The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-12-18
Touching on Sacred
Things

The crocodile scratched his ear reflectiyeIy,
We were perpsing letter from Youngstown, a
steel center and concentration point it. we recall
arlght. Yet one, so we were informed, whera
there is great weakness on all sides-and a
big statewide conference for the Mooney
Harlan Scottsboro Defense was corning off. So
ran the letter, and then continued:
-Four days before the conference this COM
rade left for Chicago and without necessity
took along another comrade. When asking
for permission from one of the Bureau mem
bers, he claimed that 1t was imperative for
him to go to Chicago because he had run out
of toothpaste L ask, therefore, is Chicago
toothpaste any better than Youngstown's?
And also is Chicago toothpaste more important
than making preparations for the Confer
ence?" 1s l5fr .l5s,Jus err q 2,
The crocodile, not being an expert in tooth
paste, had to refer this to Unfinished Business,
but remarked, "We respectfully request the COM
rade who goes to- Chicago after his tootf1paste
that on hsi return to Youngstown, he not forget
his toothbrush" usa ID 5g Earsi5ec aJro
Then he went on: "You know Sparks these
are grounds on which angels fear to tread, and
thus mere crocodile must be confoundedly
careful. Take those sacred, Y G. L. unit meet
ings in New York We tried to get a bit of
fexibility to allow those boys and girls who want
TO- study in. the Workers School, time to do so.
But the answer was Nix ,. Unit meetings
are sacred. 80. Under no circumstances :"
etc. . ~- isl, -,.,
We'll, now what's happened2 Nothing less
important than dance And for THAT, all
unit meetings postponed, all members modified
compulsory attendance--to dance! There being
no issues more burning to the tirnid proletariat
in this Third Period, than how to swing gal
over the left hip in Argentine STYLE ~.
Under the iron discipline of the sMarxian
leadership, the revolutionary youth presented
themselves in battle array, ready, always ready,
to revolute to the strains Of 'call Me Sweet
heart-at the crucial hour of 8 tefght. And
the music showed up at IL (eleven}. And the
unshakable Clique spirit Of this blessed metro
polls so stuck In the gizzards of the members
that they left the guests Of the evening-who
we're to be charmed by the delights OF the eve
ming into the army of proletarian fighters, stand
around IN the offing with no pilot to take 'em
into port. ag1. li ~ aa4 ggsHa
"But what can poor crocodile do against .
bureaucracy which has all the agility and the
tough hide Of a rhino. Remember that letter
we got from Brooklyn? 1t hit the mark when
1t said:-The Y.CL.ers read your criticism
laugh, think it's bully good joke--and then 60
right on doing the same things over again
'what about that unit we mentioned once as
q parade ground Of a Brigadier? The Unit voted
heavily after three hours debate, to endorse the
Crocodile's criticism ard elected q COMMITTEES
| Of Three to express the Units appreciation of
our benevolent Intervention. Three unit f,mc.
| tionaries were elected, Strong Beeder and Bed
ford, the latter who works not twenty steps away
from our little den here on this same floor. Y
And that was O, back two and half month";
| ago And have we heard q yeep out of that
| Committed? WE HAVE MOTT They are TOD
busy. Busy doing what Certainly not carrying
| out the instructions of the rank and file II
| further proof were needed that they are hureau-
| crata this ow,uld answer They are always too
busy to obey the discipline Of the membership
Probably they, too, searching for their Yav.
orite toothpaste And toothpasts y saasd
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