Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-28
HITS BOlSHEWSM
ANDFA|LURE .TOEND
DANGER TO THE j. S.
Senator Myers Says Radicals
Have Sympathizers Even
in "Hiqh Places"

Declaring that Sympathizers with
radicals bent on the overthrow of the
government are to be found even in
high places" Senator Myers. demo-
crat, Montana. speaking today in the
Senate. criticised the. government in
in particular for failure to take ade-
auate steps to prevent the spread of
rassee lss nsal ssasltsvst.e. ss those snsrwoula
undsrmtfae and overturn our govern
mept are undoubtedly increasing" he
said. "They appear to go on with
little check or hindrance. In my
opinion this country is reeking and
seething with the Vaccinations of
disloyalty. sedition and bolshevism.
Their proponents are becoming bold.
They have defenders and sympa-
thi1ers in high places"
There is one thing" he said. that
the government appears to be ex-
tremely- reluctant to do and that is
to measure strength to final test
with any organized body of persons
affiliated. with organized labor or call
ing themselves branch of organized
labor.
1.-The, government may promise to
do SO, may threaten to do SO, may
start to do SO. but when the time for
the actual test comes it seems there
is almost certain to be by the govern
ment compromise. concession. promise
of yielding. or some other way found
of avoiding the test
Senator Meyers of Montana said:
sympathy with bolshevism seems
to be getting a hold in the public
school system OF parts of the coun-
try, ", so,,o s.o
which should serve as warning of
what may be found more extensively
under cover. 1t is reported that about
a year ago a teacher in one of the
public schools of Washington, in talk
ing on current topics to her pupils.
a. tolerant feeling for bof-
shevism. and undertook to give 1.-The
other side" the pleasing side, of boil
shevism, and instead of unsparingly
it, warned her pupils that
they should not be too quick to con-
denim bolshevism. To my mind this
Is horFible. shocking. So far as l
know, this charge has never been de-
MED. The school board of the District
Of Columbia took cognizance of it and
undertook to discipline that teacher
for her shockingly indiscreet express
sions.
1T is understood that she acknowl-
edged making them. and the inf1ic- |
ton of discipline followed by order |
of the board A great furore about |
the infiiction of the discipline was
aroused by many of the teachers of |
the District. The cause of the disci- |
plined teacher was taken up by the |
teachers unions OF the District and |
by the labor unions of the District. |
A great protest was made, and soon
thereafter two of the members OF the !
board, who were chiefly instrumental
in disciplining the offending teacher. |
Apparently their positions |
We're made Uncomfortable for them. |
That teacher is still teaching in the /
pubic schools of the District. ! un-
derstand the president of the school
board defends her. '
Openly Prnise Soviet.
There are hundreds of publications
in the United States which are openly |
ora sing the soviet government OF !
Russia or advocating the overthrow
Of our government, or DONG both.
languages and circulate among the |
enorant. prejudiced. easily misled
Class Of foreigners. most of whom can
read no language other than their
own aad rely upon their foreign-lan-
suage papers for all OF their informa-
10 know what these foreign-language
are publishing unless their
articles are translated into English.
70 keen track of their publications
and translate their every utterance is
4 tremendous task. department OF
II
+ hnt II imposes an undue burden
IN them. The publishers should be
:equired to print their publ Pablications a. in
tie a daily paper whic.,. am in
ormed. continually praises the soviet
of Russia and holds il up
II believe there are many people who
express feelings of leniency for or sym
thv with the soviet government of
do not know what 1t is. l believe
here are millions Of people in this coun-
ry who are Indifferent to It. who have
,f that government.
People Are Asleep.
1.-THE people are asleep. They need
= he aroused to action. There is need
( preparedness and action. The trouble
a that people who oppose preparedness
md action In this grave danger are or
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