The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-13
Great Tong Hears Communists Outline Workers Struggle All Power
AS WE SEE IT
BY 7. ]. o'FLAHERTY.

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tion of Capitalism" Ny fears were
well founded.
TO him Wall Street was a horrible
/ monster. and Calvin Coolidge the
Knight of the Terrible Silence, who
simply scared the monster back into
his lair with sniff OF the nose and
biblical quotation, "thot that Mr..
Coolidge had no connection whatever
with Wall Street" he declared. Bust
ness Of proving the connection. Fur.
thermore," / remarked as my quarry
was retreating toward the window
we are on the sixth floor Of a looU
Office building alone is he a
faithful tool Of capitalism, an enemy
of the workers-with brain and
Drawn" glancing phSenologically az
the counter jumper, ~but his mind
makes a vacuum congested in COM
parison." This was almost too much.
why" he moaned, Il would not be,
lieve that of him even if knew it ID
be true He was now near the win.
dow and had my glasses, so I took
a parting shot MY favorite candi.
date for the presidency is William z.
Foster, the Comnunist=." AS
shut the door after me. I heard the
noise of an opening window waited
for the tell-tale thud, but perhaps he
only needed more air.
IF Messers. Fitzpatrick and Nocklef
/ are not Willing away the hours
which they are obliged to spend in
their chairs at Federation headquart-
ers, solving cross word puzzles, they
might try their brains on the latest
mind twister turned loose in the pol.
itioal bedlam of Illinois. Nockles and
Fitzpatrick are experts in the art OF
proving united front between Win.
lam 2. Foster and Dawes because
Dawes, who is playing "Tarzan of the
Apes" in the c. o. P. jungles, took
occasion to swat Fitzpatrick and Co.
because in the sulphurous mind of
He'll an Maria, the labor takers seem
ed to be agents of Lenin and Trots-
ky" as the formula goes. Foster
slammed them because they were. in
directly Of course, agents of Dawes
and the capitalist class OF which
Dawes is a very vocal and class con.
scious member.
THAT Dawes hates Foster more
l than an Irish devil is alleged to
hate holy water" goes without say
ing. Even an ordinary moron knows
that But moron would feel insulted
at being placed on the same intellect
ual footing as some of the labor fax
ers that draw big salaries in the Am
erican labor movement Yet, we dare
say that it would not tax the intelli-
gence of the most mentally bankrupt
to prove united front between John
Fitzpatrick and He'll an Maria Dawes.
LaFollette is the image around which
these political medicine men do their
dance.
THE labor takers from harrington
l to Fitzpatrick are supporting Len
Small in Illinois. Small is so crooked
that he could sleep comfortably on a
corkscrew. A skunk would suffer
from paralysis of the olfactory nerves
in the vicinity of Len Small. Yet this
is the gentleman behind whose ban
ner the labor takers are marching
the same collection of skates who sup.
port Robert Marian LaFollette.
XNTALKER, Olander and Harrington,
wv plus the holp-up men who were
refused admittance to Joliet by Small.
made a political deal with the COVER
nor At this time Len was on the
outs with the Dawes-Brundage-
Grove Deneen Tribune News sec
tions Of the republican party. This
gang represents the open and above
board open shop element in the re-
publican party. But Small licked
them in state politics and now in or
der to save this state for Coolidge
they buried the Ratchet, which they
formerly aimed at Small's neck. and
took Small to their respectable bos-
oms It is true they still disinfect
their political homes when Len is q
visitor and after the first week ini
November. they may again try to
quarantine him. But for the moment
he is in the Dawes camp and picking
his teeth with the tail Of the LaFoI.
lette lamb after having eaten the fat.
ed calf
NOV. what is the situation? Az
~ tho editorial in the DAILY
WORKER pointed out. the deal be.
tween the labor takers and Small pre-
vented the LaFollette crowd from
placing candidate for governor in
the field against Len. Thus the La
Toilette movement In Illinois is be-
L Ua4a .4.l.