Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-11-05
TRAITORS IN HIGH PLACES.
Men Who Are BoIshevists Drawing Sal
aries from the Government,

Every person who hopes for the per-
petuation of American institutions and
who is willing to help fight the In
sidlous communistic movemet, should ,
secure and read Senator James 4.
Watson's expose of the manner IN
which the Federal Trade Commission
has been packed with socialists.
That address, delivered in the Sen
ate on October 20 adds another mass
of convincing evidence to the already
large accumulation of unquestlonable
facts showing the correlation and CO.
operation between the Wilson admin
istration and those influences and agen-
cies that are antagonistic to our Re-
publican form of government.
If Bolshevism has gained foothold in
America to such an extent as to I'M
peri! the stability of our government,
the responsibility lies largely with an
administration that has not merely toll
Grated but has encouraged 1T.
By placing communists in office. the
Wilson administration has bestowed
governmental power upon men who ere
opposed to the government.
BY paying salaries to those men out
Of the treasury of the government the
administration has furnished the men
with the means by which they can
carry on their work against the gov
ernment.
Funds wrung from the taSiDaylng
producers of the country have been
! diverted to the pockets of non- tax
| payers whose teachings would destroy
productive industry IF given an oppor~
| tunity.
The man OF energy, enterprise and
thrift who has accumulated property
by had work, economy and self -saeri-
flee Is negligent of his own personal
interests if he fails to read the facts
set forth by Senator Watson. :.
1t is impossible within a brief space
to review all the tacts disclosed by the
Ser ator in his address, showing that
the Chicago Office Of the Federal
Trade Commission has been center of
dcalism, nesting place for social
lists spawning round for sovietism.
It's personnel are shown to have been
acttHe socialists, constantly consortlng
with such characters as Victor Berger
and Irwin st. john Tucker, both Of
whom nave been convicted under the
espionage act
They were constant contributors to
socialist publications. and the authors
of houks ard pamphlets urging the
overthrow of government and the es-
tabIishnent of soyietisnl
Mr.. Stuart Chase, who had general
direction Of the Commission investi-
cations, organiezed the Fabian Club,
society founded for the express pur-
pose of furthering the doctrines of
socialism. A series of Fabian Tracts
were published, all of which breathe
the spirit. of sedition and intense op-
position to existing institutions, both
financial and governmental.
At least two of the men engaged in
writing reports of the Commission
were Red Russians from Riga.
/ Soon after the signing Of the armis-
.tice an anarchist parade occurred in
Chicago, in which four prominent
Trade Commission men marched carry
ing red flags.
The parade was stopped by agents
of the Department of Justice and the
flags confscated. And so on through
a mass Of evidence presented by Sena-
tor Watson In circumsta1 1tail detail
What progress can be made toward |
the checking of Bolshevism when
agents of the government itself advo-
cate its principles?
What is the man OF the street to |
think when Federal officials, holding
commissions from the President or one
OF his personal appolntees, urge the
overthrow Of Constitutional govern
mant, and the setting up of the sys
TEN of Lenlne and Trotzky?
Hope for the future of our Nation !
may as well be abandoned now if
enemies of the Republic are to be
permitted to work for its destruction
from within its organization at Wash
ington.