Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-13
|. v. WIS PLANN ING
REVOLUTION IN !. S.
Mail Matter Seized DisclOses
Plot to Overthrow American
Government and Establish
BOlshevik Republic
PLOTTERS ORGANIZED
include Radical Socialists, Anarchists
and Othcrs-List Of Newspapers Pub
Itshcd by the I. W. W. Submitted TO
Senate Committee

Washington, March l0-Mail matter
seized since the signing of the armistice
has disclosed that the l. w. W., anar-
chists, radical socialists and others are
"perfectng an amalgamation' which
has for it's object the overthrow or the
American government through "bloody
revolution" and the establishment OF
Bolshevik republic, according to memo
randum sent to the Senate propaganda
committee by Solicitor Lamar OF the
postofflce department. The memorandum
was made public to-day by the commit
tee and Chairman Overman said 1t wouid
be read into the record tomorrow.
Declaring that in Bolshevism the radi-
cal elements of the country had for the
first time found a common cause upon
which they can unite" Mr.. Lamar said
his information showed the propaganda
against the government was being con-
Quoted with great regularity and that
its magnitude could be measured by the
bold and outspoken statements" found
I'm the literature. Accompanying his
memorandum were several hundred ex-
ccrpts from mail matter showing the
trend of the propaganda. These will be
made public later
Particular reference was made by the
solicitor to the activity of the dissatis-
fed foreign element in the country, but
he said perhaps the |. W. w. was the
most active in the dissemination of the
propaganda because it has at its COM
mand a large field force known as re-
cruiting agents. subscription agents,
etc, who work INCREASINGLY in the fur
th,rance of the cause"
MI Lamar's memorandum, to which
was attached list of newspapers
printed in English and foreign languages
alleged to be regularly conducted and
published by the l. w. W., said in part:
This propaganda is being conducted
with such regularity that it's magnitude
can be measured by the bold and out
spoken statements contained in these
publications and the efforts made therein
to inaugurate a nation wide reign of
terror and overthrow the government.
In classifying these statements. they
are submitted in n major or general class
a. follows:
a. w. W., anarchstlc, radical-social-
istic, and socialist. 1t will be seen from
these excerpts and 1t is indeed significant
that this the first time in the history of
the so-called radical movement in the
United States that these elements have
found a common cause (Bolshevism) In
which they can all unite. The l. w. W..
wise in fact all dissatisfied elements par
tcularly the foreign element. are perfect
ing an amalgamation with one object, and
one object only in view, namely. the over
throw of the government of the United
States by means of a bloody revolution
and the establishment of a Bolshevik re-
public.
THE I. w. w is perhaps most actively
engaged in spreading this propaganda
and has at It's command large field force
known as recruiting agents, subscription
agents, etc, who work INCREASINGLY in the
furtherance of the cause
This organization also publishes a,
least Ave newspapers in the English
Language and nine in foreign languages
as shown in the list given below. This
list comprises only official papers OF
the organization and does not take
into account the large number of free
lance papers published in the interest
of the above organization"
I The information furnished by Mr.
Lamar comedies to an extent with the
statements reiterated to-day by Ray
lmond Robins former head of the Amer
ican Red Cross mission in Russia, wher
The again appeared before the commit.
tee, primarily to answer statements
fconcerning him made Saturday BY
! DaNlO II. fTanClSt american dillpdSSd
dor to Russia.
Mr.. Robins insisted that it was the
}desire of the Bolshevists to overthrow
all the governments of the world ant
in their place set up terroristic gov
ernments similar to those in Russia
He said he did not know of his owr
knowledge that Bolshevists from Rus
STA actually were engaged in trying
TO accomplish this purpose in the United
States, but that he was convinced GER
tain people here were engaged in prop
agating Bolshevist ideas
+ The newspapers listed were:
The New Solidarity, English. weekly
Chicago; One Big Union, English
monthly Chicago; Industrial Unionist
English weekly, Seattle; California De
tense Bulletin, English weekly. Sar
Francisco; The Rebel Worker English
bimonthly, New York; La. Neuva Soil
daridad. Spanish, weekly, Chicago; Colo,
Truzenta, Russian, weekly, Chicago; l.
, Nuovo Proletaria, Italian, weekly. Chi
! cago; Nya Warden, Swedish. weekly
Chicago; Der Industraler Arbiter. Jew
ish. weekly. Chicago; Probuda. Bulgarian
weekly, Chicago; A. FEELS Badulas Hun