The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-05

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capitalists are dealt with mercilessly.
Doheny and Sinclair have been travel
ing around the world since they were
indicted, but thousands of workers
are held in jail for merely being mem
bers of a workingl class organization.
This is true particularly of members
Of the /. w. w. who are thrown into
the jails Of California on the slight
est pretext.
ONCE the Teapot Dome scandal
- broke loose, a very important de-
velopment has taken place in the oil
industry. The Standard Oil company
has gobbled up most of the Doheny
interests and it seems that Sinclair
has walked into the Rockefeller par
lor. This means that Standard is now
the unchallenged king of oil on this
continent and that means something.
1t is significant that the oil indict-
ments were quashed few days after
the announcement of the new oil mer-
ger was made. When the inner his
tory of the Teapot Dome scandal is
written, 1t may be learned that Stand
ard OIL was rather pleased than 9th.
erwise, at the predicament in which
it's competitors found themselves.
1t may even be possible that John DIS
industrial octopus had a hand in in
stigating the Teapot storm.
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| A DEMONSTRATIONS do not always
"A act impartially for capitalism as
whole. Sometimes a powerful
group like the Standard Oil company,
or the steel trust or several power
full groups working in harmony, de-
eide to crush their rivals. The aver
age worker believes he is having
lot of fun and that "his" government
is whipping the money lenders out
of the temple" In good old ]. Christ
fashion. But this is a delusion. It
is quite evident in the Doheny-Sin-
clair case. The Standard Oil COM
pany undoubtedly has the inside
track in the present administration
1t represents big, big, business. 1t
is established and holds sway by d.
vine right. If the Dohenys and Sim
clairs think they can play a lone
hand, so much the worse for them.
If they refuse to join hands in the
big game, voluntarily, ways and
means must be found to bring them
to book. Hence the Teapot Dome
indictments.
| GINCLAIR OIL and Standard Oil
~ were scrapping in Persia. But no
longer. They have buried the hatch
ct. The burial took place since the
Teapot Dome furry Doheny was the
uncrowned king of Mexico. He shar.
ed power with King George of Eng
land, even while he was president of
the American Association for the Re.
cognition of the Irish Republic, on
the nomination of De Valera. His
father was Fenian and Mrs. Doheny
is highly honored by the pope for her
benefactions to the Mexican church,
which by the way, came in very handy
to Doheny in keeping the Mexican
poems walking the ways Of the lord
and rendering unto Caesar that which
Caesar says is his, in this case Do.
heny. Therefore. the oil king was a
good Irish republican.
InoHENY purchased the Mexican
- government outright, endorsed
Gales few weeks after that worthy
paraded thru New York's east side
with red banners Haunted by Morris
Hillquit and other socialist leaders
who organized the parade. The wis,
Doheny evidently assumed that, Cal
les being yellow enough to suit tn,
! socialist party. should be quite SAT-
] for oil. While government lawyers
: were shadow boxing with Doheny'
: lawyers over the legality of the OF
4 steals, Doheny was in Mexico, advis
ing Gales. Evidently Standard Of
] used the legal club to shake Dohen,
q down, and having gone as far as de
e ceny would permit, told its rival tina
: If he signed on the dotted line, Rookie
e Teller would call off it's dogs and fin,
Judge who would detect some flaw
in the indictments. Doheny signe,
and turned over his kingdom of Mex
9 co to John ID.
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!, THIS is not the way empires wer,
+ 4 fought for and won in olden times
r Had battle for such rich booty beef
waged six hundred years ago, Do
: heny's head would now adorn Johl
: DIS pike on the portals of the gat,
leading to 26 Broadway and John
retainers would quar- the flowing bow
and revel over the oil baron's con
: quest. John d. Rockefeller. Jr., woult
J, not waste his time, teaching Sunda.
Q school, but would very likely carr,
/ Doheny's daughters--if he has any
: into captivity, slay his wife and hi