Mr. Dooley's Views on Capital and Labor
Mr. Dooley's Views on Capital and Labor This gem of social satire is one of the Dooley conversations written about 190S or 1904 by Finley Peter Dunne who died last week. The anthracite strike...
...This is due te new reasons: "1...
...He was understood to object to the ides of the government furnishing all the money for the projects, by loans and grants, apd to favor some contribution from private agencies...
...Block, this would be a happier world...
...k is slow, but all the more likely to be sure...
...don't need so manny ef'at a? v< did...
...Last week the Senate Munitions Investigating Committee, which has been studying the methods of the international arms traffic for two years, recommended to Congress that the United States Government take over the business of producing arms, ammunition and battleships for the Army and Navy...
...two of his cabinet members don't agree with him...
...LETS QUIT BEING PLAYBOYS WE shall perhaps be blamed if we deprecate spectacular performances such as the "occupation" of the New Jersey assembly chamber by an unemployed group...
...jjs tion...
...Statistics show that hoostj for the poor is now relatively ad actually worse than it was W years ago...
...of stirring up trouble in South American countries to increase arms sales and of getting exorbitant profits from the United States Government by means of collusive bidding...
...The anthracite strike of 19QZ had started a period of rapid progress for Organized Labor, marked by growing membership of the unions and numerous strikes in the mining, textile, meat packing, and other industries...
...Big business attemptefd lo answer the President's demand that industry and commerce absorb more jobless, or face higher relief costs...
...Thej never go on from victory to victory...
...That is in the nature of great historic movements...
...It would also prevent the munitions companies from exacting "their pound of flesh in the form of high profits," as they did in the World War...
...Capital called on Mrs...
...They meet defeats survive them, and win new victories...
...In this country 1936 sees a continuance of the awakening of Organized Labor which began half a dozen years ago...
...That is why prophets are wUhout ho)wr— They see things which other people cannot imagine at all— A moving universe swings oh in its vast cycles— The prophet sees today's events as the causes of tomorrow's effects— Frozen-mmded men expect that tomorrow will just carry over from today— , But it is Impossible for tomorrow to follow today's pattern— For today is changing-as it goes— Sew babies are being front today, of whom some uill die at birth— Older persons are passing today by the thousands— OJd relationships are shifting every moment in the twenty-four hours— Ydui' imagination only can follow the trends thus fn process...
...The masses knew that, or they would have followed it up...
...It accused American armament firms of corrupt sales methods , including bribery of foreign officals...
...Looking back only three, it shows renewec progress, after a terrible set-beck...
...The thing which you simply cannot imagine, today— 7s probably one of the new things you will encounter tomorrow-^— Something that "never happened before"— Is exactly what is going to happen next week— Only the man whose imagination was flexible can get ready for what is coming...
...William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, claimed that the Wagner measure and the 30-hour week would solve the whole problem of the 12,650,000 unemployed...
...He wore a square paper cap an' a leather apron, an' he had his arr'm around Capital—a rosy benivolent ol' guy with a plug hat an' eyeglasses...
...The new charter for New York City proposed by the non-partisan commission isn't a thing for anyone to get excited about, pro or con...
...I "2...
...While the committee differed on how the munition makers should be curbed, it was unanimous in its denunciation of their present practices...
...That's what he was proud to be called...
...He could not but regret breaking with bis colleagues...
...the average rent then was-- sag sixth or one-fifth of the ajBSSf income, while now it is cuadssni for the worst type of dwell*** Mr- vladeck also warned tkst| the execution ef the Wagner W is not put in proper sad cuispstns hands it has the danger of sssp converted into a subsidy for spse illative landowners...
...Our other faithfal ssn ints," he says, "can come back I the spring," he says, "if alive * » says...
...After listening to an outburst against the New Deal made by Philip J. Fay, vice-president of the U. S. Chamber, the board of diree> tors of the chamber authorized a national survey to find out how many jobs are open in the country today...
...A minority of three, members— Senators Vandenberg, George and Barbour—opposed complete nationalisation of munitions maun fat ture as recommended by the majority—Senators Nye, Clark, Pope and Bone—and held out for strict government control of the industry...
...IT was diff'rent whin I was a young man, Hmnissy...
...Those iv us who can do lee jnen'i wurr'k will remain, an' if p&ssiM do four...
...But they respect him as a man who has the courage of his convictions...
...cannot be equalled in any other way...
...Capital come around an' felt the arr'm of Labor wanst in a while, an' ivry year Mrs...
...But really, it was not for this that the party consented to his acceptance of a place on the commission...
...We now see clearly what lies before us, for we are at the parting of die sways...
...Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins also urged adoption of the bill by Congress but she agreed with Secretary I ekes that the program should be carried out under an existing department...
...For all this we are glad...
...Secretary I ekes approved the Wagner measure as a partial solution to the unemployment problem, although he told the committee he objected to the semi-independent board of five to be set up and recommended instead that all of the administrative powers "be vested in the Secretary of the interior...
...A "Ye have done so w*| ts...
