The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-13

well, he's a practical man, and
I've a great respect for him. He
wants to do something, and he finds
out the way and he does it. He
doesn't let the government get in
his way, does he? No, he has over
thrown the government by bribery.
BY the way, son, have you seen
Dan Irving's Washington letter this
week."
"The papers at home, but I did
not stop to look at it,"
well, you'll be interested. Dan
says its known to all the newspaper
men in Washington that Roscoe and
O'Reilly made a deal with the at
torney general to buy the nominal
ton for Harding, on condition they
were to get these naval reserve
leases. They've been buying gov
eminent officials right and left, and
newspaper men also. There's clam
or for an investigation, but the gang
won't let it happen"
There was a pause. Paul, watch.
ing his friends face, saw an uneasy
look, and added, Don't talk to me
about it, son-I don't want to know
anything Pm not free to tell. But
you and l both understand-that is
capitalist government, and what has
It got to do with democracy" $50
Again Bunny didn't answer; and
Paul said, II think about Verne, as
you call him, because I've just had
a run-in with him, and he's the sys-
tenn to me. want to take his pow.
ers away from him; and how am 7
going to do it? I've boxed the COM
pass, trying to figure out how it can
be done legally. He's got the courts,
and they'll call anything legal that
he says; they'll wind you up in q
spiders web Of technicalities. He's
got the machinery for reaching the
masses-you can't tell them any
thing but what he wants them to
hear. He's got the movies-people
say he has a movie star for mist
ress-maybe you know about that.
And you've been to college
O'Reilly attends to that, I'm told.
We could never get majority vote
because Verne has the ballot
boxes stuffed: even If we elected
anybody he'd have them bought be-
fore they got into office. The more
| think Of the idea that he would
give up to paper ballots-the
crazier 1t seems to me-
"But then, Paul, what can you
hope for?"
I'm going to the workers! Verne's
oil workers are the basis of his
power they produce his wealth and
they can be reached, they're not
scattered all over. They have one
common job and one common in
terest-they want the wealth that
Verne takes from them. OF course,
they know that only dimly; they
read his newspapers, and go to his
movies. But we're going to teach
them-and when they take the oil
wells how can Verne get them
back?"
He'll send troops and take them,
PAUL"
HE won't send troops because
We'll have the railwaymen. Well
have the telegraphers and they'll
send our messages instead OF his.
Well have the men In all the key
industries-we're going out to or
ganize them and tell them exactly
how to do it-all power to the
unions"
Bunny was contemplating once
more the vision which his friend
had brought back from Siberia. And
Paul went on, with that condescend-
ing air that had always impressed
Bunny and infuriated his sister,
1T seems dreadful to you. because
1t means a fight and you don't want
to flght-you don't have to. The
men for this job are the ones that
have had the iron in their souls
men that have been beaten and
crushed, thrown into jail and
starved there, That's how Verne
makes the revolution. he throws us
into Jail and let's us rot, We lie
there and have bitter. black
thoughts! All the Bolsheviks got
their training IN dungeons; and now
the masters are giving the same
course In America, It's not only
that we're tempered and made hard
it's that we become marked men,
the workers know us, the poor
slaves that don't dare move hand
for themselves, they learn that
there are fellows they can trust,
that won't sell them out to Verne
Roscoe! I'm going back to Para.
disc, son, and teach Communism,
and II Verne has me arrested again,
the Moscow program will 60 into
the court records of San Eide
county"
Continued tomorrow,)