Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03

exploitation Of man by man. the enti.e
abolition Of the division Of people into
classes, the suppression Of exploitation
the establishment of socialisttc society
and the victory Of socialism In all lanos
- by declaring all private prop
erty in land, abolished. that the entire
land shall be decreed national property
and without compensation to former
owners apportioned among husbandmen
In the measure OF each ones ability
to till it. Likewise, all national re-
sources we declare to be national prop
orty as are all factories, railways. banks
and other organizations Of capital
Furthermore, we declare that there
Is universal obligation to work. intro
duced for the purpose Of eliminating the
parasitic strata of society In the coun-
try It goes on: All workers are to
be armed and all Of the property owning
class are to be disarmed.'
1.-THE product of this school is well
illustrated ty the yaledictory address OF
one of it's students who had just nm
ished his scholastic course He said:
"Then, In August, 1914. came the
great world war. Before the onrush
Of war hysteria the organizations OF
labor were helpless for the time being.
Under pretense Of national Defense"
workers of each country were led to
the slaughter. In America we
have a longer road to travel, great
or obstacle to overcome. Because OF
this our labor movement Is more con-
sentative and backward than the Ia
Dor movement of Europe. For US
students. labor unions and socialists
our work ia laid out. We must help
educate the workers Of America so
that their slogan Of "fair days work
for q fair days pay" may be replaced
by the revolutionary slogan: Adolf
tion Of the wage system" We see. to-
day, that one of the greatest hands
caps to the Russian conquest Is the
weakness of the American labor move-
ment and the strength Of American
capitalists. We are seeing more clear
ly than ever before that the workers
OF one country cannot emancipats
themselves without the cooperation
Of workers In others
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"Further on he says: In the great
worldwide struggle taking place to-
day we must take an active part. We
must not fail; we must not falter. The
ideals which inspired Marx, Engels,
Bebel and Lasalle. the ideals ofLenih
ana Debs, are those which inspire us
the ideals Of international socialism.
Long live International socialism!
'.rhe success Of the bolshevist move
ment throughout. the world would
mean the installation Of the criminal
and vicious elements in control OF
government. and would destroy very
quickly the institutions which civili.
xation has built up throughout con.
turtles. Examination of the ruins OF
different countries which have passed
into that history which tells OF ruined
glories indicates that such catastro.
Plies have happened In the world be-
fore.
'Ths world 10 In condition OF un.
rest. which requires action By cool
heads and strong hands.
'One Of these questions 10 that Of
the decent division Of the dollar. 10
labor receiving its just share of<the
earnings Of the combined energies Of
labor and capital7 II not. then we
must see to It that 1t shall In future,
though the task may be besst BY diff
fculties.
Another question IL: L. the coun-
try suffering from profiteeringf IfSo.
practical measures must be taken to
see to 1t that It IL stopped. Instances
have been called to my attention In
which the consumer paid for prod
uct several hundred per cent 40 much
as the producer received for It. This
condition must not continue.
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1T is tho purpose Of this commit.
tee. a. q part OF its work In tnvestl-
eating seditious activities, to call be.
fore It men Of all classes who have
anything constructive to suggest. and
1t IL the hope OF the committee that II
will be able to outline constructive
suggestions In it, nnal report. not /
only for legislation In this and other
states confronted by similar prob
lens. but Tor the consideration and
adoption By loyal citixens Of means.
Private individuals must cooperate
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