The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-10
AS WE SEE IT
By T. J. o'FLAHERTY.


lence of Calvin Coolidge. Not sol
Cyril Lambkin Of Detroit, who has
sent the following comment to this
column:
"Only those with poor memories
will marvel at the golden silence or
Cautious Cal. 1t is no mystery to
those whose memory serves them
well. Just recall what happened two
summers ago, when Cal, who was
then vice president, attempted 70
bestow mis- golden eloquence on a
gathering of farmers in Minnesota.
The whole gathering got up and
walked away whistling. Under the
circumstances what man with grain
of self respect would not exchange
golden eloquence for golden siIence?"
We are of the opinion that Calvin
is silent because he has more political
sense than brains. Woodrow Wilson
talked himself to death. He was
really too clever for the average type
of politician and.he became unpopular
as result Harding talked and ev-f
erybody laughed at him. Coolidge|'
says nothing and the nation marvels
at what he doesn't say. He can't fool
our correspondents, tho.
Secretary of the Navy Denby-he
is still on the job-states that even
Woodrow Wilson did little "teapot-
ting" while he was in the White
House. In letter to Congress, DENLY
declares that on Dec. 6, 1920, Secre-
tary Payne wrote to Woodrow Wilson
suggesting that the Boston Pacific Oil
Company be allowed to drill five new
wells on California naval reserve No.
2. The letter was found in the rec
ords of the navy department and an
notated approved Dec, 1920, Wood
row Wilson," Our contention that
the Teapots are simply calling each
other names is borne out by the de-
velopment in this scandal.
The desire of the dope trained read
ers Of the capitalist press for salaci-
Gus and thrilling stories is respon-
sible for the manner in which the
capitalist papers play up murders
and sexual crimes. This leads them
to commit offenses in order to make
news for which ordinary citizens
would be arrested. But the papers
can violate the law with impunity
here. The Daily News, Tribune and
Herald Examiner have their own
finks and when a murder story breaks,
ten to one that they nab the suspect
ahead of the police. Tense rivalry
exists here in Chicago between the
Tribune and the Herald-Examiner.
When the Duffy double-murder cc-
Cured here a week or so ago, the
police made the usual fatheaded
assertions that the murderers would
be arrested "within twenty-four
hours, or that ga blond girl we'll
known in the bright light district Of
lower North Clark Street was known
to have been with the murdered man
80 minutes before his body was
found" Policemen are known to have
talked like this in their sleep. The
Herald-Examiner arrested Duffy, held
him prisoner until it got a good story
out of him and then turned him over
to the police. Naturally it chuckled
over the feat. 1t had a scoop. The
city editor might get a raise. 1t
meant a few thousand moSe readers.
Up goes circulation and advertising
rates. That's the point to be taken
into consideration. That is how
Hearst and all the other capitalist
paper magnates make their millions.
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Now something happened The
circulation manager of the Tribune
warned the editor that 400 per cent
Americans" may be virtuous but it
is generally compulsory. Their vir-
tue is for use in the show window
but they secretly admire those whose
profession is taking liberties with
the moral code, and they greedily
devour every bit Of news concerning
the activities of the daring frater-
nifty. Now, competition may be the
life of trade but sensation is the
life of circulation. A hint is as
good as nod to city editor.
That worthy, with one eye on pay
day and another on his job, got his
sleuths busy, and from distant Cleve-
land brought in victim by the name
Of Jeanne Mason, underworld char
acter for whom the sleuths of the
police department and the Herald
Examiner office looked for in vain,
into its own gold fish" room and
over crackers and cheese pried forth
the information that Chicago is ia
nous for its stockyards and Boul.
Mich. Now the Tribune laughs at
the Herald-Examiner and justice is
being served.
Where this competition will stop
is hard to say. Why not abolish
the police department and the states
attorneys Office and leave the task
Of protecting the fair name of JUS
tice in the hands of the Tribune
and Herald-Examiner The incentive
to get busy whenever the murder
ring gets unusually irresponsible