The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-16


cording to Catholic dogma, by God
himself. Superstition and its compan-
ion, fear, together with tremendous
economic power, are the weapons
welded by the Catholic church over
the millions who subscribe to its
creed. 1t is no mean ally for a des-
perate capitalist class to have and the
House Of Morgan is using it to the
limit.
Natural Unity.
1T is not hard for the finance-capi-
| talists to form united front with
the vatican-the most reactionary
force in modern society. The catholic
religion is slave religion and it fits
in we'll with the Morgan plar OF en-
Shaving the whole working class of
Europe. The catholic church is ruled
from the top; there are no referendum
votes. it has never even resigned it.
self to capitalism but looks ever back
ward to the dear dead days Of fcudal-
ism when it's lightest word was law
to both prince and peasant. 1t has
adapted itself to capitalism very eff
ficiently but it dreams of world of
toiling millions, whose rulers it
chooses, and whose miserable ignor-
ance and physical suffering will wipe
out all thought except that of a happy
life in the hereafter to which the
church will hold the key.
THE Catholic church is not only a
great religious institution; it is a
tremendously powerful financial insti-
tuition as we'll; in the United States
it has millions OF dollars invested in
great Industrial enterprises and in
Europe its properties are of incalcul-
able value. 1t has vested interest in
the capitalist system.
Germans, Irish and Poles.
IT is not surprising therefore that the
| vatican should give its wholehearted
approval to the Morgan plan for en-
shaving the German workers. Cardinal
Mundelein is of German descent and
thru him it is believed that the large
group of German catholics in the Unit
ed States can be rallied to support the
AEorgan-Dawes scheme. Cardinal Hayes
is Irish and there are millions Of Cath
olics of Irish birth and descent in this
country and the influence of the
church among this politically active
nationality will be exerted for the
House of Morgan. The Poles, another
numerous national group, have not
been neglected. Anthony Czarnecki,
editor of an influential Polish newspa-
per, has been made a knight of st.
Gregory. That the Lithuanians may
not feel sighted one of their priests
has been made a monsignor
So much for the masses.
The Cardinal Capitalists.
THE entente cordiale between the
| big capitalists and the catholic
church was never more in evidence
than upon the return of the new cardi-
nails to America. They were welcomed
and photographed, Immediately upon
their arrival, in a room on the New
York pier on which they landed, fur
nished especially by Rodman Wanna
maker. Cardinal Mundelein was
banquetted by the head officials of the
United States Steel corporation and
"his services in the Chicago district"
were referred to in glowing terms.
He made the trip from the east in
private car furnished by the vice-pres-
ident Of the Baltimore and Ohio and in
Chicago banquet was given him at
the Drake hotel-one of Chicago's
most high-priced and exclusive hostel
ries.
= F. CARRY, head of the Pullman
Z'company, employing thousands of
underpaid catholic workers, many of
whom were on strike at the time, was
brought the order of st. Gregory by
Cardinal Mundelein; it was presented