New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-05-26
it had ever fourished in Europe.
Laboring Classes Fought War.

These jobs had been reserved for the
sons Of bankers and other idle rich.
Raps American Legion.
The men came back full of enthusiasm
after having been victorious in Europe,
said the speaker, but this enthusiasm
soon waned when they became aware
OF an attempt to organize them into an
un-American association, the hidden
purpose of which was to fight the Or
ganized farmers and labor. The ex-
service men are determined to place the
government back into the hands of the
common people, where it rightfully be-
longs, and will not tolerate mob rule.
Dollar-a-Year Patriots:
Capt. Mallon also took fling at the
so-called "dollar-a-year patriots who,
while ostensibly serving our government
at the ridiculously low salary of one
dollar per year, were able, through po-
sitions which they occupied, to reap
profits ranging all the way from 100 to
1000 per cent for themselves and their
business associates. He cited the huge
aircraft scandal as an instance of the
Ehigh-handed methods used by these pay
triots to defraud the government out OF
billions of dollars, while many American
Doughboys were sacrificed as result OF
the ineficiency of the aerial warfare,
caused by the dishonest grafters.
Stole Half of Every Dollar.
The speaker made the assertion that
the grafters and profteers stole SO cents
OF every dollar that was invested in
Liberty Bonds, War Savings Stamps and
other government securities. Million
aires were being created in considerable
numbers while our boys were being shot
up in France. True-blue Americans
were being prosecuted and maltreated
while their sons were fighting to make
the world safe for democracy" There
sprung up in this country an organization
,of "scab" painters who were daubing
|yellow paint on property in the United
States while the real Americans were
painting no mans land" red with their
life blood.
Unrest is Nation-Wide.
Capt. Mallon said that the farmer
labor organization movement was not
only statewide, but nationwide as we'll.
The big Silent vote" would make itself
heard and felt at the coming elections
He asked that his hearers support the
entire ticket, not only one or two can
didates, adding that he would sooner
occupy the pile Of white marble in st.
League-Labor ticket.
The. farmer and the laboring man did
not start the World war The American
farmer and the American laborer have
no grudge and bear no hatred against
the European farmer and the European
working man. The late war, like most
other world conflicts, was caused by the
international thieves. By eliminating
proiteering, through the adoption of
excess profits tax legislation, international
strife could and would be abolished, the
speaker asseverated.
sThe Next War;
The speaker admonished his audience
not to deceive themselves into believing
that there would be no more wars. He
stated that the next war" was fast
approaching and prophesied that it
would be "well oiled" Mexico would
be our next national adversary and this
conflict would be precipitated by the big
oil interests and other profteers.
Gives Lie to Atrocities
One Of the most gratifying statements
made by Capt. Mallon in his very in
teresting talk, so far as those of his listen
ers who were Of German birth or descent
were concerned, was that contradicting
the blood-curdling stories of alleged
atrocities committed by the Germans
upon Belgian and French women and
children during the World war. The
speaker stated that, although he had
made it a point to investigate all kinds
of rumors relative to these alleged
atrocities, he failed to find a single
authenticated case. To be sure, soldier
once told him that friend of his had
heard from friend Of his that certain
friend OF his met man whose friend had
learned from a friend Of his that there
had been rumors of such atrocities, but
he Capt. Mallon0 had utterly failed in
his attempt to run down the source of
these rumors The speaker stated en-
phatically and without equivocation that
it was not the policy of the German
soldiers to commit any atrocities upon
their enemies, and especially not upon
women and children. While admitting
that it was possible that the German
army contained men who were abnormal
in this respect, the same also holds true
as far as the Allied armies were concerned.
Collins Camp Bombed.
Capt. Mallon threw a bombshell of
no mean proportions into the camp of
his political opponent, Lieut.. Collins, the
elimination convention candidate for
lieutenant governor on the Republican
primary ballot. Referring to the Slittle
lieutenant's" military record, the speaker
stated that he was being lauded by his
supporters for having made prisoners
DUNG the World war. This seemed rath-
er unusual in view of the fact that Lieut..
Collins was with the artillery, while or
dinarily the artillery lis not stationed on
the front line Of battle (unless, perchance,
the infantry before it has been completely
wiped out) where the only opportunity
to make prisoners is to be had.
In closing, Capt. Mallon advised his
hearers to subscribe for all Of the big
Twin City dailies, if their funds permit;
to read them carefully each day, and
when election day rolls around, to vote
Just the opposite from what these papers
advocated.
DR.. Shipstead Arrives.
After waiting patiently for about two
hours, the determined stick-to-it-iveness
of the large crowd was finally rewarded
by the appearance of DR.. Shipstead, the
principal speaker of the day, who arrived
here in company with H !. A. Fuller OF
Mankato, League-Labor candidate fol
congress in this district.
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