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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-08

task of eliminating the horrors of war
by removing its cause.
The Honorable James M. Curley,
1 mayor Of Boston, makes it quite
clear that he is not a pacifist. Every
thing that America has won, was won
by the sword, he declares, in a letter
turning down request for permit
to hold an anti-war demonstration on
Sept. IL, which is set aside by the
capitalist government as Defense
Day." name changed for psychological
reasons from Mobilization Day"
There was a time when His Honor
was not so militaristic, but that was
before Woodrow Wilson kept us out
of peace" in 1917. Before then Cur
ley found it to his advantage to say
nasty things about the coupon clip
pers of State Street" and the Back
Bay aristocracy.
.DUT Curley made a tidy bit of
ID money during the war by invest
ing in munition factories, we are told
His rival, John E. Fitzgerald, cleaned
up at least a million on Bethlehem
Steel Naturally, the war was alright
and James M. Curley, who was born
in humble circumstances in old ward
IL, Roxbury now owns a handsome
residence in Jamaica Plain and is one
Of the new aristocracy. Why should
he bite the hand that fed him so mu.
nificiently? He made his money on
war, and he does not go back on his
friends. Boston is an Irish city and
the Irish were not heartily in favor
of the late war, and the Honorable
Mr.. Curley lost considerable caste
among them by singing, God Save
the King" on State Street during an
Allied celebration. But he made up
for that concession to the exigencies
of the moment, since then, by shout
ing for an Irish Republic, when the
shouting was good for votes.
MAYOR CURLEY is considered
lVI friend of labor in Boston. Did
hn o,fx
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-08
Berger and Dawes

Thanks to the Dawes plan," says the MHl0dukee
Leader, organ of Victor Berger the socialist, $50
cialism will triumph. The experts plan would
never have been adopted but for the socialists.
II would never have become the basic lao of
European economy with Poincare, Lloyd George or
Ludendorff in power"
brazen boast of treachery to the working class
of the world never more open than this. The
road to socialism" of the brand of Berger, lies in
surrenderng the working class to the control of
J. p. Morgan. Berger says this in so many words
The European socialists accepted the Dawes plan,
he says, because it gave them chance to force
European Imperialism under the yoke of American
bankers"
1t is hard to imagine more miserably puerie
justification for this treachery than the plant that
while the socialists of Europe were afraid of their
own capitalists and could not overthrow them,
once these European masters are tied to Morgan,
then the socialists will boldly defy j. Pierpont,
turn the Dawes plan into socialist instrument,
and establish "peace and justice" This they begin
by denationalizing the German railways and abol
ishing the S-hour day.
Even LaFollette, whose program is essentially
the same internationally as that Of Dawes is not
so servie as Berger. He at least tries to make some
political capital out of denouncing Morgan's plan
even if he accepts ii in principle. He hides his
shame, while Berger faunts it before the world
And LaFollette is frankly capitalist, while Berger
still pretends to speak for the working class The
Bergers and MacDonalds make better servants for
Dawes than members Of their own class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-08
Indecent Exposure of the S.P.

1t has been matter of common knowledge
among the militant workers that the SocialisParty
is thoroughly petty bourgeois. 1t has remained for
the past year to produce an S. P. of which not
only is this true, but which feels pride in the
shameful fact. Today the socialists take their
signs of shame and boldly exhibit them in the mar
ket place as recommendations for support.
Consider, for example, the following, culled from
the NelO Leader, weekly organ of what remains Of
the Socialist Party, under date of August IS:
Frank Ehrenfried lends to the Socialist
ticket very substantial measure of strength.
As young man he entered the United States
Army and did five years of border service in
Montana; he was honorably discharged. He
has for many years been jeweler, and has
been president of the Retail jewelers. Associa-
ton. He is prominent in masonic circles.
This would have no particular Importance, taken
by itself, but expressing it does typicay the
present. sense of values of the Socialist Party it
becomes almost classic. Mr.. Ehrenfried is looked
upon pillar of strength of the socialist ticket
because he is a small merchant and a leader of
small merchants, and because he is prominent in
the circles of bourgeois secret society. work
ing man the ticket bringing none of these great
recommendations" would certainly be out Of
place The Socialist Party has worn out its last
shreds of working class clothing and, unless it
quickly obtains a complete bourgeois cloak, will
be in danger Of arrest for indecent exposure.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-08
Fake ManeuUers at Geneva

