The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-17

party or the sec
SS ond part to an
oil deal, which
T. ]. O'Flaherty relieved the
navy depart
nent of a state full Of oil. Big
hearted Harry agreed to shoulder
the burden.
WELL, Harry lost several pounds
" of excess avoirdupois and per-
haps million dollars in legal fees
before he was finally absolved of
sin. But true patriot will never
rest until he has given his country
convincing proof that his heart only
palpitates for two worthy purposes,
namely love and patriotism. When
the time came for the oil Ameer to
file his income tax report he Topped
off couple of millions from his
taxable income, which he claimed
was lost to him thru bad luck with
the horses, few bad debts and sun
dry items amounting to half a mil
lion.
HAD Sinclair succeeded in convinc-
~ ing the internal revenue depart
ment of the truth of his tale he
would have saved ,060-almost
enough to buy the next administra-
ton. And he might have succeeded
but for the cupidity of two internal
revenue agents who tried to hold
him up for $4,000. Rocking with in
dignation, Sinclair got in touch with
the competent authorities, who had
the agents arrested with the dough.
Harry broke into the press and is
now eligible for cabinet position,
Evidently he learned something
from the Teapot Dome scandal.
THE arrival of Aimee Mcpherson
in town, on her way to England,
cannot help attracting the attention
of prospective business men to the
field of religion as fertile source
of income. Aimee has found it that
way. In one respect il resembles
the insurance business. One can
start without much capital. The
customer bears all the expense and
unless he dies too soon he is GER
tain to be all velvet. There is an
other resemblance. Insurance,
though encouraging thrift, thrives
on the thriftless, who are more in
clined to spend their savings than
to bank them for dying day. Re-
igion, while warning on sin, would
go to bed supperless only for the
jolly old sinner.
AIMEE is going to England to save
n the Anglo-Saxons from beer and
sin. The English are between the
devil and the deep sea, alright. They
must choose between Aimee and
Pussyfoot Johnson. Wise people
always pick the lesser of two evils.
Pussyfoot, in addition to being q
chronic snooper, is confidence
man. He passes off a glass eyeball
for the real article. Since Aimee
faced jury in her kidnapping trial
and learned from experience that
short skirts are more effective in
softening the male heart than the
most eloquent address from learned
counsel, she has compromised with
Satan by giving her calves the air.
But by meeting the sinners half
way she brings in the customers.
Pussyfoot is too old-fashioned. He
persists in looking at sin straight
with his eye.
THE Workers (Communist) Party
is now on the ballot in twenty
one states, with several other states
almost ready for filing. This Is a
splendid accomplishment for a young
party with only one election cam
paign behind it. In the heyday Of
the socialist party it was only on
the ballot in Al states. But for the
traditional" socialist voters, who
have gone to sleep since the war,
the socialist party would not get
enough votes in this election CAM
paign to fill high hat. AL Smith
has stolen Norman Thomas's cam
paign thunder and a considerable
chunk of the LaFollette vote Of
1924, which the socialists then
claimed for themselves, will divide
between the democratic and repub-
lican parties.
WHILE the Workers (Communist)
W Party was mourning the wrath
of the capitalists and the labor
takers by participating in the strug-
giles of the workers for wages and
working conditions, and leading the
left wing struggle in the trade
unions, the socialist party was busy
slandering the Communists and as
sisting the reactionary labor lead
ers in ousting the militants. They
expected that this treacherous pol
icy would win them the support Of
the trade union bureaucracy. But
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