The Washington times., 1919-11-08
WOMAN LEADS.
LOCAL "REDS"
FraiI Physically, She Controls
"left Wing" ReyoIutionaries
Who Have Soviet in City.
BY BILL PRICE.


The leader OF the most revolution
airy element in Washington is a small
woman physically but a dynamo men
tally. She rides around in her own
automobile, has everything in the
S-orld she wants OF desires, and is the
wife of highly talented and splen-
sidly educated man who stands at the
top OF a technical profession which
yields him something like S10,eoo a
Sear.
She is secretary of the left wing"
socialists of Washington and sregu-
safiy meets with the men and women
of this faith in a building on z street.
Aost of them are foreigners, many
identified with the tailoring business
n this city. They make about the
test wages paid workingmen in
Washington, yet agitation for over
turning of existing governmental and
other conditions is the atmosphere
they live and breathe in.
Reds In LEFT wing.-
The left wing Socialists have al
ways been revolutionists in contradis-
tinction to the right wing" Social
lists, who have advocated the ballot
as the means for attaining their aims.
at any rate. this Washington band of
Socialists is for the Russian Soviet
system in the United States: for
general oyerturning of a democratic
form Of government. Their literature
breaches these doctrines, and they
circulate the Constitution" of the
Russian Soviet government.
This little woman Is a graduate of
. renowned female colleg OF America,
speaks scveral languages, and talks
softly or in streaks of fire, as occa-
sion demands She Is the secretary
OF the Washington organization. She
writes attractively and conyincin gly.
The Washington police and the in
yestigating bureau of the Depart
nent OF Justice are pretty well ac-
7uatnted with the activities OF Wash
snston radicals. whether they oper-
ate in parlors or in halls. Washing
ton is generally known as a "parlor
soviet" town: that is, the extremists
IN revolutionary subjects are fire.
suently Of that idle type OF well-to-
40 people who have no other occupa-
tion than meddling in the affairs of
others; who take up fads and pro-
mote them at much expense of money
and time.
Few Of -Soap Box Type.
There are few of the soap box"
style OF agitators in this city; little
open-air oratory. 1t is all done be-
Sind brick walls, although not as
secretly as might be supposed. The
parlor' breeds of agitators take
pride in the wildness and Stiffness of
.heir doctrines. 1t is, to many OF
.hem. evidence of superior intellect
aal attachments, which the common
aerd of humanity Is unable to under
'<fand or analyze.
Some of the Objectionable laws for
the District Of Columbia were forced
upon the statute books Of the Dis
trfct by various classes of these idle
barnacles who. having no work to
10, turned to fsds which they pressed
before Congress That was at a time
when the world was not disturbed
~ extreme ideas of how humanity
should be governed politically, soci-
Slly. and otherwise, and when most
people were fairly content with
moderate progress in worldly affairs.
The parlor pests. according to the
police. do not spend much money in
spreading their ''isms" and beliefs
They are contented with much talk
ing among themselves and with a
feeling that they are far above the
ordinary run of humanity intellectu-
auy. The revolutionary socialists of
the city and the followers of present
day Russian methods do spend a
great deal of money in literature
They circulate their beliefs in news
papers. magazines, and writings that
sre brilliantly appealing to men and
women whose minds have become fer
tile soil for these appeals. In this
city the literature is handed around
among possible converts, but the most
successful methods of recruiting is
. leave literature on benches in
.'arks and other public places where
. will be picked up by persons who
themselves idlins for short or long
periods, may get the poison" and
hereafter ask for more
Employ Good Writers.
This sort OF propaganda is the most
insidious Of all. because the persons
reading these papers or documents
do not comprehend the motive back
1f the literature being left there The
-eyolutionists have their own print
-ng presses and use only their best
writer's. They go on theory that in
-hese days Of unrest they will be able
% plant seed in fertile soil almost
anywhere their literature is placed.
The Washington police know of one
nan. a foreigner, who makes much
money as contractor for painting
Ie religiously spends every dollar he