Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-06
ANTI-S0ClALIS T CONFERENCE
CALLE ED FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY
TO BE- HELD IN GRAND FORKS

P. Sandstrom, M. L. Mcbride, w. b.
diversion and L. d. Wiley.
The call. issued by this executive
for this conference is rs fol-
lows:
How tho Movement Began.
Before the adjournment Of the re-
cent legislature. a joint meeting was
held Of all Of the members Of the
senate and of the house, who were
which was most clearly made evident
in House Bill a.. These members of
the Fifteenth legislative assembly.
comprising the majority in the senate
and the house, determined that it was
their duty to furnish a starting point
for an organization to grapple with
the vicious socialistic DOCTRINES,
which. under the leadership Of a few
designing men, are being injected into
our state government in disguise and
under false claims.
of this influence, which
could not be properly sensed from the
outside. these representatives Of the
people deeply feel that tho enorYnity
Of the wrong attempted and intended
to be inflicted upon the state Is not
clearly understood by the people Of
the state at large, and they further
believe 1t to be their solemn duty to
place before all the people all the
truth. Realizing that the task Of ov-
grooming the influence Of the false
socialistic press Of the state and the
horde Of socialistic speakers running
it was one Of vast magnitude. these
senators and representatives appoint
ed an executive committee Of twelve
of their members, one from each ju-
dicial district, to devise ways and
e Of putting the truth before the
people to enable them to protect
themselves from the impending cal
state government.
Now It's the Peoples Battle.
This committee of twelve has, at its
conference and deliberated carefully,
and has concluded to issue a call for
a statewide meeting Of the represent
tative men Of the various counties
without regard to party. but with the
interest Of the state at heart, to start
a campaign Of truth as to the real
character of the present socialistic
movement, the purpose of the men
fostering 1t and the dangerous effect
upon the state of it's further progress.
You have been selected as n
WIlVSO uuty VIC O0IA0VC ~ ~ DC I poi.
ticipate in this conference and lend
your support to the cause. The ap-
peal Is to your state patriotism and
your duty as a citizen to sacrifice your
personal interest for the good OF the
state. even to tho extent Of neglecting
your business and sacrificing your
time and tho amount Of the neces-
sary expense.
The members Of the legislature who
fought the fight for you and for the
state at large for sixty days will make
the same sacrifice they are asking OF
you now. They will be there to meet
with you, prompted by the same mo-
tives they r now asking you to fol-
low.
The members Of the Fifteenth as
sembly feel that. having fought dur
ing the long sixty days Of the session
mot for themselves alone but for
you and the state-at the expense of
time and money and in many in
stances at the greater cost of life
long friendship and the requirement
Of lifelong enmity, they have done
their part and done It well. The de-
mand made upon them should be rec
ognized by the state and it's represen-
tative mon. The battle front has
| shifted from the legislative halls to
the state at large. and from now or
they can only be one with you, and
others like yourself. AS they stood
shoulder to shoulder, they desire now
that you stand shoulder to shoulder