The evening world., 1914-03-24
WON'T WORK BAND
GETS FREE SPEECH
BYM|TCHEl ORDER
Mayor Tells Police Only Ac
tual Threats of Violence
Must Be Checked.

Mayor Mitchell says the only way to
KIN on the !. w. w. movement IN
New York II to discontinue Advertising
Sho actions Of its leaders and their
followers here. The Mayor 10 under
thG suppression that the nswspApsrs
are making too much Of . fuss over
the small band that few weeks ago
began to attract attention BY camping
In churchsa
Il have told Commissioner Mckay"
nd Mayor Mitchell to-day, ITO give
the !. w. w. the widest possible lati-
tude. I have told him that the free
speech Of these agitators must not
be interfered with. have told him
that the I. w. w. must BE- permitted
to parade ~ long a. they givs the
usual notice. and that only actual
threats Of violence must be checked.
"Even though We might not agree
with these men We want to give them
every chance. II We cease TO pay
any attention to the l. w. w. move
ment II will die a natural death.
Now. as to what occurred on Sat.
urday afternoon, I have come 70 the
conclusion that the AFFAIR was exag-
gerated. I was in my car on Fifth
avenue whilo the I. w. w. was
marching. The men were not dis
orderly while I was looking at them
at least not to such a degree as to
attract attention.
HOW THE I. w. w. CAN GET
ALONG IN NEW YORK.
THE /. w. w. or any other organi-
zation can get along In this city
without any trouble so long as there
Is no jostling OF people on the side
walk, insulting remarks TO private
citizens or hurting pedestrians into
the gutter"
"IIow about that splitting story"
the Mayor was asked.
90 81 don't believe that splitting
story" replied the Mayor. 1T has
been Investigated. and there Ia no
confederation. 1t might DO merely
an aggrrntion. but so far as I
hayc been able 10 learn II Is without
foundation
How many persons would You say
were in the parade which you passed
on Fifth avenue" .s -
"rherc weren't more than two hum
dred and nifty persons in IT," replied
tho Mayor. Il didn't notice particu-
larry whether there were many
women. In fact it wasn't any Diff
fcrent from n Sunday school outing"
WAS It any different from an
Easter parnde?" some Ono asked.
well. tho procession did not strike
me as particularly shabby. or even
noticeably So" replied tho Mayor.
SAYS THE LEADERS ALL CRAVE
81. ADVERTISING.
what ! think of the I. w. w. Is
this: Whatever the motives Of its
lea ders may be. there is one dominat-
ing factor--the everlasting craving
for advertising. As long as the City
OF New York continues to advertise
Il them they will be happy. And what
is more. there will he recruits.
"Had It not been for tho spectacula r
occurrence At ST. Alphonsus's Church
and ono or two other occurrences the
T. W. W. would not have had any
prominence In this city Mt all. We
must not associate these men with
the problem of tho unemployed. They
do not bclong to 1t. directly or in
directly. These l. w. W. fellows
would not take job IL you offered
one to them. They are professional
agitators. That Is why we must moi
attempt to suppress them. for It gives
them an opportunity to cry out
against oppression. This Is a IRE,
country. So long as agitators do no,
break the law no one 10 going e
modest them"