The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-10
A Bedtime Story
for MOrOns
BY WILLIAM z. DUNE.

BY WILLIAM +. dunno.
You remember, don't you, chill
dren, when President Harding died
and Calvin Coolidge, the big, strong,
silent man who made the naughty
Boston policemen 60 back to Chas-
ing the bad burglars, went into the
White House and sat down in the
presidential chair?
You remember, don't you, chill
dren, how glad and happy almost
everyone was because at last from
the old state of New Hampshire we
had vice-pres-i-dent who could
take up the noble work of Pres-i-
dent Harding right where he left
of?
All the big papers and all the big,
brain-y men with lots of money said
that he was the right man in the
right place and that now we would
have a real American government
because he was a strong man and had
proved it By writing articles about
the wicked radicals in the schools
who were telling your brothers and
sisters that rich men had stolen
their money from the poor work
ing-men.
All the big papers and maya
zines praised Calvin because he did
not do lot of talking and told how
smart he must be because he said
nothing and what wonderful
things he could say when he want
ed to.
He kept all of the cabinet Off
GERS that poor President Harding
had given jobs to because they had
helped him to be president and all
the Da-pers said what kind thing
to do and what good man he must
be and how proud his folks must be
of him--this big, strong, silent
man.
Good men like Gilbert Gary whom
God has rewarded with a big steel
business and Sunday school teach
ers like young Mister Rockefeller
said that Calvin would be the next
president and everyone was glad
because he was such a big, strong
silent man.
Then all Of a sudden the cab-i-
net Officers whom Calvin had kept
because he had such a good heart
were found out TO be bad men who
were Stealing Uncle Sans oil lands
but Calvin did not think they could
be so wicked and he did not do
anything to them.
Even when all the papers told
of what positively TERRIBLE things
these bad men had done to our gov
ern-ment Calvin did not do amy
talking. He just kept on being
strong and silent.
Then a lot Of mean old senators
who were Jealous Of big, strong, ST.
lent Calvin said he had to chase out
the wicked men who we're stealing
oil from poor old Uncle Sam but
Calvin did not pay any attention
to them until they began to say
that Calvin was afraid to chase the
wicked cabinet Officers because
they had given him part of the oil.
This made Calvin so mad that he
chased out bad man named Den-by
who was supposed to look after our
navy Just TO show that he was not
afraid but Il was too late because
other wicked men had been telling
the people that Calvin was not a
big, strong, silent man but newer
talked because he had nothing to
say.
The Jealous old SENATORS say
that Calvin must chase out all OF
the men that President Harding
gave Jobs TO and that he should have
done Il long time ago but Calvin
won't do IL.
So whole lots Of people say now
that these bad men must have some
thing on Calvin and that when he
was only vice-pres-i-dent he was
just as wicked as any of them and
talks any more Of what a
big, strong silent. president Cal
vim Is and the wicked Boston po-
lice-men are all very angry be-
cause II they had known that Calvin
would get into all this trouble they
would not have gone back TO work |
chasing the bad burglars until they |
got more money.
The moral Of this story il, chill
dren. that nobody can be elected |
president in the UNITED States
without talking even tho he comes
from New Hampshire.