The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-10
|WARONt. v, v.
Will NOT LAG
Leaders in Congress from
West Urge Arrests of
Organization Men.

The I. W. W. must go. This. in ef-
feet. is the answer OF members oil
Congress to the arrests made by De-
partment OF Justice agents OF that
organlIation. Members Of the Senate
and the House OF Representatives are
practically a unit in their views re-
EardinE the activities OF the 1. W. W.
Here are Congressional Views written
exclusively for the International News
Service:
By william e. Borah, Senator from
Idaho.
I have had some experience with the
/. W. W. Their creed Is lawlessness,
and no man who believes In orderly
government can other than wish the
government entire success in its ef'
forts TO control them. But let me say
to the government that II it deals ef-
fectively with them II will be by get
ting the leaders. Wholesale arrests
with a few leaders at large, will
amount to nothing in the end.
By Hiram W. johnson, senator
from California.
Organized government and the 1. W.
W. are wholly incompatible. The pur-
poses hllIls anu dENANAllCs Vi NilC l. W
". cannot be tolerated either in the
social fabric or in organized govern
ment.
By Julius Kahn, Representative
from California.
The IshmaeIitish weary Willies ought
TO be suppressed and that promptly,
They are sowing the seeds OF sedition
and class hatred throughout this
country They are Ishmaelites be-
cause their hand Is raised against the
world and in consequence the world
is against them.
By Albert johnson. Representative
from Washington.
have heard the leaders Of the L
". W. preaching actual treason and
sedition. These men have continually
violated all the laws and at the same
time claimed protection OF the law.
By James A. Reed, senator from
Missouri.
The right Of free speech, the right
Of peaceable assembly. the sanctity Of
a man or organization, Of peoples
and Of business, all of these things
must be preserved carefully. earnest
ly; but no man. body OF men or PEG
pie have the right. under the guise Of
free speech. to PLOT treason. or at 6
time like this to DO those things which
assist the enemies OF the United
States.
By James H. Brady, senator from
Idaho.
In the wholesale arrests Of mem,
bers OF the /. W. W. the government
is pursuing the right course. l be
lieve that investigation will show
that the large body of these men ara
controlled by a very few vicious lead
eTs who have no interest in our gov
eminent except to destroy il. who
have no interest in their fellow-mer
except so far as they can use then
for their own purposes.
Montana
have no doubt that il the Depart,
ment OF Justice has gathered all tho
evidence that car he procured, II viii
have enough u convict the leader!
Of disloyalty, and hope TO see prose
cutions and convictions speedily come
By william II. Thompson, senator
from khn-aS.
The governmCn; ought to go to thC
bottom Of the /. W. W. activities.
have not had any doubt for some tim,
that German influences and traitors
10 this country have been keeping VI
this orga nization. They are response
bic, in my judgment. for the uprising
of negroes in the South for strikes
and labor troubles. and in some in,
stances. I believe. explosions in am,
munitions plants are traCeable tC
them