The parliamentary puppet show is a favorite
method of dverting the minds of the workers from
discomfort and revolt Now that national parlia
ments become more and more discredited, the in
ternational stage receives more of the spotlight
And surely there never was a more ludicrous farce
than that now being performed at the League of
Nations Assembly by the twin-stars of pacifst
illusions-Mac Donald and Herriot.
A furious battle of words is first put up, serving
the double purpose of reassuring the respective
bourgeois sections that their socialist" representa-
tves still hold the national" interests before
them, and at the same time rousng fear of crisis
that might result in war; in the hearts of the work
ers Then at the proper moment, concessions"
are granted that preserve the interests of the CAPT
talist class, adjust rival claims by throwing addi-
tonal burdens on the workers, and leave the work
ers so thankful that war didn't come that they
may accept the new load without struggle. That
is the purpose and meaning of League of Nations
debates such as we now going on.
Whether it be j. Ramsay Macdonald, leader of
the socalled Labor Party, or Edouard Herriot,
representing the bloc of petty bourgeois and So
cialst parties, or the personal agents OF j. p.
Morgan-one and all of these actors now treading
the international stage actuated by one motive
only, to squeeze more profits out of the working
class, to more firmly enslave the workers. and to
load the entire burden of the war upon their
shoulders. The only force that is organizing the
struggle against this historic treachery is the in
ternational Communist movement
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-08
Wall Street Is Not Afraid

Commenting upon GOmpers' endorsement of the
LaFolette-Wheeler ticket, the Magazine of Wall
Street under date of August 80 has the following
to say;
'l.aFolettes impeachment of the reds led by
Foster made his position perfectly clear to those
in labor circles who we're willing to follow pro
gressive platform but who baked at allying them
selves with the opponents of the dangerous theories
of Lenin and Trotsky 1t is evident that this
try has in no way to fear from such institutions
as the American Federation of Labor. On the
whole. American business can congratulate itself
Oh the inherent good sense of the average American
aboring man."
Almost an endorsement of LaFollette, this would
SEEM and it comes from an outspoken champion
of Wall Street Certainly Wall Street does not
any danger to itself in the wordy denunciations
of the socaled progressives, and it frankly tells
the world that it is not afraid of the Wisconsin
senator, matter how many votes he gets. On the
other hand, Wall Street considers Foster and the
Communists, matter how small their vote, as a
distinct menace to its own domination, dan
gerous.
There ought to he a lesson in this editorial from
the Wall Street magazine for the workers every
where. 1t is the same lesson that LaFollette has
been teaching with his every move, from the scut-
Ting of the farmer-labor parties, the autocratic
bossng of the Cleveland conference, his nomination
of himself upon his platform, his organiza-
tions of bankers. milliOnaires, and manufacturers
as his chief hackers, down to his surrender to
Gompers in the alignment with reactionary state
politicians namely, the lesson that LaFollette
merely represents another section of the capitalist
class that he does not represent the workers and
farmers. and that the latter are making suckers
and fools of themselves by supporting him, while
Wall Street laughs.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-08
A Fighter for Communism

