The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-22

Minnesota Labor Fights Reaction
AS WE SEE IT
BY T. J. o'FLAHERTY.


John D. ROCKEFELLER ST., de-
- lights in giving pennies-not
many--to children, and telling them
that by saving pennies they can be-
come rich Old John did not become
rich by saving pennies. He became
rich by exploiting others. The Rock
efellers are so rich now that they can
not help getting richer. Since Silent
Calvin was reelected stocks have
been bounding in Wall Street. Among
those to go skyward we're the Stand
ard Oil stocks. In one day John D. Jr,
added $5O,OOO,OO0 to his nest egg. 1t
would take him long time to save
that much in pennies.
GREAT CONSERVATION in Paris!
NJ The czarist emigres are madden
EN- the devil and their wrath only
takes second place to that of the Rou-
manian and Bulgarian Fascist govern
ments. 1t is over the fact that the
Russia feet used by the White Guard
Wrangel to sail his troops from port
to port after the Red Army kicked
them out Of Russia, will be turned
oyer to the Soviet government by
Premier Herriot of France. The Rou-
manian and Bulgarian governments
who have ports on the Black Sea, did
not like this arrangement, but Herriot
gave his shoulders little French
shrug and said that France had recog-
nized the Soviet government and was
therefore obliged to turn over all Rus
sian property to the Soviets.
LJERRIOT also minated that Rus
sian industry should be helped
to its feet and that such develop
ment would be helpful to France.
Some objections were made on the
ground that French help in develop
ing the Russia oil industry might
bring the heavy hand of Morgan and
Rockefeller down on France, but Her
riot remarked that France must look at.
terher own interests. Which proves that
business is business. Herriot likes
Communism no more than does Charles
Evans Hughes or Victor Berger, but
Soviet Russia lisa great military pow
err has great mineral wealth, and
France has capitalist enemies that
are out for her scalp.
John w. DAVIS went to Europe
~ for a rest and seemed to regret
that nobody cared whether he went,
returned or jumped into the river. All
the big publicity is for Silent Calvin.
If Calvin ever says anything except
what the reporters say for him, he
will stay on the front page as long as
Dean O'Banions murder. Davis was
willing enough to talk. He used good
English, and his style was in harmony
with the best parliamentary traditions.
1t is even doubtful if old Mr.. Roberts.
whose rules of order have often caused
disorder, had anything on the digni-
fed, scholarly Mr.. Davis. But the
masses did not listen to him very
WELL so he is taking trip to Europe.
They listened to Silent Calvin who
said nothing.
THE Milwaukee Leader is the source
of much amusement and inspira-
ton these days. Victor Berger has
a novel way of running a column. He
generally quotes an article written
by somebody else, giving it few lines
by way of Introduction. On the edi-
torial page, other writer's try to wrig-
gle themselves out from under the
debris of the LaFoliette election de-
bacle They quote Marx to prove that
their policy Of a united front with La
Toilette is the very best socialist tao
tics. They pour the walls of their
wrath on those who would isolate
themselves within the corral Of the
socialist party" To be isolated from
the petty bourgeois politicians and
the labor takers is to them the last
word in loneliness. It never strikes
them that united front is not limit
ed to intrigues with labor takers and
bourgeois politicians.
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