Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
The Red Flags Threat in the United Stat
~ EDwARD MARsnALz.

0x HOWARD 0AB08ALLs
NEW YORK. August I. 1919.
"HAr radicaiism 10 growing In
the United States: that vicious
influences are behind 1t: that
Il II TO the interest OF every
1mesicAn citizen who loves the ma.
lion and wishes to prosper to bring
thts. % halt: that each state In tho
1 Union and the federal government
forthwith should Investigate and re-
spore upon the subject ~ New York
~stats b investigating and preparing
% report. all these are thoughts OF
Senator Lusk. in charge OF the New
York state legislative committee
which recently has been delving into
the ways Of anarchists. socialists. boil
vhevists. members Of the I. w. w. and
xther dangerous characters. citizens
2nd other wise. This IL the first state
tnent Senator Lusk has made since the
Investigation began and, he believes
II mild compared to that for which
he will have material after the inves-
tieation is completed. When that time
Comes perhaps we shall know the
origin OF the concerted effort which
has been made to debauch our de-
ahocracy.
saThe object of the investigation"
said he, as. on long, energetic legs. he
paced the room, sis to uncover sedi-
tioiis activities in New York state.
There are plenty here to be uncov-
cred, as we have discovered, and some
tXf our discoveries indicate that there
Are 80 many elsewhere that, am con-
Winged. an investigation similar to
this by every state legislature in the
Hountry not only would be justified.
but is required, to be followed by
National study Of the subject. having
at its disposal all the evidence coll
Jectsd by the various state investiga-
tors and full authority to gather new
evidence for itself.
loyal Americans have no concep-
1lon Of the evil meaning and the vast
txtent OF the great radical movement
which. at the present time. now and
then boils to the surface Of things in
the United States. While It only thus
boiis to the surface now ana then. 1t
Sontinuously CLOVIS red-hot and omi-
nous, hidden In the foundations OF our
Sociai system and. naturally. threat
Sning them.
II shall not say that foreign fnfiu-
tnpss are responsible for all Of It. but
they surely are responsible for most
Of C. OF these those OF Russian agi.
&ators, secret and open. apparently
Are most dangerous. but am not pre-
pared to say that the movement really
i II Russian in its inception. that the
money which Russians have been
spending upon It really 10 Of Russian
prigin, that the brains behind tt
tnd there are brains Of q high order
among those behind it--are all Rus
eian. But they are not American.
Concerning this phase OF the subject
Ne may e b. able to make certain
revelations later.
'.The great point is that while we
Ars Investigating radicalism In New
York state. and wissly doing 90. SINH
lar .so-erdinatiag action By many and
tarhaDs all other states and By the
federal government would tend to
hafsguara the true interests OF this
great nation. which In the generosity
of IT. heart offered itself ~ . refuge
to IL oppressed from everywhere and
nov 10 finding Gas It often has found
before) that there are many anxious
70 abaSs this hospitality.
'fer various reasons. chiefly the
btays to which the invetigation at
the present time has reached. shall
tpsal. now. Of the Russian influences
leading to the present day American
eituation, without going behind II. al
though. ~ have limited. there may
b things behind IL to engage our at
tention later on. ~
'sThe 'boishevist' idea, which seems
to have impressed SO deeply tho
minds OF many resident in America. is
worthy Of intelligent attention. Such
Intelligent attention will destroy its
beauty. the soviets DO not fern a
nation: they are part Of an interna-