The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-17

AS WE SEE 1T
BY T. }. o'FLAHERTY

ONE of the A. F. of L. delegates TO
" the British Trade Union Congress,
expressed the opinion that British la
Dor is decidedly conservative and still
follows the lead of Macdonald and
the yellow socialists. Whether he was
kconsciously lying or merely exhibit
ing his ignorance is doubtful. The
American labor skate did not see the
significance in the passage Of reso-
luton against British imperialism,
the first time such resolution was
passed at a British trade union con-
tgress.
IMPERIALISM means something
n more to an English worker than it
means to a follower of LaFollette or
Of William jennings Bryan. To the
latter imperialism is something vague,
tsnything from shooting craps to man
slaughter. But to the English worker
it smacked of bread and butter for
him, at somebody else's expense, but
hard world that this is, the other fell
lows pain was not the English work
ers' worry The significance of the
anti-imperialist resolution is not that
the English worker has grown wings,
but that he has lost confidence in the
empires power to I'LL his belly.
IITHEN British labor is revolution.
w airy enuf to satisfy us, there will
be red flag flying over Buckingham
Palace and king George will be under
the palace, very much so. But TAX
ing things as they are, British labor
Is making very good progress. have
just glanced thru a magazine called
Trade Union Unity, and it contains
articles from the leaders of the Brit
fish trade union movement that tes-
tify to the new spirit that animates
the workers in the tight little isle"
The time will come when American
labor will begin to march forward in
like fashion, and when American cap
italism begins to lose its grip as Brit
ish capital Is losing it, our labor fax
ers will pay more heed to the masses
than hey are doing now.
T. J. MCNAMARA was scheduled to
~ go on trial in Indianapolis yester-
day on charges arising out of labor
disturbances With his brother he
was involved in the trials that fol
lowed building trades troubles that
shook the nation several years ago.
1t appears that the employers have
sit In for him." His brother is still in
San Quentin. The employers never
forget and never forgive.
QUITE commotion was caused in
SR Chicago thru the activities of
Terry Druggan, a millionaire boot
logger from the Valley. who show
ed his contempt for the prohibition
law in such frank manner that the
authorities we're forced to lock him
up. Terry and a pal by the name of
frankie Lake. according to under
world rumor have more human scalps
to their credit than Sergeant Mike
O'Leary Of world war fame, who
killed 40 Germans in a days work
and threw a French bull over the
fence on his way home to his dugout
OUCH records are not uncommon in
~ Chicago 1t should be remembered
that the late and lamented Dean
O'Bannion. attended to the last rites
of at least sixteen sinners, and found
himself in such high favor that after
every funeral in honor of one of his
victims. city officials and police lieu
tenants attended banquets in Deans
honor. Finally Dean was ponshed off
and the police chiefs felt mighty sore
because O'Bannion stocked good
cellar and kept good table.
DRUGGAN and Lake, became one of
- the newly rich after Volstead
switched the signs on the liquor bust
ness. They did not endow UNIVERSE
ties or substitute opera stars like the
Genna boys. They or their ancestors
did not come from the land of song
and stilletos. They came from the
habitat of the wild potato and the
blackthorn stick. So they naturally
took to keeping politicians, the army
and navy, or as much of II as made
its headquarters around Chicago.
They were executives by instinct.