The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-28
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NHERE is quite lively tempest in
= spiritual circles over the action Of
the catholic church in annulling the
marriage Of Consuelo Vanderbilt with
che Duke of Marlborough. According
TO church dogma, the marriage tie is
indissoluble, but the church is never
at loss for an excuse for whatever
action it sees fit to take in the in
terests of its political aims or its
treasury. So the vatican discovered
that Miss Vanderbilt was hitched to
che duke by force and violence and
other unlawful means, as a criminal
syndicalist law might read.
BECAUSE the ducal marriage was
- originally celebrated in the church
OF Bishop Manning, episcopal clergy
man, the latter felt quite peeved over
the paDal action and expressed his dis
pleasure at length in a radio message.
And logic seems to be on the bishops
side. But what has logic to do with
spirituality? 1t took the vatican 81
years to learn that Consuelo's mar
riage to the duke was the result of
coersion, so for thirty-one years those
two were living in sin and it will take
lot of money to purge them. But a
wave of the papal hand can make even
the devil take back seati
GENERAL hundred hungry Ameri-
~ cans were lined up by the Mills
Hotsl in Chicago last Thanksgiving
evening waiting for free meal. A
semi-religious organization was throw
ing the party. AS usual the camera
was on the job. Two Of the Oldest
and hungriest men in the crowd were
taken inside before the banquet was
on. They were placed in opposition
to two pieces of pie and coffee. Then
the camera clicked and no doubt you
will see the picture in the papers with
9 story Of how such and such organiza-
ton brought joy to the hearts of
several hundred hungry persons.
FIHE hungry men looked thru the
window at the two whose pictures
were taken. "a meal once a year and
we may starve the rest of the time"
remarked one waiter. This is
good advertisement for the outfit that
is giving the feed" said another. And
one wondered how those people man.
age to get along for the rest of the
year What fake this business of
charity is! AS if a piece of pie and
cup of coffee would keep life in
body for 1865 days.
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THE government is about to pros
ecute 80 fertilizer firms, we are
told. More of the same commodity.
The companies are charged with nav
ing entered into agreements to fix
prices. The government did a little
thing like that to Standard Oil several
years ago with the result that John d.
Rockefeller got richer. The govern
ment of the capitalists can be depend
ed on not to take any action calculated
to injure its own system.
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BECAUSE American flags can be
~ produced cheaper in Japan than
in the United States. oriental symbols
of American patriotism are now sold
in our best stores. This is not novel.
During the late ware shells made in
Germany were shot out of British guns
and n,.itteh dpvacforg aarpad n ,,toIyaI
every time a German cannon roared
its cargo Of death into the British
trenches. Nevertheless, it would be
rather amusing to see an organized
parade Of children, young and old,
marching down the street, waving
little American flags made in Japan
and eloquently cursing the country
that produced the flags. This may ac-
tually happen If our ruling classes feel
that they must have war with the
Mikado.
MUSSOLINI wants the French Sy-
A'A rian mandate and threatens to
quit the league of nations unless he
gets what he wants. Mussolni knows
England's weak spots and does not
hesitate to throw a scare into the old
lion. The Italian dictator is trying to
force England bring the necessary
pressure to bear on France. so that
the latter may be willing to cough up
the Syrian mandate. Unless Mussolini
can produce some tangible gain in the
near future his position will be about
as secure as that of can of oil on
the summit of Vesuvius
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