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VOL2NO-8
LIC
CLAN NAGAEL MOURNS DEATH OF LEADER
A WORD TO LABOUR
This country has witnessed the disgrace-
ful conditions whereby the plane manuf-
Eng: 's second World War, are allowed
to testify before a Congressional Com-
mittee that they could not be expected
Oo co-operate fully and enthusiastically
in the National Defence Program if they
were limited to 12% profit !
No question of patriotiem for them but
the patriotism. of high finance, Yet,
these same millionaires are one of the
strongest driving forces behind the con-
scription campaign. We know why. T
protect their investments in the English
Empire they want America at war with
Germa:
These war interests cannot be expected
to co-operate with the government pro-
sram if they are allowed only a 12%
profit }
BUT these same interests are glad to
‘sportsor a (sill for the compulsory train-
ing of the workers of our country and
they expect each worker to TAKE A LOSS
OF 83% ! Furthermore, they demand it!
They refuse to be patriotic unless their
dividends amount to more than 12% }
They demand YOU to be patriotic ata
LOSS to YOU of 83% or more,
These money powers have appealed to la-
bour to follow Mr, Roosevelt's plans for
conseriptio Ne They have dwelt on the
benefits of the New Deal which labour is
supposed to have received. They don't
tell labour that if conscription is aout
into operation, Roosevelt's next deal
will be the "Raw Deal" }
Already in some war industries the eight
hour day, five-day week has been also
thrown out, NOT in the interests of Na-
tional Defence but solely for the sake
of higher profits for the overworked and
profit-patriotic armament industries,
Testimony before Congress has proved
that America can not even equip ad-
ul-
sory draft of millions, Why? Is this
the final step to dictatorship 7
Is America's last President in office
now? Is THE DICTATOR to begin in Novem-
ber? And will labour be the means of
betraying itself by supporting a "New
Deal’ become the "Raw Deal" of dictator-
ship
Think twice, O Labour, else you become
the usher for Fascism here, Peacetime
draft means the end of the workingman 's
independence, Look at the powers behind
conscription, See how they cry out that
THEY can't afford to be patriotic for
a mere 12% profit {
BUT they would force you to take an ir-
recoverable loss of at least 83%. (This
figure is based onan average wage of
$30.00 per week as compared to the g
aweek or $21.00 monthly which con-
scripts will receive. If you earn more
than $30.00 a week, your loss will be
even greater.)
Think twice, O Labour, and send your
letter IMMEDIATELY to your Senators and
Representatives to vote "NO CONSCRIP-
TION", It is not needed here now,
of a Fascist dictatorship
WRITE Nows
Death's hand cut short a record of 47 years
of active service in the cause of Ireland's
freedom when August Sth Zoseph M. McGar-
rity was pratched from this life
No one man in America had done go much no:
made such great sacrifices on behalf of Trish
independence, His loss, particularly at the
present time, when the campaign of the I.R.A.
(for which he was greatly responsible) is ad-
ancing so well in England,will be hard felt
Joseph MoGarrity, to all who knew him, repre-
sented what is best in the Irish Race. From
1893 when first he joined the Clan na Gael, to
1940 when he died leading it, Joseph McGarrity
never violated the oath he had taken to do all
while life was in him to advance the fight of
ireland for her freedom. During those years
had seen comrades come and go. He had him-
sel? sheltered men who later betrayed the very
ideal they had pledged themselves to. In Ire-
nd's cause he had spent the fortune that
hard work had won for him.
Joseph McGarrity, of Carrigmore County Tyrone,
came to America when he was only 16 years old?
He landed here almost penniless, but with the
determination that characterised his efforts
for Ireland, he applied himself to the task of
building a fortune. His declared object was to
accumulate such a fortune as would finance a
great and final fight for freedom in Ireland.
About 1893, he became a member of the Clan rma
Gael, the old American organisation whose pur-
poses were one with his own, To the organisa-
tion he brought a zeal and fire, a willingness
to work without let-up. It was only natural
that this untiring labour should have been no-
ticed. In 1906, we find him functioning as an
Executive Officer.
The boy jhe, 16 years previous, had come from
Tyrone with a man's determ rmination to free his
native country from Britain's cruel grasp had
at last realised his first real step toward
that goal. He was now about 32 years old.
He showed an eagerness te support any movement
in Ireland that tended to further Irish free-
dom, In this foneection® St is noteworthy that
when the National University in 1909 decided
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REQUIEM
SCENTS
IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH McGARRITY
Was it yesterday we walked the broad highway
With our dreams and hopes and our memories---
Was it only yesterday that the sun blazed
And the star shone in a distant s
And the fields were green with the gladness
Of the Spring and the rich, dark earth.
Only yesterday, only a day far removed
From the touch of any hand, and the murmuring
Of a voice steeped in the bitter-sweet of memory.
And now, all lost.
Now let us ponder this thing a qarthes
Only yesterday he was here, spoke to me,
And touched me on the arm in Priendehip sweet.
Then gravely listened with eyes upon a distant shore
Where a certain hope glowed green with pride
Through the mists and tears of a century.
And now, all is lost.
The cherished dreams grown gray with dust
yita all the yesterdays of an unforgotten past
all the tomorrows never to be the same.
teste terday--a voice, and today--a silence
Greater than the stillness of the tomb;
Yesterday, a gladness with laughter, with hopes
And the dreams of tomorrow, and today, nothing
But my tears for futile consolation
Harry Welssblatt,
