The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-26
AS WE SEE IT
By T. J. O'FLAHERTY.

American Federation Of Labor, and
John Quinn, head of the American
Legion, have Joined in an attack
on immigrant workmen, claiming
that the influx Of foreign workers
would sully the pure waters OF
Americanism ard make Of this re-
public a replica of the corrupt nations
Of Europe. "There are none so
| blind Is those that will not see."
We doubt if Mr.. Gompers is pre-
vented from seeing the waters of his
so-called Whitechapel London Amer
icanism getting polluted by the
crude scandals of Teapot Dome, the
Veterans Bureau, Bureau Of In
ternal Revenue, The Department Of
Justice, the Prohibition Enforcement
Department of the Treasury and
the general corruption that prevails
in Washington at this moment, adj
mitted by even such an imperialist
paper as the Chicago Tribune as
being without equal in the annals
of American history. Gompers sees
this poisoning taking place but be-
ing one of the corrupters he is in
no hurry to draw attention to it.
It is not surprising that Gompers
should form united 'front.' with the
head Of the American Legion against
the foreign workers. Both are lead
ing fiunkeys of the capitalist class.
The foreign workers have had plenty
of evidence to prove to them that
the CT untries they left behind were
owned by their rulers ane that they
had but to do or die. And they
| find exactly the same conditions ex-
listing in this so-called land Of the
free. The American worker is be-
ing educated, in spite of Gompers,
the American Legion, the Ku Klux
Khan and other agencies of that
kind. The Teapot Dome scandal is
J opening their eyes. Gompers and
Quinn are silent about the Teapot
Dome. Sinclair and Doheny, MOTOR
ious strike breakers, can rob, bride,
perjure and even kill without arous-
ing the wrath of the Americanized,
London Jew, Gompers, but let a rad
icaf be arrested by criminal attorney
general Daugherty and the motor
ious labor faker will be immedi-
ately before the public with state
ment calculated to assist the labor
hating Daugherty in securing con-
viction He has taken no such at
titude in the Teapot Dome scandal.
The reason is that he is a kept labor
leader.
The Citizen, a so-called organ of
organized labor in Los Angeles,
Calf, greets the arrest of several
members of the Trade Union Educa-
tional League in that city as an
other expose of the Communist ac-
tivity in the unions. The sheet calls
for thoro housekeeping in the
unions, that is getting rid of the
radicals. The arrests were made BY
police and stool pigeons from de-
tective agencies. But the labor fax,
ers are not concerned about who
arrests the Communists. They are
always glad when it happens. Most
of the so-called Organs of organ
lied labor" are the private property
of few grating labor skates who
hold up business men FOR advertis-
ing and in return act the role Of
fnks against those members Of the
unions who favor progressive poll
cies.
Another. black Marcus Garvev in
the person of Rev. PAU Russell, DID.
has burst into the limelight and be-
fore his flame fiickers out we ven
ture to predict that he will attract
considerable attention. He organ
lied colored Ku Klux Khan, called
the Knights of the Loyal Legion of
Lincoln and this organization held
its first open ceremony in Youngs-
town, Ohio. A gigantic 81" was
burned instead of the fiery cross
used by their white brothers. The
Reverend Russell declared that he
did not believe in social equality,
denounced the Catholic church and
said that 'the negro will develop BY
cooperating with his white Protest
ant brothers" The Rev. Russell de-
clares himself supreme ruler and
founder of the black Kluxers.
A sixteen-foot snake now the pro-
perty of the New York zoo is a
sociable fellow. He takes milk
baths, rides in motors, sleeps in a
regular bed and does other things
that hundreds Of workers in the
slums of New York city would like
ITO be in position to do.
Charles Evans Hughes is not say
ing very much these days about
Soviet plots against the security Of
American institutions. Perhaps he
is too busy covering his tracks.
fearing one of the many Investigate
ing administration crimes might get
the goods on him. While he was
fenouncing the Soviet government
for alleged interference with the
affairs Of the United States govern
ment, an American warship entered
the harbor Of Kaluczimo, Kamchatka
without the permission Of Soviet au-