The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-12
I"Get Together" U. S. Bureaus Message
"Halt Class Strife and Insure Peace"

tioiio gnu NV tokNNtNa vas "
basis OF courtesy and mutual
understanding. il Is not inn
possible that blood will flow
in the streets Of their cities,
was the parting comment OF
DIR. Henry T.. Jackson, special
agent OF the y. s. bureau OF
education, who left Seattle to-
day for San Francisco.
Sent into tho Northwest by the
federal government 10 fathom the
cause Of unrest and propose a rem
edy. Dr. jackson has spent two
weeks In washington. making his
survey and delivering 20 lectures
lie Ia known an Uncle Sans "socinl
engineer"
PEOPLE EvFRyWIlEIsE
SUFFERING FROM FEAR
Everywhere he went. he says. he
found men ana women suffering
from fear.
II found Spokane on the verge Of
q revolution" he said. as he sat nj
breaisfast with Mira Jackson. at the
Frye hotel II could sec tho fear
in tho faces OF people I talked q
there. Everybody was imbued with
hate and cias~consciousness.
I'm order Co reach tho people.
had TO speak 20 little class Of m~r
In the merchants association, an
other little group IN "a women's club
IL. .si.. ..y "A
of working men.
Each little class was governed b.
its Individual likes and disiIkea 10
p~rronai interests. with the interest
of nobody else at heart.
Men were calling each Other
damn skunks' and dirty crooks with
out taking tho trouble 10 get nc
auainted with each other.
MASS MEETING CALLS OFT
THE REAL CITIZENS
II saw all these classes. but nons
lof the real citixena The real cic
mems had been forgotten. and ] Wal
unable to get In touch with then
until big public meeting was called
Then ! saw a cross'sccton OF thu
town.
''ons very radical retired bushes,
man pointed out 20 me two men n
tho audience. They were darn
skuns. he said. who ought 20 be II
sail They were dangerous I. W
We. ho said. told him We wouls
hold conference with th~sn nns
find out what was sh~ matter. III
said he was afraid 20 be In the am'
room with such thugs.
when I finally did &c, him ans
on. Of these men together. the,
talked IL over. and both found the,
had tho same interests a, heart
They wanted 10 set together ans
smooth things out but they In,
been afraid.
To-day these two men arc work
ins together on n committee that Il
raising $1,000. 900 10 build an opel
forum temple In Spokane. wher'
, lcommunlty questions can be dis
cussed and thers win b no muxzil
lon free speech.
They understand och other. an,
everybody In Spokane understaud
everybody sisc."
BEATTlE SITTING
I0k THE SAFETY VALVE
And how about conditions IN se
atsic@~ he was asked.
"Worse--far worre. There's m
isiiinE what may happen In Seattle
any time. People arc sitting on IN,
safety valve. 70 prevent an explosion
which isn't tho way. Unless We hav,
an understanding. and open the safe
~ valve. the explosion win como tn
lquickcr.
Il had lunch with an I. W. w. yes
to-day. He wns a banker. Sons o.
these I. w. w. arr very polished ans
very clever fellows. They dom
know they arc I. w. w. but the,
arc--thc worst This ono was afraid
And everywhere IN Seattle Is terri
bio unrest. thru fear.
J We must have free speech. w.
rnrss have n place whore people car
get together and dlacus.. In Oh.
J words OF President Wilson. II n mar
IL fool. give him hall and let him
speak. He will soon prove II and oil
J down. But the trouble Ia. we nevei
are able to find out who Ia the foo
! unless we have free speech.
. England understands how 10 dea
with unrest. In London any mar
, can make speech. He can "a,
, what he likes about the king. th'
government. or anybody else. n NJ
IL fool. the people soon find Il out
hue he isn't in,erfcrcd with. IL
finds Il out. too. and that's the enc
! OF IL.
OPEN FORUMS WILL
CURE UNREST
when you deny the people free