The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-03
AS WE SEE IT
By T. J. O'FLAHERTY.

United Press correspondent, becaus
the ex-attorney general is properl
"sewed up and if he squeals Oily
Coolidge that willy gentleman will
unlock the political Pandora Box
and turn loose enough evid spirits
to make Harry feel like purchasing
one way ticket across the river
Styx. We thought so much. Cool
idge withheld the axe which he dam
gled in the vicinity of Daugherty's
neck until his sleuths had Daugherty
hog tied. Then the fearless strike
breaker Topped off Harry's political
head with as little fear as if he were
only denounc;ng the growth of Boil
shevism in the columns of the La
dies Home Journal.
Coolidge dropped Daugherty be-
, cause he was considered a crook by
everybody who reads the papers out
side of William Randolph Hearst.
At the same time ne has placed the
seal of his approval on him as a
Coolidge delegate to the Republican
convention. There is no doubt buN
Daugherty is as mad as a doze
mad matters, but what can he dof'
Unless he wishes to play the role
of Samson and pull the political
structure down over his own head
he had better keep that head from
uttering any words that might en-
danger it's future.
There is a very bright prospect
of having a complete set of strike
breakers appealing TO the voters in
the next presidential election for
White House honors on the Demo.
crat and Republican tickets. Cool.
idge stands good chance of being
the Republican standard bearer,
| Strikebreaker number 1. AS a run.
ming mate he may have John L
Lewis, president of the United Mine
Workers of America. Strikebreakel
number 2. Major George L. Berry
president Of the International Print.
ing Pressmen's Union, is a candidate
for the vice presidetial nomination
on the Democratic ticket. Strike.
breaker number 8. The list is moi
yet complete. Mr.. Berry is a ma.
jor, you will notice. He got the
honor by being good boy during
the war, and, like a good many
preachers who were ferocious pa,
triots in those hectic days, but re-
main at respectable distance from
the firing line, George stayed in
Washington and expended his vocal
energies in hustling others across
the pond to meet the bullets, until
the armistice was signed.
|
Berry, we are informed on reli.
able authority, had designs on job
which would bring him into pro1ina.
ity to the nations gold supply dur.
ing the war. Sam Gomrers recon.
mended him for the position. But
at that time the members of MIR
Berry's union, thought they had rea.
sons to believe that their president
was rather careless with funds and
the government being obliged forgive
several billion dollars away to needy
and embattled European nations and
to Czarist anti-Bolshevists, did moi
want to place any further tempta.
tons in good mans way. Instead
Berry was turned into a major
which is worth some money to him
nowadays.
We are anxiously waiting for the
Democrats to produce ticket lead.
er whose principal qualification il
that of strikebreaker. IN the event
of the foursome being knocked into
a deep hole by some Third Party
golf expert, the vaudeville stage
would have the opportunity of pre-.
senting new feature, to patrons
who are weary listening to ths
same old jokes and looking at the
same old actors year after year
How would this sign look on tbs
theatre billboards: "Silent CAP and
"His Strikebreaking Four? w,
believe it would make p hit.
This column has aroused the
wrath of several Jewish workers
who have shifted a suspicion al
Ford Propaganda in the statement
that Samuel Gompers can trace mis-
ancestry back to Moses. The pro.
test reflects credit on our readers
who feel a certain guilty responsi.
bility for not having fed Sans me.
dleval ancestors on some hourish.
ment such as Paris Green or evan.
hide of potassium, which of course
would save the American workers a
lot of trouble, Whitechapel, London,
from the dishonor of being his
birthplace and our Jewish readers
from a dizzy feeling every time his
name is mentioned. l'ney should
feel comforted, however, in the
thought that tho they have inflicted
Gompers on the American workers
and David Goldstein on the Irish
workers, the latter weep salt tears
whenever a Doheny or a 'Dennis
Sullivan" buys an administration or
issues an injunction. Keep your
underwear on, follow workers.
There is no offense meant, but we
don't blame you in the least for re-
GREETING the existence of Gompers.
II ANYHOW Onn Karl Mor~. cox,.,., -