The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-19
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BY Michael Gold
Will Mira Work?

People are always asking: Do you
think Mira will work out? I don't
claim to be a prophet, yet firmly
answer, No.
How could it? Prices are going up
faster than wages They will con-
tinue to do so, since genuine trade
unionism is being definitely strangled,
with the aid of labor leaders Of the
stripe of John L. Lewis and Sidney
Hillman. The unions are being
merged into the capitalist state.
This company unionism, Of the
Blue Eagle brand, is not going to
maintain the wage level. And so
wages will not be enough to buy back
what the workers produce. We shall
see another cycle of the so-called
over production.
No, don't think this old tin Lizzie
they call capitalism can be patched
up any more. Fascism and Mira are
attempts to make the fluky old en-
CINE go by giving the car new coat
of paint. But glitter won't h%p. Let's
tow the dangerous old wreck to a
elf, and dump it forever. Everyone
viii feel relieved.
The New Flag
Mr. Henry Lamb, IN a letter to the
World Telegram of New York, says
Ct am impressed as well as amazed
that while the Blue Eagle emblem of
the MIRA is everywhere in evidence,
the American flag is conspicuous for
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Mr. Lamb, who belongs to the Ma
tionaI Society of Puritan Descendants
of Boston, wants something to be
done about it. Would it not be in
keeping with the spirit of the occa-
sion for all to fly the American hag?"
The Scripps editor did not answer
this pathetic plea, but We will sub
stitute. Brother Lamb, we would adj
wise you to read H. L. Mencken's
American Mercury for September, in
which YOU will be told, in your own
language, what is going on.
It is an article called, Long Live
the King" meaning the new dictator,
Roosevelt. Fellow-Puritan Lamb, we
are living in the dawn of a Fascist
dictatorship, in which the old flag
may never again be used. We would
advise you to get busy at once if you
love it and wish to save its life.
Blue Eagle Economy
The big taxpayers and bondholders
constantly press for so-called econ
ony in government administration.
1t is one of the chief forces that
makes for fascism in any land.
In Chicago these crusaders have
just won a great victory. They have
managed to get 1900 teachers fired
and salary cut for the others.
Schools for the masses are an ex-
pensive luxury, say the Big Shots.
But we know better way to econo-
mize. Fire all the big bondholders.
My Mule Moe
Moe, that thinking mule of
mine, is glad to see that Charlie
Chaplin is about to shave off his
moustache, so as not to be mistaken
for Hitler. Moe is having his rear
end shaved for the same good reason.
The Gal With the Rising Faith
Sweet Alice Hughes had lot of
nasty things to say about the Soviet
Union after her last visit. She's a !
reporter for the Scripps paper men
toned above. She is its expert in
Soviet gossip and New York fashion
notes.
Mistress Alice thought the Soviet
Union vulgar. She had no faith in
it. Nobody was chic and there wasn't
J any freedom" The little gal pre-
fers New York. She can mix with
the parasites here, and gulsh about
them as she did in one typical story:
eThere's nothing like a Bergdorf
Goodman fashion opening for reviv-
ing sagging spirits. Orchids, Jewels,
perfumes, furs and rich trains of vel
vets and satins flash back and forth
IN such profusion that spectators are
inspired by rising faith in the up
turn. This stores presentation is like
no other"
Well, whatever anyone says about
the Soviet Union, nobody there has a
rising faith in orchids, furs and rich
beings must sleep in the old park.
School is Opening
School begins again for the kids
from six to sixteen. One feels sorry
for them. What tough world these
kids have been born into. And what
a lot of rubbish they have poured
into them There isn't a thing you
can do to help them except tip them
of as to what the world is really
IKE 1 wonder whether teachers this
term will have the audacity to tell
American workers kids that old fairy
tale. mean that one about every
American boy having an equal chance
10 make million dollars and to be |
President.
inf1at ton
All this talk of Mira imitation seems
to have gone to the heads of the !
underworld. Some of the boys are
trying to muscle in on the big money