The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-04-20

paper, the New YORK evening POSG,
carries picture of Mussolini and
Macdonald shaking hands. Obvious
ly, with mutual admiration.
Two illustrious graduates from the
school Of the Socialist Second Inter
nationall
Capital is international, said Marx.
1t takes no regard of national boun-
dries. 1t goes where it can make the
most profit. Here is 8 startling ex-
ample Of this.
During the last world slaughter,
when the workers OF the allied coun-
tries were fighting for democracy"
and the workers of Germany and
Austria were defending their Faith
erland," the English War office was
buying lenses for the telescope sights
on their guns from Austrian manu-
facturers, who transacted the business
by way of Hollandl
There's patriotism for you. Think
of that, workers, the next time they
try to steam you up against "the
enemy"
Here's a blistering one Tor the war
veterans; especially those who got q
taste Of their "country's undying graf
itude' on Hoover's Bloody Thursday:
While the sick and starving vet
Grams had their compensation reduced
by almost one billion dollars:
General Pershing continues to draw
$13,5O0 year as retired general.
In addition the general gets $4,000 q
year Sin allowances" $
That's over $500 a week, boys How
long are we going to let them get
away with it?
And talking about pensions, AL
Smith, who is near the head of the
class as one of the counEy's fake
friends of the people" draws $500
g. year from the state of New York
as ex-governor. OF course, this is
only pin money for Al who has his
fingers in many Tammany racket
But Al is opposed to unemployment
insurance because it will be bur
den for business" And Al thinks it
would be very sinful If we soaked the
rich.
Al is adored by all our liberal in
tellegentsia as one Of the country's
leading "Jeffersonian Democrats"
One of our precious possessions is q
picture OF AL kissing the boots of the
Pope's Apostolic something brother
who visited our shores not so long
ago t-~-- 49,
Governor Lehman has emerged as
d great believer in the minimum
wage principle The Governor has
had a long training in enforcing min
imum wages. He is connected with
the Wall Street banking house Of
Lehman Bros, which has large in
vestments in department stores, ray
on factories, and textile mills. In
these capitalist dungeons, Lehman
Bros. pay the workers who are driven
at killing speed the princely wage Of
IS to Sc week. There is many a
coupon-clipper who has waxed fat
from dividends sweated from the Gov
ernor's minimum wage"
LIE WI hcIS w 1lOG WdI1O d 1AAi1~
imum wage. They want the maxi
mum wage. In other words, they
want to exterminate the investors"
who thrive on the workers minimum
wage.
All the capitalist papers are crow
ing with happiness at the proposed
reductions in the Army and Navy
budget. See how peaceful we are"
they boast. When the capitalist press
grows lyrical about peace, it is time
for the workers to watch out Ex-
anime the new Army and Navy
Economy" bill and what do we find?
"It is the opinion in high admins
tration quarters that the efficiency
Of the Army, can be markedly inn
proved by the economy measure"
writes the N. Y. Herald Tribune. The
peaceful" economy measure turns
out to be an efficiency measure for
the improvement of the ARMY The
old swivel chair officers will be re-
tired upon nice pensions, and the
fighting machine will thereby be pol
ished up ready for instant action.
And what do you think Major Gen
ers1 Hapgood is doing? why. don't
you know? The general is respon-
sible for the new economy bill. Yes
terday'S news carries the information
that the General has perfected q
method for training soldiers in ten
days instead of from six months to
three years, as formerly. I'VE teach
them to lie down in trench before
we teach them to stand at attention;
we propose to put infantry into line
of battle within ten days after they
are indicted into service"
Well, fellow workers, we'll be in
the trenches ten days after they sign
US up BuG the General may be sur
prised. He may Dissolved that the
workers who were rushed into the
trenches in ten days will be shooting
in a direction different from what
the General would desire. IT hap
pered in Russia in 1917, you know.