There will be thousands of workers who will feel
pang of sorrow at the news that Charles Brewer
is dead For years one of the active workers in the
Communist movement in and around New York
City, he also known interchangeable edu,
Gator in the principles Of Marxism, equally popular
in the class room and on the lecture platform. His
ability these lines equalled by his devotion
to the cause. His sudden death real blow
to the Communist movement well as a personal
loss to hundreds who had worked with him.
AT the memorial meeting, to be held on Septem-
Der 10 at Brownville Workers Hall, 1914 PitlSin
Ave-, where Comrades Ludwig Lore, Juliet Poyntz,
and Noah London will speak, the comrades of New
York and vicinity will be speaking for the entire
Workers Party in acknowledging the valuable
services, the loyal devotion, and the personal
esteem and affection which were centered in the
activities Of Charles Brewer and which make his
untimely death a cause for sorrow among wide
circles of the revolutionary movement
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-08

war because it helped England look
with cold eyes on Curley's militaristic
announcements, His Honor will be
able to prove to them that the paci-
fists are agents of the British govern
ment, who are trying to weaken the
United States.
90 much for Mr. Curley. The
= Catholic Church, in America, even
that propaganda auxiliary known as
the National Catholic Welfare Coun-
Gil is strongly in favor of "Mobiliza'
ton Day" The N. c. w. c. quotes
Cardinal Mercier of Belgium to the
effect that Nobody can be perfect
Christian who is not at the same
time perfect patriot" So there you
are. In order to be perfect Chris
tian you must be a good patriot, and
good patriot is one who is ready to
Stay his fellow man at the orders of
government that in turn takes its
orders from the capitalists who own
the country The Catholic Church is
one of the strongest bulwarks of cap
italism. No wonder the capitalists,
that is, the dominant faction, give the
Ku Klux Khan the cold shoulder, ex-
cept in local situations where they can
use it to break strikes.
DUT as a dope joint the Catholic
ID Church takes the biscuit And
the National Catholic Welfare Council
was supposed to be progressive. But
it went the way of the rest of the
progressives. Most of the Protestant
churches opposed Mobilization Day.
They lack Capitalization and discip-
line, and are not nearly as useful to
the Capitalists as the older and more
disciplined Roman church. But we
must add that pacifists, be they sin
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-08
MIKE BOYLE: A LABOR LEADER"

side shops. Local 713 has jurisdiction
over the west side shops.
While discussions between the rep
|resentatives of the workers and the
corporation are under way, Boyle's
hentenants get busy in Local 713. A
group of some 300 members, acting
on a promise that under Mike Boyle's
protecting wings the west side shop
electricians will get more wages in
the new agreement, decide to go over
to Boyle's local, No. 1874.
Representatives of the Metal Trades
Council are, in the meantime, wear
ing groove in the door stills of the
corporation office. They are also
paying repeated visits to Mike Boyle,
urging him to hasten in the matter
of setting date for full representa-
tive conference with the Surface
Lines.
Patience gives way in the end, and
the Metal Trades Council notifies
Boyle that, unless something definite
comes from him in the way of getting
together. they will be compelled to
go alone.
Mike Boyle makes no answer.
Whereupon the Council representa-
tives go to the corporation without
Boyle for a full conference without
mands of the shopmen.
The Surface Lines officials, with
beaming faces and great good nature,
advise the Metal Trades Council rep
.resentatives that Mr. Boyle, represent
ing the Electrical Workers, had signed
a new agreement providing for the old
scale of wages.
Among the workers is anger, dis
appointment, chagrin; the rule of
everyone for himself is put forth.
Treachery triumphs.
The only ones satisfied in the deal
are the officials of the Chicago Surface
Lines, and, presumably, Mike Boyle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-08
AS WE SEE ByTL OFLherty
By T. J. O'Fluherty

