El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-04
RADICAL PRESS
CROWS RAPIDLY
Cause Of Unrest Seen on
Publications Advo-
eating Revolution.

the fact that they had been denied
the use OF the mails.

the use Of the mails.
They began Calculations secretly.
: parcels being sent by express and in
other roundabout ways or distrfbu-
Z fion being MADE at RADICAL nesfines
and labor gatherings The difficulty
I in reaching reasonable publications
I By law is that the espionage act
under which use Of the mails has been
expire when the war is officially de-
clared at an END.
seek Use Of Mails.
Already one large socialist daily in
New York has filed suit against the
postmaster DEPARTMENT TO recover the
ter on the assumption doubtless that
the purpose for which the denial was
made have not been served BY the
termination OF hostilities with Ger
many
There IS plenty OF talk about ex-
tending the espionage IN times OF
peace, but officials do not seem I'm
pressed rs vet with the ideal that the
radical publications can be effectively
checlmated that way.
The defenders OF the rndlcnI
press ure Insisting that the labor
ing masses have lost faith IN the
daily newspapers and are turning
20 the other type Of publication.
uGueatluuahly many labor lead
erH have been preaching Huch n
for many yenrE arguing that
capitalists have controlled and
are coutrollinE the daily press.
IN many cities where these charges
are made TO give greater attention
10 labor questions and 70 demonstrate
in the columns ~ the biz newspapers
BY the treatrn CIT OF labor news that
attitude OF the editors IS not pre-
JUDICIAL but judicial
Campaign OF EducHtion.
In other words an effort IS being
made 10 fight intelllgently the
radical movement by carefully ex-
posing the fzllacies and absurdlties
expressed by the leaders and AZ the
same time giving due attention TO
what may be the Just grievances OF
the laborinE masses.
A healthy growth OF radical news
papers is observed. incidentally. In
those places where the daily news
papers have taken an uncompromising
and unfriendly attitude toward labor
as whole, while the effect has been
cause Of Cancellation and adjustment
in those csnters where publications I
have adoured a ven balanced and
judicial altitude toward the problems I
OF employers and employees.
A distinction must be drawn be-
tween the various kinds OF radical
publications Some are preaching |
what they believe TO Be an advanced I
liberalism Others are openly for re- I
bellion. There IS no federal law to Z
dav making 70 crime for an tndi- I
vidual 70 couEnire IN time OF peace I
TO overthrow the goyernment though /
many bills OF that character are /
pending IN congress.
Coal strike Eyeope1eE.
But the coal strike Is a revelation /
Many thousands read radical pub 4
lications Many thousands read no +.
publications Whatsoever. heing guided !
entirely hy the infiamatory utter
snces OF acftators And a great many i
are unable 20 read English. but take
their daily diet CT Information and Z
guidance from newspapers published /
p their own language. the editorials
y WhicF never come under the eve
y the great majority o. the EnElisn
anguaEe newspapers and the there
lore. hardly ever BROUGHT to the at
.eutfo7 OF the EnElish speaking
masses Of Acknowledgements 1913,
he Fl Paso Herald