The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-16
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By T. J. O'FLABERrY.

GOVERNOR Jackson of Indiana Is
" wise in hitching the charge of
graft levelled against him by eX-dra-
gon Stephenson onto horse. A steed
may laugh but it never tells. And
nobody loves a tattler "Woe unto
the vanquishedl" And woe unto the
organization that depends on the ia
vor of a capitalist politician when it
falls on evil days. While the K. K. K.
was riding the waves the politicians
were willing to close the Jail gates
from the inside to its leaders. Now
they are closing them from the out
side.
AT the risk of repeating, we wish
III to call attention for the goth time
to the fiasco of the naval parley at
Geneva. Instead of coming nearer an
accord, the representatives of the
three powers are progressively going
in the other direction. The conflict
between the Britons and the Yankees
is nearing the physical force stage.
Until now no blows have been ex-
CHdtlSSO, DuI We WOulQ llOI DG sui =
prised at any moment to hear of
monocles clashing with wads of chew
ing tobacco. Then our movie patrons
may we'll look forward to seeing
British soldiers eating the babies
that were devoured by the Germans
several years ago.
COOLIDGE did not go to the Black
" Hills of South Dakota to escape
the sticky heat of midsummer, we
are informed. 1t is reported that his
garters are giving him as much
trouble as those of lesser and humber
mortals and that his socks sour as
rapidly as delicatessen potato salad
What our self sacrificing chief exec
utive is really doing is trying to sub
stitute beams for frowns on the
betled brows and stern visages of
the embattled farmers of the wide
open spaces. Coolidge is one of
those rare souls who regrets that he
has only one soul to sell to Wall
Street. :.
I ADY Astor, the Virginia dollar
aristocrat who brought a bag of
dough and the tongue of fish mon
ger into noble British family in re-
turn for a title, has distinguished
herself on many occasions in her
adopted country for her vicious at
tacks on every effort that spells hu-
man progress. Her latest publicity
stunt was to heckle a radical preacher
at a street meeting. The speaker
happened to be clergyman who was
throwing harpoon into the capitalist
system. Lady Astor was appalled,
that minister of the christian Cos
pei should represent Jesus as friend
of the masses instead of forerunner
of the blood-thirsty bishops d
priests of modern christianity.
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AS those lines are written the news
"A ticker is clicking out merrily a
story of revolution in the city of
Vienna, Austria, the Mecca of inter
national social democracy The So
cialists control the city politically, but
as in every other instance they are
playing the role of trained rams and
keeping the workers in the shambles
of exploitation. Here as elsewhere in
Europe the fascists have been petted
by the government and have abused
and murdered workers with impunity.
Against recent fragrant example of
judicial favoratism toward Fascism,
the workers revolted
WHETHER the revolution will
spread or is headed off by the
socialist traito4s depends on the
strength and discipline of the left
wing and Communist elements among
the masses. The Communist Party of
Austria is weak numerically. The
main reason for this is the clever op-
portunistic methods employed by the
socialist leaders who used left phrases
in order to fool the masses who are
farther to the left than any socialist
membership in Europe.
CTRANGE isn't it that revolutions
insist on following rather un-
gentlemanly methods despite the po-
lite admonitions of liberals, pacifists
and socialists against violence. Our
socialist friends cannot very well
blame the Communist International
for this revolt. Vienna is the home
town of Mr.. Adler, the secretary of
the Socialist and Labor International,
that international auxiliary of the
league of nations. We will watch
Mr. Adler irving IN rida +ha etor,,, onJ
trying to bring the wild proletariat
ship back safely into the capitalist
haven. Vienna may now have to