The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-01-30
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CONSIDERABLY mystery wells the
~ arrest OF two Irish workers held
by the British government on charges
of espionage. One Of the two. Jere-
miah Joseph O'Leary, is shipwrighi
in Portsmouth navy yard and the
other, Cyril McGough, is a civil servI
ant Of London. They are charged by
the admiralty with securing import
ant official secrets much sought after
by q certain foreign power. The susl
poets are reported to be agents Of
the Irish republican government :
which does not exist, unfortunately,
The whole story looks like a typical
frameup to feed the anti.Irish senti-
ment which has been ON the wane
among the working class Of Great Bri.
tain.
MARGARET SLACHTA, > Hungar.
IYA ian christian socialist is in thif
country doing her bit in behalf OF the
bloodthirsty Horthy government She
urges the women Of America to form
a party of their own If they want to
be Of service to their country. She lie
q member Of catholic order and is
true to the reactionary role played by
the church to which she belongs. Il
am a. great admirer of Americas
achievements, and all her democratic
achievements" she chirps. Perhaps
the sister never heard Of the ku klux
khan, our record for lynchings Of Ne
groes and the criminal syndicalist
laws. But perhaps these things don't
bother the lady.
The battle over the ratification Of
the child labor amendment is
growing in intensity with the capital
lists doing most Of the fighting. The or
ganization that should take the lead
in this fight is the American Fedora.
tion Of Labor. is doing nothing. AS
usual the Workers Party Is leading
the workers in this fight. Every cap
italist paper in the country is full Of
reasons why the proposed law is bad
for the nation and particularly for the
children. One pIute hireling is at
least entitled TO credit for bringing
forward something novel when he said
that the passing Of this law would pre-
vent our youth from an opportunity
to develop their muscles. Evidently
the author Of this sfgunert .nerer dc.
veloped the muscles OF his brain.
EJJALMAR GRANTING, until 4 few
1 Il days ago premier OF Sweden
was unable to be. present at the Rome
meeting Of the council Of the League
OF Nations. because Of illness. He
commissioned his deputy. the foreign
minister. to put wreath on Matte
otis grave. On the streamers of this
wreath was the inscription: Matte
otti, who died for the freedom Of his
native country. - Brantingr Mark
you, not for the freedom Of his
class" However, when Mussolin'
heard it, he felt like biting Sweden off
the continent Of Europe and notified
the Swedish embassy to that effect.
The wreath remained in obscurity.
This is the way social democrats hon
or their dead M
THERE was much dispute over the
real reason for the khan outrages
committed in Herrin, when Glenn
Young brought his hired assassins In
there. shortly after the affair with the
strikebreakers. The DAILY WORK.
Err held from the start that the klans-
men were acting with the sanction of
the local coal operators, bankers and
business men. The story Of the re.
cent shooting which ended in the
death Of Glenn Young and two of his
gunner and of Ora Thomas, anti
klansman, confirms this view. Young
started the hostilities when he an
preached the secretary Of the local
miners union and threatened to kin
him. charging the miner with having
denounced Young and the khan at un.
ion meetings. 1t was during the ar
gument between Young and the coal
digger that Thomas came on the
scene and put an end to Youngs
career. ANo CIV
The Brookwood Labor College, Of
Katonah. New York. throws out
The suggestion that Samuel Gompers
scholarships shoulds be established.
NO doubt. couraes in class co-opera.
ton. on the identity Of interests be.
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