New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-12-24
URGE RES STORING
OF FR ! EB ] SPE .EG !. !! |
NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF NON
PARTIsANs SEES PERIL
IN PREsENTlsTATus.
FARMER LEADERS WANT GUAR
ANTEE TO SAFEGUARD
PEOPLES RIGHTS.

Perhaps one OF the strongest oil tie
resolutions passed by the convention Ct
the national committee of the Men
PARTISAN league, which met at st. Pail,
last week, was that Urging a ret IN to a.
peace tine basis in matters inv diving
free speech
The week previous Congressn an
Davey Of Ohio introduced a bill, said
to have the backing Of Attorney General
Palmer, which would give the prose
cutors and judges arbitrary power to
determine what is seditious
Leaguers fear, with good reason, that
this bill, like its forerunner, the espionage
act, is designed not so much to .'get'
enemies Of the country as to put a gag
on liberal opinion. Not knowing what
was seditious or what might be construed
in the heat Of war feeling, liberal editors
every where had to compromise on their
fight against special privilege. On the
other hand, no proved enemy Of the
country was ever brought to justice.
through the espionage act. .,.1 I
The farmer leaders ask that if there.
must be an espionage, the law should
state plainly that neither the govern
ment nor the courts can Use the act to
interfere with advocacy Of changes in
laws and constitutions by orderly
means. Such proyiso would destroy
the evident purpose Of the Davey bill.
Townley Praised.
# A resolution was moved from the
floor and passed congratulating President
a. G. ToWnley personally and pledging
the loyalty Of the national committee
to him in the fight being waged in the
interests of the farmers.
North Dakota was congratulated on
the carrying out Of the League program
The resolution, introduced by Edi-
tor Julius Deutelbaum Of the De
troit, Labor News, has deep import.
# the police will again permit the Legion
members to interfere with radical meet
ings, as they did when Haywood was
scheduled, late in November, to make
an address, and was prevented from
appearing by threats Of disturbance on
the part of Legion members, there will
be trouble. The letter to the mayor
and police head states that, although
the Federation and Haywood are at
opposite poles on matters of labor
generalship, union labor will not tolerate
any interference with his or any other
meetings as long as they are conducted
within the law. "A
Haywood is booked to speak for
the Labor Forum on December 81,
and the resolution is warning to the
authorities that, unless the Legion
activities in attempting to destroy
free speech and assernblage are curbed,
organized labor will see to it that law
and order are maintained, and con-.
stitutional guarantees are lived up to. us
We are workers, conscious OF our
rights, our duties and obligations, !"
say the Detroit laborites. .We be-
ieve in and preach law and order and
decry mob rule and violence upon every
occasion We feel that if law and order
is to succeed, and if we are to avoid a
reign OF terror and guerilla warfare in
this community, a recurrence Of the
Haywood incident must be made I'M
possible Thus notice is served to the
Chamber Of Commerce hirelings, that
Detroit labor is aware Of their foul
schemes and will not tolerate the viola
ton Of. constitutional rights.