Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-26

before congress for budget which
viii provide for scientific dealing With
nnancials problems. IN scoring the
League OF Nations, and particularly
Article 10 of the covenant. Senator
Johnson emphasized PARTICULARLY the
Observation-Disclosures which. he aid.
related to, Americas, participation, In
the League Of Nations arrangement.
Free Press and Free Speech.
, Senator johnson. who was. intro
.duced by Mayor II. NJ. Wheeler, began
by saying that while he..hld been ask
ed politely to keep away from North
Dakota at, the. present time./ he
recognised only one master. NAMELY.
the American people, and he said he
was convinced the people hadfa right
to acquire information concerning
problems whose solution Will shape
the, destiny Of the nation for gener-
atoms to come.
After .briehy referring to admin
istrative extravaganza during. the last
few years. the senator declared that
the trialssof. Socialistic assemblymen in
the state OF New York t~eopardtzed
free speech. the freedom of the. press,
. That trial, Mr.. johnson said. sis
aimed at our Biieof Rights aDo mot
misunderstood me. I am not q Social
ia. T. do not believe in Socialism. But
IL group Of voters elect q Socialist
as their representative, he. has. a right
to serve. Today under the guise OF
patriotism, we have grown somewhat
hysterical.., and We are not always
ems our constitutional rights. The
press in the eastern states Ii not free.
And during the war the: American got-
ernment, for. the first time In our hts
tory,,amAde the, press . vehicle for
propaganda-a national propaganda
which was carried on for the money
taken. from your pockets and mine.
What was the purpose? ToStsN. you
About the functions of ther'gpveFn-
ment? No-to hide from, you what
The government was doing. This prop
uganda has destroyed free public opin-
ion in the eastern preR"
L. ". ". IN CAnfo<nia. iE.
Reverting to the time when he was
governor Of California. Senator John
son said that his state had the. dubious
honor Of first attracting attention be-
cause Of the menace Of the Industrial
Workers Of the World.
We did not resort to insidious
propaganda" the speaker said: "wo
simply impressed upon everyone that
the state was supreme. and that It
would not stand for force or violence.
But the fact that We do not like .
mans opinion Is no. reason why that
opinion should be suppressed, provid-
ed. of course that it is not sedttfous."
America Dist1usionized.
Approaching the subject of the
League Of Nations-the second chal-
lenge Of today" as the speaker said
Mr.. johnson maintained that It was q
challenge to the age-long traditions of
tho United States: it was q challenge
to nationalism. and ar attempt to sub
stitute internationalism for national
ism 80 that we shall forget all that
has gone before"
Mr.. johnson said that the peace con:
ference had resulted in great ,disap-
potntments:
I'VE had-all Of us hoped that out d
the Negotiations At Versailles should
come the doom OF war; but We .hav<
been thoroughly d6silfusioni1ed, for In
its present form the peace treaty con.
ceals germs of wars innumefable. Thu
peace treaty and the. League OF. Ma
tons covenant should have been pre-
scented to the people, separately, an<
not In the form Of n document How
futile o some gentlemen at Washing
ton to aNert that the League OF Ma
tions ought to be kept out Of. the polit
icA campaign! Americans certainl,
have . right to determine whether Of