The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-20
AS WE SEE 1T
By 7. J. O'FLAHERTY.

Even Diogenes would take Ton
Arthur from Montana for an homes
man. After one look at this chun
of protoplasm the old Greek wouli
drop his lantern and declare hi
quest ended. Tom Arthur is honest
He admits it. He has not accepted
couple of millions from Doheny
Furthermore he is a Progressive
democrat" and supports McAdoo fol
the DEMOCRAT nomination for presi
dent. zt the McAdoo conference il
the Crystal Room of the Great Nor
thern Hotel, bluff old Tom shed oily
tears over the dereliction of tn
present republican administration
which was turning over the oil re
sources Of the country in grea
squirts to the oil trust.
But alas, tho Tom Arthur is hon
est he is by no means pure. 70
has oil in his system. 1t is true it il
not trustified oil. 1t maintains it,
independence and it has not yet beef
Caught" Tom is a friend of Senate,
Walsh, the nemesis of oil republicans I
The senator from Montana sent Ton
telegram telling all and sundrI
how high Wilson's heir stood in th
estimation of the Teapot prosecutors
Tom de-oiled McAdoo. Then the re-
PUBLICAN sleuths got busy and turne,
the hose on Tom. Now he is warned
to keep away from fire. This i
the story:
Tom is an employee of the Mutua
and Continental oil companies. HI
was formerly an employee of thu
Mutual but when it was gobbled VI
by the Continental it took Tom int
its system, so to speak. It look
like an infant Trust. Perhaps Il
Senator Walsh succeeds in killing the
Sinclair and Doheny trusts the in
FAINT might have chance of reach
ing mans estate. Now Tom admits
that he is an employee of the OF
company. All, but there is a BIZ
difference between being an employI
and being a opal" of an oil trus
head. McAdoo, for instance, accepted
$250,000 from Doheny for helping t,
purchase the salable part Of the
Mexican government. Fall took
paltry 100000 for leasing a Dome
Fall lost his head. McAdoo may b
our next president. McAdoo got hii
by check. Fall took his compensa.
ton in a satchel. That is the big
difference.
Tom Arthur no doubt does mo-
carry his salary away every Sat
urday evening in a barrel. He tucka
it away in his vest pocket. He il
an employee and not on intimate
satchel footing with his boss. "Ou
in Montana they call me a bolshe
vik," says Honest Tom.
Governor Dixon does not call him
a bolshevik, or even a militant dem.
ocrat. He calls him a militant Of
man. Listen:
During the legislative session d
1921 Thomas Arthur was actively
and personally in charge Of the
oil lobby to defeat the tar
on crude oil.
During that session, following hi,
open boast at the Billings hotel that
he had manipulated and witnessed
the votes of eight legislators,
called the attention of the Legislature
in special message to his boosted
declaration. A senate legislative
investigation followed, but
the majority committee report white.
washed him in spite of overwhelm.
ing testimony"
Alvin York, the long-legged herr
Of Tennessee who killed almost as
many dead Germans as Micky
OIeary, went down in defeat few
years ago before a fire which burned
$4,000 worth of his property. York
was more fortunate than the average
war hero having a good
press agent and lively imagination
With an eye to future imbroglios
where a few men like York would
make the necessity of organizing
large army superfuous, militant and
wealthy patriots raised large sum
Of money to enable York to purchase
a farm. 1t appears that the farm
has now gone up in smoke, like
York's war record.