Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-05-23
FIGHT MENACE
OF ANARCH|SM
American Workers Alive to the
Danger Contained in "Red"
Propaganda.
ONE FLAG, ONE LANGUAGE
No Possible Justification for RevoIu-
tionary Agitation in This Country
Partnership Between Labor and Cap
itaI the End to Be Sought.

(F'rom Union Labor Advocate, Chicago.)
Organized effort that has been car
ried on by the patriotic wOrkmen OF
this country to overthrow the bOlshe-
Wiki and the 1. w. w. element is one of
the promising signs that American la
Dor is becoming aroused to the menace
of the red propaganda.
At this time, when there is SO much
unrest and bOlshevik disturbance go
ing on in various parts of the world,
we should do everything we can to up
hold the one flag that stands for right
eousness and liberty in the world. We
have room for but one flag, the Ameri-
can flag, and this excludes the red flag,
which symbolizes all wars against lib
erty and civilization, just as much as
it excludes any foreign flag of a nation
to which we are hostile. We have
room for but one language here, and
that is the English language, for we in
tend to see that the crucible turns our
people out as Americans of American
nationality.
In a country with universal man suf-
frage, and soon to have universal wom-
an suffrage, there can be no justifica-
ton for revolutionary agitation, and
those who indOrse it are prompted by
ignorance or malevolence.
There should be a real partnership
between labor and capital.
The energy Of war is being put into
the pursuits of peace. The country is
fundamentally on a sound basis. There
is a big demand for everything that
we can manufacture and produce.
There is ahead Of US large business
prosperity. We may hasten or retard
its progress, depending upon our atti-
tude. If we avail ourselves of the op-
portunities offered we will succeed.
We must be resOlute, fair-minded and
confident. We must apply the spirit
of cooperation whenever practicable
We must have faith in ourselves, in
each other, and in our country.
National hates and prejudices, like
all other hates and prejudices, are a
menace to democracy. The world will
not be safe for democracy until the
people everywhere are free to be
happy and useful and noble. The
bonds that will safeguard democracy
are the bonds Of human sympathy and
brotherhood.
This sort of thing is the cure for boil
shevism, an argument which gets the
better Of all I. w. w. agitators.
After all, the matter of getting along
in the world with each other is very
nearly solved after we know each
others difficulties and how to help
eradicate them. A big employer Of Ia
Dor expresses it this way: "The great
est need we face today is that of un-
derstanding We have had too much
talk about masses and classes and
too little recognition Of the truth that
in the main all men are very much
alike; that they are actuated pretty
much alike by the desire to live and
to get the joys that life should be
made to provide. Mother Nature
makes no two things exactly alike, and
yet she sees to it that the man with
the hoe is little different from the man
of wealth If we but had better ap-
probation of the other fellows prob
lens it would make for greater con-
tentment and greater progress"