The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-04
CHARGE WORKERS
PARTY. ORGANIZER
DISTURBED LABOR
But 1t Seems Police Only
Ones Disturbed
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stated that l would accompany him,
only if put under arrest.
This pleasant formality being ar
ranged, l was informed that the
charge was: making myself nuis-
ance on the public streets!" He ex-
planned further that had disturbed
the building workers, and kept them
from their work. BY this time, we
had entered the police station.
Under Arrest.
AS we walked in, Police Chief Nc
Arthur met US Lieut.. Mclean be-
gan his tale Of woe. How had dis
turbed" three different groups of
workers on the streets, how had Civ
en- out the DAILY WORKER, and,
horrorsl how / had urged the bene-
fits Of a society when the workers
would control the factories and mills.
He insisted that the DAILY WORK
Err should not be allowed in Whitman
tic ION this question, the labor takers
agree with him
told him that unfortunately he
could not handle this, since the post
al authorities at Washington did not
deny the DAILY WORKER the postal
privileges. l told the chief that we
had the right to- sell the paper, that
was talking with workers who wish
ed to talk to me; and Furthermore,
that the building trades workers were
not working then, on account Of the
rain. | insisted that we were going
to tell the workers the benefits of
Communism, and the hellishness of
capitalism.
The chief then stated that a com
plant had been made to him about
a crowd gathering around the Gem
Theater Saturday morning. dis
claimed all responsibility for the gath
ering of the crowd since l was mere
ly selling the DAILY WORKER.
The chief agreed that we had per-
feet right to sell the DAILY WORK
Err. Long before this, the lieutenant,
seeing the bone he had pulled, slip
ped out, with his tail between his
legs.
| asked the chief if / was under
arrest any longer, and the reply was
that was not walked out, and
when l told the story to the workers
had spoken to before, the melo-
irama was pulled off, they laughed.
A fitting story for Gilbert-Sullivan
operetta. esa
The eEoot. Tls
Lieutenant Mclean figures often as
one Of the heroes in raids on moon.
sinners. But it is said on good au.
thority that he likes the stuff him
self, and is often in state not be.
fitting majestic officer of the law.
On one occasion last year, he was
arrested by the state police, and a
charge placed against him by the DO.
lice captain. But an angel came to
his aid, and forced the squashing Of
the charge Us
That angel was the acting mayor OF
the city, Hickey by name, who gets
the major part of his salary from the
American Thread Co. for Office work
He gets the rest of his salary, $3.50
year, for doing further Office work
for the American Thread Co. in his
capacity as acting mayor. And Sc
the charge was squashed.
Another Guess Con1inu.
Loot-tenant Mclean thought this
was an open season for reds. But
he has another guess coming. In this
connection, It is interesting to OBJ
serve the charge brought against the
city council by one of the council
members
No one can be honest in politics
even, in this small city, attested to
by the thirty or forty places that are
daily selling. liquor in the city, be
cause board of aldermen does NOT
feel, as in the present strike situation
that the enforcement of law comes
within their jurisdiction"