The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-23
AS WE SEE 1T
BY 7. J. o'FLAHERTY

An English artist painted a por-
trait of His Majesty King George,
which is not at all fattering to the
head of the British Empire The
worst of it is that the portrait can
be seen by anybody curious enough to
visit the Royal Academy in London,
where it is on exhibition. The British
Fascist and the Tories believe it
should not be viewed by any loyal
subject from the Dominions, tho ma
tive Britons could perhaps, look upon
| it without danger to His Majesty's in
terests. The trouble is that the paint
ing puts the head of weakling on
the shoulders of the king.
Other admirers Of the royal family
even go farther and describe the
In justice to the king, it should be
stated that George did not sit for the
picture, and Sims, the artist, is al
legged to have drawn somewhat freely
on his imagination while doing the
job. What the Tories fear most is,
that the rather unnecessary look on
His Majesty's face as represented or
misrepresented by the artist cannot
make very favorable impression on
the thousands of colonials who are in
London for the British Empire Expo
sition. They may get the idea that
His Majesty's head is full of empti-
ness if not worse.
William Gibbs McAdoo is recog-
nized as the favorite son of the Ku
KIuz Khan for the presidency on thu
Democratic ticket This secret en-
dorsement is not liable to bring Will
sons heir any enthusiastic support
from the hard boiled Catholics from
New York to San Pedro, Calf Nc
Adoo, like a good politician, does not
want to lose Khan support, neither
does he wish to antagonize the Catho-
lie vote which will be cast for him
provided he gets out of Madison
Square Garden with the nomination.
His campaign manager issued state
ment on the Khan issue which is
marvel of evasion. He simply declares
that he favors free speech, freedom Of
religious worship and the right of free
assembly. Even the Khan claims to
believe in the first amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, but
practice-ah, that's another matter.
When McAdoo had almost entire
ly recovered from the effects of Do
heny's oil treatment, his progress was
seriously impaired by the discovery
that the secretary to his Illinois cam
paign manager was one of those ar
rested in the raid on the Sieben Brew
cry with Dean O'Bannion, John Torrio
and the other alleged leaders Of Chi
cago's beer ring. 1t is true, however,
that so far as the majority of Chica-
] COS voters are concerned, violators of
the Volstead Act are liable to be BEN
Gifted by an indictment. But the
lincolnshire membership Of the Ku
Klux Khan away in the Businesses of
Kentucky will not care to support
their competitors here in the Windy
City.
An Italian paper, by the name of
ell Sole" commenting on the expul-
sion of John Giglio, correspondent of
the London Daily Herald and the
DAILY WORKER, said that the news
sent out of Italy by CYCLIC was injuri-
GUS to Italian interests. The paper
also said that the relations of the cor
respondent with Italian radicals and
Free Masons were calculated to dis
turb the peace OF Italy. English gold
was suggested as the motive behind
Signor Giglio's activities. We are in
debted to a so-called representative of
DeValera's Royal Irish Republic for
this information. He quotes the above
approvingly and halls Mussolini as