing the same thing here. But
they are patriots. It's paying bust
ness.
Screwed later, the tired radical
who runs the funny column in the Chi
|cago Tribune, remarks that the slogan,
Workers of all coutries unite" has
fallen on deaf ears. Not so fast, Mr..
Leach. The DAILY WORKER car
ried news item few days ago which
told of Czecho-Slovakian workers re-
fusing to transport arms and ammuni-
lions from the great Skoda factory to
Roumania and Poland, for probable use
against Soviet Russia. The Czecho-
Slovakian workers in doing this
sacrificed employment and wages in
making these munitions, but they
did respond to the revolutionary
slogan. They did not turn a deaf ear
to the unspoken plea for solidarity
coming from the Workers Republic
They signified by that act that they
were ready to sacrifice for an ideal .
to defend the Soviet against its CAPT
talist enemies. The Screwed Taters
and the renegade radicals are hoping
against hope that the divine fire of
revolution which sends its warm rays
from the Soviet Republic, will not
light up the hearts of the despodent
in other countries with hope for the
new day. But the workers in all
countries including the United States
will be driven by necessity to follow
the example set by the Russian work
ers and peasants and establish their
own rule on the ashes of the system
which produces such political perverts