The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-05
URGE PAN AMERICAN LABOR UNITY
AS WE SEE IT
BY T. J. o'FLAHERTY.

~ that appeared in this column on
Wednesday last, dealing with the in
vestments Of "Abe" Cahan in what is
left OF the yellow socialist press in
this country, the name of the New
England Leader, long dead, was sub
stituted for that of the Milwaukee
Leader, edited and partly owned by
Victor Berger. The paragraph should
have read, according to the state
ment of ownership made to the post
Office by the management Of the Mil
waukee Leader, the Jewish Daily
Forward owns more than 2 per cent
of the stock in Berger's paper" How
much more. it does not say.
THE committee charged with the
| duty of awarding the Nobel peace
prize could not locate anyone this
year, considered worthy of the prize.
The name Of Ramsay Macdonald was
mentioned by enthusiastic pacifsts,
but the committee probably read a
little about his wars in India, Meso-
potamia, Egypt and China, also his
naval program, and decided to let the
prize draw interest a little longer.
The dove of peace must feel quite
lonely these days.
1 H. THOMAS, colonial minister
~ in the late Macdonald labor party
government, scourged those elements
among the workers who preached the
class war and denounce the capital
lists. He upheld the theory that the
interests of labor and capitalists were
identical Sir Edward Manville, pro-
minent plutocrat, rose to second
Thomas remarks, appealing to the
more ferocious capitalists on his side
to pull in their horns. The policy of
]. H. Thomas was the policy of the
Official labor party of Britain. Fancy
such party lighting the battles Of
the workers and poor farmers"
n RTHUR HENDERSON in an ar
~ ticle in The Daily Herald of Lon
don, plays on the same key. He de-
precates the tendency in the labor
party to stress class divisions. Such
irresponsible people must be kept
IN their place he declares. The labor
party must prove to the people" of
Great Britain that it intends to ac-
complish reforms in society by par
Iiamentary means, and not by the
exercise of the mass power of the
workers. This is the kind of Ian
guage, the Hillquits, Mahoneys, John
stons and other proponents of fake
farmer labor party. use in America.
CLARENCE BARROW, noted Grim
~ inal lawyer does not believe life
is worth living for. 1t is quite true
that for millions of workers life is
anything put pleasant. But Clarence
and his kind are not so badly off, This
philosophy of despair of which OAR
row is an outstanding exponent is a
deadly drug for the minds of the work
ing class. 1t is just as pernicious as
the dope injected into their minds by
the clergy. Between the opium of the
clergy and the opium peddled by the
atheist barrow, there is no choice for
the workers. Both sets of parasites
live comfortably at the workers ex-
pense.
kN PASHITCH, former premier of
WI Serbia, failing to make his way
back to the public pap in the usual
way decided to break into print by
taking his cue from the British tories,
and staging red" plot. He charged
M. paditch, Croatian leader. with car
rying on a conspiracy against the
Serbian government under the in
structions Of Moscow. The king OF
Serbia. was convinced that Pashitch
I was telling the truth, so he asked
Ahat willing gentleman to take Office
tSe did, and one of his first acts was
70 issue orders for the arrest OF Ra,
ditch. The latter crossed over into
Italy. THE Pashitch party declares
the yarn Of the Moscow plot and the
cry OF "Bolshevism" will suffice to
win the elections. But there is fly
In the ointment. The Croatian being
denied ballots may resort to bullets
NOW that Charlie Chaplin has en-
IN tered on his second matrimonial
venture, thus quenching the curiosity
OF millions--the kind who believe Cal
vim Coolidge is an enemy OF Wal
Street--and Peggy Hopkins Joyce
has returned to pay the laundry bills
OF her Swedish count, and James A
Stillman, has decided to disavow the
Indian guide, William jennings Bryan
should take advantage Of the lull II
public interest to stage a comeback
with q lecture entitled: MAN has MOI
descended from the monkey. II hi
has his pseA In damnabiy slow"