Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16
RAIL Strike PLOT
To CRUSH u. s.
Mason and Cabinet Hear the
Charges by Palmer.
DECLARES REDS STARTED 1T
Mass WaIkout Was End in View, AS
serts the Attorney GeneraI-sub-
mits Documents to Back Up
His Flat Accusations.


His Flat Accusations.
Washington, april is. The ''out-
law railroad strike is direct, we'll
planned attempt to overthrow the
United States government by means
Of RESOLUTION.
This was the official view taken of
IT at the cabinet meeting. Vast guam
titles of infiammatory literature.
which have come into the possession
of The department Of Justice, were
placed before President Wilson and
his cabinet advisers by one of the lat
ter Attorney General Palmer.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Palmer's
recital, the president and other mem
hers Of the cabinet thought the best
method to counterfeit the outlaw
strikers and the revolutionists. am
archists and + w. WIS in their ranks
was TO bring the public of the country
md the loyal railroad workers to a
realization Of the peril now facing
them II was therefore decided to
make public the information held by
the department Of Justice. Attorney
General Palmer made this statement:
Il feel that it is highly important
that the people and the strikers know
what is behind the strike, and what is
the purpose Of those in control. II is
The latest working out Of the pro
gram of the communist party to over
throw governments, establish dictator
ships Of leaders of the proletariat and
duplicate conditions that exist in Rus
sia.'
Mass of Documents.
The attorney general then took up
mass Of documents, and read through
them, one by one interpreting his
reading with comments. The first doe
nment he made public was a mani
sesto and program of the communist
PARTY Of America
Saturday. May /, the attorney gen.
eral said. has beer set as the date
Tor general uprising Of the men led
nv the communists The department.
through its agents, he said, has been
Informed of the activities Of the com
mnists in other industries TO bring
about Just such situation as exists
in the railway strike. Dates have
been set for the strikes in these in
dustries he said. and are known to
the department.
After the steel strike, he said, plans
We're laid for the destruction of the
hrotherhoods. The department was
aNare ~ this and set about making
plans fer meeting the emergency.
"und4 l. w. W. leadership" the
attorney general stated, acting as
part of the Communist Labor Party
Of America, the railway workmen have
been led into the strike and they will
be exploited by the leaders INTO deep
or waters than they ANTICIPATED when
they laid down their tools.
"The next step of the government
win await the reception which the
truth gets from the public and from
the railway workers. Undoubtedly
many of them nave been led into the
strike through ignorance Of the mo
tlves Of the movement. should the re-
suit he otherwise than expected other
steps viii be taken
Aim Is Revolution.
To show the motive of the .ofnmun-
lists the attorney general road ex-
cerpts from the program Of the com.
munist party adopted at the conven-
ton in Chicago. In ii the American
Federation of Labor was stigmatized
as "reactionary and a bulwark of cap.
halism.H
The program set forth that indus
trial unionism is not simply a means
for the every aas struggle against
capitalism: its ultimate purpose Is rev.
olutionary. implying the necessity Of
ending capitalist parliamentary state.
Industrial unionism Is factor in the
final mass action for the conquest of
power"
The attorney general made public
photostatic copies Of the Bulletin of
the provisional bureau in Amsterdam
of the COMMUNIST international, !,
which contained an appeal to me
workers of Europe and America 10
follow the glorious example of the
Russian soviet republic"