The Boys Take Up Classes and Ideals in Most Serious Way
Btunteaberg, Ben
By Ben Btunteaberg The Boys Take Up Classes and Ideals in Most Serious Way Coffee-House Gang Wonder How About it in a Democracy—Did You Say Snob.? What of it! "THE talk had turned to ideals...
...Several of the diners noted the proposed flight of the host and sang out for coffee...
...Why be snobbish or caddish in our attitude toyrards...
...G'wan...
...Josephus Daniels suggests that the Democratic Party drop the donkey as its emblem and adopt the rooster...
...Several of the guests were self-announced leaders of the Hunger Strikers enroute to Washington...
...Our city...
...In Minnesota Thomas polled 25,478, to 6,101 for Foster...
...You're a downright liar . . . svsrything you've said hero tonight is an untruth . . . you're a pot-bellied petit bourgeois...
...But the dead take the quick, For the dead are strong...
...Our C o l u m n i s t Strays I n t o a Den of Lions — A n J Writes a P o * ml ' By S. A. DeWitt SONG FOR HUNGER MARCHERS OUT of the plenty thst we bespsd for yon, The harvests we sowed and rsaped for you, Out of the warmth we made, and t h e light, Into the merciless cold and the night, Flung like the1 dung of your stsbled beasts, And the offal remains of your swollen fsasts, We who were once your willing slaves Are not now content to stand beggaredly bent And choose between crumbs And living graves...
...That's something like the line the spieler handed us during the I-will-share campaign," said one of the auditors...
...in Russia, there are no horses left...
...Whereupon it became Just irresistible for me to butt In and say, "it isn't because there are no horses...
...Chorus) Where is it written* And where is it said, That you shall be the quick, And we . . . the dead...
...Ah, the repartee of the young sophisticates...
...Christmas will probably come, though...
...There is a rumor that Santa Claus is unable to come this year unless he gets a loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, which refuses to extend the loan until It is proved that Christmas is coming...
...I recently attended a thousands of political prisoners still confined in the detention islands and prisons...
...Reading), confirm the remarkable Socialist gains...
...The bug boy, doorman for the' nonce, turned the lock in the door and fidgeted...
...awescftusetfs, •snorter in Utuaehusetts k it* labor I tompetition s the South...
...You have gas, you have guns...
...I could show you up for something lower thsn it worm . . . you'rs a buffoon like your partner Heywood Broun...
...Repeat Chorus) A lady friend of the family Invited my wife and me to her house-warming party...
...It was until the host injected a sordid note of class distrust by declaring that the present distrrbutteirof •wesith may be ©paw to criticism...
...It was curtains then, eh...
...I was to contribute a poetry reading to the entertainment...
...The vote for Thomas in the county wss 15,988, to 61 for Foster and 4 for the S.L.P...
...INCREASES SHOWN IN EVERY STATE (Continued from Psge Three) was 23, the vote this year was 383 In Massachusetts, Alfred Baker Lewis, candidate for Governor, got 24,503 votes...
...Observers may have noticed that towels in printing shops behave in similar fashion, without, of course, possessing the final gracefulness of the kind of aprons worn by cafeteria employees...
...Throw away that can of gooey an' put some real coffee in mine," said one...
...l i t doing its lava* to meet ajar labor in at humanly aid India disitill cheapsr with, someIt of all posi s t r s t , who interest in I With Her •farmed BoV her debts aft lane ths a Bareaeaa «S Hearst making pHsborator to pbsry ha...
...You'll admit there is a difference between the unworthy rich and the deserving ricn," said one...
...One can have one's memories, can one not...
...I never saw a more brilliant assemblage of charming matrons, gallant eligible bachelors and representative clubmen...
...They musts throwed some party...
...1 N chapter of F t h a t Jimmy »ot handj E*« duck ths F»»te relief ^ * > » "drink" HPrfOnntiy...
...THE talk had turned to ideals in a political democracy...
...I proved conclusively to myself thst I "can take It...
...Never let us forget that our nation is one big family...
...Or warmth or shoes for their rickety limbs...
...Why not •mrs-Iess and lift, the man lawk a big Haft be dumb iaai is debest for rail• the security • sn obnoximrtion to the Ism aire...
