New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-05-19
GRAFT AND FRAUD
EXPOSED BY BARLOW
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8. In order to prevent profiteerine
and criminal injustice to those who bear
the brunt of battle, we demand, that all
net profits made during war period
shall become the property Of the United
Sta ties.
a. We demand such legislation as
may be required to define and punish as
felony the. denial Of the rights Of free
speech, free press, and peaceable assemb.
| ly, and as will insure the speedy remova
from Office Of any government official
! from president down, who aids, abets
or in any way encourages the violation
of these constitutional rights as guaran.
| teed by the first amendment.
5. Public ownership of transporta.
ton, including stock yards, large alb.
battoirs, grain elevators, terminal ware
houses, pipe lines and tanks. Public
ownership of othepublic utilities anc
of the principal natural resources, such
as coal, oil, natural gas, mineral de
posits, large, water powers and large
commercial timber tracts.
| 6. No land (including natural re.
sources) and no patents be held out Of
use for speculation to aid monopoly
| We favor taxes to force idle land into
use.
| 7. Equal economic, political and lega
rights for all, irrespective of sex or color
The immediate and absolute restoration
of free speech, free press, peaceable as.
sembly, and all civil rights guaranteed
by the constitution. We demand the
abolition of injunction in labor cases
We endorse the effort of labor to share
in the management of industry ano
labor's right to organize and bargain
collectively through representatives ho1
its own choosing.
Barlow's Activities.
Mr.. Barlow entered the navy at seven.
teen; became holder of several wireless
telegraph records and gunnery records
for that period; went into aeronautic:
Mexican Revolution of l914-15 ane
War Department on affairs in Mexico
He is the inventor of the Barlow
aerial torpedoes and bombs used s.
up with the British forces in Englan.
at the request of the head Of the Al
| Ministry Of Great Britain; was in Eng
land when the United States declared
war. Returned to this country ant
j PelleCCeu a IulliDet VI uoVlCeS ElOi III
United States air program. Return
ed to France at the direction of theSec
fretary of War in 1918. He waive,
royalties amounting to several hundred
thousand dollars on his inventions, ant
has now taken over the management O
the World War Veterans in this country a
the request of that body, receiving hard
| ~ any compensations for his services
He is d very forceful and most interest
ing speaker, his personal experience
during the war giving him an authorit,
in such matters @ njoyed snly by very few
The World War Veterans.
! In regard to the World War Veterans
4 Mr.. Barlow said; 50
I ST am interested in the World Wa
Veterans because they will be the medium
through which the American people vii
get the facts, mobs or no MODS, 100 pei
cent. Americanism or no Americanism
such as is defined by J. P. Morgan & Co
and others of their stamp. Wait till thu
boys get back, you said. They are back
all except $4,000 who sleep in Flander.
fields. They have passed the fight tt
us who have come back. We will keeI
the trust. There are 100000 Worle
| War Veterans now. There will soon be
a million, and then we will say to certain
self-styled patriots not where did yol
get that hat, but where did you get that
million? From the Cong ssional records
understand that we will have %, 00(
new millionaires to question.
Il am interested in the World War
Veterans because they have no soft
pedals on their Jazz piano, and the only
tune that they know how to play is
Stop Kidding the ex-Service Men; they
will have the democracy they fought
for %
81 am interested in the World War
Veterans because am sure they will
see to it that government witnesses will
not again bebroW- beaten and intimidate
before the Senate military affairs com
mittee. have seen just this procedure
myself, the purpose Of such action by
certain Senators being, I believe, to
keep said witnesses from 'spilling the
beans
"The World War Veterans have many
times been described as disloyal by some
Of the great dailies. We World War
Veterans have no apologies to make, but
we would be pleased to have the public
read our platform. Perhaps our plat
form is the real reason for the tremend-
Gus publicity that the great daily press
give to the American Legion, while some
forty other ex-service organizations are
seemingly ignored. Who kr1ows?',
This platform is very long and con-
sists Of twelve measures, the seventh in
Guiding all Mr.. Wilson'S fourteen points,
plus the evacuation Of all Russian terri
tory, which Mr.. Wilson seems to have
forgotten.
And as an immediate demand the
World War Veterans insist on an investi-
cation Of all war expenditures, especially
the aircraft program and the Hog Island
shipyard's progr am, ammunition and
food purchases, the destruction of war
materials, etc.
No Amaig amation.
/ This insistence Of The World War
Veterans on an Investigation Of war ex-
penditures was the main reason why the
Veterans did not ANAL anate with the:
American Legion. Mr., Barlow said In
regard to this matter: 1f the American
Legion convention at Minneapolis had
voiced the spirit Of the great mass Of the
men we would have amalgmat-
ed. You see we were invited to amal-
gamate by the Legion national heads
but the Legion convention leaders re-
fused to let our resolutions come before
the convention body. We believe that
Wall street was pulling all the wires. u
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