The sun., 1919-10-01
U. S. JUDGE ASSAILS
LEADER OF STRIKE
Burlington in Philadelphia
Court Says Foster Is Men,
ace to Country.

PHILADELPHIA, sept 30.--William
Nebulon Foster. leader Of the striking
steel workers. was bitterly denounced
as "e dangerous domestic enemy by
Judge Joseph Burlington of the United
States Circuit Court OF Appeals to-day.
Judge Burlington, with Circuit Judge
Morris Of Wilmington, Del, presided
over a session of the naturalization
court and warned the prospective citi-
tators as Foster.
II have been all through the steel
and other Industrial establishments in
the western part of the State" said
Judge Burlington, "and / have found
the foreign born element well paid for
their work. contented and happy. But
there is in my town (Pittsburg) now
n man, William Zebulon Foster, who is
going among the foreign population
teaching terrible doctrines of anarchy
In his book things that 60 to the de-
struction Of the American Government
The most dangerous man know Of
Is the parlor Bolshevist, who doesn't
work and who doesn't know anything
about working people, but who breaches
'iiscord and creates unrest and causes
unhappiness in families by his preach
Ing of american doctrines
Foster is the type of man who Is
causing all this unrest among the for
eign born, not only of this state. but
of the country. I have known the
habits and the desires of the foreign
born of this State too LONG to be de-
luded to the belief that they are re-
sponsible for the present unrest The
danger to American institutions is not
in the foreign born; it is In the native
born -'
The man Foster is native born
citizen. He is a most dangerous leader
and a dangerous domestic enemy say
this right from the shoulder, because 1
feel It is my duty TO do So
THE man who tells you that no
government is better than any sort OF
government, the man who breaches
anarchy and the man who is always
kicking about the government Is a do
mestic enemy and you should avoid
him. II ne doesn't like this country
or the way it is governed he ought to
get passport and get out of It."
Lending force to his denunciation of
domestic enemies and his warning to
the new citizens 10 shun dangerous
leaders Judge Burlington made all the
embryo citizens take an oath that they
were not opposed to the present form of
government. The formal oath of citizen
ship Is Remuneration OF allegiance to
the country of the applicants birth and
the taking os an oath Of fidelity to the
United States. In addition to that oath
Judge Burlington had 500 applicants take
the following oath, with the-entire court
room standing;
81 am not a disbeliever in or opposed
to orgs nized government or a member OF
or affiliated with any organization or
body of persons teaching disbelief In or
opposed to organized government
am not a poiygamist nor a believer in
the practice Of polygamy. am at
tached to the principles of the Consti-
tuition OF the United States, and II IL my
intention to become citizen OF the
United States and to renounce absolutely
and forever all allegiance to any foreign
prince, potentate or sovereignty, Of
which I have heretofore been n subject,
and swear TO Almighty God to support
and defend the Constitution of the
United States"