The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-25
By EVE DORF.
(Continned.l

Tammany's partnership with trac-
ton was evident in its attitude in
the recent subway wrecks with their
toll of life and serious injuries. The
responsibility for these wrecks lies
directly with the companies. The
failure of the company to give de-
cent working conditions to motor
men and other employees who do such
nerve wracking work, the failure of
the company to provide adequate
service and to install necessary and
adequate safety devices, the COM
pany's policy of deliberately allow
ing service to constantly deteriorate
in order to force a fare increase
these are the primary factors which
are responsible for the terrible
Times Square wreck and the several
other wrecks which followed imme-
diately after it. Nothing has been
done by Tammany to remedy the
! transit situation or to penaliZe the
officials of the l. R. T. who are
basically responsible. AS a matter
of fact, Mayor Walker even con-
doned the accident by stating that
were it not for the splendid subway
construction, more lives would have
been lost. Tammany has helped the
l. R. T. officials to fasten the blame
for the wreck on an employee. Moth
ing has been done to compel the
companies to pay adequate compen-
sation to the families of the victims
or to place the officials of the COM
pany on trial; or to increase the
safety equipment and better the
service of the subways.
William F. Kenny, the traction
millionaire, gave $4,000 to the
Smith campaign. Gerald Dahl, of
the BIN. T., is Smith supporter
T. F. Ryan's traction interests are
well known. All these facts point
inevitably to the conclusion that
Smith and the democratic party are
working and will work in the in
terests of the traction companies
and not in the interest of the masses
of workers.
Tammany Corruption.
The "honest government" slogan
of the democratic party is a joke
The corruption of Tammany is sc
well known as to be undisputed. The
new Tammany's record of corrup,
ton is different from the black rec.
ord of the old Tammany only in
that it is on a bigger scale, less
crude dealing with large scale rea
estate and business interests, specu
lation on the stock market, shady
deals with big business of real mag.
nitude. The New York Times, be.
fore it pledged itself to support
Smith, correctly estimated the rec,
ord of Tammany in New York. II
its issue of April &c, 1924, it says
editorially, "Tammany Hall has q
long record. 1t processes to cher,
ish the people, but at heart it al
ways intends to exploit and debaucf
them. Richard Croker with his
brazen cynicism said that as leader
of Tammany Hall he was working
for his own pocket all the time. His
successors were less indiscreet, MOI
so boldly defiant, but the motive Of
the organization has not changed
Il has greatly refined it's methods
There are no longer crude Tweed
stealings. But by subtler means
usually within the form of the law
Tammany is still able to enrich it:
masters and managers. For New
York State, it is as much a disgrace
as it was fifty years ago that i
is so often ruled by this secret ant
self-appointed oligarchy which doe
not publish its accounts, does no
dare to submit its chief member,
directly to the test of the popular
vote and yet presumes to direct tn,
public administration and politica
fortunes of this great city. Mr..