...Government Ownership of Munition Factories Americans voted 4 to 1 for government manufacture of munitions in a recent poll conducted by the Institute of Public Opinion...
...We have patiently waited two weeks to see some comment in the weekly organ of the "militant" faction...
...Y\J HEN the Amalgamated Clothing Workers' general vv executive board endorsed Roosevelt one member recorded his vote in the negative and one asked to be excused from voting...
...A* a publicity stunt it did not even help to get an appropriation for temporary relief...
...Labor an' congratulated her on her score...
...No party ties prevented him from going along with the majority of the board, had he thought it right to do so...
...They could not but regret his dissent...
...No longer having to keep terms with them, the rest of us will take {he other road and will vrin the confidence of the slow moving millions...
...calls for the spending of $876,000,000 in four years on housing for the country's low-income groups...
...Labor js developing political self-consciousness...
...Had Kjpycki voted as Schlossberg did, he could have claimed credit for standing by his professed principles...
...It assuredly did not tend to impress the public mind with the gravity of the unemployment problem...
...No doubt his colleagues voted him a very likeable chap...
...Have Jack Altman, Harry Laidler, Micky Most, and Norman Thomas nothing to say about what then- national chairman has done...
...Modestus ?jAN you imagine i Well, if you cannot, it is time you learned— Imagination, offers the only chance to understand the world— Simply because experience is limited to so small a range...
...John H. Fahey, HOLC chairman, alas praised the bill, saying: "We are so far behind the advaoeed eouatzss* uf the Old World hi housing that it is s dlajsisitl our civilization...
...That is a big enough fact to outweigh all others...
...The state government went right on, without having exalusive use of that particular room in the state house...
...The forces of disruption have done their work...
...of sabotaging disarmament efforts and scaring nations into mad arms building races...
...We face a new dawn...
...Perhaps they said, ''If all Socialists were like you, Mr...
...Inthim days Capital and Labor was frirxHy—or Labor was...
...The week before miction he had his pitcher in the funny papers...
...President Roosevelt, before the hearings began, said no housing measure yet introduced had his approval...
...Instead, he signed on the dotted line...
...Improvements hi better chP houses made the elder houses *ss> tively worse than they were f years ago, and "3...
...He did neither...
...Be brave lads," says he, wtNn had a good year, (Cheers...
...Even er * cheapest land in New York Ci» Vladeck said, to build a heawf the monthly rental of $*•• jH room, st a financing cost oi 3%, would require an ahsdjj grant of 57...
...Imagination does not deal entirely with the unknown— It can only pick up the material of experience from your past— Its function is to see .the irndeveloped possibilities of that material— To form a new picture presenting that material in new combinations— To build a structure of potential outcomes of forces in action— Penetrating through the near-by to the realities back of the seen Using the vision of what has been seen by the physical eye— Only as an index of the remaining contents of the Book of Life— Reading the thermometer indications of heat/ and of cold— As u guide to the moving temperature of the laboratory Universal— Accepting the inevitable larger meanings back of the narrow perspective— Imagination presents a magnifying mirror hi aid of the naked eye...
...They have shown their true nature and discredited themselves...
...Capital an' Labor walked arr'm in arr'm instid of bavin' both hands free as at prisint...
...He had an opportunity to formulate the Socialist view on a few main points and to put it before the public for consideration...
...Rents in relation to iseSBj rase within the last 80 years...
...Their one concern was to have a unanimous report...
...Slum Clearance ead Lew Cast Heaslaf A chorus of admiration and approval from Cabinet members, Administration officials, realty men, and labor leaders was heard last week as the Education and Labor Committee began hearings on the Wagner slum clearance aad lowcost housing bill...
...The negative vote was cast by General Secretary Joseph ScUossberg...
...Those who lack faith in democracy and in the working class are moving to alliance with the open advocates of dictatorship...
...And the bold artisans teas their paper caps in the air an' ft three cheers for old Capital They wurr'ked till of age m on thim, an* thin, ictiied to ¦ on the wishbones sad load warrl they had accumulated...
...Though he is a lifelong Socialist, Schlossberg has never been a member of the Socialist Party and has not belonged to any party for the last eighteen years...
...N*/ Capital wint on capitalizin' and Labor wint on laborin...
...Let" those -a/ho know better get down to real Socialist work.% Slid i n g a i ff\ n c It o r By Mr...
...had he dene as Emil Rieve of the Hosiery Workers did a few days later—had he voted for endorsement of Roosevelt and simultaneously resigned from the Socialist Party—his actions would at any rate have been consistent...
...Nayther interfered with the other...
...Long an continuoii thai...
...The survey was proposed at the opening board session prior te the first general meeting of the twentyfourth annual conference of the chamber by John W. O'Leary, president of the Machinery snd Allied Products Institute...
...Rather, it gave a ''comic relief" to such feeling as there is about a tragic situation...
...Anyhow, we don't have to apologize for his complaisance...
...At Christmas time Capital gathered his happy family around him, an' in the prisence iv the ladies of the neighborhood giv thim a*, oration...
