Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-11-25


states in promotion of education. A
Dill introduced in the senate by Harry |
). New (Rep). Indiana. provides for |
the creation of department of aero |
nautlcS, with a secretary in the cab |
met. This bill has not thus far been
introduced in duplicate in the house
nor does it ask for an appropriation
beyond the maintaining of new de-
partment. If these two proposed de-
partments should be created the cabi-
net would be increased to twelve.
Congress will not make up its mind |
about these bills until the regular SEES
sion which will begin the first Mon
day in December. 1t is too busy now
dealing with what might be called |
emergency legislation to give serious
consideration TO these proposals. In
consideration of these proposals.
Federal Control Has Been Feared.
1t is not the first time that a bill to
create department of education has
been introduced in congress. For the
last ten or fifteen years there has been
more or less agitation from time to
time in favor of secretary of educa-
ton, attached to the presidents cab
met. Congress in the past has been
disinclined to create this new depart
ment because of the representation
made TO ii from some quarters that
the creation of such a department
would be the first step toward federal
control of education in the United
States. Much of the argument that is
now put out in support of this new de-
partment is designed to show that the
creation of such a cabinet Office would
not take the control of education away
from the states
AS to the second proposal before
congress, that for the creation of a
department of aeronautics, or a de-
partment devoted to the air service,
it has to begin with the backing of the
senate committee on military affairs,
which is the one agency in congress
that has devoted special attention to
the air service during the last two
years. The war department has not
approved the bill introduced by Sena-
tor New. Secretary of War Baker
and the general staff believe that the
war department will fare better if its
air service shall be maintained as a
branch of the existing war organiza-
ton.
The chief argument put forth in sup
port of a department of aeronautics
with 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 it 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 to exceed $4,000 danger
Gus aliens now in this country. Tho
intelligence officers know where nes.r-
ly all these $4,000 live and carry on
their red propaganda and could round
them all up in short order if directed
to do so. 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 to cope quickly and effectual-
ly with the groups of men made up of
bolshevists, /. w. WIS 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 be greatly concerned over some of
the recent manifestations.
"These $4,000 men can make lot of
noise and they can, unless held in
check, make a 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-
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.
lnstaate 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 do 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
responsibility should the hand of the
law reach out for them, while they put
the ignorant aliens forward to agitate
and act. Just now the government
agents are making special drive to
get hold of a large number of parlor
radicals. AS fast as it can lay hands
on them they will be deported, pro-
vided they turn out to be aliens, and
at least 90 per cent of them, it is as
serted. are aliens. The responsible
governments of the world have deter
mined to stamp out the red movement