The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-20

enceS OF JOnn M. carson, preSl-
dent of the Taxman Refining
Company, John Reynolds of
the American Oil Mems Asso-
citation, and the editors of the
Chicago Tribune and the Asso-
ciated Press.
The Royal KibOsh.
In other words, the Standard of
Indiana has put the royal kibosh on
the well-laid plans of the so-called
Chicago Oil Trades Committee,
headed by Carson, to stage mon
ster demonstration Of protest against
the exposure at Washington of the
Teapot Dome scandal, the Harry Sin
clair-Ed. Doheny, Albert Fall-John
Shaffer-Ed. McLean-Harry Daugh-
erty burglar-bund.
Not that the Standard and Col
Stewart were not just as indignant
over the affair in the national capt.
tai as Carson and Joe Patterson Of
the Trib and Shaffer of the Post.
Their henchmen had bungled the job,
to be sure. McAdoo had been per-
fectly silly in admitting that Doheny
had handed him a cool hundred
grand for the purpose of making
Mexico xafe for the American Pet
.rolocracy. How in the werld could
they ever get anything else over on
the Southern Republic with the sus-
picion abroad that million dollar fees
were being paid for influence? And,
of course, the exposure of newspa-
per venality in connection with the
Teapot and the other angles of their
private affair was very rotten to say
the least. Yes, the Standard was
angry. But the Standard is also care
ful-and subtle.
The Chicago oil fraternity, in COM
pany with the fraternity everywhere
else, is very much disturbed over the
revelations in Washington. Thus it
happens that about a month ago,
Carson, who figures publicly as an
independent marketer of petroleum
products, but who knows the way
down to 90 South Michigan avenue,
we'll conceived the brilliant idea of
the public demonstration of protest.
So he organized himself into the Chi
cago Oil Trades Committee, had some
> stationery printed, and started to
function. AS an afterthought, he got
some of the oil men together, and
added Joe Mudd of the Marland Re-
fning Company; Harry Bayard of
! the Acme Petroleum Company, and
about score of other Chicago oil
marketers and jobbers to his commit
tee. and they had a dinner just off
the Gold Room in the Congress Ho-
tel.
Balls A-RolIing.
Carson had already started the
: ball rolling. The others gave it a
few shoves, and soon the Associated
Press and other news associations
: were spreading the glad news that
Chicago oil men didn't propose to
stand for the SANDER of Congress
men and senators, and that during
the week of March oath, there would
IInot only be the annual meeting OF
the American Oil Mems Association,
but a monster protest demonstration
would be staged.
II The call was sent out for the oil
il.clan of the nation, to gather in Chi
llcago for a big conference on publ
CITY on the IOln' ~ Wao PAohHSN w
establish a fund to be used to make
the public familiar with petroleum
and to conduct a defensive against
1.-the onslaughts Of Washington. Sew
eral meetings were held and the at.
fair began to take shape. The OF
trade Journals were pounding the
tom toms.
II A high priced publicity and parade
expert. whose name was 7. j. Dock
| arty. was taken off his job Of promot
| ing motor bus transportation systems
somewhere in the east, and brought
III to Chicago. Dockarty addressed the
oil committee. He was an expert OF
publicity and admitted it. He wal
going to line up the Chicago news
paper editors by giving them fret
positions for their circulation truck
in the monster parade--a parade
that was to be at least four mile
long and to tell Chicagoans ant
visitors the story of petroleum. H
got a contract which carried with !
the right to supply builders of floats
} the bunting to be used for decorating
= filling stations, and all the rest. HI
, was an ex-A. p. man, and he knev
how to handle the editors. The com
mittee in the French room at tn
Congress applauded, and proceeds
to produce the shekels to pay for tn
protest demonstration.
. Some Stunt
Then Dockarty started to work
He built up a parade program tina
Secretary Reynolds of the American
Oil Mems Association described L
the committee as perfectly wonder
full" The police motorcycle squa'
was going to lead the cohorts o
oildom down Michigan boulevard II
the music Of seven bands, with fyinI
bags and huge cartoons and banner
with witty cracks at the senate com
mittee on them for the millions Of
the pavements TO read. Walter Birm
ingham, one Of Skaters right ham
men on the Chicago Evening Post
was going to help get nice things il