The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-21
CURRENT EVENTS
By T. ]. o'FLAHERTY

always isl. This sagacious observa-
ton is prompted by reading about a
person who felt he was too poor to
buy ticket for the Delaney-Maloney
fight, but was separated from $1,000
by burglar who did not agree with
him. In all probability the burglar
took a box seat and gave hundred
bucks to some worthy charity. It's
a way burglars have.
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Japan accepts Coolidge's proposal
J for an arms parley. There is moth
ing that can beat the generosity of
those imperialist powers when they
have nothing to give away. Japan
knows quite we'll that this arms par
ley is a big fake and the Mikado's
government wants to be in on every
fake that is worthy Of it's steel. While
the "peace" conference is in session
the chemists can be busy on the poi
son and the pacifists will not bother
them; they will be watching the
peace" conference.
HANGHAI is tied up by a big
~ strike. The nationalist revolu-
tionary armies are chasing Suns de-
feated troops over the landscape.
There are ten thousand foreign
troops in Shanghai and on board the
warships in the harbor. In our opin-
ion they are almost as useless as ten
thousand lice. There has been no de-
velopment during our time that is
more conducive to mental satisfac-
ton than seeing millions Of Chinese,
trodden under the tyrant's heel for
centuries, feeding the foe on cold
steel and making him like it.
The part played by the working
class in the present Chinese revolu-
ton is worthy Of note. In the past
the workers have been used by other
classes to fight their battles. But
when the battles were over the work.
ers were told to stick their neczs into
the yoke and return to the job of
producing profits for the bosses. But
we doubt very much if the Chinese
workers are going to do anything of
the sort. They know that but for
their efforts foreign Imperialism and
its native tools would be secure.
MATTHEW Vol, vice-president
1N1 of the American Federation of
Labor and acting president of the
National Civic Federation, delivered
a speech last Friday night before the
Central Trades and Labor Council
that would damn labor leader in
any country. Communists are accus-
toned to being the target for the
abuse of the capitalists and their
agents. Clever capitalist propagan-
dists confine their attacks to the
Communists regardless of race, creed
or color. But this gink Woll, beside
himself with rage, turned the walls
Of his wrath loose on the Jews and
attributed the conflict between the
takers and the left wing to the al
legged fact that all the militants in
the needle trades are Jews.
Matthew Vol is a catholic, tho not
Irish. 1t may be news" for many
that not all the craw-thumpers come
from the emerald isle. Vol belongs
TO that section of the A. F. of L.
that produced the infamous Militia
of Christ, as opposed to the equally
Masonic wing of the federation. It
is no accident that Woll is taking the
lead in fighting Communism. 1t is
no accident that he is acting presi-
dent of the Civic Federation. He is
serving Imperialism and the church
in both capacities. 1t is a powerful
combination, but not as powerful as
the organized power of the millions
of American wage earners organized
and unorganized.
At recent banquet given by the
Civic Federation, Daniel Willard,
president of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, delivered a lecture on the
benefits derived from the B. o. plan
formulated by William M. Johnston,
former president of the International
Association of Machinists, or rather
by an industrial expert by the name
of Boyer. The railroad magnate de-
clared that the plan proved its worth.
One shop that was considered a dead
loss by the road began to show
profit after the B. G. o. plan went
into operation. Who benefited by the
increased efficiency was not made
clear by Willard, but he did not
show that the workers gained any
thing. Neither did they.
A IMEE Mcpherson is here to prove
"A that all the suckers do not live
in Los Angeles. The evangelist is
having gay time, collecting lots of
money and seeing the sights. She
took in the night clubs and exhorted
the habitues of the gyp joints to be
good. The noted Texas Guinan, who
runs one Of those hold-up places, in
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