The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-13
PLOT AGAINST ]. s.
 LED BY THE L.W.W.
Movement to Instigate Bloody Rev oluticn" and Establish Bolshevik Republic Revealed in Confis-
 cated Mail Matter.

Washington, March 11.-Mail mat ter seized since the signing of the armistice has disclosed that the I. w. w., Anarchists, radical Socialists and others are "perfecting an amalgama- tionp which has for it's object the overthrow of the American govern ment thru bloody revolution" and the establishment of Boishevist re- public, according to a memorandum sent to the Senate propaganda com mittee by Solicitor Lamar of the Postoffice Department. The memo randum was made public yesterday by the committee.
 Declaring that in Bolshevism the for the first time found a common cause upon which they can unite," Mir Lamar said his information showed that propaganda against the government was being conducted with great regularity, and that it's magnitude could be measured by the "bold and outspoken statements" found in the literature. Accompany ing his memorandum were several hundred excerpts from mail matter showing the trend of the propaganda. These will be made public later.
 l. w. w. Leaders in Work.
 Particular reference was made by the solicitor to the activity of the dis satisfied foreign element in the coun- try, but he said perhaps the l. W. w. was the most active in the dissemina- ton of the propaganda because it shas at it's command a large field force known as recruiting and sub- scription agents, who work unceas- ingly in the furtherance of the .cause'" Mir. Lamar's memorandum, to which was attached list of news papers printed in English and for eign languages, alleged to be regular ly conducted and published by the I. W. w., said in part:
 "This propaganda is being circu- lated with such regularity that it's magnitude can be measured by the bold and outspoken statements con- tained in these publications and the efforts made therein to inaugurate nationwide reign of terror and over throw the government.
 'In classifying these statements they are submitted in major or gen. eral class as follows: | ". w, an- archistic, radical-socialistic, and So- ciahst."
 "The I. w. w. is perhaps most ac- lively engaged in spreading this pro- paganda and has at its command a large field force known as recruiting agents, subscription agents, etc, who work unceasingly in the furtherance of the cause
 Publish Own Newspapers.
 "This organization publishes at least five newspapers in the English language and nine in foreign lan- guages. This comprises only official papers of the organization and does not take into account the large num- Der of free lance papers published in the interest of the above organiza- tion"
 The information furnished by Mr. Lamar coincides to an extent with she statements reiterated yesterday by Raymond Robins, former head of the American Red Cross mission in Rus sia, when he again appeared before the committee, primarily to answer statements concerning him made Sat urday by Davil K. Francis, American ambassador to Russia. Mir. Robins insists that it was the desire of the Bolsheviki to overthrow all the gov ernments of the world and in their place set up terroristc governments similar to those in Russia. He said he did not know of his own knowledge that Bolsheviki from Russia actually were engaged in trying to accomplish this purpose in the United States, but that he was convinced certain peo- pie here were engaged in nropagating Bolshevist ideas.
 "The l. W. w." he added, "has been doing it for twenty years"