Evening journal., 1919-04-28
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GOVERNMENT URGED
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and Il was thrown open to any who
chose TO speak. A colored Socialist
asked for the casting aside Of race
prejudice by labor unions. A man who
was introduced as zone Of the New Cas-
tie leather men now on strike, gave a
moderate speech advising peaceaple
means Of bringing about Industrial re-
forms, urging the example OF the Brit
lsh Labor Party, and asking for cOncil-
latory measures between labor and So
cialism.
Announcement was made Of a meet
ing TO protest against the imprisOn-
ment Of Eugene " Debs, to be held by
the Socialists in Turn Hall on May 1
(Thursday.). Such a meeting was for
hidden recently by the mayor OF
Toledo. Ohio. May 1 IS the date when
Socialists have called for a showing
Of strength" over the entire country.
The real part OF last nights meet
ing began about 1920 O'Clock, when
the chairman, whose name was Dayton
according TO those present, gave pap
kOff' a second chance 10 disgrace the
UNIFORM Of his country. 10 might be
mentioned that just previous 10 this
speech, literature was sold on Dol
shevism" and on the British Labor
Party. Few 0f the latter were sold.
but the Bolshevik propaganda sold
like hot cakes. 10 was distributed said
tho chairman, "to let the public know
the truth about the soviet government,
and to cOunteract the lies told by the
cOmmercialized press Of this country
To read The pamphlets. a person would
get the idea that Bolshevism was a
heaven on earth. and had worked out
splendidly, instead of turning Russia
into the hell upon earth that il is.
Not one word was said In the pamph-
lets about the 'fnslionalization OF
women" The document ends with a
condemnation OF the American form
Of government.
"papkOff" was called into action a
second time by a speech asking for
peaceful industrial revolution. The
soviet advocate sprang TO his feet and
said that the time for waiting 30 get
things through parliamentary aSlon
was past. lie denied that the Socialists
or labor had ever obtained anything
through such action He said that
after two or three hundred years, the
Socialists might be able 10 get repre-
sentatlves IN Congress. but IL they did,
the method would prove The same as
70 had IN Europe. He declared the
Socialists who had got into the Ger
man and French parliamentary bodies
were no longer true representatives
OF the party; that the war had shown
this TO be true that these representa- I
tlves were no longer international |
lists"
lie advised the immediate formation
IN America OF soviets of soldiers, sal I
lors and workers, "t0 get decisive ac-
ton" He intinated that BOlshevlsm
was fast spreading TO Italy, France and
England, and that it was only a mat
Ter OF very short time before Il would
spread over America Tie said In
Europe, the Bolshivik were getting
control OF the transport railroad, and
mining men. and they were getting
"the naturalization OF women and all
the other things the Russians have"
and lntimated further that these things
were highly desirable for America
He spoke Of the Ignorant, employers |
of labor" in America, who took all /
the profits OF production. and who /
were blind TO the change the war had |
wrought in industry" In a glowing |
praise of The soviets, he said The time
had come now for a complete change
in the system Of government in this /
country, and that the Socialists and la
Dor men should be ready to take CON
troll when the fast-approaching crisis
should arrive.
The applause that followed this
speech was deafening. Curiously
enough, ministers in several city
churches were preaching antl-Bolshe-
,ik sermons The same evening, but It
does not seem TO have occurred to them
that it would be well for citizens Of
which was described last
night as a conservative" city, to at
tend a few Socialist meetings and dis
cover the poison spread broadcast in
them. 10 appears they listened instead
10 sermons telling about this menace
as "a thousand miles away"
Recently Socialist organizations Of
the radical or red" type have been