The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-03-11
Plot of Anarchists, Socialists
and l. w. w. is Revealed in
Mail Matter Seized.
ESTABLISH BOLSHEVISM
Solicitor Lamar Says His Infor.
nation Shows Propaganda
Against Government Con.
Quoted With Regularity.

Washington, March 1O.-Mail
matter siezed since the signing OF
the armistice has disclosed that the
l. w. w, anarchists, radical So
sialists and others are "perfecting an
| amalgamation" which has for it's OH
Ject the overthrow of the American
government through bloody revo-
luton" and the establishment OF a
bolshevik republic, according to a
memorandum sent to .he senate
propaganda committee by Solicitor
Lamar. OF the postoffice department
| The memorandum was made public
by the committee and Chairman
Overman said it would be read into
the record tomorrow.
Declaring that in bolshevism the
radical elements of the country had
| for the first time found a common
cause upon which they can unite &"
| Mr. Lamar said his information
| showed propaganda against the gov
ernment was being conducted with
great regularity and It's magnitude
could be measured by the bold and
outspoken statements" found in the
| literature. Accompanying his MEM
orandum were several hundred ex-
cerpts from mail matter showing
the trend Of tn propaganda. These
will be made public later.
Particular reference was made nv
the solicitor to the activity OF the
dissatisfied foreign element in the
country, but he said perhaps the I.
w. w. was the most active in the
dissemination OF the propaganda
because it "has at its command a
large field force known as recruit
ing agents, subscription agents. etc.
who work increasingly in the furth-
erance Of the Cause
lamar's Memorandum.
Mr.. Lamar's memorandum. to
which was attached list of news
papers printed in English and for
eign languages alleged to be regu
! larly conducted and published by the
l. w. w. said in part:
This propaganda is being con-
Quoted with such regularity that its
magnitude can be measured by the
| bold and outspoken statements con-
tanned in these publications and the
efforts made therein to inaugurate a
nationwide reign of terror and over
| throw the government.
I'm classifying these statements
| they are submitted in a major or
general class as follows: l. w w
anarchistic. radical. sociaiistic and
socialist. 1t will be seen from
these excerpts, and il is indeed sig
/ nificant. that this is the first time
| in the history of the so-called radi-
! cal movement in the United States
! that these radical elements nave
found a common cause (bolshevism)
in which they can all unite. l. w.
! w, anarchists, socialists, radical and
otherwise in fact all dissatisfied
elements, particularly the foreign
nation with one object, and one oh
ject only, in view. namely. the over
| throw OF the government of the
! United States by the means of a
! bloody revolution and the establish
ment of a bolshevik republic.
!. w. W. Most Active.
THE l. w w is perhaps most
actively engaged in spreading this
| propaganda and has al its command
large force known as recruiting
agents. subscription agents. etc
who work increasingly in the furth-
"rarce of the cause
This organization publishes at
least FIVE newspapers in the English
| language and nine in foreign lam
guages. as shown in the list given
below. This list comprises only of
| fetal papers Of the organization and
does not take into account The large
lumber OF free lance papers publish
ID in the interest Of the above or
| ranization"
| The newspapers listed we're: Th
! Eew Solidarity. English weekly
| Chicago; One Big Union English
monthly. Chicago; Industrial Tn
| 'orist, English, weekly. Seattle;
! Continued on Page Eight.)