The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-15
AS WE SEE 1T
BY T. J. o'FLAHERTY

MOT even the flaming green dress
v of the ex-Communist member of
the house of commons, Ellen Wilkin-
son, created as big a sensation as the.
speech of David Kirkwood of Glas-
gov, when he threw some hot shot
into the British royal family in criti-
cising the expenditure of large sums
Of money on the various tours of the
prince of Wales. 1t is more than
likely that Long Island, New York,
the Boston Bay and whatever part of
Chicago the moneyed aristocracy live,
will demand Kirkwoods expulsion
from the house for this piece Of les
majestic.
THE trouble arose when the govern
ment moved for a grant of $685.
600 for David's visit to Argentine and
and additional $4,000 to extend his
visit to Uruguay, from which country
he had also received an invitation.
There is OIL or iron or some other
thing in Uruguay that kings and
princes like to get on good terms
with, tho they have decided aversion
to getting callouses on their hands
from it.
HAVID HARDWOOD is not a Com
- munist, but as a, certain labor
leader would say, he likes to blow
his bazoo off" every once in a while,
like Jack Jones, another laborite, who
divides his leizure hours between
singing the Red Flag and presenting
the queens daughter with roses. How
ever. Kirkwood began to talk and
the longer he talked the more he for
got his dignity and his caution. He
thought it was a shame that the
prince should be brought up as So
cial waster and be sent around the
world to act the role of clown.
CHOUTS and boots of disapproval
- from the tories greeted Kirk
woods remarks. The Clyde was hav-
ing its inning, even tho David is care
fnl not to let the business get beyond
the danger point The Scotch labor
lite suggested that the prince take
trip around his own country first and
he would see things, that would shock
an Australian bushman. He would
see indications of poverty that he ne
yer even dreamt Of But the prince
and the capitalists who own the
prince, have other uses for him be-
= sides the role If social worker.
COMMENTING on the recent state
- ment of the socialist Ethel Snow
den, that the royal family endeared
itself to the British working class be-
cause of its courtesy to Macdonald,
Snowden. Henderson and Thomas,
Kirkwood did not seem to think that
this courtesy was thoroly appreciated
by the i'll paid workers. my class
OF work is hard for small wages"
shouted Kirkwood. "Then what wag-
es do you think the prince of Wales
gets from his duchy in Cornwall?
He gets over $15O,0OO from that alone.
call shame on you who are respon-
sible for the awful conditions under
which the class from which / spring
live and have their being"
THIS was the kind of language the
plutes did not like to hear and
they were boiling with rage. Then
another labor member. G. Buchanan
began to run more salt into the tory
wounds. II have not any use for
royalty at ALL" he shouted. 81 con-
slider them grossly overpaid. People
Just as good as the prince of Wales
are living in poverty by the thou
sands" Buchanan could have told
the house that 100000 Irish workers
and peasants, subjects Of the princes
father, are living in state Of actual
starvation. yet money is found TO send
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