The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-17

AS WE SEE 1T
BY 7. ). o'FLAHEATY.

INGENUITY is by no means a mon
opoly of the circulation depart
ments of the capitalist papers. The
latter have recently helped to drive
their readers crazier than usual, with
their cross word puzzles and other
crooked stunts. The object is to get
advertising. That "the end justifles
the means" is supposed to be the
wicked slogan Of the jesuits. Not a
bad slogan in period when dead
ones are so popular. But the circu-
lation manager Of the DAILY WORK
Err translated this slogan into action,
which is the only way to treat a
slogan. Having your curiosity SUM-
GENTLY aroused by now, shall let you
in on the secret.
livery subscriber to the DAILY
= WORKER and every member Of
the Workers Party is provided with a
tool box. Not heavy load to carry,
just the kind Of tool box that will
work wonders In getting subs for
our daily. 1t is nothing more nor less
than a neat little red book with a sig
nificant picture on the outside Of each
cover, and on the inside calendar,
important dates In the history of the
International working class movement
and high spots in the history of the
American labor and revolutionary
movements.
IN this little tool box" you have
subscription blanks for the DAILY
WORKER and the Workers Monthly,
application blanks for membership in
the Workers Party, space for adj
dresses and telephone numbers and a
little pocket in which to carry your
membership cards, in the party or in
your union. 1t strikes me as being
a. very useful weapon for the live
wires who are building up the great
est labor daily published in the Eng
lish language and in doing that are
building up the labor movement.
Every reader of the DAILY WORKER
should carry this tool box" with him
and use it. The supply is unlimited.
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nNUR leader is gone" shrieks the
~ Seattle Union Record in an
editorial commenting on the death Of
Samuel Gompers. That is right.
After all, Gompers was the leader of
that type of fake progressive. Silk
purses cannot be made from sows'
ears and the difference between most
Of our erstwhile progressives and
Gompers was difference in the de-
gree or method. The editorial ends
with: HE devoted his life to labor's
cause. May he rest In peace" We
say, Amen! At least we hope he does
not pull off a resurrection. We have
had enough of him.
TODAY the capitalist press shed
gallons of inky tears over the
death of Gompers. But at times,
when the labor chief made some play
that the capitalists did not under
stand. they were not so enthusiastic
about him. One of Sans favorite
gags was to defy injunctions and then
forget about them. He never forgot
to brag about the famous Buck Stove
and Range case, when, by heck, he
almost went to Jail and, goldarnit,
was perfectly willing to go. But he
did not. These fiery speeches were
the necessary introduction to later
counsel of surrender, in case any
group of workers took Sam seriously
and started out to fight the injunc-
ton.
COMPERS was here in Chicago in
" the early part of this year beef
ing about an injunction that was
levelled against the members of the
International Ladies' Garment Work
ers Union by the clothing bosses.
Sam came, talked. smoked several
cigars and went away. The injunc-
lion held, hundreds Of members of
Nhe union were dubbed and sent to
Nil The Tribune now vies with the
veNaw socialist press in showering
tribntz on the departed labor lieu
tenant 6Ut only year ago 1t threw
several hauoons into the old takers
hide, not because he was too reac-
tionary. Of course, but because his
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