The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-06-07
CurYgntEUentS
By T. ]. o'FLAHERTY.


~ to an old saying and every celeb
rity has his hour of publicity. Cham
berlin has taken the wind out of
Lindbergh's sails and Germany, if she
owes any money to Wall Street has a
splendid opportunity to cash in on the
wings across the sea business. This
might be a good time for Germany
to discuss the revision of the Dawes
Plan with Chamberlin!
THIS is a great age. Flying across
the ocean without stopping will
soon be as prosaic as taking the sub
way to Brooklyn. And much less con-
fusing. At least when one hits Europe
he has a general idea of where he
is at. There was a time when the
hardy Wright who assayed such a
feat would be burned at the stake
for flying in the face of providence.
The world does move, whether in
circles or not.
ALL the poor relations of the IA
n nous flyers who want to see them
selves in the papers should get busy
before it is too late. Editors are
securing the country for pictures of
Chamberlin's wife, mother, father,
child or children. Mrs. Chamberlin
is shown peering over a map of Eu-
rope, or an alleged map. Probably it
is not map and probably the person
that is looking it over is not Mrs.
Chamberlin. We are getting so skep-
tical a ut this publicity business
that soon we will hardly believe what
appears in this column.
IN the Bowery in the early hours
" of the morning, say six to eight.
If you glance at an individual he will
bum you for the price of meal. And
since there are hundreds Of meal
less persons on this thorofare, only
the wealthy can afford to gaze at
the passing show. 1t is not pleas
ant sight for fellow with a con-
science.
A POLICEMAN suddenly comes
n rushing along and begins pushing
dereiicts of the curb. The wrecks
shuttle along until the momentum of
the cops push peters out. They stop,
turn around and resume their old
stands. The cop having done his duty,
takes off his cap, wipes his per-
spring brow and goes about his bus
mess.
labor agents, or employment
u sharks stand with steely eyes be-
side their signs. They are confident.
Their hands are in their pockets and
no doubt hol[ng on to rolls Of bills.
The hundreds that wobble up and
down the street are penniless. They
are waiting to be shipped somewhere.
There are jobs in iron ore mines,
in farms and in hotels, Perhaps those
signs are blinds to attract customers
to the joint.
A YOUNG Swede walks up to a
n shark and exhibits interest in the
idea of taking a job. The shark is
also interested. But the Swede is
nobody's fool. He wants to learn the
location of the job with a view to do
ing the shark out of his honest COM
mission. The status quo was main
tanned with the Swede walking away
iobless and the shark expressing his
indignation against ''wise guys" in
general and against Swedes in par
ticular.
THE G. o. P. is not going to let
1 the democrats get any political gra-
Wv from the Lindbergh feat. A big
reception was being planned in New
York for the air hero and Tamma-
ny was busy taking down its gayest
feathers. Then canny Cal stepped
in and made it Washington. The G.
10. P. has been rather wobbly out in
then. wide open places and Lindbergh
is al good a political argument as
could be designed to convert the man
with tSe hoe.
THE Fascist Party of Italy has is
l sued \ typically flamboyant attack
or the Soviet Union, which is about
the highest compliment that could
he paid to the Workers Republic. The
/ blackshirt organization charges Rus
\ sin with perpetuating dictatorship
and with suppressing free speech. No
comment on this would be just as
futile as trying to purify the at
mosphere in the immediate vicinity
of a cesspool by dropping grain
Of eau de cologne into it.
THE Fascist statement indicates
1 that Italy decided to line up
openly with Great Britain in the
present anti-Soviet drive. While TIA
ly was one of the first countries to
recognize the government of the Sow
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