The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-15
STOP BOLSHEVISM
BY DRASTIC LAWS
SAYS COMMITTEE
Must Put Teeth in Measure
to Give Power to Deal
Effectively
is GROWING MENACE
Favors Suppression of 800 Foreign
Language Newspapers
Printed Here
is GROWING MENACE

Aroused by the threatened spread
Of Bolshevism in America, the Senate
Propaganda Committee is prepared
to recommend drastic legislation to
supplant the Espionage act, which
will die with the formal proclamation
of peace.
Senator Overman, chairman of the
committee, said he had no doubt of
the constitutional power of Congress
TO enact a law strong enough to
check the growing menace Of Boil
shevism. He said the best features
of the espionage act should be pre-
served in the new law, and that more
"teeth' should be added to give the
government power to deal effectively
with individuals, organizations and
publications which advocate the over
throw of the government.
Senator OveIman said he favored
the suppression Of the 800 foreign
language newspapers in the United
States as a step toward the realiza-
ton of "undiluted Americaism," He
was inclined to think, however, that
the recommendation of the committee
probably would be to require the.
foreign language newspapers to carry
literal translations of all matter in
parallel columns
A fight is almost certain if the COM
mittee pushes such legislation. Sew
eral Senators believe that the Espion-
age act should have been repealed
Immediately after the armistice was
signed and they will undoubtedly take
the position that such measure in
peace time would be most unwise.
They cantend that supprHssive mea-
stres viii only aid the spread of
Bolshevism and that the most ef-
fective method to check it is to bring
it out Into the open, where it's false
logic and dangerous doctrines can be
exposed. Moreover, they fear that
such a law might be used to clamp
peace time censorship on press and
speech.
More Bolshevist literature, largely
editorials translated from foreign
language l. w. w. newspapers and
pamphlets distributed through the
East, was read into the record to-
day.
One extra from A. Felszabadulae,
an I. w. W. weekly, published in.
Chicago, said-"To hell with that So
called democracy, Forward with the
class struggle that misery, crime, an
guish, suffering and bloodshed be
stopped. All and everything that is
in this world Is the property of the
employers. TO hell with that system
which creates American Huns, indus
trial Kaisers and humiliates women
and children"
Here is a list of industrial unions
of the /. w. w. together with recruit
ing unions, read into the record
Bakery Workers Industrial unions,
46; Marine Transport Workers of
Atlantic, 100; Marine Transport
workers of Pacific, 200; Metal and
Machinery Workers, 900; Ship Build
ing Industrial unions, 1926; Agricul-
tural Workers, 400; Oil Workers,
45O; Iron Miners, 400; Lumber
Workers of Pacific, 700; Metal Mine
Workers, 300; Coal Miners, Eastern
900; Coal Miners, Western $50, and
Textile Workers, 100. Total, 1884.
General recruiting unions DE
troit, 85; Minneapolis, Ga; Fresno,
65; Salt Lake City, So; Sacramento,
II; Stockton, Cal, 7s; St. Louis, "a
Toledo, So; Reading Pa, SO; Oak
land, CAL, 174; San Jose, Cal, 494;
Omaha 500; Los Angeles, 603; Dem
yer, 614; Spokane, 222; San Francis
co, 173; New York, 500; Portland,
90; Sandusky, Ohio II; Pocatello,
Idaho, |; Kansas city, 81; Bisbee,
Ariz,, 65, and Seattle, 17S. Total,
4567.