The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-08
AS WE SEE 1T
BY T. J. O'FLAHERTY

/ RCA CCAt W luG COoI VI
However, the Judge is happy that
they accomplished two things. They
satisfied President Harding and met
public sentiment. This satisfaction
does not seem to have a very bene-
fetal effect on the late president.
Gompers agrees with Gary that pub
lie sentiment abolished the twelve
hour day in steel, but the Steel Trust
continues to steal the greater part of
the product Of their labor from the
steel slaves while Gompers gorges
himself at Steel Trust banquets in
stead of organizing the steel work
ers.
The election of 81 Communist de-
puties to the Reichstag, caused more
CONSERVATION in the ranks Of interna-
tional capitalism than perhaps, any
event since the Russian revolution.
Behind these 62 deputies are at least
100000 German workers, who favor
the establishment of Soviet Repub-
lie. Such prospect looks none too
good to the plutes behind the Dawes
| plan. Will the German workers agree
to the longer work-day required to pay
the reparations demanded by the al.
lies Of Germany? Already we learn
that practically all the coal miners in
the Ruhr are locked out because they
refused to work longer hours. The
capitalists ostensibly pay the repara-
tions, but every dollar Of it will be
taken out of the bodies of the German
working class unless they kick over
the traces and take power into their
own hands.
1--WE have in Office d Socialist gov.
eminent, but the leaders Of the gov.
eminent are no more Socialistic than
you and l are" said Lord Birkenhead
of England, addressing a Tory meet
ing recently. "Galloping' Smith
should know. He is well acquainted
with them. Arthur Henderson, for
mer secretary of the British Labor
Party, now Home Secretary, justified
the spying of the secret police at a
recent meeting of the Communist
Party of Great Britain. It should also
be remembered that Mr.. Henderson
was in the Asquith cabinet when
James Connolly, one Of the keenest
minds in the international Socialist
movement, was executed by a British
firing squad in Dublin, without pro-
test from Henderson, who posed as a
Socialist Lord Birkenhead knows
what he is talking about in this in
stance. But we can tell the noble
Lord that behind the fake socialists
who are now leading British labor,
\ are millions of exploited workers.
These workers, like their comrades in
Germany, will have their eyes opened
gradually to the futility of the Mac
Donald-Henderson policy and will raj
ly to the Communist banner as the
German workers are doing today.
Lord Birkenhead will then be sorry
he did not entertain friendlier feel
ings toward the yellow Socialists.
There is no form of employment
safer for a man who is quick on the
trigger in this city, than that of pro-
fessional gunman and holdup man, on
large scale. While the police and
all the law enforcement authorities
are fast workers when it comes to
putting striking workers behind the
bars, rum runner or gunman who
gets into the cell is considered such
an extraordinary event that the pa
pers issue stop press editions. Mr..
Dion O'Bannion, the bootlegging flor
list, was arrested recently for making
the body of Davy Miller, a repository
for some lead, which Mr.. O'Bannion
squirted out of his revolver. Mr.. Mil
Ter surrendered to the pavement,
whereupon, Mr.. O'Bannion looked at
ter his business, but did not send his
clients any flowers. He might have
done so, but Mr.. Miller recovered
from the effects of the leaden hail.
Mr.. O'Bannion was arrested and his
defence was that he was of the opin-
ion that Mr. Miller was itching to see
how many bullets he could deposit in
! the aforesaid Mr.. Miller's anatomy
without causing joy in the heart of his
favorite undertaken. At the same time
Mr.. O'Bannion and labor official,
supporter Of Samuel Gompers, were
charged with holding up beer truck.
They we're arrested. The state claim
ed to have good case against them.
A gentleman by the name Of Daugh-
erty, was killed. The labor leader
was under suspicion. Greatly wound
ed in his tenderest feelings. the lat
ter walked into the states attorneys
Office and expressed his disappoint-
ment that such foul suspicious should
be cast on law-abiding person, such
as he was. He had his picture taken
with the States Attorneys staff. What
more can be said? Much more could
be said, but that is enough. When the
cases of Messrs. O'Bannion and Com
pany came up in there, there we're no
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