The daily worker., 1924-12-30
AS WE SCI Is :
BY 7. ;. o'FLAHE, q 2 :
THE Union Advocate of l

] Iowa, labels itself lal
1t is edited by faker nameG
NJ. Short, who served three terms as
mayor Of that city. In order to win
that Office he had to have the support
OF labor It looks as if he lost that
support judging by the raving of the
gentleman in a recent issue of his
paper Short may not be long on
knowledge, but he has an abundance
of conceit. His name appears in 80
point type on the front page of his
weekly rag. 1t is the biggest thing
in the paper.
ANTHAT is getting between Short
NV and his nights slumber is the
presence Of radical in the trade
union movement of Sioux City. The
writer has not the least idea who
the radical is, but Shorts tribute to
him is by no means underdone. He
claims that this radical, Communist,
now reigns supreme in the Labor
Temple and has the trade unions of
the city in his vest pocket. He adj
nires him for his efficiency, his skill
and aggressiveness and then charges
him with being an ally of the Ku Klux
Khan. Perhaps Short is socialist
THIS Shiny labor faker then in
sinuates that the Communist is
an agent Of the open shoppers, but
the worm. fearing to make an open
attack on a man who would probably
make him eat dirt for it, goes about
the task Of saving his dirty hide by
saying In the next paragraph that he
could not charge any specific" in
dividual with being an agent of the
bosses. Il have not seen any money
passed." he writes. Short finally
winds up the last of his vomit with
threat to invoke mob law on this
individual who undoubtedly has more
intelligence than Short likes to find
under one hat in Sioux City, when
that hat does not happen to be Shorts.
N FTER picturing this Communist
~ monster" swallowing one organ
ization after another like an octopus,
he writes: Il expect to see a change
in the near future. l expect to see a
thousand men in the Labor Temple
finding ont what they stand for. Then
expect to see many of these thousand
quietly growing to be as effective as
the Communist. When that time
comes and think it is near at hand
then the Communists will not last
seven days" The labor faker must
be at his wits end when he resorts
to an open threat to get rid of some
body by violence that he cannot
handle politically by the exercise of
his intelligence
N VERY thrilling story comes from
n Kalispel, Montana. 1t comes in
the columns of the Times of that
mining town. 1t is about gallant deed
performed by four employees of the
Anaconda company in risking their
lives to protect the copper trusts
property And. of course, the A. M. C.
generous industrial octopus mani
tested its gratitude by placing each
one of its willing slaves at the re-
ceiying end of check for S250.O0.
Last September it appears that a
fre broke out in the powder magazine.
Four men braved sudden death in ex-
tinguishing the fire.
NOTHING much was said about the
In deed until a few weeks ago when
the heroes were called into the office
OF the company and presented with
the checks. They shared honors with
the A. M. G. officials. The slaves who
received the paltry checks carried
blazing boxes, containing dynamite,
out Of reach OF the magazine. Evi-
IDENTIFY s250.O0 is the price the Ana
conda sets on wage slaves life.
And heroism of this kind must be en-
couraged.
+ LIEUTENANT Osborne Wood was
L. not as successful at the gambling
tables of Paris as he was in the gam
bling dens of Wall Street Playing
the stock exchange with the aid of
the insiders Of Wall Street is easier
nan running into the trained sharps
OF Faris.