The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-01
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BY THOMAS J. o'FLAHERI
BY THOMAS J. o'FLAHERl.

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ABOR leaders who make a bust
ness of catering to the wishes of
employers at the expense of the rank
and file of the trade unions may suffer
pains in the region OF the conscience,
but it must be admitted that things
being what they are, it is a mighty
sensitive conscience that will continue
to bother one who commands a salary
running into several thousand dollars
year, plus travelling expenses, even
for trips to the continent of Europe.
A LOCAL labor sheet is responsible
\ for the news that two of the most
accomplished specimens of the tribe
baptized by the late Daniel De Leon
as Tabor lieutenants" of capitalism
sailed for England on July II. They
will represent the oficialdom of this
American Federation of Labor at the
next meeting of the British Trade
Union Congress which is scheduled to
be held on September 7. There are
many individuals in the British trade
union movement that will feel quite
happy in the company of this unsavory
pair. J. H. Thomas, Privy Councillor
TO His Majesty the King, for instance.
IF you have difficulty in making ends
meet don't blame anybody or any
thing but yourself. Had you been on
the job instead of amusing yourself,
you might have watched the stock
market during the week and perhaps
Mr.. Durant of General Motors, would
not have all the gravy. That gentle
man is reported to have over 81, 100000
on the rise in motor shares in few
days. Who said there is no opportun-
ity left for an ambitious person to
make good?
MIR Dprant's activities on the stock
AVA exchange, which added one million
and a half to his bank account did not
add one hundreth part of penny to
the value of the several automobile
companies merged in his corporation.
But the wage slaves who turn out the
machines and create the values on
which Durant and his fellow gamblers
batten, could not save as much money
as nurant won in etweek, II they
lived to be as old as Methuselah. Isn't
this the best of all possible systems?
THERE are riots in Korea, a country
held by Japan against the wishes
Of the population. Pacifists who ex-
pect capitalist powers to disarm are
naive in the extreme. How could Jap
an hold Korea without a large army?
How could Great Britain hold India,
and Egypt and her other colonies and
slave states? America is tolerated in
the Philippines and France in Morocco
and Syria because of their military
and naval power. And those powers
will never relinquish their grip on
proft-producing colonies until those
that are held in slavery kick them out.
This is one instance where the sword
or the bayonet is mightier than the
pen.
IIIE hate to appear super-critical of
w the Church and it's supporters, but
we cannot help commenting on the al
most daily reports of murders. rapes.
burglaries and other crimes committed
by churchmen, particularly the type
that seem to take religion most seri-
ously. We have mentioned the cases
Of the Rev Norton of Texas and Rev.
Aimee Semple McPerson of California
recently. Norton killed a man and
Aimee ran away with a married radio
operator.
A LII for the sake of the lord. Now
"A we have the arrest of wealthy
lady in New Jersey who is charged
with having murdered her parson hus-
band a few years ago, in a At Of
jealousy inspired by the clergyman's
Illicit relations with his pretty Choir
lister We shall turn to some cleaner
and less gruesome subject.
THERE are three Investigations
A going on now in Chicago. One of
conditions in the county jail, another
the famous slush fund investigation
and still another into vote stealing at
the polls during the recent primary
elections. There is not a single Com
munist involved in any of those I'M
savory probes. All the star actors are
capitalists. They expose each other as
grafters, yet should national holiday
occur in the midst Of the investiga-
Jtions, the known corruptionists who
are on the defensive and the unknown
corruptionists who are investigating
them would join in urging the masses
TO rally around the flag and be loyal
to the greatest country under the
sun"