The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-02-25
AS WE SEE IT
By T. J. O'FLAHERTY.

~ of the Outlook, has happy way
of looking at things. He does not
see things as we see them There is
less radicalism in this country today
than there was in 1922 he informed
the National Republican Club, New
York. He found a lot of confidence
and cool headedness abroad, partic,
ularly among the farmers. Our read
ers may remember that Teddy Roose-
welt once wrote for the Outlook and
that Teddy discovered the River Of
Doubt. Mr.. Rogers must have sat
in the late Theodore's chair or in
some way contracted the habit Of OBJ
serving imaginary phenomena. There
may be confidence somewhere in the
country but it is not wasted on the
Republican administration or on the
million dollar Democratic errand
boys Of the oil trust.
Of course Mr.. Rogers was wildly
applauded when he finished his haran-
que. The bosses like to be told what
they like to hear and their literary
poodles pass them the honey. Whyf
not? The latter have no scruples and
they know the fat men are legalized
robbers so why not rob the robbers :
While Mr.. Rogers was offering con-
ISOLATION to the supporters of the Tea
pot Dome administration, John N.
Dyer, director of the American Farm
Bureau was telling the Illinois Lum-
Der Merchants Association that agri-
culture was in a worse condition to-
day than it has been any time in the
last four years and that $4,000
farmers are bankrupt. This is what
has made the workers and farmers so
cool. Well, Well.
Policemen are beginning to inter
pref duty in manner that aides i'll
to the citizen going about his business
unprotected by armor plate or other
safety devices. Fifteen persons were
killed by New York policemen during
the past year in the performance of
duty. The number slaughtered by the
Chicago police is not given. We I'M
derstand that several adding ma
chimes are working day and night on
the tally. 5,206 New Workers. died
| of violence during the year 1928.
That is quite record for peaceful
America.
Ramsay Macdonald used q novel
argument In supporting his order to
begin the immediate construction Of
seven warships. He did not care fig
for the battleships, but the unsm-
ployed must be given work. They
could be employed turning swords in
to pruning hooks or something like
that, couldn't they? Ramsay is a
pacifist. His coming to Office gave
Oswald Garrison Willard q happy
week but we fear that gentleman will
suffer a severe relapse when he
reads that his hopeful fell by the
wayside.
It should be distinctly understood
that we do not criticise the British
Labor Party government for building
warships. We condemn them for
building warships in order to uphold
the capitalist system. The Soviet
government Of Russia also builds
battleships and organizes a large
army, but with a different purpose
than which moves Ramsay Mac
Donald. The Russian workers build
war machines to defend the revolu-
ton of the workers. Macdonald
builds it to use against the workers
and the exploited subject races that
support the ruling class of Britain.
Only few days ago we read in the
news dispatches that British troops
in India shot down scores of rebel
Hindus-under British Labor Party
government. This is bad news, not
that we did not expect it, because we
know our Macdonald, but the work.
ers do not know him and his tribe and
they will be discouraged for while.
But not for long. The conditions Of
life are getting harsher and harsher
and they roll over and fiatten out dis
appointments as a tank fattens out
toad that comes in Its way. The
workers of Russia were disappointed
J in the Kerensky socialists but they
tried the communists and won with
them. The British workers win do
the same.
It did not take Calvin Coolidge very
long to set the machinery in motion
for bringing about the release of the
so-called "lost legion" now serving
terms Of imprisonment for various
violations Of the army regulations.
The capitalist press is furious because
the political prisoners were turned
loose while men who wore the uni
form are still in prison. Secretary
of War Weeks issued report giving
description of the various crimes
committed by these "heroes" in whose
, behalf the Chicago Tribune is so in
terested. We find that the great
majority of them are serving time for
such crimes as murder, rape, attempt
ed rape, sodomy, burglary, highway
robbery, larceny, embezzlement, etc.
5 OF course they fought for the flag,
J and really are no worse morally than
those who committed murder legally
: and robbed the country under the
cloak Of patriotism, like the ship
swindler Morse who was defended by
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