The sun., 1919-10-13

the immeasurable arrogance OF the posi-
tion which he had taken.
81 cry out against Garyisn and all
that II means-namely the denial to the
workers of the right to organize and
TO deal collectively with their employ
efs. wish to do what can be done
by one man to the end that the present
regime become and remain at least APP
proximately just and not as indefensible
as II would be II Geryism and the
present order were to become inter-
changeable terms.
There 10 one charge that will not
delgn to answer--the charge that some
person, especially such as clothe them
selves in the noble garb Of anonymity.
have made against me--that I am q
Bolshevist or in favor OF Bolshevisnn. 1t
Is not my habit to conceal my views;
else 1 would not have done the impru-
dent thing Of branding Garyism as
again brand 1t to-day as the most pro-
life breeder of revolutionary and Boil
shevist sentiment In the land. That
am not n Bolshevist is clear to every
one, including those some of whom are
prepared to destroy any man IL he be
Jew.
Let no one imagine that I am un-
aware of or blind to the abuses which
obtain within the ranks of organized
about the Matchmaking and corruption
and thievery which are responsible for
some of the almost inevitable Ill will felt
against labor organisations by employ
ers of labor. 1 know these things and
abhor them.
Would Reeularise Unions.
II venture to predict that there will
be no betterment OF conditions with re-
spect to labor organization and leader
ship and that the same practices and
abuses that have for decades disigured
1t will continue to obtain as long rs
labor organization remains under sus-
picion and under fire. as long as IL is
outlawed and semi-outlawed, as long as
It fails TO have its normal and legitimate
place within our Industrial scheme. The
one course to pursue toward labor unions
4 Is not to attempt to outlaw and to crush
them, but to regulate them, to give them
legal sanction, to place upon them legal
responsibility whether they will or not.
ut IL poisome to my soul to md rep
resentatiyes of the Roman and Protes-
tant churches In the steel and iron dis
trict. with some brave and noble excep-
tions doing everything that they car
in order to wean the workers from their
union allegiance and to win them back to
q position Of unrevolting acquiescence
in anything which the Steel Corporation
| may devise.
| "Bolshevism Is not democracy at all
| 1t purports to be a benevolent de.
mocracy, but In practice It is a maleicent
despotism 1t is despotism without the
courage OF its unfaith. 1t is the un.
doing Of democracy in democracy
name II is the subversion Of all that
for which democratic people ought tc
| strive.
81 have stood against Bolshevisn
from the beginning as I stand uncom
promisingly against It now. I gave Ut
extraordinary opportunities for war ser
! vice abroad, because / was led to fee
by leaders of the Administration tina
It was my duty to remain at home and
to oppose with all strength the tides OF
Bolshevism. am as unalterably op
posed to Bolshevism as I was to Prus'
sianism. Both are unspeakable evils
the one was fought and overcome; the
ether is being fought and must be over.
come
america has no room and no quarter
and no tolerance for Bolshevlsm. I
may make fairer promises and speal
a more gracious tongue than Hohen
zollernism, but in essence II Is at ont
with It. It denies and abrogates tn,
fundamental freedom of men. To IN,
Lenlne and Trotzky are no less odiou
than car or kaiser A car Is intoler
able not because he is more or less cruel
but because he is car. The I,enine
Trotsky regime spells ruthless despot
ism: therefore to me 1t Is loathsome ant
intolerable."