The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-03-15
CURRENT EVENTS
By t. ]. o'FLAHERTY.

EVEN a Tammany leader cannot
II always keep his cubs satisfied.
Most leaders have this trouble but
in political parties with mission
that rises beyond pork chops and
lots of them, leaders battle for fol-
lowers on the basis of policy. Tam
many spurns such idealistic infantili-
ties. It talks the only language it's
clientele understands. It talks jobs.
Now, it appears that in the wigwam
Of one Mr.. James j. Hagan, leader
Of the 7th ward revolt has flared
out and new tiger is sharpening his
worries for the old leaders jugular
vein. The new leader has organized
a club and thus armed is ready
either to win completely or to force
old man Hagan to come across with
something that will satisfy the cubs
hunger for power for the time be-
ing.
ONE of the principal charges made
~ against Mr., Hagan by his rivals
is that he is guilty of handing out
jobs to aliens from Brooklyn, New
Jersey and other lands that are to
the Tammanyites of the 7th ward
even as Canaan was to the Israelites.
Furthermore Mr.. Hagan dug up div
ers sons and other relatives whom
he placed on generous payroll. This
filial attribute of Mr.. Hagan is a good
talking point for leaders of the oppo-
sition when conversing with ward
citizens whose sons and other rela-
tives have not been able to connect
with salary while engaged in the
pleasant occupation of collecting
campaign contributions from pros
porous speakeasy proprietors or
counting the stars on a policeman's
uniform.
A LEXANDER KERENSKY is a
"A variety artist. Besides deliver
ing lecture against the Soviet I'm
ion last Sunday he also played the
stellar role in "He Who Gets Slapped"
the slappee being Czarist female,
now employed as designer or art
list. Kerensky is reported to have
carried himself right gallantly thru
the ordeal tho the acerbity of his
speech was partly attributed to the
application of the female glove to a
chin that is trying hard to jab the
atmosphere saucily after several
years of disappointments. Kerensky
tried his hand at prophecy but the
trick is growing stale. EYES news
paper reporters transferred to paper
his prediction that the Soviet Union
was tottering with less than their
customary alacrity. Here is prophet
who is dishonored in his own country
and without honor in any other.
THE favorite indoor sport these
l. days is discussing Sinclair Lewis,
who is enjoying himself in Paris or
in the rural districts of England and
leaving the arduous task Of counting
his royalties from his latest novel to
a technical secretary. "Elmer Gantry'
mot Emil as this column Tor some
unaccountable reason had it yester-
day. is received with varied feelings
but the booK-buying public empties
it's pockets for it. Indeed, it has
been suggested with some degree of
justice that Lewis should turn over
a certain percentage of his royalties
to the church which provided him
with such a remunerative subject for
a novel. IN the meantime critics will
quarrel over the question; what is
art ?" and Sinclair Lewis will wish
them luck.
ONE of the most fruitful ways of
~ gathering publicity nowadays is
to sue Henry Ford. There is quite
a lively competition among wealthy
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