...You hold your gains, And your grip ia strong...
...Rich, rich," murmured another who had been gassed during the late unpleasantness...
...Yeh make more fuss than the unknown soldier...
...Notwithstanding the lateness of the hour, for it was past eleven o'clock, the patrons of the Elite Cafeteria, the most exclusive dining place on Railroad Avenue, were reluctant to adjourn the spirited confab...
...The manager of the Elite undid the strings of his apron, throwing it on a chair where it etood for an instant, swaying before gracefully collapsing...
...The important thing is to avoid the usage of terms which imply class distinctions, not to say divisions...
...Unmoved and undisturbed as a nudist over a Parisian post card I sat there while the venom boiled froth and sputumed all over that rather nice little room...
...Clear as crystal," said one of the listeners while others nodded...
...Here's hoping that your list ef subscribers will continue to grow," writes Geerge F. Comings, Wis., BS he sends la *.»• new nebs...
...Truly the cultured social life of our city was mirrored on this occasion...
...These acta will be explained to the American people...
...The affair was in the nature of a coming-out party for the youngest of his five daughters...
...monkey" trial of 1925...
...You'll never get rich, you son—" "Aw, can it...
...boys have become sceptics...
...P. H. MEET TO PROTEST FASCIST 'AMNESTY' A mass meeting to protest against the "fake amnesty" proposal of the Mussolini government will be held at the Rand School, 7 East 15th St., at 2:30 Sunday under the auspices of the anti-Fascist groups which operate around the Italian labor daily, La Stampa Libera, and the Anti-Fascist Action Committee...
...I t could not have been otherwise," said Baldy the Barber as he folded up Cholly Knickerbocker's society page at the same time enquiring of his auditors, "Who can lot me have a buck until pay day...
...The younger set and all the smart, chic debutantes from back of the yards and the gas-house districts were present...
...1 And can they rejoice in your proffered choice Between pagan despair And Christian hymns...
...In county after county and town after town the party hung up records far above its highest previous vote...
...There are 20,000 men and women sOll deprived of their liberty under Mussolini's dictatorship in spite of the boasted fake amnesty,' Valenti declares, "while mora thousands remain In exile spurning Mussolini's Invitation to return, sn invitation which they consider a trap...
...Granted that there are those to the pent-house born while others have the background, the esprit, the finesse of, let us say, a movie star or a political heir to a magic box...
...Tact and understanding Is what is needed," said Baldy pensively...
...Still others dazed...
...And when I made some kind of facetious remark about the manner in which these sainta of starvation were piling into our hostess's amply filled larder and packing away dainty bacon and toast sandwiches, salami, cheese, and sweetmeats galore, they roared tremendously and :harged voraciously toward their ungracious tormentor...
...Scopes Is the hero of the tragi-comedy of the Dayton (Tcnn...
...A meeting of American citizens in Washington passed a resolution Sunday protesting against the fraudulent amnesty granted by the Mussolini regime and against the notion being spread In the American press that the move constitutes a real amnesty...
...After all, 1 had stuck the pin in ths horse's . . . or rsthsr as I started to narrate . . . ths lion's belly...
...Scopes for Congress In Kentucky Thomas polled 3,863, snd John Thomas Scopes, C S n d i d a t e for Congressman at large, received 8,273...
...received 770 votes...
...I t is aimed to have the commission arrive in Italy by Christmas...
...The remaining vote for all offices varied from 17,000 to 19,000...
...An appeal Is being mailed to well known Intellectuals and liberty lovtag Americans asking for their approval to the plan to tend atr American commission to Italy to investigate the condition of the function given by one of those climbing upstarts whose success dates back to the time when threedaya-week work tickets were given to the influential...
...Yayng •ry...
...It got an order for one locomotive this year...
...When we arrived and were ushered into the studio living room I immediately became kware of a coldness of spirit, and when introductions wers made I readily realized myself as a Daniel who had fallen unwittingly among H o n s . . . . Communist variety . . . habitat , . . Union Square...
...Hera ho brought out the silliness of poking ladders Into policemen's mounts, snd Isdies poking hatpins similarly...
...Full-necked and fed...
...The S.L.P...
