The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-01
SHIPYARD WORKERS
SPURN BOLSHEVISM
cred Wrecked Russia" Text Of
Warning Against Propa-
ganda of Destroyers.
WORSE THAN U-B0ATs
Little Papers Published by
Vessel Builders Prove Up
100 Per Cent. American.

Bolshevism has been thrown back
from the gates OF Americas shipyards.
Tho radicals have utterly failed to win
even a hearing from the thousands Of
husky young men that are hustling to
make the merchant marine of the United
States the greatest In the world, just as
they hustled to beat the submarine
! The little papers published by ship
yard employees in their various yards
throughout the country tell the story OF
the breakdown of the Bolshevist propa-
ganda. Constitutions by the working
men themselves that have been printed
in the yard publications give the answer
to radicalism. An investigation made by
the United States Shipping Board re-
veals that Americas shipbuilders are
| 100 per cent American.
Speed Up, the paper printed in the
Newark yard Of the Submarine Boat
| Corporation, heads a leading article with
Remember Red Wrecked Russia !" and
says to the men: Tho agitator in the
shipyards is a greater menace to the
American merchant marine than were all
the U-boats put together. Sink him or
he'll sink you"
The article says further: Advance
agents Of the Red Terror Of Russia have
been for some time attempting to spread
the seeds of malcontent in our midst. but
| thus far these have been unsuccessful.
This is due to the ability of the clear
sighted American workers to perceive
! the real motive behind the seducer's
proposition. and he will not be film
| hammed by the glitter OF the gold brick
| Bolshevists Thrive on Ills.
| The Harlan (Delaware) Necs chimes
in with: when a Bolshevist gets a fac
| tory to tear down he's as happy as a
kitten drowning in cream. You said It.
| He's some elated." And along comes
the Sisco Periscope, published at Port
Richmond, n. Y. with a snappy bit of
| verse:
TIERS II :. o only y, one e, way 70 meet your bill
The rule may change for good or Ill,
But "a mans days work remains the test.
For you can't get away from the one best bet.
Three squares a day are with US yet"
From the Great Lakes, from North and
Northwest come flashes OF scorn for the
pretences ofthe Bolshevists. The Riverside
Revietc of the Duluth shipbuilders points
out that the I. w. w. Is the Boishevik
Organization In the United States, and
warns American workingmen that these
Idrones are attempting to seize lands and
property. the goods Of the poor as well
as OF the rich, and adds: "Bolshevtsm
has no religion. 1t does not believe in
homes. 1t fationalizes women. Under
Bolshevism no man could own his own
house or farm. No man could have
his own wife or know his own children"
The Moshico Log OF Mobile. Ala
argues that labor has gained more sub
stantial recognition and has progressed
further in the year and half we were
In the war than 1t had in several
decades. The permanency OF these for
ward steps will in a large measure be
determined by labor's attitude In the
next few months during the controver-
sizes that are bound to arise. In the
main. labor has acted very fairly thus
far in the readjustment period. and bar
lring the outbreaks of few Bolshevists
and I. w. VS. has played fairly"
1. w. w. in BoIshevik Glass.
The Rireter OF Pensacola notes that
many OF the Bolshevists are convicts or
ex-convicts who could never be trusted
by honest laboring men and women. It
believes that American labor will always
repudiate the anarchist, the l. w. w.
and the Bolshevlst. although II sees a
danger Of workingmen being made a tool
of these destructive organizations.
Hedto Together. organ of the North
west Steel Companys men, turns to
poetry to mark its scorn:
Bottle verse OF the oIden curse
OF the ruler of all things bad.
Liven II up with drop OF the worst
Scum OF II all to be had
Hide 1t away in the gloom OF hte hrst
Evils in the minds of the mad
Virus of hste-it sears it's mark
Into the lives of men.
Scattering wide the fumes of the dark
Murk OF dscontent-and then
Chaos
And then 1t jumps into hot prose
Conceived in the womb OF treason, born
In the darkness of ignorance and reared
In the haunts of unbridled license, there
| Is sweeping over this country, fostered
by aliens, wave OF propaganda which,
| II permitted to beat against the fabric
of our institutions, would at last result
in the dissolution of all those things
which the free people OF America hold
most dear"
| The Pilot of Portland, Ore, likens the
Bolsheviki to poisonous mosquitoes bred
in stagnant pools. And Over the Ton
OF Seattle sums it all up with What is
the use Of fighting for democracy abroad
II we, are to establish dictatorship Of
terrorism home? What was the use
of building ships TO feed the world and
save civilization II we are to have a
paralyzed industry. plundered and ruined