The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-12-29

(Akron Evening Times)
Before us as we write are two PAM
phlets. One is a manifesto" of "an-
archists and communists" published
by the Federation of Unions of Rus
sian Workers of the United States
and Canada The other is report of
Attorney General Palmer to the Unit
ed States Senate. answering certain
questions as to the activities of the
department of justice in dealing with
sedition and anarchy.
The manifesto" of the Russian
Workers unions is an open appeal TO
anarchy, demand for the overthrow
of the government of the United
States Among the methods Of proce-
dure it advises for members of the
unions are the following:
Seizure of all means of production
b ythe working classes"
Destruction Of "all remains of gov
ernmental authority and class domi-
nation"
Liberation of prisoners.
Demolition of prisons and police
stations.
Destruction of all legal papers "per-
tanning TO private ownership of prop
lerty."
Burning of all certificates of indebt-
edness.
Destruction of all fences and boun-
daries-'sin word. we must take care
that everything is wiped from the
earth that is reminder of the right
If private ownership of property"
The blowing up of barracks and
police stations.
The shooting of the "most promir
nent military and police officers"
The Inauguration of a general
strike, the use of violence TO- halt
production and the seizure of indus
tries. etc.
This pamphlet is being distributed
throughout the industrial centers Of
America Hundreds of them have
been circulated-in Akron. What they
may lead to in the hands of the ig-
norant native-born and the alien who
has no comprehension Of our govern
ment is easily imaginable. What they
have already led TO, indeed, in appar-
lent.
Why does the United States tole-
rate the spreading of such doctrine,
you ask. The answer Is contained in
the other pamphlet above mentioned
the attorney generals report to the
/ Senate.
Under the laws as they stand the
circulation of such literature is not q
crime.
Attorney General Palmer, after
making various test cases I'M the fed
eral courts and securing the opinions
of the country's ablest criminal law
yers. thus advises the Senate:
"(1). Those who have attempted
to bring about the forcible overthrow
OF the government of the United
States have committed no crime, un-
less their acts amount to treason, re-
bellion or seditious conspiracy. This
! is defined in Sections /, and OF the
/ Criminal Code above quoted.
"(2.) The preaching of anarchy
and sedition is not crime under the
general criminal statutes of the Unit
ed States.
"(3.) Advising the defiance of law
is not crime under the general GRIM
inal laws. whether the same be done
by printing and circulat ting literature
or by the spoken word.
"(4.l Nor is the advising and
openly advocating the unlawful OBJ
struction of industry and the unlawful
and violent destruction of property a
crime under the United States general
statutes"
In other words. the United States is
a wide-open country to every native
born moron and every alien agitator
who desires to slaughter public offic-
lials and soldiers. undertake wholesale
sabotage, obstruct the enforcement of
laws and preach treason and anarchy.
The nation is at the mercy OF red pro-
lpagandists and bolshevik plotters-
sedition mongers for the most part
living in ease and luxury on funds
supplied by the Russian plunderers.
/ In the face of this situation we
hear and read impassionad protests
against any legislation that may cur
tail the sacred freedom of the pressln
! Freedom TO advocate notification of
the entire constitution and forcible
overthrow of the government is urged
i by boudoir bolshevists as paramount
to the preservation of the constitution
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