The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-20
THE PITTSBURG PLUS CASE

CT, is honeycombed with European ter
 in the Industrial Workers of thl
 World and other labor organizations
 of radical tendencies The breed
 may be found also in the American Fed
 eration of Labor, which organization
 they are endeavoring to capture by bor.
 ing from within.
 There are thousands Of reds in the
 railroad unions, especially the shoT
 crafts, and more than ore strike has been pulled by them in, effort to scrar
 the roads. hoping thereby to gain contro
 of the rail brotherhoods for the purpose
 of forcing the government to take over
 the railroads and operate them for the
 benefit of the workers" The statement at this point eliminates
 Samuel Gompers and the chiefs of ths
 railroad brotherhoods from complicity
 On the contrary, the statement continues
 Thus far they have saved the day oi labor sanity. But they are slipping. And if the government does not put fortl every ounce of power-and that quickly and crush anarchy and communism
 there is no telling what may happen
 Tons of red literature pour into this country from Europe.
 Pamphlets containing wild rawlings oI
 anarchists, bolshevists, soviets and In
 dustrial Workers of the World ars being scattered broadcast througa
 our industrial centers, and tn
 reds are gaining ground with dizzJ speed. If America is to be saved iron the fate of blood-soaked Russia, tn mailed fist of Uncle Sam must be usel on the red agents that infest this ia s land"
 Washington, November s-tspecial.) 1 Despairlng of the entrance of the UniteS States into the League of Nations an3 fearing war in consequence, the admins tration, it is learnedf on excellent autho ity, has about completed a naval pro gramme of startling dimensions Without making public details, it explained that the administration through it's programme, will reveal tis belief of students of international a s fairs that in the Atlantic the Unite States should be as strong as any Eur& pean country with the exception of En& land, and that in the Pacific 1t shou be as strong, if not little stronger tha Japan.
 To reach such proportions, the nav would require about 10 dreadnaughts q the Tennessee type and many destroyer and submarines. Reports are to the e feet that Japan is preparing against al emergency. and that like the war-mad this country, the war-mad in that cam i see anything but a future clash betwef the United States and Japan because immigration restrictions imposed by Cas ifornia.
 Washington, November 1s.--fSpecial.{ The people of the United States are ,traI el-mad, according to indications from u state department. During October, fl ures just made public show that pas ports were issued to 10,662 Americans al thorizing visits to European and othg countries.
 During the calendar year 1919. T,% passports were issued, an average of S,I month and an average increase of 4 per cent compared with the passport l sue of the last seven years The tod
 number of passports issued in 1912 wi 21,719.
 Considerable wealth, desires to see tI battlefields, restlessness in form of real ton from war restrictions and prohia ton are among the causes advanced | teApldHdll00. | Washington, November 19- -{SpeciaI.i Senator W. s. Kenyon of Iowa, whd achievements are not as conspicuous \ his suitability, returns to WashingtI with determination to enact legislatiI | of an alleged "utilitarian'' character. While in the west he investigated agy cultural conditions and reached the col clusion that the war finance corporatiI should be re-energized in order tH available foreign markets for America surplus production might be taken q vantage of. He knows that southd senators were unable to move . denn
 cratic administration to the same genek effect in behalf of the cotton crop. Fl he thinks. in the interest of the westd
 farmer. something can be done He announced that in the near futtu a meeting of western senators and r,A resentatives will be called to consiH this proposition.
 Senator Kenyo2 declared himself in vor of standardization of the coal min 1 Of the country, unless operators quick , reduce their prices. In order that housing problem might be settled Washington. he advises the transferriN or various departments He declares tlu there is no reason why the department agriculture should be not located in middle west
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