cere or insincere, cannot prevent war.
The last war came even tho majority
opinion was against it.
n MOTHER war will come more
~ sweeping in its destruction Of
life and wealth than the last war.
War is inevitable under the capitalist
system Wars cannot be prevented
by urging the capitalists to be good.
The capitalists could not stop war and
remain capitalists. The workers
alone can stop war. They cannot do
this by merely passing resolutions.
COMMUNISTS are not pacifists.
~ And yet the aims of the Commu.
nists will when realized, make peace
possible But as major surgical OPP
Grafton is sometimes necessary in or
der to save the patient, major surgi-
cal operation must be performed on
society to remove the system which
has outgrown its usefulness. Opera
lions are not pleasant and are only
undertaken as last resort. Tinker
ing with the capitalist system la Fol
lette, or a la IIillquit will not abolish
war. Outlawing war under capital
ism is as feasible as outlawing wage
slavery under capitalism. The war
to end war" that the notorious
mountebank Woodrow Wilson repre-
scented the last world war to be, will
be the class war. 1t will be interest
ing to see our bourgeois pacifists who
now wall so loudly against the mill
tary preparations of their govern
ment join with the same government
in it's attempt to crush the revo.
luton. They will be found lined UP
with the capitalist militarists as they
were in 1917.
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HE slips In and then slips out,
leaving trail Of hopes dashed and
opportunity cast away"
THE local unions comprising the
L Chicago Metal Trades Council,
having agreed upon presenting
united front in demands for higher
wages in the shops of the Chicago Sur
face Lines, opened negotiations with
that street railway corporation.
Mike Boyle runs Local 1874, Elec-
trical Workers, which holds sway over
the electrical workers in the south
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-08
/. w. w. Case Dismissed.

FRESNO, Cal. Sept. IA victory for
the I. w. w. was gained in Fresno,
Cal, when cases against Miles Nc
Cabe, T. o. Macdonald, Mickey Hur-
ley, John Martin and Emil STATIC, un-
der charge of criminal syndicalism,
were dismissed. All five were tried
once with hung jury, no evidence
having been offered except their mem
bership in the l. w. w.
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Continued from Page u
then make terms with one Of the rival
bandit generals.
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MAYOR CURLEY is considered a
WI friend of labor in Boston. Did
he not give the keys of the city to
the international Ladies Garment
Workers officials when that organiza-
ton held its recent convention in Bos-
ton? But that does not prevent Bos-
ton police from arresting strikers who
do picket duty, even members Of the
organization whose officials were Civ.
en- keys to the city. Curley knew that
he could have given keys to the city
jails to Sigman and Pearlstein and the
pickets would stay there. Should the
Irish nationalist who opposed the last
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-28
PAPER SHADES

Excellent for the country house are lamp shades of fluted paper with hori- zontal stripes in many colors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-28

know temper is very largely a matter of an empty or full stomach. The stomach of Longlegs was empty and so his temper was very bad, while the stomach of Rattles was full, and So his temper was very, very good.
 "Go ahead [ Go ahead, Longlegs p' said he. You tell everybody that I'm thief and I'll tell everybody that you are longlegged, long-necked, cross grained, bad-tempered, lazy, do-nothing, who waits for his meals to come to him instead of going after them. Every body knows that never stole anything in my life, and everybody knows that you are just what have said you are. It is true haven't many friends, but 1t Is because I don't want them. But It Is just as true that you haven't, either. It is easy enough to call names, and I guess can do that az well as you can. So go ahead. Calling me a thief doesn't make me one, and you know as we'll as do that that minnow didn't belong to anybody until 1t was caught. Just to pay you for losing your temper, I'm going to stay right here by the Smiling Pool, and you ought to know H you don't thnt I can beat you fishing every time. If you'll take my advice you'll go over to the Big River. You'n fill your stomach sooner there, and then you'll feel bet ter"
 Longlegs opened his mouth for an angry retort, then closed it without say ing word. He knew that what Rat ties said was true, and to tell the truth he was a wee bit ashamed. Finally he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-28
CHAPTER s2

