Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-06
Beer and BOlsheyism

During the recent campaign in Mil
waukee Berger literature bore the
I legend: Authorized and to be PaiC
for by The Brewery Workers, Bar,
tenders and Bottlers' Union"
| In January this year testimony be
| fore Congress revealed the fact thai
brewery agents had visited Caranza
! urging Invasion of America, and al
the same time had sought to incite the
Negroes to revolt and join forces with
l the Mexicans.
Daily, 500 radical papers pour the
poison of revolution into the veins OF
the body polite. The situation is SER
ious. 1t demands instant attention
The action must not be only vigorous
but diplomatic. Force will fan the
fame. To arrest them is to sow dra-
CONS teeth. Deportations give them
the glory Of martyrdom Not force
but sympathetic enlightenment is
needed. Tens of millions of Ameri-
can voters have never been taken by
the hand, and as brother to brother
told Of the beautiful and unselfish
ideals of the American Constitution
They resent being talked at" but
they long to talk with us. Not until
they begin to ask questions have you
reached their hearts.
The Citizens Council is getting the
questions. We invite these people to
free luncheons. We eat sandwiches
and drink coffee with them. Over the
coffee cups we discuss the Constitu-
ton and answer questions. Until we
introduce food the talk was all on our
side. When they had eaten they en-
tered into conversation. Out of the
fullness of the mouth the heart spoke.
We have yet to find an audience that
did not cheer the flag, pledge allie
glance to the Constitution *prohibi-
tion amendment as much as bill of
rights**%and proimse to attest their
citizenship with a vote in the ballot
box on primary day for the man who
promised vigorously to uphold the
Constitution and all laws.
Always in the end they ask one
question, a poser. Put it in the phrase
of PietrO, the Italian, who asked it
one night: "Why nota soma-body tel
la me thisa before?" That is the ques-
ton which christian America and her
christian churches must answer be-
fore the Judgment seat. Unless we
Americanize the stranger, rest assured
that the Bergers will Bolshevise him.
Unless the friends of America take the
stranger by the hand our enemies will.
You cannot pass him up" He is
here. He is the biggest factor in your
life. Unless America solves him he
Will dissolve America. For 40 years
we have ignored him, while the saloon,
the Ward-heeler and the revolutionist
educated him. Bolshevism in Ameri-
ca is the handwriting on the wall**
Weighed in the balance and found
wanting. At last we are awakening.
Today the cry comes: what can we
do?"
Nor is the strangers need greater
than that of the native. We need to
preach America and Americanism to
those who are native-born of native
parents more than anyone else. Half
Of these hold citizenship so lightly
that they do not vote in elections.
Three-fourths of them are absent from
the primaries, 8 times out of 10, NOM
ination equals election. How many
that scornfully cry "Foreigner!" or
fling out the word "un-Americanl :"
have volutarily disfranchised them
selves by neglecting the ballot box ?
Let him without sin cast the first
stone"
We do not care for mere shouting
nor for big guns" to make profound
speeches to ourselves; but if you are
willing to help in the hard, thankless,
but practical, task of reaching those
who need to be reached, including
your neighbor*% yourself, if you
have been remiss**we welcome you.
Fall in!
The address was listened to with
a great deal of interest and its close
close Gov. Willis was loudly cheered
The governor was followed by R. P.
Hutton. of Milwaukee, who is the cam
paign manager of the Citizens Council
for constitutional order, who gave an
excellent address as to the methods
used by the Citizens Council of Mil
waukee. for combating the great men,
ace to our country
The complimentary dinner and the
addresses proved a great uplift in the
right direction in Wausau and the
New Era Club is to be congratulated
on its success.