Arizona republican., 1920-01-29
B0LSHEv|SM |S
 CONDEMNED BY
 PRES. GOMPE
American Federation of Labor Head Expresses His Opposition to Move ment-Soviet Leaders Do Not Practice What They Preach, He Says
[Republican A. p. Leased wire1

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-Writing if the current number of the Federation. ist. offical organ of the American Fed eration of Labor, Samuel Gompers condemns bolshevism ..completeIy finally and for all time"
 The American labor leader declares he doubts whether the propaganti. which emanates from the bosheviki it self Is more effective than that con ducted by those who claim to be CT tirely detached from Russian influence ana Russian payrollS."
 Hits at Critic Journals
 He says he doubts whether publica tons issued by Russian bolshevist agents have as great an effect in Amer ica as those which like to be known as journals of opinion such as the National. the Dial, and the New Re- public"
 MT. Gompers makes an extended ref erence to the argument that the Amer ican people know little about what is Solng on in Russia and the argument that it is unfair and unwise to pass judgment
 We do not have to wait for informa- tion about the form of government ex- lst.ng in what is called soviet Russia he said All the information necessary to the passing of Judgment on bolshev- ism and the system of government and as state of society, is at hand from sources that are authentic. The plea of those misguided persons in America who say wait for facts before passing Judgment is nothing more than an ex- cuse which it is hoped will gain time for the Russian experiment and enable t to spread to other countries"
 Principles Imperative
 Quoting from the new boshevist con- stitution, MT. Gompers points out that While the fifth Russian congress 10f13 a fcta of letriat and the poorest peasantry, a great portion of the peasantry is dis franchised and the largest boIsheyist estimate Of the proletariat calculates them as only one-fifth of the number Of peasant Even a fairly prosperous working man, by this calculation, MT. Gompers says, is not a proletarian. BolsheVist statistics. he says. show that the bolshevist minority does not even represent the mass of factory workers n Moscow. the bolsheyist stronghold.
 He quotes d dispatch from Russian trade unionistS to w. A. Appleton, president of the international Fedora ion of Trade Unions. which declares hat bolshevistS have split up the re- serve funds of trade unions, throttled he labor press; killed labor organiza lions, split up trades unions as a class, 2 nd put down strikes by force of arms and plentiful executions.r
 involuntary Servitude
 Tn all concepts of freedom within the American nation.' says MT Com pers, one of the fundamental principles is that any involuntary servitude, that is. compulsory labor shall not be en- forced upon the working people, He quotes the amendment to the federal constitution and adds:
 That concept and the spirit of tha amendment have been entirely reversed sy the constitution of bolshevist Rus sia, which provides for and enforces compulsory labor $ The plea to withhold judgment is a last desper- ate attempt to win favor from the 1 American people for q system of gov rrnment which by the confession of it's 1 own advocates and defenders is foreign | to every concept of the American re- public. We know about Russia. We 1 know about bolsheyism. We know the | piteous story of cruelty and intolerance ! and we know the autocratic concept | that underlies the minority dictatorship | which is hailed to the world by it's | dupes and advocates as the most per- | feet state Of society yet advised. We know about 1T and we condemn 1t con- gIetely, finally and for all time