CORRESPONDENCE

Grey River Argus, 13 May 1935, Page 6

CORRESPONDENCE

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PICTURE.

(To the Editor.) Sir, The jubilee of King George the Fifth, has been celebrated. King George and his relations each year receive the following sums: Himself and the Queen .£470,000; Prince of Wales £66,000; Duke of York £25,000; Princess Louise £6000; Duke of Connaught £25,000; Duke of Kent £25.000; Princess Beatrice £6000; King Edward A’Tl’s daughters £12,000; His Majesty’s other children £16,000. Probably they also draw dividends from various investments. Dole workers will no doubt see a difference between their own and the Royal Family’s rates.

Take the other side of the picture—the twenty-five years of exploitation of the working class by capitalist oppressors, twenty-five years of misery, of shameless exploitation of women, of contemptuous neglect of the bodies, and distortion of the minds of children; of years of war and so-called “peace.’’ of charity mongering, of adulterated food for the workers and select delicacies for the wealthy; of capitalist lies: of threats of war, of unemplovment, of subjection of coloured races and colonial peoples, of jailing and intimidation of workers who have dared to fight against the enslavement of their class.

The following extract from an editorial in “The Leader’’ weekly published in London, is of interest in connection with the jubilee celebrations: “Unbelievable as it may appear, 90 per cent, of the Union Jacks you will be waving, the favours and buttons you will be wearing, and the broaches which will adorn the blouses of the girls will have been made abroad, made in Japan, Germany and Czechoslovakia, by firms which have been working overtime for months in order that ship loads of this junk should be here well in time to catch the jubilee trade. Just think of it, —a great national celebration extending over weeks when all ‘thoughts will be turned to the power and glory of the Empire—and the flags and trinkets which will be used as an outward sign of our love of country—all made at starvation wages in foreign sweat shops. It sounds incredible, but it is true —-I am, ete., WORKER.