The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-21
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BY T. }. o'FLAHERTY

BY T. J. o'FLAHERTY
A CIVIL war veteran walked into this
"A ONCE recently and after chatting
with the writer sprung the following
question: do you think there is any
danger of The DAILY WORKER go
ing under?" And the author of this
column assured the visitor that
there was a possibility that The
DAILY WORKER might stop right in
its tracks and refuse to appear again,
but that the PROBABILITY was that
1t would continue to appear, thereby
constituting first class nuisance in
the eyes Of the bourgeoisie.
out Of the jeans of the civil war
~ veteran appeared a five dollar bill
which the business manager used to
purchase postage stamps, said bust
ness manager considering the editor
ial department more or less of a liza
bility. What a blessing 1t would be
if The DAILY WORKER could be pro-
would mean that three perfectly nor
NAL persons would be available for
other services. This is diplomatic
way Of telling the gentle reader that
our staff consists of three persons just
now, which may account for multi
tude of errors.
ITO reduce the story to minimum pro-
portions, the big question that con-
fronts The DAILY WORKER is, the
proposition that stared Hamlet in the
eye, namely: ITO be or not to be-"
And in my opinion ito be- is the
word Last Friday night repaired to
my nucleus meeting. In plain Eng
lish this means that l attended my
branch meeting. What happened? A
collection of S37 was taken up to de-
fray the expenses of distributing Com
munist propaganda in the mining
fields and a considerable sum was
pledged to keep The DAILY WORKER
alive.
d EMEMBER that our nucleus Is
~ small one. Had every one appear
ed there would not be more than 20
present. But only seven or eight of the
80 showed up. Therefore the seven or
eight that did show up devised ways
and means of getting the laggards to
become active. A committee was APP
pointed whose business it was to visit
Sng members WHO did not attend the
meeting and convince them that not
only was it their duty to get busy
but that lot of fun could be had in
the process.
IF Communists are notorious for one
L thing more than another 1t is for
frankness. Communists are not wor-
shippers of the naked truth for truths
sake, but it happens that the working
class cannot get too much of the truth
Ignorance is the greatest foe of the
labor movement Communists are in
favor of every effort that tends to dis
pei superstition. Queer contradiction
is 1t not? Capitalism must educate a
certain number of wage slaves, a
number sufficient to operate the ma
chinery of production But this neces-
sity also writes the death warrant of
the bourgeoisie, that happens to be
running that particular institution
The worker who feels that he is on an
intellectual level with his master is
no longer a slave.
DOHED DOWN, the preceding para
II graph means that The DAILY
WORKER needs money. 1t does. The
life of the paper is in the hands OF
our readers. In all probability the
daily will continue to appear. But its
appearance depends on YOU. There
fore the first order of business is to
send a contribution to The DAILY
WORKER fund.
EOR many years before the world
i war England was everything but
friendly to Russia. The bear that
walks like man" was on every well
informed tongue. Czarist Russia was
dangerously close to India and Rud-
yard Kipling being successful novel
lat and poet placed his talents at the
disposal of the empire. During the
world war Kipling was lingo. The
war Is over. Germany,is out Of the
running as dangerous rival to Brit
ahl for a few more years. But the
United States has bin to collect and
John Bull gets his lackeys busy to
work up the necessary propaganda so
that those who have something com
ing TO them will forget about II. We
should never lose sight OF one fact
and that is that whoever wins this
diplomatic game the workngclass is
sure to lose.
A subscription to The DAILY
WORKER for one month TO the