The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-24
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enough to make the unknown SOL
der turn over in his grave. Respect,
you say. Yes, all the respect in the
world to the poor fellow. But none
to the vultures who wax fat on his
sacrifice, none to the Merchants of
Death, none to the war profiteers,
TO the National Economy League,
the American Veterans Association,
the house Of Morgan, Ford, Rookie
Teller, DUPONT, etc. These have no
respect for the rank and file, living
or dead. Their praise and tears are
camouflage, to blind us to the real
issues.
The worst piece of hokum pulled
off in New York on armistice day
was the unwilling of the memorial
block to the Heroic East Side
Boys" And OF course the site chosen
for this grand and glorious" occa-
sion was that spot dearest to the
East Side Boys, Union Square.
No uglier monument has ever
been erected in America, even Civic
Virtue has more symmetry. 1t was
presented by the Stuyvesant Post
No. 90 Of v. F. w. Well, maybe it
was, but our guess is that Samuel
con the Square" Klein had a
filthy paw in the affair. After ALL
$4,000 is cheap price to pay for an
abbreviated monolith, especially if it
will keep the reds" from disturbing
Mr.. Klein's dreams of cheaper wages
and more profits. Thus Mr.. Klein
aims at two birds with one stone,
missing of course the little red"
robin. The Workers Ex-Servicemens
League and the rank and file vets
staged counter demonstration
fraternizing with the V. F. w. and
explaining in a hand bill (which
was gladly accepted) that the fight
for the immediate payment of the
Bonus, the repeal of the Economy
Act and the passage of the Workers
Unemployment Insurance Bill-H.
r. 1888, must go on, that monuments
cannot take the place of food, cloth
ing and shelter.
Wind From the Bag
General Butler is in the news
again. This time he is telling the
truth" about war and fascisn. But
generals are sly foxes, calling on
the population to refuse to go to
war and rafting the sabre in China
are part of a demagogue's stock in
trade. Had the general really seen
the light he would have been a
delegate to the nti-War Congress.
The loophole in the generals attack
on war is his eagerness to be pre-
pared against an outside enemy.
With this the munitions manufac-
turers can have no argument. Bust
ness can go on during pacifist alter
ations. This gives them a breathing
spell in which to look for con-
venient "outSide enemy" 1t also
gives ample time to prepare the
public mind for a whooping good
propaganda campaign. The general
is also for an amendment to the
constitution, in this he is one with
the AVA. He says, TAKE the Power
away from Congress" And give it
to whom? The President has enough
already, Huey Long, his demagoguic
rival in Louisiana has the State in
his pocket, Douglas Macarthur has
steady job as chief of staff, Art
Smith is in Jail, Morgan has Wall
Street. This leaves Butler and
some dark horse the only candidates
for the role of the man on the
white horse" After this, his recent
expose of the Wall Street plot to
set up Fascist regime rings false.
Perhaps the stakes weren't large
enough or maybe he is not quite
sure of the rank and file of the
American Legion and v. F. w, since
their participation in the textile
strike in Rhode Island, the Ameri-
can Legion's refusal to take police
jobs at IS day in Minneapolis, the
militancy of the workers and veter-
ans in the Frisco strike, etc. And
a general without an army is sad
spectacle. A one man march on
Washington joke. Through all
this, Butler weeps that being an
enemy of the big shots and a
friend" of the rank and file puts
him in a class where nobody speaks
to me now" Come, come, general,
Commander Van zandt of the v.
F. w. and ex-Commander Hayes of
the American Legion don't invite
people to their conventions to sway
the boys with stories of patriotism
and red scares' unless they are
'huddies. And don't forget the wall
Street brokers, their offer still holds
good.