The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-14
Mr.. Henessey On Relief

Mr.. Henessey On Relief
Flanagan: whist, Hinissy, would yez be so
kind as t. till me what's tn mattre wit our
prisidint?
Henessey: "wots tn joker Hez he agin bin
seem prosperity in sixty Gaze?
Flanagan: Nav, nuthin' like But wy dW
he get tn shivers at tn menshun iv tn wurd
FOOD? Shure an OF wuz jest raidin' wot he
sed in 1924, wen he apeeled t. Kongress for $10,-
100000. Shure an lit me rade it t. ye: He sed:
81 assume that the first obligation of Gov
eminent is to apply its resources to nOurish-
ment for its people, whether due to poverty
or otherwise"
-Ienessey: VII, wot's rong wit that? Mr..
Hoover ez grate-harted man.
Flanagan: Viz, Hinssy, OF understand that
perfekly. But wy don't he say tn same thing
tday?
Henessey: All k'wan wit yez, Flanagan!
Shure an We don't understand dialeckticsl Cir
kulnstances alter kases Faith an didn't We
ivir hear iv Bullshevism?
Flanagan: That Oh hev, Hinissy, but wot
Begin yer pardun, hez Bullshevism t. du wit
Hoover Yer not sayin' that Hoover's Rid, be
yez?
Henessey: Flanagan Ohm surprized at ye!
" korz Hoover's not Bullshevik. But he's
there loik a Free State Trooper whin it kums
t. fghtin Bullshevism. Eff yez kan rimimber
as far back as 1924 yell rekau that Germany
wuz waverin' betwixt goin' Bullshevik wit tn
Soviet an goin' broke wit tn Dawz Plan. An
Hoover slept in t. save tn day fer Kapitahsm.
He open'd hiz crate hart an tn q. s. Treasury
t. feed German workers so they wudn't go Bull
lshevik
Flanagan: Yis, Hinissy But, begorrah didn't
bn ontS Iuieh q fu0ipp much T.
feed tn Rushins AFTER they whit Bullshevik?
An how tn divil did hiz CRATE hart slant tn
strain, till me?
Henessey: Flanagan shure an it's an infant
We be in politicks. Rinlimbre that en- 1920, whin
Hoover did that, tn papers wuz kurnin' out
iviry day wit tn nuze that tn Bulsheviks wuz
overthrone on tn kapitulists heer believed it
an wllz ankshuss t. be in on tn ground floor.
An thin, wit an organizashun thare, wit few
spies tucked in, shure an we moight hev saved
Roosha frum falln inta tn hands iv tn British
an Frenchies-an' don't forget thares a lot t.
fall
Flanagan: Faith an OF wuz wunderin wy tn
Bullsheviks didn't hang a medal on Hoover.
But ere OF see a piece in the paper, tn N'Yark
Telegram iv Monday, where fellah named Sam
Levin wroites tn iditor that he's sint tn Antorg
tn followin':
american farmers and unemployed are starv-
ing. In 1921, when Russia was afflicted with
drouth, the American people helped Russia
with S2O,0O0,O0O Can your government return e
the help to the starving Americans, the
American government refuses to help its
people?"
HeneSSey: Um-m-m Flanagan, Oh lear
that yer rain kwestions iv internashunal kar-
acter. Did ye heear that it's often against publik
interest t. answer kwestions? The Postmaster
Jineral only Wednesday refused t tell Kongress
wy tn giverment wuz payin' 100000 yeally rnt
fer twinty years. t. kontrbutor t. the Repub-
lkan Nashunal Kommittee fer a bildng in Saint
Paul that, assessed at $33400O; an he sed it
wuz Incompatible wit pubk interest
Flanagan: Yis, Hinissy. But wot wud happen
eff TIL Rushins tux Mr.. Levin seriously an want
ed e sind Relief Expedishun here wit lot
" Bullsheviks t. run around tn kuntry t. feed
tn COWS, farmers, tn unemployed an other live
stock menshuned in tn Arkansas Kompromize
betwixt tn Hoover democrats an tn Robinson
republicans?
Henessey: Sh-s-s-s, Flaniganl Shure an it's
plum dippy We be, t. ask SIGH kwestion. Shure
an it's well We know that Hoover wud kali out
tn Boy Scouts, tn Kustoms an Immgrashun
service, the Standin' Army, tn Nashunal Guard
an the Atlantik Fleet t. stop tn invasion Bill
Green Wud kali it dole" besides. Niver, niver,
wud we permit it, bekaws eff them Bullshevik;
WtZ alloWd t get within talk1n distance iv this
land v Opportunity, they'd mesmerize tn ig
norant masses an tn kuntryd go Bulshevik
over mite Shure, an thatt an awful noshun
Mr.. Fish an Mr.. VOL wud drop dedl
Flanagan: Yis, Hnssy. but wot eff President
Robinson an Mr.. Hoover-achl Shlre an OF
get thin all MKT up wot wit thin bein' SO mulch
aloike-but wot eff tn hungry farmers an I'M
Employed amt fed? Shure an amt they loikely
t. go Bullshevk jest e same?
Henessey: Faith an that tonne We sed a
mouthful. Flanagan. An that's TIL thing tn
republican Observation-Disclosures adrlinistrashun
IL the nashun e2 gambn against Ftirst an
fourmost all th' projects coached T. mako
folks believe Prosperity ez kuminf bak wit a
chicken in Iviry Pot. An thin, eff tn chicken
don't kum tn unemployed kan be kepp kwiet
by maxim believe that they'll all get livin'
sellin' each ither appes. An as fer TIL farmers,
Secretary Hide has sed that he'll be sympathetic
an eff tn farmer ez hungry, all he has e du
ez t get tn ole woman T. harness him up wit
a crupper under his tale an make a noise loils
a mule SOS T. KUN within tn Provisions v Work
Stock while tn ole an the kids kan
moo loik COWS or grult lo''s pir3 III distress e
kwalify as "other live stock" an III CRATE hart