The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-09-06

seems to be suicide. If they yield to
tn temptation, the Spreckels organ,
the Union, classes them as derelicts.
Wrecks and BarnaeIes.
The inventor of the derelict theory
of San Diego suicides is James Nc
Mullin, fit managing editor Of the cap
italist Union sheet. He is 70 years of
age and has long been attached to the
Spreckels ship. Indeed, he is an in
veterate barnacle on that spic-and-
span craft He has an aversion for
social wrecks. AS 100 per cent sue
cess under the capitalist systm, dere-
licts irritate him. They also annoy
the San Diego chief of police, another
Spreckels barnacle. and they offend
the sight Of the police judges, similar
barnacles.
When the worker goes broke and
hungry the police seize him; the
judge, with aristoeratic indifference,
sentences him to six months impris-
onment as vagrant and the Union is
pleased = announce the news in
paragraph or two showing disdain for
derelicts.
7arnaeIes and Their Pals.
Naturally, the cherished associates
Of the capitalist overlords of San
Diego are the leaders of the aristo-
cratic American Federation of Labor,
whose organ is the Labor Leader.
During the recent political diver
sion the aLbor Leader advocated
LaFollette and the Union Coolidge
That little difference was laughed
over for time and is now forgotten,
the Labor Lader showing friendly SEN
timents for the Spreckels crew by IA
miliar references to Union editors as
Jimmy" McMullin, tom" Gwynne,
etc., etc., with very complimentary
paragraphs thrown in for full measure
of praise.
The Union is just as union "a. F. Of
ID as the Labor Leader. All its
printers, pressmen, ETC., hold union
cards. So, the A. F. of L. is glad to
extend to it the hand of friendship
and feel that to be with Spreckles,
who owns all the public utilities, most
Of the banks and the bulk of the real
estate of San Diego, is gratifying.
Body Guard Of Overlords.
San Diego's rulers know the advan-
tage of having the A. F. of L. as their
bodyguard. By paying the aristocrats
of labor unionism the union wage they
control Cat least, for the time) the
entire working class. They far more
than make up for the high wages of
union printers by the exploitation of
the masses.
For instance, young San Diegans, 20
to rs years Of age, are employed at
mems work for $40 a month. Be-
cause of the lack of employment such
men are forced by parents to accept
employment at this low wage. They
work 10 hours a day driving automo-
bhes, wagons, etc., clerking in stores,
etc. The A. F. Of L. takes care that
the conditions may continue by pay
ing no attention to it.
Elevator men of San Diego COM
planned that their pay for 10 hours
work was only $50 a month and they
dared not strike as other men were
ready to take their places at even less
pay. The complainants were married,
40 to so years Of age, physically able.
Their grievances were ignored by the
A. +. of L.
For every man paid union wages
there are 20 working on a starvation
basis in San Diego The A. f. OF L.
stands as guard against improve
ment Of the condition.
End Of Trail.
When workers reach San Diego they
are at the end Of the trail. II they
remain there they will be doomed to
hopeless servitude and eventually
many of them seek solace in the grave.
That explains the high suicide rate.
A Workers Party will reduce the rate
from now on.