The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-13
Lester Lapidus Lives;
Martin Tabert Died;
PresentDa Contrast
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TODAY Lester Lapidus, 17-year old Of Omaha mill
onaire, is back home again, after weeks disappear
and the yellow press breathes easily for
several days.
Both chicago's morning daiIes, the Tribune" and
Heasts have already claimed credit for
locating the lost Lester No doubt the afternoon sheets will
make similar contentious.
The DAILY WORKER has given just as much space to
this case as the kept press gives to the disappearance of
thousands OF unknown sons and daughters Of the working
cass-NOT A LINE.
only giving this notice now to contrast the eversh
excitement manifested by publications unfolding things
they when rich idIe jeopardy with the deep
silence that prevails when worker is in danger.
Lester had sent off to the citizens military training
camp at Fort Des Mones Iowa. He learn the duties
of an officer in captalisms military machine Officers
the soldiers who stay far in the of danger while the
workers. taken out of the shops the Mines mills and fac
tories are sent into the front line trenches to do the fight
ing and die.
Lester tired of army life and off for the bright
lights of Chicago. The millionaire father offered huge
ward for his return An airpIane put work visiting
all the towns between Des Mones Chicago Pictures and
stories appeared the first pages Of the kept done
the best hysteria style When Lester made himself known in
Chicago his father for him and ne home in
Pullman.
If Lester had been some young worker, tired of the
daily grind of factory and bent on seeing the country
for himself, he would picked up as tramp arrested for
vagrancy and put to work rock pile If he happened
would be sold convict labor in the coal mines in Florida
in the lumber camps in the caronas into the turpentine
Lester Lapidus goes back to Omaha to resume his lob
Of rich der He may heard from again another franks
Case"
1t is we'll to remember, however, what happened to
Martin Tabe the young North Dakota farmer who went
srayng thinking this "free country finally landing
in Florida
Nothing said about young Tabert until he was
reported being dead lashed to death-murdered in
lumber camp Taber didn't have the usual visible means of
support which is crime for worker and he arrested
thrown into jail and finally farmed Florida lumber
camps 1t is just safe to lash white man to death in
these days the man happens to be worker as to
murder Negro slaves before the Civil War So Tabert was
murdered when he became sick and couldn't work. the
lash was laid his back until he by sadistc
ovesees descendants of the Simon Legree slavery DAYS.
who are rewarded according to the work that turned out
by the white slaves of today
Hearsts Sheet carrying its usual sermon advises Amer
Icas rich youth not to from home it might
worry their mothers But Hearsts papers support the
system that daily drives thousands of the daughters the
working class into white slavery where it does destroy
their lives the wrack of wage slavery earsts yeows
youth IN its prime and makes recruits for the wandering
armies OF homeless, aimless hopeless trampng the
nations highways casual workers fighting each other
the few Jobs that occasionally present themselves.
The yellow press is seeking make the nation safe for
young parasites who must have their adventures to idle away
a surplus of leisure time
The DAILY WORKER is fighting to make this nation
safe for the working class That thru labor
taking over all power and building social order where
the lot of the workers will be given all consideration.
The capitalist journalism that weeps over the pin bricks
of petty parasites while it helps grind the hundred million of
American oppressed still deeper into the mre of misery
want, viii then become antique curiosity.
Workers! Help hasten the day when this capitalism will
be retired to the museum of history