The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-18
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WASHiNGTON.-v practices | of the Solsheviki to maintain them |; selves in power were reeounted today ! by witnesses st the senate commitee's inquiry into lawless agitation in this l country. Little definite evidence of l 8olshevist propaganda in the United ] States was presented. although one witness, Professor Ralph Dennis. of 1 Northwestern university, expressed be- i lief that a weltorganized propaganda i system had been developed in this 1 country. Another witness, RusseI N. ! Story. Of the University of Illinois, re- 1 gently returned from Russia as a Y. m. C. A. worker, said hehad received i the impression that people in this 1! country have "very active and hon. l est desire" to know about the Bolshe- !! wiki system.
 The committee will decide tomor- l roy whether to call as witnesses Americans who have defended 5ol- sheVism in speeches or published ar tieles. Louise Bpyzsss, =. a4 sneaker. at a recent meeting in Washington att which 5olshevism was explained, asked Chairman overman, of the eom- mitteee, for an opportunity to be heard. Soviets Not Representatives Robert Leonard, of St. Paul, al former Y. Ri. c. o. secretary, who was imprisoned for six weeks by definite charge. told the committee the extraordinary commission for the sup pression Of counter-revolution ordered the execution Of hundreds of political opponents, including many social re- volutiioaries only a little less radical than themselves. Lenine and other leaders, he said, were considered sim cere. but they could not control Bei-i shevist organizations throughout Rus sian provinces. SoViets, or communal councils, as firss organized under the kerensky regime. said the witness, were fairly represetatiVe. but soon the more edu-I cated and conservative members were supplanted by ''riFfraff" under diree- ton of eoishevik organization in the large cities. Consequently, he said. the soviets now are not represent tive. He estimated that only little more than one-half of Russia new is under 5elshe vist rule. The witness said Lenine was generally trusted, but that Trotz- ky was feared because of suspicion that he was plotting to get control of the army.
 Most people met in Russia" said Mir. Leonard. wanted the allies ! to come in and save them"
 Both Sides Ferocious
 ; When asked about eolshevist propa- eanda n this country. Mir. Leonard referred to meeting of Russians which he had attended ten days ago in Minneapolis. A Russian at this
 neetig praised the eolshevik system and sneered al the United States. while the audience appIauded, he said.
 : "l :hink son1e articles have read in The New Republic are as much one-sided a those which the so-cail- ed cspitalistio publications print" he added. when prssed for further evi- dences Of Eolshevsm which he had ] detected.
 Mir. Storey. who left Russia last November after serving as Y. Nj. C. {. secretary, said he had seen terror ism pactices by bcth Russian reds znd their opponents. ''I cannot Say .hat any one group of Russians are any more feTocious than any other group" Mir. Storey said, "A great many Of the excesses and outrages in
 Russia came from nervousness of un- t aimed and ilI-disciplined soldiers"
 Witnesses testified the eolshevik authorities denied isuance Of an or der providing for standardization of women,' and claimed this report had been circulated by their enemies. Mir. Leonard explained, however, that sol- shevist theories oppose home life on the ground that this does not give all children fair chance. Rearing of children in community homes, hs said, Was advocated instead-NeM Yerk <1I