Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-24
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 81, 1919
ALIENS TO BLAME

A Nv ICES from the ldTse lllu
II trial centers indicate that the
real trouble-makers in the
strike of steel workers throughout
the country are aliens or men who
have come to this country with
theories of government diametrically
opposed to American ideals and the
principles of American life. 1t was
declared in one of the Catholic pull
pits of Pittsburgh last sunday that
the un-American forces behind the
steel strike and those who take part
in it as aliens drew large compcnsa-
ton for their labor during the war
while patriotic fellow workmen went
overseas to fight that American
ideals might live. This priest made
an eloquent appeal to all service men
to align themselves with the authori-
ties to preserve peace. He declared
with emphasis that the strike was
brought about by outsiders, by men
who have no interest in the COM
munity and who do not have the
welfare of the men at heart
This is the view OF scores and hun
dreds who have investigated the
causes leading to the present unfor-
tunate industrial conflict. Thousands
who have quit work have done so
not because they are in sympathy
with the strike, but because they
do not care to be classed as "scabs,"
or in opposition to their fellows in
the various industries who have
made the issue. Disregard of law
and order is one of the unfortunate
phases of the early stages of the
controversy. Already officers of the
law are characterized as "Cossacks," 4"
an opprobious term coined by the
Russian disturbers of the peace who
have brought to America their radi-
cal theories of government which
have aready thrown the country
whence they came into an awful
maelstrom of disaster and untold
suffering.
Americans who hold the institu-
tions of this country as the safe
guard of their liberty and those OF
foreign birth who have come here
with q determination to adopt our
manner of life and enjoy the free
dom of our people will not join
hands with those who would destroy
the peace and prosperity of the mil
lions who have made this country
an asylum for the oppressed of all
lands.
The reaction of the great war has
left many in a confused and erratic
frame of mind, so that they cannot
see clearly, and therefore rush into
situations which are neither sane
nor justified by anything which has
developed during the last year. But
the good sense of the American peo-
pie is bound to assert itself and tc
eventually overcome the present.
day tendencies toward the impossible
panaceas introduced from the de.
moralized countries of Europe. Per.
haps some such thing as the clash
among the steel workers was neces.
sary to arouse the people to an ap.
probation of the menace of foreign
ideas, encouraged through prop.
uganda of those who would break
down the splendid institutions which
have been fostered and built up ii
this country over a long period o.
years
The individual has a duty to per
form in keeping his feet squared!
or the ground and maintaining tn,
poise of the good citizen who is will
ing to do his part in the maintenance,
of those principles which are abso
lutely necessary to the development
of American ideals and prosperit.
and welfare of all the people