The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-12
AS WE SEE 1T
By T. J. o'FLAHERTY.

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Clare Sheridan says that the King
of England had not any intimate
friends until the British Labor party
came into Office. She tells US that
George is very democratic and felt
quite at home among the sick and
wounded during the war. No doubt
he appreciated the boys heroism in
behalf of his meal ticket Even his
son, the Prince of Wales, prefers
jockeys to gentlemen.
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When the Ministerial list of the
Macdonald government was present.
ed to him, the King did not know
what to do. There were so many
aristocratic socialists there that he
was up in the air, so to speak. Lords
and Sirs intermixed NTH a stray la
Dor leader cluttered the cabinet menu
card. But when he reached the name
of John Wheatley from the Clyde, he
shook his head. He had his "doots."
John was socialist and talked like
one.
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Ramsay Macdonald assured His
Majesty, Wheatley was a very proper
person. Then the Swearing in" cere-
mony took place. The king knew
them all by their first names. The
labor members were ordered to kneel
on velvet cushion in front of him,
which they did, swore allegiance to
him on a New Testament which was
gift of the occasion and engraved
with the name of each. The kissing
Of Georges hand followed. After the
osculatory exercises were over the
king buttonholed Ramsay Macdonald
and whispered in his ear, "Of all my
Ministerial subjects, Ramsay, old
dear, the one who gave me the most
lingering kiss was subject Wheatley."
Now, there you are.
The DAILY WORKER may carry
news item like this in the year
1850, social revolutions and other cir
cumstances permitting: Congress
man Puddlebrain introduced a bill in
the House today authorizing the
president to appoint committee OF
three with a view to examining the
possibilities of the scheme suggested
by ]. P. Bloater of the Alaska Lum-
Der Trust, to provide disabled veter-
ans of the war for. democracy with
crutches and mahogany frames for
their honorable discharge certificates.
The congressman suggested the fol-
lowing names to the president: Con-
gressmen Flimfiam of Missouri, Ko-
KUN of New York and Kelly Poole OF
Chicago. Congressman Puddlebrain
resented the imputation that Mr..
Bloater was moved by any motive but
the welfare of the ex-servicemen
when he made the suggestion. A bill
to give the veterans of the great war
adjusted compensation in the form of
iodine for their rheumatism was in
troduced today in the senate by
Hodge Podge Of Massachusetts. It is
opposed by the Senator Turpentine
from Georgia"
The Vatican is contemplating rec
IGNITION of the Soviet government.
Negotiations are in progress to ar
range a treaty. 1t seems that the
squirt of enthusiasm which prevailed
in counter-revolutionary quarters has
now died down and His Holiness is
doing the wise thing. Coupled with
this information came the news that
the Greek regent succeeded in finding
man to take the country off his
hands. The victim has long name
but we doubt if his term will be so
long. Our favorite restaurant could
throw no light on what penitentiary
he escaped from, but the opinion was
hazarded that he must be a second
story worker, who figures on a quick
getaway in case Of trouble.