The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-09
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ny T. J. o'FLAHERTY

YTHE death Of Dominic d'Allesandro,
L president OF the Hold Carriers and
Building Laborers' International I'm
ion. may not be an unmixed blessing
for the hod carriers. For one thing
they may have the excitement Of a
Convention and an election Of officers.
Out of consideration for the treasury
and the danger of swapping leaders
inside of two decades, d'Allesandro
postponed q convention for the past
twenty years. There are some sturdy
children of the Gael in the union who
believe that it is enough for the Ital-
ians to contribute pope to the Irish
race. All other jobs, they believe,
should be open to all Corners.
GO far the A. f. of L. convention has
- failed to get excited over the cath
Ollie trouble with Mexico. And in the
opinion of this scribe, who knows his
church. fairly well. it will not, for the
very good reason that the majority of
A. r. of L. delegates are neither good
catholics or good protestants-in fact,
they are good for nothing except max
ing money for themselves. The labor
leaders have all the trouble they want
in attending to their banks and their
real estate They will leave the Mex
lean imbroglio to the Knights Of Co
lumbus and others who make living
that way. A wise catholics best pope
is his pocketbook.
CATHOLIC labor leaders may con-
~ tribute to the million-dollar K. Of
G. fund to fight Gales. They may
curse the Masonic order over their
home-brew. They will continue to
strut down the main aisle OF the
church and let the people see that
they are loyal sons Of the papacy. But
ask them to cut their economic threats
or even open a financial vein by risk
ing a religious civil war in their inter
national unions and they will whirl on
their toes like dervishes. The bureau
Gratis of the A. F. of L., catholic as
well as protestant, are sleeping in the
same bed. They are not going to let
religious bedbug disturb their slum-
Der.
THE victory of Gene Tunney is only
l. second to the Eucharistic congress
in its effectiveness as recruiting
agent for the catholic church, accord
ing to Archbishop Hayes OF New York.
Tunney is a catholic boy, but so is
Jack Dempsey, If names mean what
they say. The archbishop discovered
that Gene said his prayers daily. That
helped him win. Perhaps Genes god
was a marine in his young days.
And still again, perhaps he put some
thing in Jacks milk that caused boils
to develop under his hide, making the
champion dull and slow. 1t pays to
be loyal even to deity
ONE of the most interesting items
" from the Detroit convention Of the
American Federation of Labor Is Carl
ftdeSSitI bdlc VI bChhAo ooeS "a
lemma, when that worthy was obliged
to chaperon a huge British flag while
a suitable place was being provided
for It. Carl says Dennis is Irish, but
we are from west of the Mississippi.
II Carl Haessler can't be good, he
should at least try and be cautious.
The Irish have their faults, but we
doubt If Dennis Bait is one OF them.
THE British delegates TO the con-
Il vention must be somewhat sur
prsed 10 see the Americans scurrying
around to secure Union Jacks in their
honor. Why. over in England, even
J. H. Thomas stands in the shadow of
the Red Flag, tho ne is one of the
most loyal supporters Of the king.
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