The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-01
Red Rays

ANOO 4Ad y
ONE of the most popular diseases
going the rounds of the medical
experts nowadays is cancer. Several
sure-fire cures for this scourge have
been announced at various times dur
ing the past few years, but none of
them rang the bell on test. Now we
have doctors engaged in the business
of frightening the populace with
Nightmares of impending disaster
unless they submit to periodical ex-
aminations. Like tuberculosis, once
the most popular of our many
plaques, cancer will have it's day and
then will give way to diabetes.
THE United States Chamber of Com
merce would bring pressure to
bear on the administration in the mat
ter of tax reduction. Business wants
$500, 100000 tax slash, but Coolidge
will not let them have a dime more
than $25O,0OO,000 The difference be-
tween the two sets of figures will
cover the cost of the Nicaraguan
election. Anyhow, business will not
make much of a fuss about it.
THE House of Haldeman Julius is
not entirely satisfied with the
publicity that accrued to it as a re-
suit of the alleged "companionate"
marriage of its daughter to an en-
ploye of the publishing firm. So Mr..
julius has decided to remarry and
buy his wife another ring. We will
never Nbe fully convinced that Mr..
julius is a die-hard devotee of the
art Of publicity until he dies once to
test the popularity of the man who
tried to put little classical knowl-
edge in every dome.
For the benefit of those who are
empty of stomach as we'll as of
pocket the following story is told.
During a recent midnight, while
gayety was at its height in popular
Broadway cafe, smoke was seen is
suing from a flue. Policemen APP
peared and ordered the guests to the
street. The management protested
that the diners had not paid their
checks. The big-hearted policemen,
however, would not see human lives
placed in jeopardy because of con-
siderations of filthy lucre. Out the
guests went A few of them re-
turned and paid their bills, but it was
suspected that they forgot their over
! coots or their hin flo Gle
! UNLESS the Soviet delegates to the
fake disarmament conference at
Geneva are permitted to express their
full views on disarmament they will
pack up and beat it back to Moscow
where they have plenty of useful
work awaiting their attention. Eng
land, France and Italy are thoroly
frightened at the prospect of their
fakery being exposed to the world
by the Soviet representatives. 1t is
reported that the three powers have
entered into an agreement to prevent
a complete discussion of the vital
subject, to discuss which, the confer
ence was allegedly called.
The New York Times yesterday
carried lengthy and obviously
faxed story about revolt in the
Ukraine. The story was date-lined
from Roumanian city. The probable
fact is something like this: A revolt
had been planned which was con-
nected with the attempt to beat down
the chervonetz, discovered by the Ger
man police and in which Sir Henry
Deterding, the oil magnate, who is
backed by British government, had
a hand. The press agents of the con-
spiracy were tipped off to release
their stuff on a certain date but
found themselves in the same pre-
dicament as a famous dramatic critic
who reviewed play while visiting his
sweetheart, instead of the theatre,
only to learn on the following morn
ing, that the show did not show up.
He was fired which proved to his
material advantage, fact which has
nothing to do with the press agents
of the Ukraine "revolt"
WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON de-
" MES that Chicago is the nations
most popular criminal resort. In a
lengthy telegram toy New York edi-
torial critics, the mayor suggests that
stories of bombings and shooting are
part of the British propaganda which
has for its object the discreditinM Of
the headquarters of the general staff
of the war against King George. II
Thompson's police did not talk so
much and if his undertakers were not
busy his denials might be more con-
vincing.
POLICE chief Richard 0. zober, Of
Passaic, one of the most heroic Of
the patriots who beat up men and
women in the interest of law and or
der during the famous strike, may be