The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-18
Coolidge As a Pacifst

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Calvin Coolidge, the strikebreaker president of
The United States is given credit by liberals of
the Oswald Garrison school of pacifsm for block
ing the bigger navy advocates in his refusal to
accede to the request of the navy department to
elevate the guns of the United States battleships
and thus "modernize" them That Silent Calls re
fusal does not that he is afflicted with the
virus of pacifsm, is amply demonstrated by his
wholehearted approval of Mobilization Day." an
important step in turning this country into a
gigantic barrack.
American jingoes may shrek that the country
is in danger because the British navy's guns stick
their noses into the sky at sharper angle than
those the American battleships But the people
who own this government know what they are do
ing. They will look after their battleships and
they will elevate the guns when they think the time
is ripe to do so.
The American navy is the potential enemy of
the British navy. In fact every navy is potential
enemy of every other navy. That is the law of CAPT
tasm. But Uncle Sam's-beg pardon, we mean
Morgan's navy-is next in strength to England's if
not equal, and as the American capitalists intend
to wiring the title of mistress of the Seas from
England, having already made their domination
the land quite evident, the British government
gets creepy feeling whenever the Washington
budget
The American capitalists are not foolish. During
recent years they have held few conferences They
Will hold few more before they ready to place
the blunderbuss at John Bulls ear and say: "Mr.
Bull you have carried the trident for great many
centuries. You must be tired. We are going to
relieve you of that burden. If you object we will
blow you into smithereens."
Mr.. Coolidge will favor the elevation of the guns
when the policy of the American government de
mands that this should be done. In the meantime,
Silent Cal does not look with disapproval on the
bowling of the jingoes for more battleships. That
Is healthy capitalist propaganda. Public opinion
.'ust be moulded in favor of bigger naval budgets
The arrival of the world flyers is used to advertise
the need for more airships. The patriotism of the
masses is constantly fed and when the rulers of
America feel that they can get more out of England
by frightening her with few more battleships
than they can by raising the white flag, they will
accede to the manufactured demand for the eeva
ton of the guns and more ships.
According to a newspaper report, the president
called in his secretary of the navy for conference
1t is limited that Wilbur talking indiscreety
about the need for protection against Japan, con
trary to the White House policy of silent treat
ment Wilbur is also for bigger navy. But these
alleged disagreements do not mean anything. Viii
bur is but department head in the Coolidge gov
eminent and is paid to look after Wall Streets
best bill collector the navy
Coolidge in the White House will do just as
Wall Street-a synonym for the ruling group of
American capitalists-wants him to do. He will
come out for the elevation of the guns, a larger
navy, more airships, more mobilization days, ac-
cording as the interests of American capitalism
demand. The 'peace" gestures of capitalism are
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peace until capitalism is destroyed.