The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-01
AS WE SEE 1T

erty's office, unknown to the lattd
tho people saw them drinking booil
together, but so clever did the Com
munists work that Daugherty does
not know to this day that Jess had
a desk in his office. The Communists
induced Daugherty to turn over the
Department of Justice to the boot
leggers who made a little green
house on K. St." their headquarters.
They prevailed on Daugherty and Jess
Smith to withhold prosecution OF a
Japanese air craft company that rob
bed the. government of $4,000, 900 af-
ter 100000 in bride money went into
the spacious pockets Of Daugherty,
Jess Smith and Co. The wicked Com
munists still bent on destroying con-
fidence in public officials as part of
their plan to bring about the over
throw Of this government by forcs
and violence" induced Daugherty tea
violate a federal law against the in
terstate transportation Of fight films,
by having said pictures shown in the
home Of Edward Mclean, Harding's
boon companion, in the presence of
Harding, Coolidge, Hughes, Hoover
and other cabinet members, including
Daugherty, thus bringing these "col-
umns of Americanism" into disrepute
and contumely and destroying public
confidence in them.
One hundred and fourteen miners
are entombed as the result of a mine
exposition in West Virginia, the in
famous coal baron-controlled state.
Here are more casualties on the in
dustrial battlefield more sacrifices
on the altar of capitalism. When the
agent of an American trust is killed
In Mexico, or China, notes are dis
patched by the affronted American
secretary of state, demanding salts.
faction, and behind the note is the
mailed fist. But the American gov.
eminent is silent when hundreds NJ
workers are murdered thru the greed
OF the coal barons. 1t is cheaper to
hire miners than to install safety
devices. Labor is cheap. Labor lead
ers listen to reason" Gompers saws
that relations between employers and
employees were never better. And the
murder goes on.
Charles Murphy, boss of Tammany
Hall for many years, passed away.
He made fortune on glucose" DIR
ing the war. His enemies branded
him Glucose Charlie" His organiza-
ton holds New York City in the hoI-
! low of its hand. 1t makes and I'M
makes mayors. 1t is supposedly demo
cratic, but is on good terms with the
local republican machine They trade
judges who sit on the bench and send
radicals to Jail for not appreciating
the beauties of American democracy.
Much could be written about Tam
many. 1t holds its power by denounc-
ing the Traction Trust, which it prac-
tcally owns, and posing as progressive
which it is. 1t secures the releases
of criminals who are afterwards I'M
der an obligation to it. 1t is a little
to the right of the Socialist Party. at
times. The latter accused it of steal
ing most of its planks, the most i'm
portant of which were a five-cent fare.
sanitary public convenience stations
and municipal graveyards. Now that
Murphy is dead, the question is, "Who
is to take mis- placer" Otherwise
things are going along as usual. Mere
ly the death of another political graft
er.
Another Murphy, initials M. J. for
eight years director of the Federal
Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, has
been chosen vice-President and Cash
Ter of the Federation Bank of New
York, it was announced by Peter ].
Brady, President of the bank. Mr..
Brady declared that Mr.. Murphy
brings a rich experience to the bank
and an idealistic viewpoint. Mr.. Brady
is lacking considerably in the latter.
He is supposed to be the power be-
hind the Central Trades Assembly in
New York, editor of the New York
City Record and has sumptuous
suite of offices in the New York mn.
nicipal building. He is president of
the Allied Printing Trades Council
and is the prime booster Of Major
George L. Berry. for Vice.President
on the Democratic ticket. If things
so bad with our labor leaders in the
unions they have their banks to fall
back on. Why should they bother
organizing any more workers? Bank.
ing is a more respectable, interesting
and safer diversion.