The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-02
AS WE SEE IT

because its headquarters on the South
side Of this city was bombed recently.
Catholics are suspected Of being the
culprits. The Kluxers are quite handy
with the bomb, torch and bullet in
sections Of the country where they
can commit acts of violence against
their enemies with impunity, but
where their opponents take the biblic-
al law of an EYE for an eye and a
tooth for tooth" seriously, the gal
liant knights Of the pillow case cry
to heaven.
An Englishman by the name Of
Mathews, claims to have invented a
deadly ray capable of killing human
beings at distance OF eight miles.
No doubt Mathews is a patriot; the
fact that he is interested in death
dealing machinery is prime facie EVIL
dence.s Yet he is not willing that
"his" country should have the benefit
of his brain-child unless he is well
compensated for his invention. He is
now offering it to the highest bid
der. France, England, the United
States and several other countries are
competing for the deadly ray. Thus,
almost six years after the end Of the
war to end war" the capitalist gov
ernments are using the energies OF
other war, thousands of times more
cruel and savage than the great earn
age of 1914-191S. This is civilization
oonffo1fev,, on1 N,,Irx fho vi
tory of the working-class and the or
ganization Of society on Communist
basis will end the perpetual dread of
war, which forever hovers over class
ridden society.
After reading one of Calvin Coo
lidges prosperity speeches, Nellie
Asher, department store clerk of
st. Louis, attempted suicide. The
speech was not entirely responsible,
however, for the working girls at
tempt on her life. Her last dollar
was spent and all her family were
unemployed. Under such conditions
she thought death was preferable to
existence. 81 was tired Of fighting
losing battle for a livelihood. For
years l have had to make my own
way in life. 1t has been one con-
tinual uphill struggle and things have
grown worse. / had to work from
early yesterday morning until late
last night to earn enough money for
one meal" Thus she explained her
act. If she RECEIVERS, the state may
indict her OF the charge Of attempt
ing to kill herself and if found guilty,
she may receive a long term Of i'm
prisonment or the electric chair, what
ever the capitalist class Of that par
ticular state think should be appro-
pirate punishment, for her effort to
escape from the capitalist system.
General Ludendorf and his Fascist
followers did not enter the reichstag
until they had guzzled themselves on
good, strong German beer. Inwardly
fortified they were able to put up a
good show Of fight and cursed so
vociferously that they succeeded in
convincing themselves they were the
saviors of Germany. They attempted
to rush the Communists, but the lat
ter, tho not supported by Dutch cour-
age, made it so uncomfortable for the
Ludendorfers that hostilities were
called off. At that, those who got
in between to play the role of peace
maker got the worst of it. They
usually do. The German Fascist
have no grudge against liquor. Their
first bid for large scale notoriety had
its origin in beer hail.
The British Fascist are preparing
to actively enter politics. Judging
from their program they are merely
an auxiliary of the Tory party whose
organ, the Morning Post, is also
boosting the Fascist. The British
black shirts are not quite sure
whether they should copy Mussolini
or not. Some of them think the
British and Italian temperaments
are dissimilar." Ex-servicemen of
the type heading the American
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fish Fascist movement. It's program
is a combination Ku Klux Khan,
American Legion, G. o. P. and Italian I
Fascist.
Baron Eugene Person, now living
In Washington, has renowned his
Russian baronship. He also took out
first papers as preliminary to be-
coming citizen of this country. It
was rather nice of the baron to dump
his title over six years after such
things became obsolete and rather
risky in Russia tho still somewhat in
brisk demand here in America. There
is hardly a doubt, however, but that
the baron will be given his final
papers without any question. He is
not radical, a worker or a union
list. He is entirely satisfactory To the