New-York tribune., 1920-02-06

VINO are ready to move for the reseat-
ing OF tho five Socialists tho ran,an+
the Senate reaches motions md eli,
tions. ""o resoiu-
When S. John Block was .stoa to-
h'ght how long the defense would take
he said: "ouio 'ahe
I'VE will demand as much latitude as
what could be called defenspp w.
have nothing to defend W. ore' ore oo;ro mo
to give some information that soor,, nJ''.', -
lie greatly needed. We are eoinr into
realities that will be of interest to thn
American people. And we will answer
tho romancng of the last three weal,s >
Mr.. Block said that each of the five
Quoted Asscmblyman would toke 49,,
stanc. He said that it was not unlikely
that the defense would call Sneaker
Sweet, Senator Clayton R. Lusk, Major
lty Leader Simon L. Adler, Of the AS
sembly; Attorney General Charles d.
Newton' Samuel Berger and Arch bald
e. Stevenson. The last named thrcc
are of counsel to the Lusk committee
At the beginning of the days hear
ing Mr.. Stanchfield read into the
record an article in "The New York
Call" of February 12, 1910. to which
he referred yesterday, saying it's head
line ran "To He'll With the Flag" II
developed that the headline did NOT
run that way, although in the body of
the article appeared the phrase: "To
hell with your flag"
Stedman Makes Objection
An objection to the inclusion of
the article in the record was over
ruled by Chairman Martin. Mr.. Sted-
man pointed out that not only was
Gated, but the article was published at
time when the men whom the COM
mittec is ARA aignng as defendants
probably were not more than fifteen
or sixteen years old. He declared also
that it was not competent as evidence
He said that Attorney General Bell,
of Colorado, had said, "To hell with
the Constitution and to hell with the
f1ag!" when he was leading strikers at
Telluride. He added that D. B. Lucy,
"the Democratic Attorney General Of
had said November II, 1917, "at 1:45
p. m" "To hell with the Constitution;
our nation is in peril"
The article in "Thc New York CALI"
was signed by Richard Perrin. 1t de-
clared that the American flag and the
uniform of the American army had
been used for the oppression of labor
and advised: Honor the uniform? No.
Spit on it," The "To hell with the
American flag" statement was the re-
sponse the writer said he would have
made had he been Samuel Gompers,
when he was "reproached by the CAPT
talist" for placing his foot on the
American flag. The closing sentence
Of the article was: Down with the
Stars and Stripes! Run up the red
flag Of Humanity"
Collins Is Recalled.
Peter W. Collins was recalled as a
witness after the article had been read.
He declared that Socialists we're insin-
cere in their opposition to war and ac-
tually were planning q great "class
war" Denying that he belonged to "a
secret organization" opposed to Social
lists, he said that he was a member of
the Knights of Columbus.
He expressed the opinion that the
Socialists tried to help Germany at
their Copenhagen conference in 1915.
"Will you tell me one Socialist go
ing there that so acted?" demanded
Mr.. Stedman.
"Morris Hillquit in every endeavor
was' going to be a delegate" was the
answer.
morris Hillquit was going to aid
Germany?" asked the attorney.
"Undoubtedly," was the response
"You have asked my opinion. l have
given it,"
The witness asserted that his obser-
walton led him to believe that at least
10 per cent of the dues-paying mem
bers of the Socialist party in this
country are aliens. That is "con-
servative" estimate, he said.
$50 if your contention is true" asked
Mr. Martin, "the public official who
signs a paper to obey the orders OF
the dues paying members necessarily
is governed by body of men 70 per
cent of whom are aliens; is that it,"
"T'hat is true" said Collins. "The
Socialist party is actually a govern
ment within a government"
At the request Of the prosecution,
secretaries of the various Socialist
locals in New York City will submit
lists Of their members next week.