The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-05
AS WE SEE IT
BY 7. }. o'FLAHERTY

BY 7. J. o'FLAHERTY
The Chicago Tribune editor who ed.
itorialized on the issuing Of an injunc-
ton by Judge Carpenter which stipu.
lates that the police shall have the
right to enter the home of a certain
citizen by the name of Ostrowsky at
any time of day or night to ascertain
whether there is whisky on the prem
ises, got the sex angle on the story
The thought occurred to the editor
that danger turks between the lines OF
the injunction. danger to the purity
of womanhood, for forsooth Ostrows X
sky may have good looking wife and
daughter or daughters, which fact
might tempt sundry citizens to as. ,
sumo the role of prohibition officers
and seek access to the Ostrowsky
home in the absence of Ostrowsky. A
peril confronts the nation! Virtue
has one foot on banana peel and tha
other on an injunction. Injunctiona
prohibiting strikes move the Tribune
only to eloquent defense, but when
danger confronts the wine cellars Of
our bourgeoisie, then our capitalist
scribblers hide behind the skirts Of
their women.
Readers have marveled at the as
sumed omniscience of the Tribune ins
dustrial expert who uses the pseudos
nym "Scrutator" His name is Harpet
Leach, former publicity man for the
railroad labor board. A tired radical,
who because Of large, hungry fans
lily could not afford to become a Bug
house Square anarchist, he sold him
self to the Worlds Greatest Liam
and does his level best to earn his
keep. He left the railroad labor board
when he feared the government was
going to drop it. The Chicago Tribune
has very good connections with the
present government in Washington,
and worked in cooperation with the
American Defense society and the reds
batting squad under Burns. Leach
once edited paper in Denver. Colo.
He is popularity known as Screwed
later" in newspaper circles, and held
in contempt as a renegade.
When Andre Marty, Communist
leader of the mutiny which took place
on the French Black Sea fleet when
ordered to fire on the Russian Soviet
forces, entered the chamber of depus
ties a conservative deputy who des
clared he represented the war veA
Grams, assaulted him. But Marty is nd
pacifist and he vigorously exchanged
courtesies with his opponent. The
enemies of communism are fond d
accusing the Communists of believing
in force and violence. Yet, it is nm
deniably true that the capitalists and
their henchmen are always the first
to use violence as has been proven Id
thousands of instances in America and
all over the world.
The League of Nations may have am
other chance to prove its Impotence
Mussolini has landed troops on tho
Greek island Of Rhodes, in the MediN
teranean Sea off the southwest coash
Of Asia Minor. We have not heard
If Italian honor or dignity has been In
suited by some alleged Greek banditA
but the Italian imperialists will find
some excuse for shaking the Greeka
down for more cash. They are moi
particular where the money is secured
The capitalist class cannot have peace
no matter how much they may desire
it. Like lesser thieves there is nd
honor among them and as long as theJ
are allowed to rule this earth peacd
and good feeling among the human
race is impossible. The only remedy ID
the overthrow of the capitalist robber
system and the reconstruction Of So
ciety on a communist basis.
The favored few under the selectiva !
immigration law, boosted by secretarl n
Of labor James ]. Davis, to be alloweA J
into this country are: immigrants WHO
served in the United States army DUR
ing the world war; ministers of anN
religious denomination; professors and
scholars. The capitalist lackey resJ
sons that these three categories win
prove useful auxiliaries in aiding tho
American rulers to keep the workers
submissive. In an article in the cux
rent issue of the United Mine Workers
Journal, Mr.. Davis praises the laboy
leaders who have held conferences "a
his Office and accepted his gag. photo
graphing and fngerprinting policy
Herbert Hoover and Congressma1
Casey also have articles in the onh
cial organ Of the miners union bu&
there is not single article there froN
a worker.
Calvin Coolidge comes out unresers
eddy for the World Court which is al
alias for the League Of Nations. The
American bankers want the League
but owing to the American traditiou
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