The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-19


takers collar. But perhaps it was
his own. He was defending the gov
eminent and the capitalist system.
"The workers are alright as long as
they stay where they belong" he was
saying. much to the disgust OF a tan
man who wore button with the
cryptic letters, II. G. w. p. A." the
counterpart of the l. L. D. (nternar
tional Labor Defense).
A lady OF Indifferent pulchritude
was boosting the Prince OF Wales,
while a stately .matron with a child
on her shoulder more than suggested
that the princes supporter was, to
put it mildly, of unquestionable virtue,
since she admitted having a very
warm spot in her heart for the prince,
tho she never had the pleasure OF
seeing his royal countenance.
The woman with the child shot q
leading question to her opponent:
Would you marry the primer"
"You bet your bleedin' lives" was
the reply.
Then you are no better than a
bloody prostitute" said the woman
with the child. How could you love
blighter you never SAW"
But he is our prince" retorted the
suspected virgin, land il all the royal
family were like him there would not
be so much trouble"
well, we would not run out of bas-
tards," snorted the woman with the
child. For my part, say damn EN-
all The working class can bloody
well get along without 'em."
Still no blows were struck. tho
plenty of hard words were passed.
l trotted hither to the no-war meet
ing. Perfectly liberal and non-fac-
tional. About one hundred persons
listened more or less attentively while
a speaker dwelt on the horrors of war.
He did not mention the Chinese, Hin
d6o or Egyptian wars, even at that
moment, in course of prosecution by
the British government. Evidently
that kind of thing was more or less
immaterial. What he did not like was
war between the big capitalist powers.
OLlI ne Was SOOu IellOW.
Turning around for consolation, |
noticed a demonstration. There was
a semi-balded man carried on the
shoulders of husky fellows with sew
eral hundred in the procession.
There is Sak!"
What the blazes is Sak?" l que
RED.
why, Saklatvala, of course" was
the reply, "the M. P. of Battersea.
He is Communist"
And almost everybody in the vi
cinity began to cheer.
Sure enough, there was Saklatvala,
Hindoo, elected to the commons
from Battersea, which sent John
Burns to the house. But Burns is now
rather quiet, tho some say he has not
forgotten the working class.
Saklatvala is not quiet, tho. Rather
funny to see member-of the Hindoo
race elected to the commons by typ
zeal British electorate. But they are
exploited just as SakIatvaIa's people
in India are. And Saklatvala, being
Communist, knows that the inter-
ests of the exploited colonial workers
and those of the workers in the chief
city of the empire are identical.
Three cheers for Saklatvala."
There was a rush for his platform.
The poor devil on the mo more war"
platform did the best he could. His
few listeners were leaving to hear
SAX"
Il am not surprised" he said, chat
Saklatvala should get the crowd.
They know he is loyal to the working
class and that he is unafraid. They
are confident that he win fight for
them, regardless of consequences.
But"
And then he tried to induce a few
people to remain, because the next
speaker was Miss So and 3d." who
was not bad to look at. But the
audience did not stay. They went to
near SAX" who was having the time