The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-09-18
FIT ANTI-LAB0R INJUNCTION

by r. J. o'FLAHERTY

r H. THOMAS political secretary Of
e.. the National Union Of Railway
men. England, and colonial secretary
in His Maiesty's government, under
the premiership of Ramsay Mac
Donald, has just returned to England
from a visit to Canada. Mr.. Thomas
did not open his mouth about the great
miners strike during his stay on this
hemisphere-at least not publicly. And
ON his return he was not interested in
how the struggling coal diggers and
their families were getting along. But
he was happy to tell the imperialists
that the Canadians were crazy about
the empire and would never desert
their glorious traditions for the sake
of affiHation with the United States.
THUS spoke Thomas, the man who
i once pretended to be socialist,
and still considered one, by American
socialists. Thomas spoke too soon
about the Canadians love for the en-
pire. The result of the Canadian cleo
lions prove otherwise. The liberal
party of Canada plays up to strong
mass leaning for rupture with the
empire and closer relationship with
the United States. The interests of
imperialism are closer to Thomas
heart than those of the British work
ing class.
DUDYARD KIPLING has turned am
~ other chunk of literary offal
loose on the public Like most Brit
ish poets (working-class poets except
ed, Kipling is but a rhyming press
agent for British imperialism. For
many years back, his output only
bears favorable comparison with that
of an advertising agency. Kipling's
memory will be honored for what he
wrote before he became corrupted
with the wages of popularity. In his
latest book he versifes for the cancel
lation of the British war debt to the
United States. This is about as low
as the Imagination csn conceive a poet
sinking TO- unless he were to write
come-on jingles for a bawdy-house
barker.
A MOTHER testimony to the wisdom
"A of practical politicians! The De-
troit Federation of Labor once paid
lip service to the principle of indie
pendens working-class political action.
Then it slipped and for the past few
years has been operating as political
auxiliary to Mayor Smith. The feder-
alton officials had falling-out with
the latter and they supported Gov
ernor Groebeck in his campaign for
denomination on the G. o. P. ticket
while Mayor Smith supported Groes-
beck's opponent.
GROESBECK was defeated and the
~ capitalist politicians in Detroit can
now tell the d. f. of L. that its in
fuence on voters is NIL and is not
worth a dog catcher's job. Smith
seems to have taken to himself the
vote that formerly obeyed the direc-
ton Of the labor council. And after
Smith MIXED the federation dry he
turned the COW loose on the highway,
This is another testimony to the
futiAty of non-partisan political ac-
ton. Rewarding your friends and de-
feating your enemies Bosh! The only
practical politicians are the Commun-
ists who stick to the class program
and avoid shortcuts that lead the
workers in the capitalist corral.
UNLESS France stops harboring
~ enemies of fascism. Mussolini will
show his teeth. Despite the "duce's',.
assumed nonchalance over the latest
attempt on his life it is said that even:
popping champagne bottles no longer,
intrigue him as they used. France.
will not turn Mussolini's enemies out
into the cold or to be draped around
a fascist dagger. Thanks to the con-,
nicts between capitalist statesg the
pirates sometimes hasten their own
end by helping the enemies of their
rivals.
rTNHE situation is something like this:
4 Italy wants room to expand. She
look with a hungry eye on Frances
African possessions and again at
Turkey. Italy is lying across Frances
(Cc ltinued on papa az