The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-26

| THE Tacoma Labor Advocate does
not believe that A. F. of L. or
ganiZers are earning their pay
checks. The organizational returns
from years work are not very flat
tering to the abilities of the pay
rollers. Perhaps if they had spent
as much time trying to bring work.
ers into the unions as they spend
driving out progressives there would
be different story to tell. This is
what the Tacoma Labor Advocate
has to say:
ssTHE report of the executive council
Aof the American Federation of La
Dor does not indicate very flourish
ing rate of organizational progress
for the past twelve months. Some
thing over 8,400 members is the net
gain as outlined by Secretary Morri-
son. If we credit the figures used by
Stuart Chase that the workers in
crease by 100000 annually, it will be
seen that we have not assimilated any
very large degree of those engaged
In gainful occupations. At least there
is room for improvement.
ESET seems to the Labor Advocate
that there is no question quite as
important as that of organizing the
unorganized. With organization car
ried on successfully the rest of labor's
program would be easy. We might
suggest that while there may be criti-
cism of organizers and officials, we
cannot escape self-criticism on the
job. Every union man should be a
voluntary organizer and if he is not,
he is as much delinquent as any paid
official. His whole economic interest
rests on getting the other fellow who
is unorganized into the union.
esVET we should have more results
3 from the paid organizers. No
business would continue to employ
men who did not show up better re-
suit for a years work and a years
salary and the American Federation
of Labor thru itself and it's affiliated
international unions has an immense
staff of well paid organizers who
should be able to submit better re-
suits in round numbers as conse-
quence of their labors. Those who
have served faithfully and are now
too old could be superannuated with
a pension. 1t would be better for the
movement and kinder to them"
THE second great Chicago fire may
be called off after all. The mayor
of that city is in the grip of an am
bition to burn everything British but
Welsh anthracite. He instructed a
noted sporting fan to unearth every
library that could be construed as
pro-British and burn it in an exposed
place. But Puritan by the name
Of Bohac stood on his inalienable
rights and wants Mr., Thompson to
show cause thru the courts why he
may not be restrained from indulg-
ing in a holocaust. So patriotism is
again thwarted, but we believe that
Mr.. Thompson has lots of patience
and since the baseball season is over
the people of Chicago must be
amused
MILLIAM HALE THOMPSON is a
W clever demagogue. Twisting the
British lions tail was a favorite
Irish-American political maneuver
before the British seized on the
bright idea to split Ireland into two
parts and recognize the pieces. While
Thompson is expanding the walls of
his wrath on king George his school
board is trying to put over wage
cut on Chicago school teachers.
A CONSTANTINOPLE dispatch
- tells US that Mustapha Renal
Pasha wept after he finished his
seven-day speech. Kemal is presi-
dent of Turkey and a pretty good
president as presidents go. 1t is true
that he chops the heads off his ad-
versaries as occasion requires, but
not being a Communist he does not
get bad press. Once upon time
| believed, with the majority of the
human race that the Turks were
blood-thirsty people, but nation that
can listen to a seven-day speech with
out resorting to violence must have
Something of the Quaker in it.
If Kemai pulled off something like
that in New York, he would not weep. !,
for the good reason that he would
have nothing to weep with.
CHARLES R. FORBES, foyfner
" director of the United States
Veterans Bureau can get out Of Jail
tomorrow provided he can raise $10,-
900. Unless he can amass this sum
he must stay in Jail for thirty days
more. Ten thousand dollars for
thirty days is not bad pay, but Mr..
Forbes has been in the can for two
years and another month is not to be
laughed at Mr.. Forbes is the gentle
man who got acquainted with the late
president Harding thru his back-slap-
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