The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-09-05
By T. J. O'FIqherty

The audience could have shut their
ears to the drivel of this capitalist
bootlicker; without missing anything
of value to them. General Billiard
told the workers that the soldiers
were their friends. When the soldiers
were called upon to interfere in labor
disputes they were always imbued
with one motive and that was to see,
that the law was observed by both
sides. Labor leaders had no fault to
lind with the army, declared the gen.
eral. He said much more.
| COLDIERS have been called out In
- industrial disputes thousands of
times and they have used rifles and
machine guns, but never against the
capitalists to our knowledge. Rather
remarkable that all the law violations
can be charged to the workers. When
the private soldiers in rare cases show
some sympathy for the strikers thew
are courtmartialed as happened dur
ing the miners march on Logan
County, West Va. Class collabora.
ton in the United States is no longer
haphazard scheme advocated by de.
tective agencies like the Sherman
Service and others. 1t is adopted nv
the government and is being boosted
by capitalist lieutenants from the Ia
Dor takers to the army officers. AS
the editorial in yesterdays DAILY
WORKER points out determination
between the workers and the soldiers
is desirable but the thing that is
boosted by the labor takers and the
master class is entirely different.
|NNLY few years ago the constitu.
~ lions of several international I'm.
ions had a clause in their constitu.
lions prohibiting their members from
joining the militia because of its
strikebfeaking activities. Since then
the labor takers have gone over BODY
and soul to the capitalists. The first
real big money was offered to them
during the war The capitalists were
making millions and they could af
ford to be generous. Besides IL was
good investment. Today there are
no more enthusiastic Supporters of
militarism than the labor takers.
THERE is no longer progressive
L wing in the American Federation
OF Labor leadership unless il be in the
deaf and dumb section. Gompers
used to be a pacifist few years ago
Today he is raving lingo. Up until
recently it was not uncommon for a
labor leader to stand up and saw
things that did not go down very we'll
with the capitalists. But today the
capitalist press is obliged to pull the
labor takers coattails and suggest
that. they might be little bit too raw
Better go slow. The workers forget
quickly but they hold ideas a little
longer than an ordinary stomach
holds physic.
THE faster the labor takers travel
toward the capitalist slop trough
the sooner will the masses recognize
them for the swine that they are. All
the bright ideas that were ever
Matched in the brains of capitalism's
paid hirelings will not eliminate the
class struggle so long as capitalism
exists. The capitalists gain time bv
drugging the workers with illusions.
They are able to fool the workers
by using their former trusted leaders
as mouthpieces. But the workers are
developing other leaders, radical lead.
ers. AS yet their influence is not
great. But they have the right mes.
sage and the masses will listen to
them when the growing failure OF
capitalism to satisfy the needs OF the
workers will compel them to listen.
The future belongs to the revolution.
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