The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-22


Bolshevism into the helpless popula-
ton, she says. She displayed a but
ton, red button which should con-
vince any moron that she was telling
the truth. 1t Haunted on it's face the
mysterious initials, Y. c. l. Mysteri-
Gus! Bah! Not to the Baroness. To
prove that she was on the inside of
things, she deciphered the code. Y.
70. l. meant Young Communist Inter
national and the Young Workers
League of America were the wicked
urchins who carried out the instruc-
tons Of the Y. C. I.
THE Baroness almost talked like
| an American when she petulant-
ly asked the assembled Rabbits what
were they doing to stem the tide of
propaganda that now flooded the
country. When she told the bust
ness men that 100000 peasants were
executed in Russia in one year, the
members Of the Chamber of Com
merce Immediately felt for their jugu-
lar veins to see if the next drink of
whiskey would go down alright.
LOW many of our readers look on
| / the United States navy in the
light Of an international strike-break-
ing agency? Recruiting posters show
beautiful pictures of palm trees and
orange groves, high mountains, placid
seas and fertile plains. But the sail
ors on board the United States
cruiser Galveston at Ceiba, Honduras,
if they do any thinking at all, realize
that the difference between the Bald
win-Feltz strikebreaking agency and
the United States navy is one of de-
gree or form. The cruiser Galveston
was sent to Honduras to quell a
strike, which the cruiser did. The
capitalists welcomed the ship and the
workers had to chose between get
ting their heads blown off or going
back to work for the American CAPT.
talists who gave the orders to the
Galveston.
MAJOR George L. Berry, president
lVl of the International Pressmen's
union, who was refused the vice-presi-
Dental nomination on the Democratic
ticket tho supported by the A. F. of
L. executive committee, will support
the Davis-Bryan ticket in open de-
fiance Of Gompers. The Central La
Dor Union of New York refuses to
cooperate with the local conference
for progressive political action, be-
cause it fears the socialists may get
out of it. It will not be
put in a position where it will have
to endorse Norman Thomas for gov
ernor. DR.. Thomas is doing every
thing in his power to convince the
labor takers that the socialists are
just as harmless to the capitalist
system as James Ramsay Macdonald.
But the labor takers are suspicious.
They are afraid the socialists will
grab off the funds. All in all, LaFol.
lette is going to have a hard time
keeping his united front from divid-
ing up.
III was a mean trick of General
i Dawes to splash the red paint over
the LaFollette banner. In the first
place, it was not fair to LaFollette.
In the second place, It was not fair
to the socialists. The Wisconsin SEN
ator is as much opposed to socialism
as the socialist party is and He'll an
Maria knows It. But everything is
fair In love or in war" and politics is
war. We are anxiously awaiting Mr..
LaFollette's reply stating that he has
nothing in common with the social
lists, except a mutual desire to get
their fingers on the administration
pie. 1t would not surprise us to see
Gompers come out with another wal
lop against the socialists and sug.
gest to LaFollette that he would gain
more than he will lose by dropping
them into the sewer.
N Europe the capitalists use the So
/ cial-democrats because the latter
have millions Of followers among the
workers and the petty bourgeoisie.
The European capitalists would pre-
fer to do business with politicians
OF the old school, but they must rec.
ognize the inevitable and as the so.
cialists are more than willing, the
plutes have no kick coming. Here in
the United States the situation is diff.
Eerent. The socialist party is a par
" OF leaders without followers. Tbev