The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-22
New York Shows Police
Pets of Capitalists Are
Given Careful Nursing
BY j. LOUIS ENcDAHL.

TODAY an infant uproar in the New York police depart
the expenditure of funds" reveal the tender
with which the capitalist class its Flaw and
order machinery No such socitude shown for ordinary
wage labor
showed that they receiving $1,000 year.
They wanted $500 year total the $500 received
annually by the New York police
Workers turnout all industry would consider this
pncey stipend The average wages tor all workers in New
York state and Illinois, the highest in the nation are
almost 81 900 below this figure.
But even the higher paid New York police who keep
watch the property treasures of the richest city
in the wodriches owned by the captaists-mus receive
Richard E. Enright, former police commissioner, de-
ares that $3oooooOo in pensions and 100000 in public
hands in the last eight There Police Relief Fund
consisting of approximately $17ooooo, of which widows
and orphans of members of the department. we'll
bers of the department who sick in distress are
the sole benefcares There also police recreation camp
and recreation resort This camp fund has numerous SUBJ
sdiary funds under the titles of Poce Recreation Camp
police Recreation Camp Hospital Fund.-" Poce Recreation
Camp Emergency Fund.- and if there any more they are
not listed.
Not only is the physical and spiritual welfare of the
New York police in other Cities we'll attended to, but
$1,000 raised by private subscriptions by few
prominent citizens have the history of the department
written up by the son of former New York mayor.
1t also significant that the powder trust muti-ion-
aire General Coleman du Pont is the president and Louis
of the Police Hospital Fund that to another
$50o00 Then there the arch and Freedom Fund.- under
the direction OF Rodman Wanaaker department store king
raised for the purpose of establishing memorial and
last but not least the "Aeropane Hangar Fund.-"
The attentions showered upon the police should open
the eyes of the workers in the mines and steel mills, the
railroads and everywhere turnout the nations whole factory
system Read todays story of conditions in the stockyards
and how vastly they differ from the easier road laid out
before those who find place in captasms police system.
There is for this. The great army of
poyed that stands daily the gates of the nations stock
yards for instance makes easy discharge any worker
guilty of displaying the sign of discomfort The food
barons not afraid of the unoganized helpless stock
yards workers.
But capitalism cannot afford to permit its police to
harbor the least discomfort They might behind the
sham of so-caed property rights They might WELD
the club energecaIy that fall upon the striking
worker in order to beat him into "his place."
It is hoped that the police will fight for greater
privileges Let them organize labor union to sten their
demands But let all workers learn the lesson that they get
nothing from the employers that they do fight for and
win thru the mobilization of their strength. Workers
100 organized only make demands upon the
Bosses but that they complied with. Becoming
scous of their class interests and their class power these
workers will realize that their goal the ending of the cap
tast system that carefully plans to continue its exist
The police pets of the expoiters will avail them
all against the popular revolutionary of the
workers and farmers.