The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-17
By Upton Sinclair

up the Just in work
eating they were planning on the Bandy tract But Bunny
to lunch and Paul also and before the eaten they had
he mortified their story; there expecting
his mind to worthe Bunny Dad couldn't sraghen
out all the tangles IN the world and didn't feel the impulse try
What worried him that the Japs in Siberia and that
our diplomacy was 30 unaware Of OIL and most of ALL that his
falling under the spell wild and dangerous IDEAS
fellow seager for examples big sz-foot westerner
handsome Viking, and picturesque because hair
facts you couldn't think yngbut good Lord
being thrown of base and going round the country
had made bnnder in the confusion Of wartime and then
hadn't known how to get out.
Bunny dragged his father to SOCIALIST meeting at which
Harry Seager speak a big hall with two
three thousand people packed into it, and Dad thought he had
many dangerous people before;
egn faces dark and sinister nteectuas with
hair their collars with short hair and big spectacs
workngmen slen and dull sharpfaced bitteroh terrible
terrible peope And this man seage lashing them to frenzy
Telling about the deathrai he had seen on the rnsSbe
an--more than thousand packed
cars prisoners Whites to do
with Them but the train here and there shuntng
sdngs for weeks while the victims persisted of hunger thirst
disease And American troops standing by feeding
guns Yes and It was sim going on Right now Polish troops
invading Russia wearing American uniforms killing
people of America have to say7
What the people of America say that
shivers down the spine of Arnold Ross He looked about him
at ocean by stor1n-hands waving fists
clenched heads bobbhg down with excitement and
not cheering for what the Russian enn had done Int for what
American Lenn Hands of Russa!-that
camouhage; what they meant was Hands Ross
Consolidated"
Bunny apparently particle Of
fathers Bunny like the Of the mob
slaand either he did not know what this mob
Ross Consolidated, eOse-worse yehe did not care!
VIII
The little bunch Of reds from the university attended
this Seager meeting and day all a-tr with It, Most
of Bunns fraternity brothers to co. and now they
proceeded to criticize an argument they had not head nnys
feelings boiled over as he listened to them All this rubbish about
women these faxed figures concerning millions
Of victims of Boshevsm! 1t disgrace to university that
stuff should pass for knowledge and effort made TO
Bunny voiced this idea to Peter Nage and Peter went
his father about It. and back
ing that he willing to editor for student paper to
present the truth.
There was another meeting conspratos ana thirty
dollars quickly subscribed and voted to publish
name of the 'The Investigator agreed that
approach Russian problem Harry Seagr because he
zes requested a thousand word interview with
Seager Another young rebel collect facts and
to bring promising athletes Southern Pacific Bunny
light OF the crowd ASSIGNED the theme OF college snob
berry apropos that Hindu student with high scholar
ship records had been back-balled for the lit"
Maggie brought up his favUre hobby in the
poem mildly satZng God There question
the wisdom of bringing in the religious issue but Peter
serted his perogatves editor either ne was or he wasn't
Religion opium of the people Billy George backed him
insisting that the paper should cover the whole field OF
modern thought
we "The investigator was written and edited and set up
into galeys and pasted on dummy and then cut up and
fresh from the press soft and damp like ocusts newly emerged
chrysa Next day they would be dry and meantime
SSH a wordp
How were the papers to be dist1bued7 Thete
much discussion Bunny with his ord IDEAS wanted TO give
literature agent for Local Angel City the Social
P" Ra the sr h %ups s
Papa Menze with proper Jewish insight and his daughter
cause we won't mind rdcule" It call to martyr
DOM and another they espondedthough not with
. 0'' 4D'''"'' ITO be oOninued)