The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-13

AS WE SEE IT
BY 7. J. o'FLAHERTY.

CAMUEL GOMPERS has again de-
- ceived the American working
class. While the class conscious
wage slaves were throwing their hats
in the air and otherwise expressing
their Joy over the passing Of the no
torious labor lackey of the exploiters,
in the thot that one obstacle to their
progress had passed away, the sad
news that Gompers was up to another
Of his dirty tricks was flashed over
the wire. This labor lieutenant Of
capitalism, as Mark Hanna character
izes him. was so crooked that he
could not even die straight.
COMPERS will at least have the
~ satisfaction Of reading the Work
ers Party obituary on his death.
Gompers has been killing the radical
movement in America regularly every
year at A. F. of l.. conventions, but
that movement is even more tenac-
ious Of life than the notorious labor
faker. Some people believe that the
reason for Gompers' change of mind
about passing away. was his desire tc
die in the United States Others be-
lieve that in his last moments spark
of decency entered his heart and he
felt that he had no right to leave this
existence the same year that marked
the passing Of the worlds greatest
revolutionist, Nikolai Lenin.
THE allies are better pleased that
the German nationalists and not
the German Communists are about to
form q cabinet. A Communist cabi-
net would see the agents of the Amer
lean bankers who are now the re
ceivers Of Germany, beating it for the
border, 1t would mean that Ger.
man Soviet republic would be set up
and the war equipment of the bour-
geoisie reduced to toothpicks. Even
a nationalist cabinet is better than
that. Yet the present situation in
Germany resulting from the elections
is not satisfactory to the allies.
THE German Nationalist want to
| restore that country's former pres
tige and get out from under the Dawes
plan. They have the ambition to re-
establish Germany as great COM
mercial and military power. Natur-
ally this prospect does not appeal tc
the French and the British. But Eng
land fears France and France fears
England and they all fear Russia
England, France and Italy are trying
to make robbers pact over the part
of northern Africa from which the
Spanish were expelled. The league of
nations stands by twiddling it's thumbs
and whenever it dares to speak above
a whisper in protest one Of the pow
ers, the one most concerned. throws
something soft and clammy at the
league and there is an awful silence.
THE Chinese christian general,
| Feng, pulled off a dirty trick on
the capitalist powers. If the news
from China has any degree of reliable
ity it would appear that Feng has
failed to carry out the instructions
OF the capitalist powers and is ac
tually aiding DR.. Sun Vat Sen in
bringing about the unity of China,
policy that is supported by the Soviet
government. What an awful waste Of
biblesl
NOW that Calvin Coolidge is safely
IN elected and after that gentleman
saved the taxpayers of the nation
$1.98 more or less on his trip to the
stockyards, the time is propitious for
slipping thru bill calling for the con
struction Of big naval program to
the tune Of s14O,OOO,0OO. We did not
notice that Senator Borah who so Wig
orously opposed a pay raise for postal
employees, raised his voice against this
'extravagance." Big business needs
hattleships to fight the big business o!
Other countries, while postal employees
are plentiful and cheap.
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THERE is an interesting graft trial
taking place in Chicago. Forbes
former head Of the veterans bureau,
is the star actor. That gentleman
was boom companion of the late
President Harding. He was a pa
triot," tho before he was a profes-
sional patriot his record was not so
good. Thru his relations with Hard
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