SnfAA AlLkN 0A
 SIX months had passed. Six months O of sorrow and gratitude-I can
 not say happiness, because my heart was with my lonely husband, with my darling Lucille, and while l tried desperately to keep from casting any shadow on the lives about me I often found it almost more than could bear.
 George Atwood came and went, yet l could see no perceptible difference in MOna's treatment of him. She had at last consented to accompany me to church, but had refused to go to Sun day school Her shrinking from the young was pitiful. Donald was rapidly rebounding from his grief over Lucille, although he. talked often of her, and was evidently resigned to wait his fathers return to us. He had made the acquaintance of several nice boys in the neighborhood and his vacation was happy one..
 II never quite realized what I missed in ali the years when no children were in my home," Clifford said, wistful note in his voice. He and Donald were great chums and Clifford looked young CT, happier than I had seen him in a
 
 long time.
 Mary had her divorce. Soon after ward Clifford brought letter and laid ie before me.
 Read it, Stella, and then we'll try to forget" he said.
 Dear Clifford" it began. Frank you for what you did for me. I didn't deserve it, yet neither could I refuse to take what you so generously offered. Keith and I are married. This will please that Puritan conscience, I know. hope that the two of us, Mort and myself, haven't spoiled your life. Mary"
 It was a cold. rather cruel note, yet I was glad she had so no more. That she should even thank Clifford for what he had done for her surprised me in view of her selfishness. gave him back the letter without a word.
 Thank God he has married her." he said, as he tore it to bits. "I have been afraid at times he wouldn't"
 Even then, did not speak. I conuldn't. What was there I could say? a
 Don't look like that, Stella" Clifford said. T don't regret what has hap pened-not now. It was a blow at first, but can see now that it is all for the best. I couldn't make Mary happy; her nature demanded what could not give, what it was not in me to give. She will be happier with Starr, and Fl am happier than l have been for years with you and the children"
 q am so glad if we have helped in. stead of being hindrance, as I feared we might be- returned. And Cliff ford, it is no use for me to try to tell you what you have meant to me-to all of us."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-28
Little Stories For Bedtime
tBy THORNTON BURGEsel
] LongIegs Calls FsattIes A Thief

LongIegs Calls Rattles A Thief The reckless tongue is quite the worst
 Of all the things l know.
 So watch your tongue and guard your
 tongue,
 And let your tongue be slow.
 A QUICK tongue is apt to be reck. "A less tongue, and q reckless
 tongue is one that says things without stopping to think if they be true or of what harm they may do by being repeated. The tongues of some people seem to be tongues all the time. Cosby tongues almost always are reck- less. Other tongues become reckless when their owners lose their tempers. It was this way with the tongue of Longlegs the Heron that beautiful sum- mer day. Longlegs lost his temper and then he said things which he wouldn't have said if he had stopped to think.
 You see Longlegs was very hungry and he waited patiently for long, long time for his breakfast. You know Longlegs is a fisherman, and he is one of those who wait for their meals to come to them instead of going after them. Little Joe Otter Is n fisherman but he is the other kind. He is such a famous swimmer that he can chase and catch fish. Longlegs isn't swim mer at all, so he has to wait for the fish to swim near enough to where he is standing for him to catch one by darting his long neck downward like lightning and snapping up the fish in his great spear-like bill.
 So on this particular morning when LongIegs had waited and waited so m. tiently and at last a school of minnows came swimming in almost within reach 1t had been more than he could stand to have Rattles the Kingfisher suddenly dart down and seize the very biggest, fattest minnow which Longlegs had counted as surely his, at the same time away all the other minnows.
 You're a thief! he screamed at Rattles. You're a robber That was my fish"
 Rattles the Kingfisher chuckled. It wasn't a pleasant chuckle to hear, be- cause Rattles hasn't a pleasant voice. In fact, it is a very unpleasant voice. He didn't reply at once because he was too busy swallowing that big, fat min now. It was 50 big that it stuck in his throat, and he had to twist and squirm and wriggle and gulp and gasp to get it down. But at last it was