The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-21
AS WE SEE 1T
By 7. J. o'FLAHERTY

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There are two main divisions, one
called the "Savages" and the other
"Legalists" The head of the Legal
lists" is an old friend Of Mussolini and
one of the So original founders of the
Black Shirts. 1t seems that he is get
ting tired Of the bloodthirsty organiza-
ton and editorially criticized the acts
of violence perpetrated by the Mus
solini heroes. For this his life was
threatened by the "Savages" and Mus
solini who was away on a political
fence-building mission was compelled
to return and settle the dispute. He
did that by having the 'Legalists" ex-
PEELED from the Fascist. 1t would not
be surprising to see the two factions
resort to arms in defense of their res
pective ambitions.
John Fitzpatrick has released all
members of his Farmer-Labor Party
from all obligations to cast their bal
lots for its candidates in the coming r
elections. While this looks at first
sight like an act of generosity, we
learn that there are no candidates run
ming on this party's ticket and still
more important, the party is placed in
storage for the summer months
Whether it is ever destined to be sep
arated from the moth balls again is
a matter for profitless conjecture, but
experience proves that political par
ties, unlike good wine do not improve
| in splendid isolation away from the
maddening hustle and hustle of this
topsy-turvy and complicated world,
particularly when not even exercised
occasionally.
Billy Sunday raves against sinners
who refuse to come to Jesus but per-
sist in living on this wicked earth, yet
when fortune raped at his door in
the form of a rambunctious kidney,
instead Of letting the said kidney send
him on his upward journey to see his
heavenly meal ticket, the Rev. Sunday
took special train to Rochester to
bring the offending organ back to
normally. Rather remarkable what
an aversion our preachers have to 60
ing to heaven when they are given
a sporting chance. Nearer my God to
Thee" means nothing to them except
a hymn chanted for the benefit of
their pocketbooks.
Among the organizations listed in
the All-American Conference to com
bat radical propaganda we find the
American Federation of Labor The
American Defense Society, Hebrew
Sheltering Immigrant Society, Knights
of Columbus, National Catholic We'll
fare Council, etc. Rabbits, priests, Ia
Dor takers, capitalists and stool pig
cons are joined together in an unholy
alliance against the working class.
This outfit claims to represent 20,0OO.,-
600 Americans. But outside of a let.
terhead and Mr.. Whitney of the Amer
lean Defense Society the Heterogeneous
collection of mental fossils who COM
pose most of those organizations have
as much influence on the course of
human events as the Three Tailors of
Tooley Street had on the history Of
England.
1t is rumored in Washington that
the impetus for the united 'front.' of
these organizations comes from the
I"Ohio Gang" of grafters who attached
themselves to the Harding administra-
ton and chung to Coolidge after Hard
ing's death. While Daugherty was at
his post Mr.. Whitney and his stool
pigeons had easy pickings put what
with publicity and the need for polit-
ical maneuvering Coolidge was obliged
to dump the finks along with Daugh-
erty and Burns. This compelled Whit
ney to do some real panhandling. The
result is the calling together of a fake
conference. The National Security
League, The American Defense Society
and other such organizations are in
the business of lacking up the patriot
ism of the people of this country
simply for the Jack" they can scare
out of the BOSSES Lately the latter
have been Tightening up their wallets
and after the exposures in Washing
ton it is not unlikely that a patriotic
panhandler may have to show some
ireal results before he succeeds in at
taching some of the bankers dough to
himself.
This is splendid labor movement
we have, is it not? The American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor in league with the
most contemplate gang of scoundrels
in existence. Gompers works hand in
hand with the Department of Justice.
Whitney, Gompers. Burns, Daugherty,
Fred Marvin Of the New York Com
mercial, the Socialist Party and the
Jewish Daily Forward worked hand in
hand against the radicals among the
American labor organizations. What
one Of them missed the others provid-
ed. If Burns failed to pick up some
story about Soviet Russia, Gompers or
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