The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-06-17
NO RECOGNITION FOR RED
RUSSIA.

AT the convention Of the Amer
ican Federation Of Labor, now il
session in Montreal, strenuous
effort was made by the radica
element to pass resolution de
manding American recognition o.
HE bolshevistic government ol
Russia but the convention salc
no. !"
Speakers opposing the resolu
ton pointed out that the present
government Of Russia is anything
but a government of the peo
pie" being in fact despotic oil
garchy, using its power to tyran
iize over the workingmen and al
oiher classes. Sovietism was
shown to be a mere pretcnsc al
popular government, serving
only as a handy tool for ambi-
tious and unscrupulous leaders
whose main strength rests in
their ability TO deceive the mass
Of an ignorance-ridden people.
''Thc American form OF gov
clnment is good enough for me,
declared James NJ. Duncan, one
of the labor leaders, in voiclng
his opposition to an endorsement
of the soviet system. In this DE
claration was the ring OF real
Amcricanism and it also repre-
sented the sober and sound judg-
lnent of the leaders of the labor
movement, as distinguished from
the rawlings of half-baked parlor
bolshevists and radical agitators
who would not hesitate to nitro
duce into this country the con
fusion worse confounded OF
Russia in order to try out their
pet theories.
American has arisen to her
present place Of pre-eminence IN
the world by adhering to her
own system of representative
government. The success OF tins
ystem is written large in the his
tory Of the most prosperous and
happy people in the world. NO
substitute which, in the Judg-
ment of safe thinkers, promises
anything better for the people
has vet been discovered. That
our representative system IS Tree
from faults, nobody will assert
but, within itself, it contains the
means of correcting whatever is
wrong il it; that means is the
orderly process of reform which
is worked out at the ballot box
and in legislative halls. 70 tear
down the whole structure, as the
Reds would have us do, in order
10 remove. the faults would pc to
exhibit the same brand of intel
ligence that was manifested by
the ancient Chinese who knew OF
no better method of producing
roast pork than to burn down the
house holding the pigs.
In spite of all the clamor for
changes, the sentiment
expressed by Mr.. Duncan is the
voice of the average American.
hallengcd by Red propagandists'
who are pouring their imported
doctrines of destruction into in
10 this country, real American
IN is responding in no uncertain
Ioncs. Captains of industry and
HE everyday workingman alike
have all to lose and nothing to
gain by the overthrow of the
system. The over-step-
Ding of the personal and proper
v rights which are guaranteed
iDder the American constitution
md laws could mean nothing Dllt
and anything that
inacks of this sort of thing will
,e resisted by every red-blooded
american to the last ditch. The
fforts of the foes of the Aperi-
an system are by no means linn
ed TO frontal attack; indeed, di-
Get assault is by all odds the
,ast dangerous of their methods.
he main menace of the Reds
ONES in the form of insidious
roposals which are camouflaged
, look like real reform and
icreby deceive the man who
ocsn't look closely into them.
lnrnb Plans and the like come