The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-09
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tour. The countess pulchritude is at
least up to the ordinary, if one is to
Judge by the pictures that appear &C.
casionally in the press. If anybody
thinks this is not factor to be con-
sidered among congressman, that
somebody does not know the inner
workings of a senator. Aside from
that the countess is no more Com
munist than the Gloomy Dean" Of
Canterbury and it is tie fashionable
for democrats and Insurgents to rush
to her defense.
Nov, capitalist court comes along
~ and orders Kellogg to show cause
why he should not be compelled to
permit the countessi entry into the
United States. It is not easy for the
secretary to back down and in view Of
the circumstances it is quite likely
that the countess will break thru the
wire entanglements.s Belloggs back
ers would not feel so embarrassed If
a court decision allowed the countess
in, because she is harmless, but It'll
might establish a precedent which
would cause trouble. later on when
real radicals of prominence may seek
admittance.
HALF the Hungarian government,
IL including army generals, diplo-
mats and a prison full of princes are
involved in the most gigantic coun-
terfeiting scheme ever discovered.
Even Horthy the "hangman OF Hun
gary" is under suspicion. No less
than $3O00O,OOO,O00 French francs
were in the course of printing when
the conspirators were detected. 1t
seems that the plot had two aims;
one to completely ruin French curren-
cy and the other to use the money for
a fascist coup in Hungary. 1t would
not be surprising if British agents
were at the bottom Of the conspir-
acy. The Locarno treaty by no means
solves the disagreements between
England and France.
TINE prince of Wales captured
l. runaway horse and got on the
front page of the New York Times.
If the horse had captured the prince
he might have broken into the Chi
cago papers. This is the first time
in many years that the princes name
was mentioned in connection with
steed, that the royal scion did not
come out second best.
THO the Irish labor movement has
i tended towards conservatism since
it lost James Connolly's revolution
airy leadership, it still follows a mill
tant policy in the conduct of strikes.
The government gave the contract for
building a giant power station on the
River shannon. to a German engineer
ing firm, which soagnt 10 employ Ia
Dor at scab wages, The Irish Trans
mort and General Workers Union, got
in touch with the German trades
unions and the latter pronounced the
lob "unclean." This precaution was
taken to warn German workers
against coming to Ireland on a scab
lob and also to rob the Irish capl-
talists of an opportunity to accuse
Irish labor Of being anti-German.
TINE next step of Irish labor was to
l. call a national conference of all
workers organizations for the pur-
pose of putting national strike in
operation against the Shannon
scheme as the job is named. The
instructions given to union workers
and to their sympathizers in the Voice
of Labor are drastic and would sure
Nv get an American injunction judge
on his ear. No worker is allowed TO
have any social relations with scap'
whose names and addresses are pup
lished weekly in the labor press
Cinemas are not permitted to allow
a scab to enter the premises and the
same applies to sport organizations
and dance halls. The ability of the
unions to enforce their DEGREES does
not appear to be in question. 1t prom
ises to be a stiff fight and an IN