Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-11
SOVIET REPUBLIC
IN U. s., RED PLOT
Evidence of Projected Re-
volt Will Be Read Into
Senate Records
RADICALS ARE UNITED
Scheme for Reign of Terror
Exposed by Postoffice
Department
By the Associated Press

Washington, March 11.-Evidence
gathered by the Post Office Depart.
ment through seized mail matter, show.
ing activities of the l. W. w, anarch.
lists, socialists and other radicals since
the signing of the armistice, Will be
read into the records of the Senate
committee investigating lawless prop
aganda today.
The evidence was submitted in the
form of a memorandum from Solicitor
Lamar. of the department. declaring
that the radical elements of the United
states were forming a union with
view TO the overthrow of the govern.
ment of the United States by fpeans of
bloody revolution and the establish.
ment of a Bolshevik republic" and in
the form Of supporting excerpts from
mail matter.
The memorandum, whicn was made
public by the committee late yester-
day, asserted that the radical elements
of the country had for the first time
found common cause upon which
they can unite" in Bolsheyism.
Plan Reign of Terror
The I. w. w, Solicitor Lamar
charged were active in the support
OF this common cause through the
organizations field force of recruiting
and subscription agents. de said the
excerpts submitted would show that
the propaganda had as one of its OBJ
jects "a nationwide reign of terror"
Mr.. Lamar's memorandum, to which
was attached list of newspa pers
printed in English and foreign lam
guages alleged to be regularly con.
Quoted and published by the I. w. w.
said. In part:
Tt,tz 1a se IAt.
Quoted with such regularity that it's
magnitude can he measured by the
bold and outspoken statements con.
tanned i'm these publications and the
efforts made therein to inaugurate a
nationwide reign of terror and over.
throw the g Nvernment.
"The I. w. w. is perhaps most ac.
tively engaged in spreading this prop.
aganda and has at its command a large
field force, known as recruiting agents.
subscription agents. etc, who work un.
ceasingly in the furtherance Of the
cause
"This orga MIA ton also publishes at
least five newspapers in the English
language and nine in foreign Ian.
ruapes, as shown in the list given
below. This list comprises only off.
cial papers Of the organization and
does not take into account the large
number Of free lance papers published
in the interest of the above orsaniza.
ton"
-r- Lists Radical Papers
Among the newspapers listed were:
=. THE New Solidarity. English, weekly,
Chicago; One Big Union. English,
nonthly, Chicago: Industrial Unionist,
Enrlish. weekly. Seattle; California De.
fense Bulletin, English, weekly, San
DaI>
f,monthly, New York; La Neuva Soil.
jaridad. Spanish. weekly, Chicago;
c:o,os Truzenta. Russian, weekly, Chi.
cavo. Ii Nuovo Proletario, Italian.
,,oekIy Chicago; Nya Warden Swed.
,.h weekly, Chicago: Der Industrialer
Arhiter. Jewish. weekly, Chicago; Pro-
linda. bulgarian. weekly, Chicago; A
Fe,s Badulas. Hungarian. weekly. Chi
rsro: the Industrial Defense Bulletin,
English. Seattle, wash II Diritto' New
Yorlk. the International Weekly Se-
attle. I'Avanti Of New York: Mum
c.s New York; Novy Mir, New York;
Snra vedlnost, Chicago: Nobitnyk, New
York. the Ohio Socialist; Elore, New
york: the Arbeiter.Zeitung, st. Louis;
Arheter New York: New York Call:
Nsuienos, a Lithuanian daily. Chi
cago: Workmen and Peasant. New
York; L'Avanti, Chicago; The Day
New York.
The information furnished by, Mr..
lamar coincides to an extent with the
statements reiterated yesterday by
Rsvmond Robins. formerly head of the
American Red Cross mission in Russia
when he again appeared before the
COMMITTEES and insisted that it was the
desire of the Bolshevists to overthrow
ali the governments of the world and
IN their place set up terrorlstic govern
,,,.nts similar to those in Russia.