The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-01


mean needle
less beer. The
s3s3 a platform of the
- sssgszzzs sszss Workers (Com-
I'll O'Flaherty munist) Party
is opposed
to the eighteenth amendment, but
those who expect relief from the
Volstead Act thru the election of
Al Smith, are dreaming. Further
more they are all wet, so to speak.
QCARCELY had the signatories to
the Kellogg pact adjourned to
the wine garden when war broke
out in Paris. A band of rich ladies
who insisted that the belligerent
status of women should be recog-
nized in the treaty demanded a
hearing and when refused, stormed
the presidents palace. They were
defeated in short, but brisk en-
counter with the gendarmerie and
taken prisoners. This is the first
military victory won by the Kellogg
peace treaty.
IN re D of struggling for
women's rights over in gallant
France, where the female of the
species gets little more substantial
than compliments, Doris Stevens
and her Amazonic army should re-
turn to this country where women
are appreciated. Listen to what
the noble Elk, presidential G..
o. P. candidate Charlie Curtis has
to say: Il want to see you women
in action during the campaign. If
you join with the men we will win
by an overwhelming majority"
This is an acknowledgement that
the vote of the female is as deadly
as the males.
by George this fellow Curtis is a
- gem. A Curtis speech is as
welcome to columnist on hot day
as thousand-word letter from in
dignant reader. Charlie spoke at
Syracuse and the natives took the
precaution to have his finger prints
taken. Even lifelong republicans
would not promise to vote for him
until he left his finger tracks in
the House of Correction. Now if a
Syracuse bank collapses in the near
future, the stockholders and de-
positors will know where to look
TO. the clue. Faith in capitalist
politicians is certainly ebbing fast.
CHARLIE reminds one of a good
y deal of that good old soul War
rem Gamaliel Harding. Gamaliel's
favorite pastime was shooting
craps when he was not doing the
right thing by his little Nan. 1t ap-
pears that Charlie is a race track
addict. The presidential candi-
date on the G. o. P. ticket visited the
track at Syracuse and while there
delivered speech that must have
given the nags something to whinny
over for while.
"EOR eight years it was my privi-
lege to follow the track and it al
ways pleases me to see them
trot, pace or rum" Charlie said 81
know you are here to see some rae
ing and not to listen to me. l hope
that they will bring the horses right
out and that you will all pick win
ners." Isn't that just like bright,
big-hearted Charlie?
COMBINES / think that capitalist
politicians deserve all the graft
they collect. Once upon time ac-
companied a candidate for the ju-
dietary on an automobile trip around
the baseball parks and picnic grounds
of Brooklyn. ] was collecting mater
ial for an unwritten novel. He paid
and paid and paid, but his audience
regarded him with plying look as
if they were being badgered by q
first-class nut. He passed in and out
of picnic grounds, forgetting that he
had tickets, brought from the ward
heller in his pocket and paying at
the turnstile both times. He stood
in the middle of baseball park dur
ing halt in the game, and was in
suited in forty languages by the
fans. Empty pop bottles popped
from all directions and the candidate
adjourned quickly but not gracefully.
ut was wonderful reception" he
gurgled when he reached the safety
zone where the machine was parked.
So when you read of a capitalist
politician getting away with a few
million dollars, you should not join
the anvil chorus of condemnation but
temper criticism with mercy.