The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-18
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- BY = H.
A DESLAGOGUE who has commanded stte1l-
n taou throughout the United States is one
Father Cox Of ST. Patrck's Church in Pitts
ourgh.
Father Cox was s. captain in Jne United States
army during the World War. He helped recruit
and send to death literally hundreds Of AIneri-
can workers whom he deceived to fight Tor the
greater profits OF the House OF Morgan. 1t can
be expected that such a staUnch supporter OF
American capitalism during the World War Will
again come 10 the rescue Of a capitalism which
has been greatly weakened SIS result OF the
world crisis and the militant struggles OF the
workers
Father Cox lined himself up with the forces
of the Retail Merchants Association IN q CAM
oaign against the chain stores. He is for the
small retail merchant as pillar Of the COM
munityl" Father Cox and his associates never
inquire as to the origin OF monopolies-of the
inevitable growth Of such trusts from the very
soil OF early day capitalism. They simply rant
at monopoEes and conduct mock war against
them with theological weapons that are as etfec-
tive as the weapons oG Don Quixote. Behind
their Savage" thrusts vita their wooden swords
at the Morgans, MELONS, etc., they are prepar-
ing the road Tor regime of fascist reaction to
crush the very flower OF the working class.
Father Cox dispenSes charity in the form OF
soup line and miserable shanties for the UneIn-
Dloyed. Father Cox's Shaptytou is well known
in Pittsburgh It is composed Of a number Of
shacks constructed on the property OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad just across from his
church over q hundred unemployed live in
these miserable shscks, half hidden under the
earth
Father Cox boasts, In his numerous talks over
the radio, Of his shantytown, but fails entirely
10 mention the forced labor the men have TO
perform Tor him to obtain the great" priv
lege Of sleeping in such pig pens. He has visit
ors. mostly politicians, business men, etc. In
3pecting the shanties each weekend. Like Gagged
animals in a ZOO, the unemployed, whose labors
in former years built the mansions Of the rich,
are forced by the fsker, Father Cox, to be OBJ
jects Of curiosity, to be stared at and commented
on by Father Cox's rich patrons and friends.
Father Cox Is no gentle" follower of Jesus.
He Goes not believe that you are hit on one
cheek you should turn the other He believes
in the use OF the utmost force against militant
unemployed workers who see through his fakery.
Recently while over thousand unemployed
workers were waiting outside Father Cox's
church TO attend q mass meeting he had
ranged members Of the Unemployed Councils
in Pittsburgh began TO distribute leaflets ex-
DOSING Father Cox as a rnisleader and cunning
deceiver Of the workers
Father Cox dispatched OF mis- 225-pound
friends, known as Happy" TO beat up one Of
the leaflet dtstributozsI This scoundrel, Happy,
after punching the unemployed worker several
times, turned him over TO the police nearby
Together with the police and numerous detec-
tjves he rounded up three or four other dis
tributorS and had them arrested.
Later at the mass meeting Father Cox APP
proved Of these methods against militant unem-
ployed workers. He urged the unemployed to
knock on the head any radical that tries to
disturb the meeting He called the Com
murists @spies OF the trusts"
What did Father Cox do with the Cmenl-
ployed when they reached Washington? Father
Cox alone spoke "ior" the unemployed He alone