...Can we wait while your promises feed and fill Our buckled-in bellies...
...Do I make myself clear...
...Many Italian working class and liberal groups have rallied to the fight to enlighten American public opinion as to the real status of the victims of Italian fascism, and the International Committee for Political Prisoners Is cooperating, Valenti adds...
...has stopped preferred stock dividends...
...One of the sandwich munching Hunger March leaders ops and counters: "Splendid, ideal . . . thst Is real Communist t a c t i c s . . . . " My wife Inquired then quickly, "Am I to understand that your party approves of such insne tactics...
...Ah, one of the novcau riehe...
...Gawd, they're good for another hour," thought the boss...
...My poem Is offered as a substitute If the Communist Party has no better material to present In ths vsn of such a serious undertaking...
...An anarchist in the group inquired thsn: "But do they stick pins into horses' bellies in Russia 7 " . . . As if this hsd been rehearsed at a meeting of the Russian Social Democrats, it followed that someone at the extreme edge of the room piped out: "Impossible...
...Ofcourse, by sll means," he roared, "the less policemen and the less horses they have to trample down ths workers . . . the nearer the final victory of ths masses over their exploiters...
...But I felt genuinely distressed for the terribly mortified hostess, whose pals and pained face bespoke mora apology to me than I really desired or expected...
...Oh, yes...
...A few snored...
...2. What must we" do, while you pity our fate - - • - * And counsel us patienco and unctuously prate Of your own good grief and your sweet goodwill...
...When they march in a dream And arc bannered with a aong...
...As I was saying," said Baldy the Barber, "we must strive to eliminate from the language words and expressions which connote the existence of social groups or classes...
...Quite so...
...The New Jersey vote was a revelation...
...Can you picture the effect of an observation of that nature in an assemblage such as has been described...
...And we . . . but a song...
...It's simply devastating...
...the fact is there aren't any pins to be had...
...They have their good points too," he added generously...
...Something of a perversa imp kept egging me inside to add fuel to the hissing blsst furnaces...
...Scars Roebuck has already announced it...
...Girolamo Valenti, editor of the anti-Fascist daily, will be chairman...
...Speakers will be Pietro Allegra, Vincenzo Vacirca, Arturo Giovannitti, and Roger Baldwin...
...The war's over...
...I t didn't take very long before much sniffing and snarling ensued, and argument arose...
...All of which took away much of the silly bitterness, stupidly instilled Into sn otherwise pleasant evening, by selfannounced leaders of a Hunger March...
...Well,—our part of it...
...ry Citizen • . . • i i S g r o u p of last workingWw to share m unemployed § Mr...
...The tangled Farmer-Labor situation makes it impossible to estimate a state vote, but it is reported that F. H. Shoemaker, elected to Congress B S a Farmer Labor ite with 817,100 votes, Is a Socialist party member and was named for Congressmanst-large as a Socialist The official count of votes In Berks County, Pa...
...You have the armies, The trumpets and drums...
...A saner member of the group commenced to berate my explosive antagonists by a guarded harangue on ths lack of tact American Communists show at times...
...Organization of a committee for Italian political prisoners including a number of groups and planning to start a nation-wide campaign is announced by Valenti...
...Your henchmen are ready...
...And how can our young Find milk in the drool of a banker's tongue...
...And the r e sults are showing in organization...
...Granted," said the barber, having taken advantage of the interruption to mop up the coffee spilled from the cup which had been bounced on the tile-topped table...
...If the Republican Party wjll trade U»\ ,aleprm,»A tor a fowl (Hoover DID promise a chicken in every pot), the two parties together may be able to lay an egg...
...those whom circumstances have placed in grooves different than those enjoyed by our set...
...Thanksgiving proved a total loss, and the R.F.C...
...The use of different terms by various members of that family tends to make for discord...
...We have the shapes, And the ghosts of the slums...
...PROSPERITY NOTE NEW YORK.—For the first time In thirty-one years the American Locomotive Co...
...We are haggard, we are thin, And we march like the dead...
...A local committee was appointed to net with the Joint Committee for Italian Political •Prisoners In the campaign and In the proposal to send a commission to Italy...
Vol. 14 • December 1932 • No. 23
