The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-16
DOheny Boasts He
Gives Quarters to
Keep Workers Happy
By L. p. RINDAL
(WOrker Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, Cal.-At break
fast in the county Jail the other day,
Doheny, oil magnate, handed Sheriff
Traeger a $4,000 donation toward the
"salvaging of humans" (help to re-
leased prisoners). Class war prison
ers, however, need not apply. One
must be a law-breaker of the Teapot
Dome variety, no doubt, in order to
qualify.
Doheny's Goats and Sheep
'9Elvers week dozens of men come to
my home seeking aid" Doheny said.
"They are never turned away. 1
have instructed the Waterman to
weed them out and, on his sugges-
tions, Mrs. Doheny and give them
what he thinks they deserve. Some
times it is dollar, sometimes it is
but a quarter"
So, in the words of Mayor Cryer,
Los Angeles is really an "oasis of
abundance" Wonderful generosity!
But the poor creatures hardly need
big, black satchel to carry such
huge sums of money away. A round
trip ticket to Doheny's home on the
transformed street car lines costs more
than a quarter, anyhow, to say no
thing about the repair of shoes, etc.,
after the long, upgrade walk over
the steep hills, owned by parasites of
the Hollywood plunderbund.
The Waterman weeds out the goats
from the sheep. The latter only get
the quarters, and sometimes it is a
dollar" How, then, can Doheny, the
churchman, Humanitarian" and city
patriot for the sake of dollars, truth
fully say that he "never turned away"
anyone from his home without a
quarter, at least, for caEfare-to be
spent for the enrichment of labor
batting corporations. Doheny's place
is always guarded to keep the poor
as we'll as dogs, etc, out. But the
priests, the Falls and the Sinclairs
are always welcome to help them
selves all around. Doheny, the pay
triotic protector against an invasion
of Hawaii Islands by the Japs, calls
such doubtful generosity the "salvag-
ing of humans"
Oh Those "Humanitarians''
Louis B. Mayer, motion picture
'magnate, and other big business men
present at the breakfast table in the
sS,00O,00O Jail building (where pri-
soners come and go at will, provided
they have the also expressed
themselves as being sympathetic to
the sheriff's plan Of helping the poor
prisoners to get on their feet again
after their release from Jail. They
promised to furnish released prison
ers with whenever possible"
At the hearings of the industrial
commission, year or so ago, Mr..
Mayer made all kinds of promises to
female movie extras, in behalf Of the
overlords in the motion picture in
dustry, but up till this day nothing
came out of it. 1t wasn't possible"
to do anything, Of course, except to
flatter the exploited aspirants to
stardom by changing their title from
extras" to artists"
Labor Party
Said oil-stained $4,000 check is
really a good advertising stunt just
now for near iail-bird. Besides,
the gasoline went up six cents gall
Ion yesterday. So Doheny is richer
today than he was at the time he
handed over 5000 bucks to q crook
catcher.
Released prisoners? Well, they will
have to get along the best they can.
Gifts in form Of quarters, along
with false promises, concerning bet
terment Of the conditions on the slave
market, may look and sound good 10
the sheep-like element in society; but
class-conscious workers demand the
full product Of their labor. They de-
mand a Labor Party Of their own for