Arizona republican., 1919-08-20
A RoIshevist Search

We have received from the Committee of Forty eight for Conference of Liberals summary of partial returns from questonnaire recently sent out by the committee The questionnaire related to many projects for the ushering in a new heaven and earth" The foremost subject of the question naire was the Plumb plan for running the rairoadA for the benefit of the employees the public to derive such benefit might be left after the surfeng of the workers with wages and profits
 Before go farther we should discover who compose the committee of Forty Eight We recall the names of Lincoln Colcord and Robert w. Bruere; old socialistic standby John Haynes Holmes. Mary H. Ingham. Dudley Field Malone, George Naysmith Mary Pattison, and another lady whose is unfamiliar but is the striking, Mary K. Smkhovitch. Here we have an assortment of parlor bolshevists perhaps some real boshevsts, and such men Mr. Malone,a restless intractable gentleman engaged in the pursuit something diff ferent."
 questionnaire of this kind and so directed could hardly fail of producing satisfactory results NO can look these answers" said member of the committee land fail to impressed with the demand of men and women who take democracy seriously that something definite done immediately to save this country from the choice between black reaction and violent revolution"
 Into such field as the questionnaire must have been thrown surprised that the Plumb plan was not more generously endorsed Only per of the answers favored it. 42 per cent was for government ownership and IS per cent for private ownership.
 The program of the American Labor Party re- ceived the endorsement of s4 per cent as against per cent opposed Ninety five per cent voted for initiative, referendum and recall per were against these measures. Ninety-seven and half per cent for executive budget and a responsible cabinet while 2h per cent for neither.
 Lively interest was shown in the question of limiting the power of the courts in declaring laws unconstitutional. Ninety-four per cent voted that the courts should limited and emphasized their opinions with remarks Six per cent against any limitation.
 The program of the Non Partisan League of North Dakota found favor with s6 per cent and was spurned by per cent. The espionage law voted abolished by 90 per cent with 10 per in of it's retention Two and one-haf per cent of the saw no good in proportional representation whereas STA per cent favored it. Ninety per cent voted to take absolute control foreign relations cut of the hands of the president. Ten per decided to let it remain his On the tariff question was found that ST per favored trade per protective tariff 12 per tariff revenue only.
 The restoration Of free speech was advocated by s9 per and opposed by only per while the granting of equal legal and economic rights women received almost the same support sSk per voted affirmativey and IF per cent against.
 The greatest interest was manifested in the ques- ton of forming political party. Eighty per voted in favor of forming party either dependently if possible federation with the labor and farmer movements and 20 per cent favored Non-Partisan organization.
 Compulsory military training was voted down s5 per cent to Is per and diplomacy was defeated by vote of s7 per cent to 3 per cent.