The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-06-17

lca is made UP of various unions AMI
organizations of Russian workers
These people are practically all Com
nunis;s. They are all In hearty SYM
pathy with bolshevik Russia.
John Reed, well known in Colorado
for his radical publicity during the
coal strike in 1914, testified before this
committee that he had been in Rus
sia several times, had aided the boil.
sheyik government in its aganda,
and had interpreted into English many
OF the DEGREES used at the hearings
This same John Reed was in Chicago
as late as August 81, 1919. when he
helped TO organize the Communist La.
Dor Party of america. Reed mas
since returned TO Russia.
Ludwig c. A. X. Martens, duly ap.
pointed representative in the United
States of the Russian Socialist Fed
eral Soviet Republic" has given some
interesting testimony before a Senate
committee. Since January. 1919, he
has maintained official headquarters
in Eew York and Washington. He
has an admitted staff OF So people.
most all Communists of more or less
note He contends that his chief
business In America is TO encourage
trade with Russia. But he has spoken
before many of the most radical socie-
ties in New York and elsewhere. has
contributed to the radical press. ard
has been in close touch with many
OF the radicals in and out of jail in
this country.
Couriers pass back and forth be-
tween Soviet Russia and America car
ryins money and messages to and re
ports from Nr. Martens
Every nov and then Leniu issues a
broadside To his comrades in America
urging them tn arise and take posses
sion of the earth which is theirs
/. In Russia the boIshevik propaganda
ran something Ike this:
To the soldiers: -You want peace:
that Is simple-shoot your Officers and
20 home"
Land. there IL lies the estates of the
landed proprietofs and the former
Cksr. Take the land. IL is yours"
To the worknen in factory and
mine; Take possession OF the plant
and its product operate it to Your
own profit: IL is yours"
These admonftions are not far diff
fsrent from many heard by the rad
zeal leaders OF disorder in our own
fsnd
Russian BoiShevism. with all It's
agencies and supporters in America.
vii make little hesdway as such
But We should not shut our eyes 70
the real danger of serious trouble
from the radicals in this country
The great majority of the members
of<nrganized tabor in this country are
not Bolshevisfs nor Communists and
DO not believe in aholishing personal
property rights All labor. organized
and unorganized. is anxious. of course
to improve wages and living condl-
tions. which is certainly a recognized
right.
l believe that the majority of The
'eaders of the labor-union movement
in this country are loyal 10 the coun
try and are opposed to communism.
But working within many Of tn,
unions are men who are openly seeg
/ ing 10 disrupt the unions. opsnl,
espousing the cause OF the various rev
oiutionary programs. and active n
4 their efforts to start the general strike
| Wherever strike Is called that bill
fair to amount to anything, YOU will
find these men and and the evidenc,
of their work. II was so in Winnie
peg. in Seattle. in the coal strikes. il
the recent steel strike. and most ap
parent in the present outlaw railroai
strike
Fortunately for them. these me-
do not all write out their thoughts an
plans. But some do. and the hearing
before the Senate committee contsi
many pages of fncendiary liieratur
nut out by these men and their orSar
| cations
| One strike leader. whose name ha
been much in the papers recent,
| wrote book few years ago. whict
dare say, he nav wishes had neve
been put into print. for il rises up l.
haunt him wherever he starts out {
| conduct modern strike in an or
| derlytsl way. refer. of course. t
William T. Foster, who. in connection
| with Earl c. Ford, issued book oi
Syndiealism in 1912,
| Mr.. BLANToN Mr.. Chairman viii
the gentleman yields
! Mr.. HARDY of Colorado Yes
Mr. BLANTON The gentleman
speaks OF "a modern strike conducted
in an orderly way want to ash
him II there is any such thing as -
modern strike in an orderly way
Mr.. HARDY OF Colorado. will
say TO the gentleman that viii insert
question mar after the word "or
Derby" when revise my remsrks tol
the printer.
MIR. BLANToN. THAT viii be bet
ter. then.
Mr.. HARDY OF Colorado. Mr. Eos
ter was free lance for a while, but
NNore recently announced the policy OF
bring within the regular unions as
Nhest way to make progress.
- is much in Mr. Fosters little
would be illuminating "a
- showing the viewpoint