The New York herald., 1920-01-30
MOVE TO QUASH
SOCIALIST CASE
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would have moved your expulsion imrnedi-
ately,' and then we went on to discuss
other questions. / said, DO you think
that the Bolshevist ideas are adaptable
Ito American institutiins?"
Upheld Socialist Sunday Schools.
He said, .Bolshevism is under way. The
revolution is under way, that it would
come sooner than had expected it,
said did not believe in that kind of doc
trine and we got into a discussion about
the Sunday school classes that the Social
lists were conducting in Brownsville.
II said. DO you think it proper for the
Socialist party to carry on Sunday schools
to teach young children who had not yet
matured, teach them the spirit OF hatred
the spirit of irreligion and OF revolution p
He said, We are teaching the children
history from the Socialist standpoint.
History, as it is taught in the public
schools and other instruction given there
is all from the capitalist standpoint; we
want our children to know 1t from the So
cialist standpoint, SO that they may be
ready for the revolution
II said to him that my impression was
that the result of such teaching on young
children was to make criminals of them
that they were not capable of grasping
the great and deep economic questions
in sensible way, and 1t was folly to do
so. He said that denying representation
killing and numbering and imprisoning
people, using terror and force were neces-
sary in transition states-aiways neces-
lSary."
On another occasion when he met Solo
mon, Wasserman testified he asked the
Assemblyman whether he had declared
publicly he was a Bolshevist He said
he had" the witness continued, and
added
II asked him IL he believed in the
methods they had in Russia and he said
he did,
Methods OF Reaching Children.
John b. Stanchfield, acting chief coun-
sci for the State, began the morning ses-
sion by reading excerpts from the young
Peoples" Socialist organizations and
from the Socialist Congressional campaign
book Of 1914. Reading was permitted only
after Seymour Siedman. acting chief
counsel for the Socialists, had raised OBJ
jections, which were overruled by Louis
Martin. chairman. The pamphlet urged
organization of clubs ''for the purpose Of
educating the youth in the principles Of
Socialism"
Mr. Stanchfield also read into the rec
ord the declaration that such measures
of relief as may be able to force down
capitalism are but preparation of the
workers 'to seize the whole powers of
government in order that they may there
by lay hold of the whole system OF social
lied industry and thus come to their
rightful inheritance"
Next in evidence Mr. Stanchfield placed
the speech of Eugene v. Debs on March
IL before the Socialist party of Cleveland.
The speech which was published by the
Socialist party of New York, said:--
Have you read the law that makes it
a crime for you to criticise crime in the
United States; that makes this country
take the place of old Russia under the
Tsar?"
Mr.. stanchfield put in evidence the con-
stitution of the worlds first Socialist re-
public and the decrees and constitutions
Of Soviet Russia The two documents
we're not read.
Rand School Figures In Cnse.
Algernon Lee. New York city treasurer
of the Socialist party State committee
and secretary OF the New York county
committee. was the first morning witness
His main testimony was in connection
with the Rand School, conducted by the
American Socialist Society. at No. East
Fifteenth street, New York city.
Putting into evidence NE latest bulletin
of the Rand School. Arthur Il. Sutherland,
of counsel for the state. who took up d.
rection OF the evidence at this point.
showed by Mr.. Lees testimony that AS
semblyman August Claessens, one Of the
five suspended members. was an instruc-
tor in the school In public speaking and In
the fundamentals OF socialism.
Judge Sutherland suddenly asked to
present the record OF the conviction of the
A toll AZ
the Espionage act I'm United states district
court. Mr.. Stedman objected to its intro
duction on the ground that>the convection
was on appeal In the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals.
"r apprehend you would not get any
court to proceed on the theory that you
can send stockholders to Jail because a
publishing company published a single
article" said Mr.. Stedman.
81 ask this smoke screen be eliminated
exclaimed Judge Sutherland
II want to suggest TO counsel that do
not think personalities are necessary" re-
torted Mr.. Stedman. 'T can either try
this case like lawyer or ruffisn, and you
can select your own methods"
II do not like these things" broke in
Mr. Martin. Members OF tho Bar should
be entirely courteous to each other, es-
pecially In n proceeding of this kind. do
not approve OF 1t at all
Reads 81. Louis Declaration.
Judge sutherland read from the report
of the st. Louis Socialist Convention on
militarism. which was published by the
Rand School and edited by Alexander
Trachtenbers, director of the Department.
of Labor Research. The pamphlet con-
tained the declaration of the party against
the war adopted few hours after the
United states declared itself in a state
of war with Germany. " read
"Jhe Socialist Party VI The United states