The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-21
Red Rays

| problem of organizing the traction
workers of New York City into
| labor union could be solved speedily
despite all the obstacles placed in the
way of it's accomplishment by Frank
Hedley, his courts and his thugs, if
the trade union movement in this city
decided to act as one big organizing
committee. The Bricklayer's Union
has set a splendid example to other
organizations by urging its member
ship to become voluntary organizers
and carry on daily agitation among
the employees of the l. r. 7. and the
B. NJ. 7. with a view to bringing
them into the Amalgamated Asso-
citation.
THE Amalgamated officials cannot
lay the blame for failure to or
ganize the traction workers on the
alleged apathy of the rank and file
of the labor movement. There is no
more unpopular capitalist group in
the United States than the brigands
who have looted the city and exploit
ed their employees for years under
the cloak of service. The trade union
lists of this city are laying for the
traction barons. If the other unions
follow the example set by the brick
layers, Hedley's injunctions will be
about as useful to him as a pair of
blind eyes at burlesque show.
1 DHILIP MARSHALL BROWN, pro-
fessor of international law at
Princeton University, is probably
five feet seven in height, weighs
ninety-five pounds and suffers from
diabetes. The reason why l have
reached this unscientific conclusion
is because of an article the professor
wrote in the Princeton Alumni Week
ly declaring war to be the right of a
nation and depreciating the value of
peace. Those bloodthirsty writer's
are usually anaemic individuals or
occupy positions that guarantee them
immunity from violent participation
in war. The "blood and thunder"
editorial writer of the Chicago Trib-
une is heavy user of smelling salts.
A few years ago he wrote an editorial
rejecting on the mascuIinity of Ru-
dolph Valentino, but when the latter
offered him choice of pistols or
gloves the warlike editor degenerated
into pacifist.
THE Ingersoll Watch Company has
developed a clever scheme for
selling its wares. When you pur-
chase an Ingersoll watch you are in
formed that it carries a years guar
antee. Well and good. In a few
weeks time this piece of junk that
ticks like the engine of steam roller
ceases to tick. You take it to where
you purchased it and you are in
formed that for one reason or an
other the store cannot make good on
the guarantee but you are given the
address of the company's repair shop.
THERE you will find crowd lined
up against counter, with Tnger-
soils in their hands and several girls
busily engaged receiving damaged
watches and making out slips which
are handed to the watch owner. In
a few minutes the number on YOUR
slip is called out and you are advised
that you can get a new watch from
the cashier for eighty cents, twenty
five cents, or one dollar and a half.
My watch was only four weeks old
and l was expected to pay eighty
cents for new one. Which / did
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while the tin ticker is getting re-
paired.
| I IBERALS boast of their regard for
accuracy and make a virtue of
fairness. The Nation is one of those
publications that boasts of it's brand
lot even-handed justice in dealing
with all groups in society. Yet, when
1t comes to treating of anything con-
corning the Communist movement
The Nation manages to be as poison
GUS as the Herald Tribune. In an m
signed article on William j. Burns.
IN The Nation of November %. the
writer says that Burns agents per-
suaded the Communists Sin 1923 to
stage their silly secret meeting in the
sand-dunes of Northern Michigan"
and then tipped off the state police
to arrest them. ~
THE only bit of truth in this state
ment is that Burns agent man.
aged to get to the convention but
neither the lstoolpigeon nor the gov
eminent knew about the location of
the convention until rat by the
name of Morrow, Burns agent, who
was a member Of the Communist
Party in Philadelphia district, got as
far as Grand Rapids, with the group
ne travelled with. 1t was there he
gathered from his companions that
the convention would be held where
another Communist convention was
held few years previously. This
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