The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-14
HYPHENATED POLITICS

HYPHENATED POLITICS osEPHUs DANIELS secretary navy, did the J try service, when, his Jackson Day speech he posed hyphenated politics. which Republican politicians appealing to racial and religious feeling are seeking to control the natural of political evolution in America Mr. Daniels speech printed in this issue of The Times, ought attention of each eitzen that an American he may be protected from hyphenated political propaganda by methods that largely secret Daniels carefully the steps by which Republ- politicians built up their policy of hyphenated po
 In 1916 an organized propaganda vote against the party of the = President because ne America but who's heart Germany
 Encouraged by almost victorious of this paganda hyphenate appeal successfully extended m to the election of 19S
 The Republican spell binders On hand men would make easy peace On language propaganda appealed to pro- pro 'ernas a s anu % n % h w JUn % aft+5on | that but the ' German people would satsf With crushing proof Daniels drives home his aega methods used by Republican politicians Not little fellows only caught the web of evidence, but the leading representatives of the Republican party There Senator Knox, for instance, who said on August 29:
 s stipulates objection its being but not should become parties to its harshness and cruelty.
 Said Secretary Daniels
 That l1terance by a responsible leader of the publican party quickly conveyed in the GERMAN LANGUAGE to every voter in America whose heart
  belief that it would poison his mind against the party line him up a certain Re publican in November.
 TAfter the Republican leaders made hyphen speeches which out in the Italian language and the Greek language
 The Poles appealed upon preext, the Hungar persuaded upon another pretex and widespread popagandas conducted voters of British descent them that Wilson had not done enough for England among of Irish descent to convince them that the President is pro-Brish.
 So deeply is the policy of hyphenae politics mbedded in nffo against against ed by the of America has been arrested before it could gain dangerous headway
 ringing phrases Secretary Daniels declares the disas- rous future of the unAmerican hyphenaed Republican po tcs which is willing to sacrifice American policy and Amer honor obtain votes of those whose votes they want Germany other foreign country and not by what they want for America.
 By November, 1920 their large in November 1918, and the almost treasonable quetng with this disIoyaI element will the buke which loyal Americans of all parties y deserves. The ark that carries them (the Reds) away will leave a vacuum into which may throw overheard drown the hyphenated. political mani pulaOrS.
 America will breath free when rid pesti- fence and as they sink to rise more, American pol tics will purify itself party promoter will dare again to ask for votes because of the policies of peoples or governments across the
 In truth good people of this country Who are to the only need that underground propaganda be exposed to repudiate those responsible it.
 If we did not know it before experience in the World War has taught us all that there differ ence between Democrats Republicans and Inde- pendens when it came to courage And there will be no difference Of opinion between those who put country above small m nation Of hypEenaed politics.
 Mr. Daniels speaks of these activities If treason were not defined within fixed boundaries by constitution would be speech against the peace treaty as Knox did, denouncng its settlements for their cruelty to Germans, and causing those trans lated into the German tongue that the authority influence prestige of the American government might thereby be ened or destroyed.