The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-15
SPEECH THRILLS
BOARD Of TRADE
Congressman Greene Hits
RadicaIism In Its
Many Form
OVER 100 MEMBERS
ATTEND LUNCHEON
Loud Talking Red Not so Dangerous,
Speaker Declares, as Compromiser
who Favors Liberal Legislation as
Sop to the Radicals.

Sop to the Radicals.
Over 100 members of the Brattleboro
board OF trade attended the second mid |
day luncheon this noon in the banquet
hall OF the Masonic temple, and at the
close of the luncheon were electrified BY
an address by Congressman Frank L.
Greene Of st. Albans. The luncheon.
which was especially delectablc, was
served in an expeditions and commend
able way by Bingham chapter, Order OF
the Eastern Star
President Arthur F. Roberts presented
Congressman Greene at l2.30 o'clock, and
after few pleaSantries the speaker dis
cussad for about 40 minutes a theme
which Is OF vital interest 10 everybody at
this time. the growth of liberalism in
the United States. in which he paid his
respects to Bolshevism, Radicalism, l.
w. ". ism, lnternationalism Anarchism
and other doctrines which strike at the
heart of the American government
While necessarily limiting himself to
what he called the high spots,' his ad-
dress was thrilling in the extreme and
made the audience realize as never before
the necessity for the exercise of thor
ough going Amcricanism in the problems
which confront the American people and
the congress of the United States today
He convinced his hearers that the duty
, of a congressman is not SO much to in
) flame the already overheated atmos-
phere by loud talk as to think hard and
) vote right when the time comes. He said
he was not 50 much afraid of the radical
who talks feverishly about his cause a.
he was of the man who compromises and
pussyfoots and hands the beast a piece
: of meat by saying III we don't do some
: thing in the way of liberal legislation
we shall have an insurrection."
: Congressman Greene declared that
there were enough laws to take care of
; the Reds, and stated that what is need
4 ed is a law that will show clearly what
! constitutes free speech and where dis
loyalty begins. \ loyal man never has
TO prove himself, the congressman as
serted, but when he has put himself TO
I the proof as to whether he has done any
Q thing dsloyal he is a dangerous man.
The trouble with Socialism, using the
word loosely" he speaker said, is what
+. goes along with it and what it leads to
+ 1t is an Old World remedy TO meet an
4 Old World disease that il brought over
r 10 America and put into a patient that
/. isn't sick" This country is largely al
n fault for bringing the remedy TO oU
r, shores, because in the greed for the dol
Il lar after the Civil war it imported mil
: lions of ignorant foreigners who wer,
J. willing TO work for less price than ON
Il own citizens Then came the Socialist,
it missionaries and the hotbeds of Socialism
e resulted
n While nothing was said directly abou
/ the league OF nations the speaker sal,
I with reference to the new doctrine o
h Internationalism that the experience O
% the old-timc government Of the Unite,
! States had proved well, and he favore'
the retention of the corner stone of TIL
II old foundation, the government of th
i people, for the people and by the people.
y. In closing, he urged the adoption OF tn
), principle advocated by st. Paul. tn
! Apostle. Prove all things, hold fast t
that which is good"
:. There was tremendous applause whel
: = the speaker finished, and the numerou
! y expressions of agreement with his utter
- :. ances proved that there was general sat
= isfaction with the boards choice of
- speaker.
er Congressman Greene was met at til
n railroad station this forenoon by a dele
te CATION from the board of trade, and h
ut was listened to during his speech b
OF many who were not present at the dir
OF ner.
ks Among those present from out of tow
re at the luncheon were State Auditor Ber
x iamin Gates of Montpelier, State Con
II. missioner of Taxes John Avery OF Mont
en- pelier, VIII L. Davis of Rutland, membe
at of the state board OF control, Frederic
RS. II. Babbitt of Bellows Falls, George
Wright of Westminster, Col. John
Piddock of Saxtons River, William
Newton of Newfane and John H. Ware {
Townshend.