South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-21
SNYDER SAYS
LITTLE NEWS
is WITHHELD
Gary Newspapers We're Order
ed to Suppress Only Radical
Stories is Editors Claim.
BY HENRY BURGESS SNYDER.

Editor of the Gary, Und.) Post.
BY United Press:
GARY, Ind. oct. 21.-There has
been very little actual suppression
of news during military control at
Gary. The newspapers were ordered
at first to publish no news of raids
on radicals but Eater the military
decided that military control rather
than martial law was in effect and
the order was changed TO request.
With one or two exceptions the re-
quest has been complied with.
The desire for secrecy in the
army's dealings with radicals il
based on the fact that new leads TO
further raids were being unearthed.
If the facts Of the raids are made
public the military fear that some of
their quarry will seek other fields.
And the army is not interested in
chasing reds out OF Gary. 1t wants
20 deport them. Gen. Leonard Wood,
who Is actually in charge of the
Gary situation, has very strong feel
ings regarding the treatment that
should be meted out TO radicals who
are trying TO undermine the gov
eminent
Is Radical Center.
10 is also very probable that the
military believe that no other de-
partment Of the government Is CO.
operating efficiently with a situation
that is undoubtedly serious. II was
known months ago by the intelli-
gence department that Gary was
radical center. That department was
depleted in its personnel and prac-
tically removed from the field. No
other government agency took up
the work where the intelligence de-
partment left off.
Yet there can be no question that
the situation demanded attention.
This is a free country but we shall
have TO get over the impression that
ii is free for every agitated foreigner
TO tear down. There must be some
better definition Of freedom and ma
chinery provided TO see that the def
milton is understood by every in
habitant.
Until such time I do not see how
we can do without the army in
crisis such as this. There is no other
agency to step i'm and bring order
oct Of "A threatened chaos. Special
police will not do: neither Will the
militia. Both were tried out in Gary
and labor was very antagOnistic TO
both. When the regulars rolled in
by motor truck they were received
bv cheers by the strikers. Many Of
the strikers had been in the army
and they felt they would get
s1uare deal Whether this feeling
Will continue only the course Of the
strike viii tell Even now some OF
the more radical labor leaders arc
charging Gen. Wood is PLAYING poll
tics.
Raid Many Houses.
But this charge on the part of the
radicals is easily understood. The
arny has followed every radical
lead and has raided dozens OF
houses and meeting places Root
out the reds" is the slogan and
large force Of intelligence office men
are on the job day and night.
Each night dozens Of suspects are
brought in for examination. They
arc all men of alien birth. II is no
uncommon occurrence for them 20
hand out a union card with one
hand and an l. W. ". membership
card with another. Many Of them
are so ignorant they do not know
the gulf between the l. w. w and
the ~ r. OF /
That is the problem or Gary to-
Gag as IL is the problem of other
industrial Centers. And Il IS prob
lem ,hat can only bc solved by the
army SS the situation row stands
Conservative leaders know this.