The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-11-21


bill introduced in the senate by Harry
). New dRcp), Indiana. provides fof
tie creation of department eff aero
nHuteS, with a secretary in the cab
met. This bill has not thus far hccn
introduced in duplicate in The house
nor does it ask for IN appropriation
beyond the maintaining eff new de-
PaFtment II these Two proposed de-
| partmehts should be created the tabi=
net would be Increased to twelve.
Congress veil not make up il mind
about these Hills until the regular SEES
sion which will hegin the first MoH-
day In December It is TOO husy now
dealing with what might be- called
emergency legislation To give serious
consideration 10 these proposals. Ia
consideration of these proposals
Federal Control Has Been Feared.
1t is NOT the first time THAT II hfH to
create department Of education has
been introduced in congress. For the
last ten of fifteen years There has beea
more or less agitation from time Ia
time in favor of a seercte-y of cdHaa-
ton, attached 10 the presidents cab
met Congress In the past has been
disfnclined 10 create this new depart
meht because Of the representation
made 70 Il from some quarters that
the creation Of such department
would he the first step toward federal
control q education ia the United
States. dueh Of Tie argument that Is
now put cue I'm support o. this .eW lie
partment Is designed 20 show that the
creation of such cabinet office would
not take the control oil education away
from the states
As to the second proposal before
congress. that for the creation Of Il
department of aeronautics, or de
partment devoted To the air service,
il has to begin with the haeklHe of the
senate committee Oh military affairs
which is the one agency In congress
that has devoted special attention 70
the air service during the last two
years. The war department has not
approved the bill introduced by SeHa-
tor New Secretary of War Baker
and the general staff believe that the
war department will fare better if It's
air service shall be maintained as a
branch Of the existing war organi8-
ton
Tie chief argument put forth in sup
port of department of aeranauties
with a cabinet officer in charge is that
under the present arrangement the air.
plane industry is put to disadvantage
because there is no single govern
mental head with which 1t can deal
Needn't Fear Alien Reds.
The government Is tightening its
grip on the alien reds. The intel
| ligence force in both the army and
the department of justice believes
there are not 10 exceed 10000 danger
Gus aliens now in this country Thu
intelligence officers know where near
lv all these 10000 live and carry on
their red propaganda and could round
them all up in short order if directed
to de 50. The extension of the war
powers of the government with re-
speCt to dangerous aliens for another
year will, it is believed. enable the au-
thorities ia cope quickly and effectual-
/ " with the groups of men made up of
! bolshevists. l. w. VS. or out-and-out
reds or anarchists. The men who are
] best informed on the subject of the
number and activity of radical aliens
+ say that there is not the slightest rea-
! son for the people of the United States
to he greatly concerned over some of
/ the recent manifestations.
"These 10000 men can make lot of
noise and they can, unless held in
/ check, make n lot of trouble by getting
Into the labor organizations and then
boring from the inside as they call
IT," said one of the government inves-
I tigators. "This Is the channel through
which they are working at this time.
/ We have plenty of evidence to the eff
! feet that during the war or about the
| time bolshevism came to the front in
| Russia. the radicals in this country set
out to get into as many of the labor or
| CARNATIONS as possible, believing that
they could do more to further their
cause through labor organizations than
| In any other way.
Instigate the Strikes.
"Nearly every strike that is now
taking place is due primarily to this
boring from within by the radicals.
The movement has been uncovered
and we are reliably advised that or
ganized labor does not propose to be
used In this way any longer"
According to the information gath
cred by the agents of the intelligence
division of the war department the
reds de all their planning through
groups. They have no central organi-
zation.
There are two kinds of groups the
governments information reveals, the
parlor radicals, SO called, and the
/ Ignorant aliens The former are the
brains of the movement They care
fully plan with the view to escaping
resnonsibifitv should the hand of the