The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-15
Mr.. MELONS Exhibit al Pittsburgh

Mr. MelOn EXEDN al fMtSDuEgn
Andrew w Mellon head of the aluminium Millionaire
holder biggest monopostc in the world
boss of the national republican political machine real head OF the
present Washington administration occupant of the office OF
secretary treasury violation of the law of the United
States an exhibit his display at the Founders Day
celebration of the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh
That exhibit Calvin Coolidge, president Of the United
States,
speech at this celebration that is usually limited
the local lights Pittsburgh and later to be the dominant
power the state holds undsputed at the national
Mellon alliance with the notorious Bill
aggregation of Philadelphia hoOigans and political high
binders, in their election debauchng campaigns.
The senatorial Investigations of the Pennsylvania primaries
year the MeonVare combination particularly hard
expose the mondoar sush funds there
danger the machine losing important offices in the off
year elections be held month AS toward
offseng the election scandals campaign
Mellon brought Coolidge Pittsburgh grove publicly before
the bodseakd masters of iron and steel and aluminium In
Coolidge perverted the history of the
development of the country euoged Andrew Carnegie
and declared that the of great wealth the United States
public benefacors who shared with the common people
by donating education art and religion His speech
admission that the institutions of education and art pros
ued and religion used by the expoters of labor who support
them but instead of cndemnng this condition Coolidge approved
the matchless progress of the Pittsburgh
region the real motive of his speech which
praise his political mentor Andrew W. Mellon and Melons
brother.
The exhibition this has been made possible through the gen gem
Richard Mellon They stand who devotng them
humanity remaining leader
financial and industrial enterprises and the other by turning his great
talents the administration of the public finance secretary of the
treasury of the United States"
Naturally Coolidge neglected mention the fact that Mellon
employs his office merely defend the interests of his class
benefit himself personally the of millions of
dollars by the enforcement of his tax revision and that
the whole republican administration to his aid prevent
ing criminal proceedings being taken against Mellon because of
the illegal operation of his aluminium trust
The entire speech designed for purely local consumption
and order aid the Mellon machine in the coming state cleo
lions.
Aoan annatno the familiar Coodpe banties about labor
sharing the prosperity order to maintain the -
of republican prosperity the president became almost
dthyambc in his euogy of American waveavery "a mighty
symphony
The bleak blazing hsdes and rivebanks of the Pitts
burg region vast symphony to the expoters of labor
hold subsection through control of the political of the
athe army the state cOssacks the police the courts the
aes the executonersa this narrowing than the
ortes of the lowest cycles of Dan inferno The of
workers in the Pittsburgh whose bsred and broken
bodies distilled into profits hardly be expected appre
cate the MelonCooidge poetry.
While praising the Melons, Coolidge also INDUCED in the
exravagant euogy of the for which he speaks by
declaring that en of large in country
devote themselves to the service and welfare of the people,
nothing than dirty sermonzng of
political funkey who tries persuade the slaves that their
exist only order that they be benefited thereby
of all the history of the world that points unerng
the conclusion that time under conditions have
the endeavored achieve the liberation of
their slaves.
reply the speech of Coolidge should be ntens
cation the Pennsylvania and elsewhere for
party labor that will challenge the cynical power of the Mellon
outfit.
Labor Economists" Contradict Each Other