The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-29
PEACHES"
BY SYLVAN A. PoLLACK


w ITH the exception of The
w DAILY WORKER, every New
York newspaper is devoting column
after column to the Peaches :.
Browning trial now taking place at
White Plains, N. Y.
When you pick up copy of Will
lie Hearst's tab, The Daily Mirror,
you need magnifying glass to find
anything else to read except this
very important" case.
Only Few Lines.
The same can be said for The
Daily News, which has the largest
circulation of any newspaper in
America-over one million copies
caily. Likewise in the case of Ber-
narr McFadden's Evening Graphic.
News about China, Mexico and
American intervention in Nicaragua
is not printed at all, or relegated
to a few lines in some obscure cor
ner. These tabloids would not print
any other story on their front page
as long as the trial lasts, with the
possible exception of an official de-
ciaration of war by America, or
some other major power.
While in the case of the other
newspapers in New York, The
Times, New York World, Evening
Telegram, etc.-it is true that they
publish stories about other questions
than Peaches" yet it must be re-
membered that they are giving as
much as seven or eight columns to
Peaches" every day.
Of What Importance?
Should a labor paper publish
news stories about this trial? Yes
and no. A brief paragraph every
once in while is not out Of place
in paper such as The DAILY
WORKER. AS an example at the
opening and close of the trial and
when some very important" piece
Of evidence is presented.
Cases such as Peaches Brown
ing, Hall-Mills, etc, should be treat
ed by labor newspaper and the
working class in general in relation
to its actual Importance. That sets
us thinking. Of what Importance, if
any, is the present Peaches" case
or the past Halls-Mills case or others
cf similar vein which will crop
up any second and give the circula-
ton managers of the large metro
politan dailies an opportunity to
hope that the sensational headlines
of their respective papers will
have the desired effect. As an ex-
ample: Yesterdays Daily Mirror
covered one-third of its front page
with the following headline:
peaches SHAME
News About Unemployed.
How much space is given in these
same papers about unemployed work
ers? And about strikes, beatings of
workers on the picket line by thugs
hired to the bosses and by the po-
lice? Yes. they published stories
about these events. But how. AL
ways from the point of view of the
bosses. And the same time they
do not give these happenings any,
where as much space as the "Sex
Appeal" tales.
When the workers read about
Peaches" their mind is taken off
Nicaragua and China, so when war
is declared they ara taken unawares.
Bewildered, they don uniform and
fight for "dollar diplomacy
Or in the case Of strike or takers
in the unions, with their minds full
Of peaches" they forget about the
everyday struggles for better work
ing conditions.
What Will Be Next?
Yesterday it was the Hall case.
today it is Peaches" tomorrow it
will be someone else, and so on. down
the line. These are unconnected cpl
sodes having no relation to one an
other or to the many millions who
read about them. This should be
realized by the workers and be
Judged accordingly.