The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-11-19
tempting to smile.
Wet Reception

Wet Reception
Outside was a driving rain. When
the procession reached the street the
queen was pushed into the Lincoln
car that Henry Ford donated and it
began creeping through the wagon
room made for it by the mounted po-
lice. The way led along a sort of
abutment raised ten or so feet above
the cars as they went forward in low
gear. 1t was here that the royal
lady shuddered From the bank above
her came great shouts of "Cotzofan-
esti." She was seen to turn pale.
Editions of the DAILY WORKER
containing the expose were flashed
from the abutment where the Queen
could see. She read the headline:
"Marie-What of Cotzofanesti ?" The
car put on speed and proceeded down
Michigan boulevard to the City Hall,
where a very brief and unimpressive
greeting" to the city was given her
by Mayor Dever.
Cops Wet and Annoyed
Several hours before the train ar
rived the station was barren of any
one but passengers and the policemen
who were reporting to their lieuten-
ants and forming their lines. 1t was
drizzling. They were uncomfortable,
They were day men drawn in from
the districts after a days work. As
your reporter made his way through
the ranks he heard many ungentle-
manly remarks about a queen for
whom "Men have to come out on a
day like this"
Dunno Speaks
The demonstration against t h e
queen began at $3.50 in the afternoon
at 80 N. Wells St., where Information
al Labor Defense had called a mass
meeting of its members. Speeches
were made by William F. Dunno, Max
Schactman and George Maurer. The
object of the meeting was to prepare
the. crowd for the parade and manifes-
tation through the loop and at the
Illinois Central station.
Thousands of leaflets were given to
the assembled workers to be passed
out along the line of march. One
leaflet was a reproduction of a car
toon showing the queen receiving the
adulations of the plutocrats on one
side and on the other, a terror scene
in Roumania. Still another leaflet,
signed by international L a b De-
Tense asked why Countess Karolyi and
Saklatvala were kept out of the coun-
try while Queen Marie, the heroine of
COtzofanesti, was accorded official
welcome.
Aldermen Missing
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county building was a flat failure
Here too the arrangements were hope.
lessly tangled There was a notice
able lack of aldermen to greet her
majesty. There were only seven.
Forty-three stayed away. The rea-
sons were various. Many of the al
dermen had issued defiant statements
saying they would have no share in
the "kOwtowing." Others feared that
if they took part in the royal bust
ness, it would hurt them at the polls
next November.
The business was gotten over with
quickly. Mayor Dever mumbled few
more or less meaningless compliments
in which he showed a marked lack Of
knowledge about Roumania, and the
Queen thanked him in the same ster-
eotyped way that she has thanked
dozens of other mayors.
Wine Served at Dinner
At a private dinner sponsored by
Arthur Meeker, Chicago Millionaire,
at the Drake Hotel, at nine o'clock,
wine was served to the guests to
wash down innumerable viands with
fancy French names. The excuse for
the wine was that diplomatic immuni-
ty has followed the official journey
Of the queen and cheated the rum
snatchers who can do nothing but
gnash their teeth.