El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-27
AneTicGniSH1 Is
Cure for EUiLs,
Says E.A.L Lotus
Bolshevism Is Extreme De-
mocracy, He Tells the
Bar Association.

AapE- FRANK A. LoLtuE. n a speech
delivered Saturday night at the Bar
association dinner AZ the Sheldon no.
] tel. pleaded for more genuine Amer
/ icanism IN every phase OF American
life. he declared people are afraid OF
( strikes, riots and bolshevism, and that
Americas greatest trouble today is
what psychologists call fear thought
The speaker said In part-
we are living today In the most
remarkable epoch the world has ever
known About US. there are more
critical economic problems than ever
before in history.
These topics Of current events
have made themselves super subjects,
and TO the exclusion Of other matters,
have SO proved upon the minds OF the
people until they have assumed the
proportions Of what psychology terms
the fear-thought-
s-The people have aggravated mat
tiers by making themselves AFRAID Of
bolsheVisms strikes taIatlons ana
the high cost Of living
This fear-thought is the most
damnably powerful influence in psy-
choIogy. 1t leads 10 that most dan
Eerous OF all narcotics. sel1plry.
Lesson from LeEions-
What arails il 10 sit sllent-ooing
nothing, and croak out the impending
ruin Of the country
Mr. Vanderiip says that two words
can sum up the essential conditions
Of today-Paralyzed Industry Econ
omists tell US that the one word,
Production, is TIE solution But
there is one word larger, broader il
its. scope, which includes that remedy,
and goes still farther. Ahat word is
Americanizetion-
rna1H
OF ours=0ur breed, our bloOd-WhO
dfsproVed the lies OF the Accuseri
who proved PROFESSIONALLY that we
were not slaves Of greed, SOFT ana
lily livered. money grubbers, who sue Z
cessfuIly combated the superman ana !
fearthought propaganda. we can learn !
a lesson
IN their constitution-that Of the l
American legion they say For Coo I
and country, we associate ourselves I
together for the following purposes: Z
81 To uphold and defend the con- I
stitution Of the United States
@ To maintain law and order
"'8 To inculcate a sense Of indi- /
Vidual obligations to the community Z
state and nation
'''4. To foster and perpetuate one
hundred per cent Americanisn-
selfish Interests.
And II we pledged ourselves TO
Just those principles, We would soon
solve our problems. bow many OF
us are one hundred per cent Amer
-For. unfortunately, there has
crown I'd a failure TO learn and IN
ierstand the principles upon Wnlen
this government was est1oilsned-
Many stu retain e wrongly conceived
feeling Of the real ideals Of our re-
publican form OF government when
hey inherited from the home land
rom which their ancestors. fed. or
.ame
Many OF these. in the fitness OF
heir honest beliefs. have banded to-
-ether. some as capitalists, some as
abor. some iu other groups, eacn
eekinE their own personal advance
nent, no matter at what expense 10
he great majority
.Ascendancy Of party must not be
hought essential 10 national wei
are. Party spirit must be restrained
{ IS time for the great majority %
ct. ard 10 know that they do not Z
discharge their duty % the govern
lent by merely passlvely voting ana
o place a premium upon political z
.naverv The first duty is 70 help {
Mould opinion ana share the issues s
.er US Americ1nLZe America tlrsL
BoIshevism and Democracy.
we have been drifting into 6
term which until % 3
ears ago was never applied 10 this ]
Of the republic (
7hich our forefathers founded /
s.BoIshevism IS extreme democracy :
When we talk Of democratizing our 7
Industries We are taxing the lll1t &
ter toward Outstanding them
The great difficulty now Is that y
re have had crowd followers instead
( statesmen who were leaders. sew
nty percent OF our men in public life /
ave been playing % popular 1alla- c
les, and appealing TO the mob mind {
taking class appeals a
The crowd does not want to be (
ouowsd-lt wants 70 be guided. The d
Es demands moulders OF public opin- s
Ia, not crowd followers. {