The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-07
SOCIALISTS IN
PLAN TO ANNEX
The C. P. P. A,
S. P. Dying, Orphans
Seek New Breadwinner

Nppecihi TO Inc DAILY M0rkerl
NEW YORK, March 6.-While the
New York Call still dragged along
a weary and disreputable existence,
the Socialist Party was able to show
some indication of vitality but with
the passing of that discredited jour
nal the activities of the Socialist
Party have been so reduced that a
serious doubt now exists among even
the most hopeful Socialist Party
functionaries whether it can be kept
going much longer.
The decentralization that has fol-
lowed the exit Of the Call can be
seen in the fact that the once power
full locals Of New York Kings, Rich
mond and Queens are to be merged.
Frightened people passing grave
yards often whistle to maintain their
courage and on the same principle
one of the liars on the staff of the
local Socialist Party weekly, offers
the organization of new weekly in
New York to take the place of the
daily Call and youth monthly as
evidence Of growth rather then decay.
Salary Doubtful.
Socialist Party deterioration is not
confined to New York. The Socialist
Party in Massachusetts, has advertised
for a man to accept position as or
ganizer in New England with a
guarantee of an adequate salary but
nobody can be found willing to take
the job. This means that payment of
the salary is very much subject to
doubt as it is not likely that the So
cialist Party functionaries who are
now available would hesitate to at
tach themselves to a pie counter be-
cause of any scruples about connec-
ting up with the rotten carcass of
the Socialist Party.
The Socialist paper in Buffalo,
The New Age, is going on the rocks.
Rats are known to desert a sinking
ship and it is significant that Pat
Quinlan, editor of that sheet, wrote
his editorial obituary in the current
issue. Pats excuse was that the
treasury showed signs of exhaustion
and that he was asked to do too much
work.
His Majesty's House Organ.
The local socialist sheet acts as the
press agent of the KfnS,s ministers
in the House of Commons. "Altho
it hes been in office only few days
it has made most favorable impress
sion on the public mind" it says.
None of the terrible anticipations
of the capitalist press has been re-
alized," it continued. With the sup
port of the Tories no doubt the So
cialist darling Macdonald can con-
tinue to build warships to threaten
France, repudiate the Capital levy,
the promised revision of the YER
sailles treaty and shoot Hindoo re-
bells SO long as he has stomach for
such socialist" policies.
The socialist paper edited by Oneal
was almost hysteric in its praise for
J. P. Morgan for turning over his
fathers collection Of rare books for
the use of scholars, not workers mind
you. We will quote part of the
Morgan eulogy:
Good For You Morgan
''The library with its priceless col
lections of rare manuscripts and
paintings, with its volumes Of manu-
script documents to the historian,
was assembled as a diversion of the
spare time of the elder Morgan and
now his son decides that it Of right
belongs to the public.
Good for you, Morgan! Far bet.
ter that great wealth be employed in
collecting books and giving them to
the public than in riotous dissipation
like the wastrels of Newport and
Palm Beach or the corruption of gov
vernment by hiring Of high officials
for their supposed influence.
'Mr. Morgan's gift is princely
one; and his fathers hobby was a
noble one. No one criticizes one OF
the other"
That is sweet and so perfectly