The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-10

BY T. }. o'FLAHERrY

ETNTIE following editorial excerpt reads
4 as II written by Arthur Brisbane.
The index finger Of circumstantial evil
sdence points to Arthur. Firstly, be-
;cause the article is stupid, and secondly
because 1t appears in Hearst paper.
OF course, there may be readers who
will say 1t is presumption on the part
of a DAILY WORKER editorial writer
Ito Jump on gentleman who gets over
100000 a year for his daily column
But if radicals were not presumptive
how could they exist? Now let's go on
with the story as the diary Of
Peaches" Browning says.
THIS is the bunk: 1T pays to be
l. prepared, Uncle Sam, take notice.
Switzerland has always been ready.
therefore in the great war fighting ma
tions kept away from Swiss territory,
Every Swiss is trained as fighter and
has his weapons in order. Because
the Swiss were prepared before the
war. Switzerland is rich now and able
10 lend sixty million real francs,
twelve million dollars of our gold
money, to France"
WHERE is so much imbecility packed
L into those few lines that 1t is al
most beyond human ingenuity toselect
the exact spot to land the first crack
ON. Switzerland was not attacked
because every Swiss keeps his cata-
putt in order but because Switzerland
had nothing worth stealing or grab
bling. Anybody can see the Alps VINO
has the money and a fairly respect
able heart. The Swiss are as safe from
invasion as the Esqutmaux unless
somebody discovers oil in the Alps.
And then. France. the beneficiary of
Swiss wealth, was armed to the teeth
in 1914. So was Germany. One won,
the other lost In fact, both lost. But
America that was not ready for war
won the war at the expense Of those
that were ready
IF we could leave Valentino and the
chiropractors alone this column
would be in fair way to stand in the
good graees Of a considerable number
of readers. We have the chiros gasp
ing for breath, but the Valentino fans
show no sign of surrender Mary
Jane" from Charley Dawes home
town, pulled off a dirty trick when she
Jumped this writer with the editor OF
the Chicago Tribune, on the ground
that both hated Rudy's powder puff;
Well. everything is fair in journalism.
Sufflce it to say that Mary Jane
stands almost alone in her alteration
of Valentino as far as we can gather
from The DAILY WORKER readers
who have enough energy to drop us a
postal card. Nevertheless, she wields
wicked Waterman.
THERE is nothing that I can think
L of more conducive to mirth than
the labor day announcements OF the
labor takers, unless 1t be the. con-
gratulations showered by defeated
candidates on their successful rivals
in hotly-contested elections. Most OF
the labor leaders, whose inanities are
given space in the capitalist press
gloat over imaginary victories and call
attention to some obvious flaw in the
Uresent social order which II properly
pruned would make things ideal. Hay-
ing said those things and having
proven to the capitalist class that they
are worth their wages, the labor
takers resume their favorite indoor
and outdoor sports of haggling with
the employers over the pricesof their
shame.
THE Federated Press notes that the
L labor papers. with one excop-
ton. did not comment on the Earring
ton sel-out. or course, the radical
press jumped at the chance. And as
usual the radicals were violent and
denunciatory. This is a vice that rad
icals are usually addicted to. They In
sist on calling spade a spade. much
to the disgust of liberals who are al
ways hoping for the best-from the
conservatives On this Harrington
matter. Just two years ago The DAILY
WORKER ran series Of articles on
Farrington's record In the miners
union. Some people thought the mine
leader was charged with too much
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