The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-07-03
HANdOuT

While Secretary of the Navy Will
bur was on his way to lunch at the
Congressional Club in Washington he
saw three Negro caddies in hot bat
tie with clubs. With the righteous A
gait he learned as a Sunday school
teacher, the secretary strobe out and
stopped the fray. After lunch back
in his office he denied to newspaper
men the report that the United
States intended to withdraw the $500
marines from China. He then busted
himself with his campaign to get sew
eral millions more to- build DEATH
dealing hattleships.
Mrs. Coolidge left Brule, Wiscon-
sin, the other day and went to Du-
luth where she spent $28 in beauty
parlor. The money was no doubt
wisely expended but it would be bet
ter the next time if she would bring
Cal along and leave him for few
days with a plastic surgeon.
A man was stabbed in an I. r. T.
washrOom. Anyone who would go
into subway Mushroom deserves to
be.
A man doesn't have to be very
smart to know that Americanism
stands for wage cutting for workers /
and coupon cutting for capitalists.
This is the kind of burlesque show
that looks bright to the capitalists
down in front and tawdry to the
workers behind the scenes. Whenever
you hear anyone shouting his throat
hoarse for the American system you
can be sure he hasn't mopped many
American floors.
The bosses of the McCord Radiator
Company of Detroit were so anxious
to ladle out q couple of spoonfuls of
opiate to their workers that they
stopped the plant for half an hour
and gathered the men together. After
a speaker had proved by statistics
and oratory that it was better to be
an American wage slave than capt.
talist the following card was passed
around for the workers to sign:
'Broadcasters of Americanism
Il hereby register as member of
the Broadcasters of Americanism. As
token of my loyalty to the country
wherein live, l agree to do all with
in my power to combat every move
ment which attempts to destroy our
present form of government. / also
subscribe to the following creed:
II believe in the United States of
America as government of the
people, by the people, for the peo-
pie; whose just powers are derived
from the consent of the governed;
a democracy in republic; a SOW
ereign nation of many states;
perfect union, one and inseparable;
established upon those principles of
freedom. equality, justice and hui
mainly for which American patriots
sacrificed their lives and fortunes.
II therefore believe it is nv duty
to my country to love it; to sup
port its constitution; to obey it's
laws; to respect its flag; and to de-
fend it against all enemies.
William Tyler Page.
Employed at 1880. Signed ...
Date .......... Address
Most of the men signed. Those who
demurred at first were asked so many
questions and given so many dirty
looks they decided it was cheaper to
turn in their signatures. But mea-
sured in loyalty to the robber system
it didn't mean anymore than if they
had scrubbed their names on a board
fence, cement sidewalk or signed
up for package of "Slim JIM pref
zels.
Our indisposed contemporary, The
Nation, has often proudly described
Ben Stolberg as zone of the keenest
students of the American labor move
ment." Conclusive proof of this fact
is found in the following letter
printed in a recent issue of that lib
eral weekly:
ITO the Editor of The Nation:
"Sir: In my article The Tailors
and the Scientific Method, in The
Nation for June 10, I said that
During the last two years (Sid-
ney Hillman) told the convention
(of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers) the union has in three
instances given financial assistance
to manufacturers exposed to the
danger of liquidation. These three
firms employed more than one
thousand workers" These three
firms employed more nearly four
thousand workers. gave the re-
sources of the Amalgamated Trust
and Savings Bank of Chicago as
close to $9,000,000. Its resources
are about S3,500,000. I mentioned
an election quarrel in the Buffalo
Joint Board" 1t should have read
the Rochester Joint Board"
New York, June 13