El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-20
Patriots Pledge
Allegiance To
The Flag Anew
Two Hundred Join United
Americans as Charter
Members.

Amid shouts and cheers. nearly 21'
81 Paso business and professional
men arose 70 their feet and pledged
themselves to nag and country a
charter members Of the United Amer
leans At the sheldon hotel At noon
Thursday The occasion Of the meet
ing was Joint meeting o. the cham
Der Of commerce. 81 Paso Rotary. the
Kiwanis club and the Adclub. The
meeting was called al the request Of
the chamber Of commerce 70 hear an
appeal from Frederick Vinins Fisher
one u the national organizers Of the
United Americans. a new union OF pa
triots formed to bring the nation back
TO the solid rock on Wiich lt was or
Eanized IN i776.
Taking for his subject Athe supreme
crisis In America" Mr. Fisher told the
club members that America was face
% face with the most serious issue
that ever confronted a people. That
Issue. be declared. was whether We
are to have a representative form Of
EoTernment In the United States or a
dictatorship
II feel said the speaker. @much
as Brand Whitlock said be felt when
be walked the streets Of Brussels be-
fore the war and heard men say the
great cataclrsm was coming. It iE
almost Unbelievable vet % US true.
The Real Iszue.
llr. Fisher declared the treaty which
today lies dead On the silent cham
bers Of the United states senate.
throwing US back 60 where we were
q year ego. serlous as chat is, g not
the cure. HIt is not the high cost OF
living" he added. "although few Of
ms raarfH- nnar e--ir-1- sh~A e. rt 81
not even the coal strike that has de-
ned the government with open rev.
olution- The crisis Is shall We con-
ti.nue 90 Be democracy Or a dictat0r-
Althoush we recently spent ss0.-
00e,o00.000 60 make the world safe for
democracy. very Few Of Us know what
it &C.. Che speaker averred.
Then he defined democracy az 6
rarlnership Of free peoples IA hand
ling their business We must set
rhe country together IN one great
bond said Mr. Fisher. Eve almost
had t during the war But we all
began 10 &c back to cur own affairs
and let The country go just where
things stood. We must arise out of
this feeling"
Lelne Followers Abroad.
The paid forces Of Russian soviet
Ism are abroad in America trying 10
make the recent prediction OF Lenln
come true that this nation would soon
be part % the great international
s0vietism. HAh men, he declared.
-ths great danger Is that % brute
control OF this republic. The dictator
ship Of the nruletariaL1 Then be told
Of What happened in Boston during
the pollcenan's strike he said things
we're Guiet for 50 minutes and then
from everywhere the h1rdes % dis
order came TO wreck tia town Women
on the streets were seiEed and strip
ped to nakedness and property was
destroyed on every hand. The picture
represents what Is In store sor the en-
tire nation n Americans do mol arise
and Al this hour and save the nation
The purpose % the new order Of
United Americans. Mr.. Fisher said
was to restore allegiance to the con-
stitution. the flag. 90 majority rule
and to representative government.
Movement Gains Impetus.
The orgauizltion vas formed in
June On ClicaEo ana IS not, he SAYS
a move Of either la1cr or Mal street.
but Of The great masses Of Americans
who want 20 see no group dominate.
ErerTW here. be SAYS. the movement
d gaining imuetus. The last place
organized was New Mexico.
Officers win be elected later. Then
viii come conference to which
delegates VIII BE- sent fr1m each local
1rEauizati0n.
The clubs whose guest SIR. Fisher
vas Thursday viii take the work up
and carry it Through e. once.