The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-02-12
ATTORNEY GENERAL PALMER EXPLAINS
PURPOSE OF "RED RADICAL" MOVEMENT

For the information of the Amer
lean people, A. Mitchell Palmer, at
torney-general of the United States,
has collected an exhibit of documents
published by the various branches OF
the communistic press In Russia and
the United States. These furnish the
purpose, history and character OF the
Red radical movement, not hearsay,
but under the authoritative sanction
OF its own progenitors.
Exhibit No. 1, is the report of Louis
G. Fraina, International Secretary OF
the Communist party Of America, de-
scribing fully its antecedents, birth
and projects, and follows the form OF
an application of the Communist par
ty of America to be accepted in the
bureau OF the Communist information
al as major party"
Exhibit No. 2, is the manifesto Of
the third Communist international
adopted at Moscow, March 2-6, 1919,
and signed by Comrades c. Rakovsky.
N. LeniI, M. ZinerZen, L. Trotsky and
Fritz Platten. 1t is an exhaustive
statement of the rationale, principles
and program of Russian Bolshevism
and its ambition for world wide domin-
ion.
Program Of Party.
Exhibit No. is the responsive and
cooperating manifesto, constitution
and program of the Communist party
of America.
Exhibit No. represents the form
of application for membership in this
party, containing the pledge to active
enlistment in its seditious work.
Exhibit No. gives the Novomirski
manifesto Of the Anarchistis-Comm
lists organized in the federation Of
unions Of Russian workers of the
United States and Canada, similar in
purpose to the manifestoes Of previous
ly numbered exhibits and containing
particularly the declaration I'VE are
atheists; we are communists; we are
anarchists. You all have ON task-to
destroy the world Of gain and create
a world Of freedom; for all there is
one means-an armed instruction
and all products Of toll. Woe to the
enemies of the laboring class"
Exhibit No. 6, "Your Shop" Is an
evidence of the sabotizing Of labor and
labor enemies prescribed in the COM
munist program.
Exhibit No. 7. The state strike,
breaker. of like use, but aimed at the
defamation of government and the en-
ploying class.
Exhibit No. 8. A proclamation of
the Communist International against
the Versailles peace, designed to ex-
ert influence toward its failure of
ratification.
Exhibit No 9. An example of the
Russian Bolshevik propaganda among
our soldiers in Siberia.
What They Show.
It is the contention of the depart
ment of justice that these documents
standing alone demonstrate:
% That the present aim of the
Russian government and it's officers is
to Torment and incite discomfort, aim,
ing toward a revolution in this coun-
try.
(2) That the entire movement is
a dishonest and criminal one, in other
words, an organized campaign to ac-
uuire the wealth and power OF all
countries for the few agitators and
their criminal associates.
The Red movement does not mean
an attitude of protest against alleged
defects in our present political and
economic organization of society. 1t
does not represent the radicalism of
progress. 1t is not a movement or
liberty-loving persons.
Lenine, himself, made the statement
at the Third Soviet conference:
Among 100 so-called Bolsheviks,
there is one real Bolshevik, 80 Grim
inals and so fools" 1t advocates the
destruction of all ownership in prop
erty, the destrustion of all religion
and belief in God. 1t is movement
organized against democracy, and in
favor of the power of the few, built
by force. Bolshevism, syndicalism,
the Soviet government, sabotage, etc.,
are only names for old theories OF
violence and criminality.
Want to Spread Idea.
Having lived at the expense of the
Russian people for two years, those
sneculators in human lives and other
people's earnings, are trying to move
to new fields in the east and west
hoping to take advantage of the econ
,mic distress and confusion of minc
in which humanity finds itself after
The terrific strain of five years Of
war.
Its sympathizers in this country are
composed chiefly of criminals, mis-
taken idealists, social bigots and man!
unfortunate men and women suffer
ing with varying forms of hyperes
thesia.
The department of Justice, as ia
as existing law allows, intends to keel
up an unflinching war against TIT