Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-06
SHARP LOOKOUT FOR
ACTIVITIES OF REDS
Major Richard Sylvester of du
Pont Co. Urges Americans
to be Vigilant.


pont Company, formerly pres ident oil the
International Asso, IatIon OF ChI Is OF
Tolice. and widely known for his activitI s
in unearthing criminal plots, stated TO-DAY
that II was Of importance for every loyal
American worker and every loyal American
employer to he VI liant To keep silaFp
lookol.t for activities OF revolutionary
radicals in the shops and mills OF Tue
country Major Sylvester he's been ACTIVE
for MANY wears IN tracing dangerous agl-
tators. and ne stated today that Amer'-
cans are often ignorant OF the real extent
~ the prOpaganda and organization oi
these pCotlc m or Industrial lic. lilS
investigations have shown him. he said,
that th,, communists ard other revolution
arv radicals have gone 81 far aS 10 adopt
,ermilon rcd button as thglr insignia,
which they usc among I'll, h,nSelvcS, and
they also PRINT and have ready Tor ttis-
trIhution. ini'AInm.torv literature
Much of tins literature IN the shape oil
newspapers and pamphlets, IS OF the most
CamagInC character and Is s,.ch as toeXclte
the minds Of the i,norant, SAID MAJOR
SYLVESTER 'Somctimcs these dangcTols ls
agltatnrx conceal il in desks and boxes IN
Shors and diStrilAtc i When they have the
ourorrlnIfv Tn, hSt way for loyal
americans, whether they are workmen or
EMPLOYERS, when they fund tlis literature,
4 to- q icty notify the nearest goveTnnCht
officer IA charge oi such matters so that
the men who arr engaged IN promoting
revolution and who attempt to overthrow,
our government can tc apprthcndco anu
properly dealt with.
STRINGENT LEGrsLATToS URGED.
Major Sylvester has for wears agitatrd
stringent legislation 70 dcpCrt or impTlSon
.nerrtc. cf the government ard Mt the
G h, fns,-a m
chefs ~ PciIrc ASSOCIATION. the following
resolution wss adopted
Whereas. IN wears past the IntCrrs-
tioral Association oi hiCts 81 Poilce,
through its prs idcnt. Richard Sylvester,
many tir,es warned the Federal govern
ment that the development Of radlcalism
ras Eke'y "a rrotucc scTlo}Is results and
recommended Congress that legislation I've
enacted that wo,ild effectively restrain
thcss dangerous agItatorS. All 81 this Ct
fnrt having proved fufilc and the conditions
prollcslcs having ,nrpc To pass, tc II
Resolved that thv PENNSYLVANIA AsSo-
ciatiou uf hI,is oi Foii,c urge upon our
rational Congress rs enactment such
legislation Al viii u.sAk II an ofensc for
any individual to lc in possession ot, or
circulate. literature ot an initanHatorN
character. Th. posse erion ~ SAID ttCTa-
t,rr 20 ~ nriula facia evidence al the
seclf,ous All II. of The inGlt dual having
such in his possession We believe that
ail aliens urging violence against govern
rental al fhautS storld te promptly dc
rortcl fhosr native to tho >Cu Should te
.la,.d II uttr,i l..i-.n a5s
A. gar hack ae la0h ~ the thirteenth
annual convention az tic International
ASSOCIATION 81 Cmofs al Fo.icc, held n
Hot springs, Arkansas, Major sylvester
said
Their srr thocc who ar art 70 close
thcir ewes against a painful Truth, who are
oath 10 believe that within or gates e%-
- organizations of = secret character,
whose plrrOsC and acfs arc sninncal 20 the
welfare and existence of tho state. hose
Who compose them arc not generally q
the manner born. hut are the product 81
foreign chimes. They t"ach NJ doctrine
thcv possess no principles, they hava no
creed hl.t am - destroy Simply to witness
destruction hos would puN d0Vn ~"
nillsr~ of tho temple III order g SIC them
fag and cr,ssh those who would construct
and es.,llrafirc Osr iIhcrsl laws rs fo
publication apd srccch have hocn taken
advantage 81 - encourage them IN their
work J. has renamed for history 70 r.
pest its II III Crncl assassination 70 en-
phasIse these conditions.
v,~TFp ANARCHY pr7STo.
And aga, At the fifteenth ann.aL con
~p7tlar az this sar0o organization held 81
Dc,1nt Mich. 1918
Several wears ago this 4-SooiAton
uemorlahzed ConCras@ 9 1etI. anarchy
and re- trlct this faulty immigration. Il
ceriihcstcs q GOOD character from the
Authorities AZ places . departure IN
forC ign lands aud NcaT means q sup
port were made legal rcls .trcGcnts Tor
presentation al our doors ~ each such
individual the disadvantages ulgbf Tot
he 50 great or 50 many WITH view q
-aIrtsilInc the entH,1ce Of such individuals
within ol.r gate and with the further de
sire "a deTort members OF thc aieu crlGl-
nal kind the Commissioner General ot
Immigration has solicited the 90 opera
tlon of the police chiefs ana Of tins yoI
al have heretofore Aecn daly ADVISED
In order Ia accomplish the result desired
not only L 1t necessary to know the IN
divIdlzls VINO arc alien CRIMINALS ou' 10
t-e able 70 establish how long they have
resided Ii the | nIted states.
Congress failed to take action and
C1vt Il detlr ition al anarchy. That dehn-
iiion vas ASKED iJI t'y tie police following
tht assassination oi Pr, ,siaeut Mckinney.
ard has not been answered The police
llayo .t-er observing No citizen or body
of men today who stand beIoT. / ~ pubic
arp greater condemned. and for whom
here Is less sympathy than tie poAee.
largely on thc assumption that they aTc
restraining personal liberty and, vet
hes sam mon nav, for = or II years
advocated proper legislation looking 70
the welfare Of II, ,o-atry aid along the
hn,s Wilch have developed IL ! very
serious coLllt!on
There L nothing that ] might say
which pertains NOR, fully. a thE ;ine
hut that the proper credlt may he gwen
q tat poage and ] ara placed ID d posi-
.ion r. stal. hai Phil4d,! !phia has bcen
published ltio-e Ia, uoIld Is the hot5cd
ol those wh9 u, oohiag towaTds The
destruction oi our country There is no
man any NOR. active Ii tho pursuit, 10 ;llc
study, IN tie judgmgn, following th4t
study ,hun Superintendent Robinson.
I Do not say tins bccausc OF newspaper
pubur3tiou. tn ] know and nave read
fhe facts showing that those people who /
4re opposed 70 any government, exist ID !
PennsvivanIa and ] have seen some of
then - ~ think the government !
should follow The advice of those men who /
have experience. ! want @ ace due credit !
uven 70 the police for TINS knowledge
hat = Of Importance 10 the protection 0i
IL. uation and of ths nunIs ip7iity