Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-19
DRASTIC STEP IN VIEW
TO MEET RED PERIL
Congress Considering Legislation Relating
to Anarchistic Alien Class-1mmigra-
ton Measure Is Proposed

States. But the point is. as empha-
sized in the debate in the Senate. the
$50. 900 are organized and the rest of
the 100000 up to this time have
not only been unorganized. but ap-
parently Indifferent.
Whether that Indifference" 1t was
said on the floor of the Senate. re
suits from lack of the appreciation
OF the magnitude of the crisis which
confronts us or whether 1t Is due to
that cheerful optimism which charac-
terizes Americans everywhere and I'M
der all circumstances, which assumes,
in obedience to the old doctrine of
laisseZ faire. that all these evils will
right themselves in time if left alone.
I do not know, but the fact is that
except in the city of Boston there has
been no public. organized resistance
to these things. The success of that
organized public resistance in Boston
I had hoped would prove contagious
and would result in similar manifes-
tations all over the country where
similar exigencies materialiZed.
x X X X
There are plenty of good people in
Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Canton. Youngs-
town, Chicago
DUTY OF PEOPLE and Gary who.
is POINTED OUT. if they will as
sert themselves,
will unite and serve notice upon these
anarchists and lawbreakers that the
institutions of this country shall be
preserved. that men shall be pro-
tected in the right to work II they
wish to work, that the laws shall be
enforced and order maintained. and
there will be a very abrupt cessation
Of these condition. Until that is done
we cannot hope for any. substantial
amelioration of them.
THE remedy for these evils-and
they are very sinister ones-lies en-
tirely in the hands Of the American
people, and until they exercise their
power no remedy Of a semi-legal ma
ture will do more than temporarily
suspend the operation Of these con-
ditions in one or two localities Of the
country"
Senator Poindexter made the DOWN
right charge in the Senate that an
army Of witnesses and a cabinet full
duced to prove that there is q revo-
lutiQpary movement. not confined to
Gary, nor to the state Of Indiana,
but that it extends throughout the
nation: that 1t is supported by ample
funds put forward by systematic
organization. and that a large part
at least Of the many strikes that
have occurred and are now in prog
ress are based upon that revolution
airy proposition. and have for their
object the defiance Of the law. the
overthrow of the government. the
establishment Of forcible commun-
ism and the taking over Of the in
dustries Of the country by the work.
ers"
At this point a little reflection.
Who remembers the time when
great hue and
RECALLS PLEA cry went UP
classes Of cap.
ital engaged in industrial develop
ment for unrestricted immigration?
Is it not recalled that impassioned
pleas were made for the free OPEN
ing Of this land Of opportunity to
the oppressed peoples Of other ma
lions. and the mines. railroads and
large developments were flooded
with the cheapest labor Of EUROPE,
much to the profit Of industry. Now,
along with this boon Of cheap labor,
appears to have crept in the germ
of communism. bolshevism and So
vietism seeking to destroy the great
industrial edifice that has been built
up.