The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-12-03
Red Rays

alarm. AL the reliable CdplCdlloL
newspapers that have millions Of dol
lars at their disposal to spend on
high-priced correspondents and cable
tolls, gave minute detail about the re-
volt that had the Ukraine up in
arms against the Soviet Union. Mos
cow denied that there was even de-
cent brawl in the Ukraine, but with
Litvinoff raising the devil with the
imperialist war mongers in Geneva
something had to be done, so the
capitalist correspondents pulled off
revolt in the Ukraine.
AFTER the Associated Press had
IA spread the story of the fake re-
volt over the world, it began to in
vestigate the authenticity of its re-
ports. And after canvassing the stu
alton thoroly it was obliged to come
to the conclusion that there was
nothing to it. Even Abraham Cahan,
the anti-Communist editor of the
Jewish Daily Forward, admits that
Moscow cables are reliable while no
credence can be given to the product
of the border states lie factories.
PEADEIeS of The DAILY WORKER
~ who may be worried over the prob
lem of bringing up their children
properly should take a lesson from
that interchangeable teacher John D..
Rockefeller, Jr. While delivering
lecture on Character, the Founda-
ton of Successful Business" the
junior oil sultan told how his three
boys paid their way while the family
was on European tour last year.
John ID. Jr. employed them to relieve
him of some of. the worries of travel.
1t cost him only ten dollars week
and the boys never thot of going ON
strike.
NOW to travel and at the same time
- enjoy the peace and quiet of q
well-ordered home is the worry of
proletarian existence. A carpenter for
instance, must carry heavy set of
tools around when joyriding from one
city to another. There is no need for
this discomfort. He should hire his
family to see that his kit is for
warded and that the porter who Tugs
it from train to cab and from cab to
train is properly rewarded. And when
our readers go on a world tour how
much more pleasant it will be for
them to put the whole family on the
payroll than give the money to
strangers?
III seems that the trouble with the
proletariat is that it does not know
how to manage it's finances. If John
DIS miners in Colorado knew how to
get along on SIS day (when they are
employed) they would not be driven
to strike for $3.50. And John would
not be obliged to call on his state
police to butcher them if they re-
manned happy and contented. 1t is
unpleasant-eVen for multi-million-
aire Sunday school teacher-to have
his help murdered. Thrift, religion
and business efficiency would make
things right for everybody.
IN the course of my duty, attended
the opening of Electra" a Greek
tragedy with Margaret Anglin in the
leading role. am not going to say
anything about the Sophocles play
here. But the audience was worth
looking at. | believe there was at
least Sl,000.035 worth of clothes in
the orchestra. | noticed several
husky males doing thru the perfor-
nance while their woman spent their
Time eyelng their neighbors' gowns.
After the thing was over the evening"
dresses TAXED off TO night clubs. IL
IS not surprising that secretary or
commerce Hoover finQs the country
prosperous. | had to LOOK at NV
lngersoll now and then to keep NV
proletarlan head, while in thar multi.
million dollar audience.
HERE is one reason why the reac-
tlonary labor leaders are making
war on the Communists: There is
shortage OF 100000 in the funds of
district No. of the painters union.
1t appears that good deal of the I
money was lost in Wall Street specuf
latlon. Five of the officers are WI.
der arrest. While all reacUionary y.
Dor leaders are not personally dis.
honest, the great majority Of them
look on the trade union movement 40
sphere OF influence" which thew
have a right to exploit to their own
advantage. The most vociferous pa.
tAots during the great war were
those whose arms wers deepest in the
national treasury. The most vocifer-
Gus red-balters In the labor movement
are usually the most crooked.
THE democratic faction in Chicago
does not agree with the republican
mayor OF that city that he has crime