The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-11-03

pay W1AASA1 nCAO P0A4SO up Wy bA4C
capitalist newspapers, the Seabury
investigators picked out some of the
small grafters of Tammany Hall and
put them through the grind. What
was happening inthe meanwhile?
Since the Hofstader committee was
formed unemployment grew by leaps
and bounds. The number of starving
families was growing; wage cuts
upon wage earners; the ponulMfn
upon wage cuts; the Communist
Party was entering the election cam
paign calling on the workers to vote
as they fight, for the Communist
Party. The world crisis of capitalism
and the rise of Socialist construction
in the Soviet Union, was making it
more difficult for the capitalist par
ties to fool the workers. Hoover's
many 'plans" for ending the crisis
| Topped faster than they were set up.
Governor Roosevelt had entered the
drive for the presidency in true fax
ers' style. He set up a fund" of
$20,000,000 for unemployment re-
lief" as bait for the unemployed. To
counteract this, Seabury started in
to produce against Tammany Hall.
In summing up the results" OF
the Seabury revelations every work.
er must remember that Tanamany
Hall is not unusual The startling
graft brought out is not the speciality
OF Tammany Hall alone. In Illinois
the Thompson Republican machine
as well as the Cermak outfit, know
every trick of Tammany Hall Hoo
over himself can duplicate the graft
ing record of Sheriff Farley or Nc
Quade, or the many others we will
mention in Tammany Hall. Seabury
while he thought he was exposing
the methods of Tammany Hall, in
reality was uncoverIng the usual
functioning of the capitalist political
machinery from the city administra-
tons up to the Federal government
Magic Tin Box
The most striking case of graft
brought out was that of Sheriff
Thomas M Farley. On Oct. 6, 1881
the heavy jowoled sheriff began tc
tell of his dealings. Though thu
sheriff's salary for the past six years
amounted from $4,000 to $4,000 q
year, he deposited 1868, 66o.34 in the
bank. The sheriff ran a gambling
house in one of the Tammany clubs
ITO hide the source of his graft, the
Sheriff told all sorts of fairy stories
He said the money he deposited
came from a tin box that never
seemed to be empty. He kept the
tin box at home When he was
finally showed into a corner about
the original source of this magic tir
box, Farley said he earned his
money as business agent of union
For years, he said, he worked for tht
Cement and Concrete Worker.
Union, and out of them he got hi,
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Little Grafters; Big Graft
Every Tammany politicians that
got on the stand hau a mysterious
bank account. Here are what a few
of them deposited in graft Will,
millions of New York unemployed
starved:
James A. McQuade, Register Of
Kings County. deposited S510,597-
.S5; Michael J. Cruise, City Clerk,
Sl4S,75S.76, and Harry c. Perry,
Chief Clerk of the City Court,
S135,06l.5O. The total S7S9,417 de-
posits, of which s4s5.224 was in
cash. were $4,000 over their COM
bined salaries.
Mayor Walkers personal graft
bookkeeper disappeared and wa
found in Mexico on a honeymoon
So the workers never learned tn
exact number of millions Wake
grated.
1t is not necessary to wait until tn
end of the Seabury investigation Il
know what will happen. There WI
be few goats" Grating will b
made safer and more systematic
The big Wall Street bankers ge
their share through the heavy flota
ton of city bonds.
Wipe Out the Mess!
The main idea of Seabllry is tina
of the Socialist Party--namely, t
put white mask on the ugly fac
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