The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-08-01
Bv SID BUSH.

NM AALAAN lnC dFCAd 6C american SPN0ho
w of "our National Government" he
associates the thought with the Capt.
tol, Washington, d. c., and all that
goes with it. To the average citizen
it seems as tho the real governmental
power really lies in that city, Is not
Congress holding its sessions there?
Are not the president and the mem
bers of his cabinet there? Are not
all of the most important of the ma
tons governmental institutions there?
Are not all of the federal laws made
there? And, finally, are not foreign
relations settled there? The millions
OF Americans who look upon Washing
ton, ID. c., as the seat of the real
government do not realize that it is
merely the seat of the gigantic apara-
tus which. is putting into effect deci-
sions made by men who are neither
congressman nor senators, and who
meet in an entirely different building
than the National Capitol and in a
different city than Washington, D. C.
One of the buildings where the real
rulers of the U. S. A. meet is the
Bankers Club, in New York City.
ON July the 10th an eminent foreign
~ gentleman was invited to lunch
con. The group which extended this
cordial hospitality consisted of twenty
nine distinguished American citizens.
The foreign gentleman was Baron
Natzau, the German ambassador to
the United States. To the right of
him sat Otto H. Kahn, of Kunn Loep
q Co, international bankers, director
OF the Equitable Trust Co. of los An
geles, |. A. & S. L. Railroad Co., Nor
rlstown Trust Co., American Inter
national Corporation and Mr.. Schiff
partner of Kuhn Loeb & Co. Director
L. A. & S. L. R. r. Co., Mortgage &
Trust Co., Western Union Telegraph
Co., American Railway Express, Wells
Fargo Express, Pacific Oil Co., ETC.,
and others representing such interests.
To the left of Baron Natzau were
Mr.. Young, the gentleman connected
with and vitality interested in the en-
forcement of the Dawes plan.
Mr.. Lamar, the representative of
the House Of ]. P. Morgan & Co.,
George F. Baker, Jr., chairman First
National Bank director American Tel
ephone and Telegraph Co., d. L. & w.
R. r. Co., Atlas Portland Cement Co..
American Sugar Refining Co., U. S.
Steel Corporation, General Motors Co.,
General Electric Co., etc.
DARON Natzau was the guest of 20
- men who are holding under their
iron rule and exploiting millions of
workers, that control the great indus
trial and finance corporations, who
are subjugating colonial peoples, and
because they hold the supreme power
of this country they dictate the ma
tional and foreign political policies of
the government at Washington, ID. c.
Baron Natzau was not invited for
the sake of the luncheon. This was
evident from the slight attention that
was paid to the best of food obtain
able. 1t was gobbled up quickly That
bourgeois decorum which in these cir
cles at formal affairs was entirely
lacking. Everyone ate his portion hur-
riedly as soon as it was placed on the |
table, without waiting, while CONVEX |
satiOns in serious business-like mood |
was carried on. Those who served |
this choice coterie had to be very |
snappy, and before they even had a |
chance to remove the desert plates |