The sun., 1919-06-29
Holds Charter Unrevocable.


As to the possible revocation Of the
charter of the Rand School Mr.. Block
said:
THE newspapers report that Attorney
General Newton has stated that he in
tends to take legal action to have the
charter of the American Socialist So
ciety revoked. We have not received
any oficial notification OF such a pro-
ceeding and we cannot accept the news
paper reports as such notification. We
will say, however, that there Is abso-
lutely no legal ground upon which the
charter of the society can be revoked.
1t Is quite possible. however. as we have
seen by experience. that legal grounds
may be ignored by those who seek to
fnjure the school. which Is a law abid-
ing and absolutely legal institution"
The Lusk committee intends before its
next public hearing to learn the source
OF the income Of the Rand School. It
has reason to believe that some we'll
known persons are on the list of con-
tributors and It Is the present intention
TO make this list public. The commit
tee has been told that the original en-
dowment of 100000 has been so spent
or tied up that II produces little income
The expenses Of the institution are
some $1,000 a month. The fees re-
from publications do not come anywhere
near meeting this expense. II is under
stood The deficit has been made up
from month to month by a number Of
contributing patrons.
Another inquiry that the Lusk COM
mittee will undertake is to determine
how much danger there may be of for
eign Socialist leaders getting control Of
the Socialist party in this country. I'm
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necessary to be citizen of the United
States In order to be a Socialist Any
person eighteen years old or more may
get his or her red card by subscribing
TO the doctrines and obeying the rules.
These rules state that the executive COM
mittee of the party is supreme and MEM
bers of the party must carry out its
orders.
Members Largely Aliens.
As a great portion of the members of
the Socialists are aliens certain members
Of the Lusk committee have been con-
sidering what would happen II the for
eign element should get control of the
executive committee. II these elements
were guided by the Bolshevist class in
Russia, they might be ordered to commit
acts Of violence.
II was learned yesterday that the testi-
mony received at the executive session
Of the committee on Friday was of an
investigator who had visited the Ferrer
colony, at Stelton. near New Brunswick.
N J. There Is a branch of this insti-
tuition in Madison avenue, this city. The
Investigator reported that the inhabi-
tants of some 400 houses In this colony
lived In the height of unconventionality.
Boys and girls UP to eleven were brought
up together. occupying the same rooms
A boy OF nine and a girl of seven were
found, the investigator said, running
around in the suits with which they
came into the world.
In their classes the children are al
owed TO do as they please. II they do
not like the questions asked them they
get up and leave the room. II a ma
Jority protest the teacher has to take
up the matter and change her methods
to meet the wishes OF the children.
Leonard d. Abbott. a director and
incorporation OF the Rand School, Is
said to be the head OF the Ferrer colony.
One OF the trustees Is Harry Kelly.
editor of Freedom, a radical publica-
ton which was raided when II was
published in tho Russian Peoples House.
Mr.. Kelly now has It printed in New
brunswick The head OF the school is
said to be William T. Brown, a former
Unitarian minister and a graduate OF
Yale. When the school was visited he
mad Just returned from n trip through