...This would make the two services "masters in their own houses," and free them from outside pressure, the report said...
...B. C. Vladeck presented t» * Senate Committee figures, .IjSjt on actual findings, which pit* that no housing can be done out absolute grants...
...Democracy in Europe is fast regaining ground lost ii 1933-34 and before...
...it* Your prophet employs aids in the areas of Time— Such as the astronomer uses in the vustnesses of Space— Such as the scientist demands in his penetration of nature's secrets— Oi- the poet relies upon in his search for Beauty and Truth— These, the prophets, star-gazers, scientists and poets— Have always been received tcith scorn and contumely— Crucifixions and contempt have been their portion— Poverty, loneliness, disappointments and pain— Have been heaped upon those who refused to accept the limited vision— By the near-sighted astigmatics unable to perceive beyond arm's length— * • * Well, why can you not imagine— A world of industry with no child labor— Human garments made without terrorized women in sweat-sho-ps— .Yaf-M>ital finances not controlled by blind greed— A world full of good things to eat, without hunger— A -skillful and wealthy people of wham none are homeless— • Labor-saving machines controlled for the purpose of leisure— Halls of Music and Art and Learning open and free to all— A world where Plenty leads to Peace instead of to War— And Intelligence ministers to Seed instead of Greed/ These are the Realities of Human life— What we have is a fading, but horrible, Dream...
...The A. P. of Lis backing the bill to the limit, he said, considering it the moat important measure introduced this session...
...Through his own choice he stands with the splitters of the party...
...A NEGLIGIBLE CHARTER PLAN TPHE mountain has labored and given birth to a funny * little mouse...
...Who can still respect him...
...MAY DAY—A NEW BEGINNING 11 ookjng back five years or twenty-five for compari (•v...
...The measure, mtrodacod on April 3 by the New Tor* Senator...
...With PT*P* safeguards H can be a great !>"*» has ts taefsfa...
...The authority would consist of four members, with salaries of $10,000 each, the Secretary of the Interior serving ex-officio...
...JQ ¦ ? M...
...Well, better be blamed now for talking sense than be blamed for timid sentimentality later on...
...Sobs...
...The aid of the American Federation of Labor might he enlisted in making such a survey, said chamber officials privately...
...The member who dodged the issue was Leo Krzycki, national chairman (alas...
...They felt that "local political pressure" would force maintenance of government plants at full capacity without regard to defense needs, thus encouraging rather than discouraging big armaments...
...The capitalists knew it, or they would have struck quick and hard...
...The pride of ivry artizan was to wurr'k as long at his task as the boss could afford to pay the gas bill: In return for his fidelity he got a turkey ivry year...
...Capital was contint to be Capital and Labor was used to bein' Labor...
...For our Socialist Party, the worst is over...
...eon, the May Day picture of 1936 may not seen cheering...
...They was goin' to the polls together to vote for simple* ©I' Capital...
...Capital vvas„like a father to Labor, givin' it its board an'lodgin's...
...I athribuiajhis h> aim perior skill, tjaei ibt 1 arnest efforts at the beach asm the forge...
...has been to° m«ch of this play boy ism...
...None has appeared...
...Unanimity is the least thing the one Socialist member should have cared for...
...Local chambers of commerce, trade-associations, merchants, store, services and professions were specified by O'Leary as capable of determining "our re-employment possibilities...
...I hki made a million dollars...
...Eightytwo per cent of the voters, one of the largest majorities ever recorded in an institute survey, wanted to abolish the sale of war munitions for private profit...
...In thim golden days a wan-Ton' man was an honest artisan...
...What went on at Trenton was not a revolutionary act...
...A United States housing authority would be set up, which would lend public housing agencies 55 per cent of the cost and make government grants to them of 45 per cent...
...The houses are older...
...WHO RESPECTS A SIDESTEPPER...
...It also found that arms makers have been getting "active support" from the War, Navy and Commerce Departments in selling arams to other countries, and have often been permitted to sefj secrets to foreign agents...
...But, added vTadft "Experiences in England ¦«*«* that government investmentsM every pound saved a half ssuP of "dole," not to speak of thejg man services resulting is hauy and happiness...
...Every gain for democracy is a gain for Labor and for Socialism...
...Two mayors appeared in pans to indorse the bill aa repiwsnetives of the United States CSSUSence of Mayers, meeting !•**»** in San Francisco and many Saw heads of municipalities teat tabgrams for its adoption...
...Behind the Scenes in Washington By Benjamin Meiman Oar Washington Correspondent 'j'HE two recent campaign speeches of President Roosevelt at New York and Baltimore brought a direct reply last Moriday from the , United States Chamber of Commerce now.assembled in convention at Washington...
...Looking back fifty years, it shows immen* progress...
...The commissioners have ignored every really important question...
...of the Socialist Party organization, and one of the majority in its national executive who voted to expel more than 3,000 New York Socialists for not accepting the Detroit Declaration...
Vol. 19 • May 1936 • No. 18
