Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-04-10

an 81. w. W." buy one of those
bonds, and, believe me, from that
time on that fellow is going to sup
port Uncle Sam and, if necessary,
fight for him. If you cannot, after
a very patient endeavor, sell him.
then show him what it means to get
a good Yankee wallop on the nose.
When he sees his own blood and finds
out it is not blue, he will not be
hard to convince.
Another remedy advanced is to de-
port them, but this necessarily will
be tedious and almost impossible
task. The ring-leaders, if they are
aliens, can be taken care of in this
manner, but how about the thou
sands who have taken out their citi-
zenship papers? Some of them will
have to be jailed and the rest edu-
Gated. The government will do the
failing. We will have to help with
the educating.
Taken altogether it is a nasty
mess, but the sooner we roll up our
sleeves and get busy the better it
will be for us, and the sooner will
the country will resume its normal
status.
Bolshevists are not only those who
stand on soap boxes, waving red
flags and spreading sedition-that
kind are really not so dangerous, be-
cause they work in the open and the
government can take care of them;
they can be jailed or deported. It is
the Bolshevist who mixes with you,
sympathizes with you in your trou-
BILE, who poses as your friend and
then, under the guise of this friend
ship, sows seeds of discomfort in your
heart. He asks you why you are
being unjustly treated by your gov
eminent, that capital is prosecuting
you-that if the masses took the law
in their own hands every man would
have an equal share of the blessings
of the land.
When everything seems black the
seeds of his propaganda will, unless
you use strong will power, take root
in fertile soil.
| There is only one way of handling
this disturber. Ask him what he is
driving at. Find out his object. If
you are up against it financially, ask
him to lend you some money; test
out his sympathy if it is real.
If you are looking for work ask him
if he can give you a job, or direct
you to where you can secure employ
ment. You will find by his evasive
answers that he is not there to help
you; that he is simply trying to make
you more disconnected and unhappy.
Then, back him into a corner There
is no danger in this-he won't fight
none of them will, take him by
the throat with your left hand, haul
back with that good Yankee fist of
yours and preach to him true Ameri-
canism, He will squeal ike a pig.
But don't listen to his squealing, just
let him have it between the eyes.
Because you have been unsuccess-
full in looking for work, do not think |
the American public has gone back |
on you. Carefully review in your
mind the men who refused you, the
reasons they gave, and their general
attitude toward you. You may have
been unfortunate enough to have run
into Bolshevists or pro-Germans; or,
perhaps, these employers had their
full quota of worlmen and you were
a little late in applying for the job.
Surprising you should apply for and
get a good job. Should the soldier,
sailor or marine who follows you and
applies for the same job, and is
turned down because there is no va
cancy, condemn the employer as be-
ing unpatriotic and against the fight
ing man? Do not be too hasty in
your judgment. Reverse the situa-
ton. Put yourself in the place Of
the employer. He has his living to
make and family to support. You
would not hire two men when one is
sufficient, would you?
But, if you do encounter a situa-
ton where an employer Of labor, or