Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-15
PALMER EXPOSES !.
REDS CONSPIRACY
Secret Hand Directs Movement
Aimed at American Nations
Existence.
EVIDENCE is PRESENTED
Plotters Expect to Involve Ali
Industry in Reasonable
Mass Attack. IA
TBy Universal Service. J

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE "ous +
law" railroad strike Is n direct. we'll
planned attempt to overthrow thu
United States government by meam
of revolution.
This was the official view takcI
of 1t at the Cabinet meeting today
Vast quantities of infammatory liter
aturc, which have come into the pos
session OF the Department of JUS.
tice, were placed before Pres!der
Wilson and hts Cabinet advisers b,
one OF the latter-Attorncy-G -Generu
Palmer.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Palmer'I
recital, the President and other menr
bcrs of the Cabinet thought the beS
method to counteract the Outlaw
strikers and the revoiutionists, am
'arch!sts and ] w. WIS In their rnnki
was TO bring the public of the countr.
and the loyal railroad workers to
realization of the peril now facinI
them. 1t was. therefore. decided 1,
make public the information held b.,
the Department OF Justice.
Palmer Makes Statement.
Tonight. Attorney-General Palmer
made this statement:
Il feel that 1t ds highly important,
that tho people and the strikers know
what Is behind the strike, and whai
is the purpose of those In control
It Is the latest working auts OF ,ttsts
prr9Trnnl nf .the Communist aartyt.ts5
overthrow governments. establish die,
tatorahips OF leaders OF the prols.
tnriat and duplicate conditions thai,
exist In Russia
Tho Attorney -Geheral then took ul
a mass OF documents anil read through
them. one by one. interspers:nE hi,
reading with comments. The frs
document he made public was a mani.
festo and program Of the Communist
party of America.
May 1 Date of Uprising.
Saturday. May !, the Attorney-Gen,
eral said. has been set as the dat,
for general uprising of the meg
ied bS the Communists. The depart.
ment, through its agents. he said, ha,
Decn informed Of the activities OF the
communists In other Industries tt
prihg about Just such situation a,
exists in the railway strike. uate,
have been set for tie strikes In thes.
industries. he said, and are know
to the department. After the stae,
strike, he said, plans were laid fol
The department was aware Of this
and set about making plans for meat.
Ing the emergency. q.
Under I. w. W. leadership. RI.
attorney-Gencral stated, acting "a.
oart of the Communist labor partx
~ America, the railway workmen
nave been led into the strike and they
VIII be exploited by the leaders Inte
ieeper waters than they Anticipated
when they laid down their toolsS
Ihe next step of the government
VIII await the reception which thu
ruth gets from the public and frora.
the railway workers. UndoubtadI,
many of them have been led into ~.
urike through ignorance OF the mo.
ives OF the movement. Should Ell.
result be otherwise than expectea
other stems will be taken"
Communists Assni Fedcrnt,on
To show the motive of tho Com.
munists. the Attorney General read
excerpts from the program of tn.
Communist party adopted at tho con.
vention in Chicago. In 1t tho Amer.
lean Federation OF Labor was stir.
matized as "reactionary and bni.
wark OF capitalism. The program
Set forth that industrial untonism
is not simply means for tho every
day struggle against capitalism: it.
ultimate purpose Is REVOLUTIONARY
implying the necessity OF ending
capitalist parliamentary state. In
dustrial unionism is factor In the
hpal mass action for the conouts
OF power" :,
The Attorncy-General made public
photostatic copies OF tho bulletin OF
the provisional bureau In Amster.g
dam of the Communist International.a
which contained an appeal to ths
workers OF Europe and America ia
follow the glorious example OF thu
Russian Soviet republic"
I'VE appeal to the workers of all
countries" the article summed up its
arugments. TO follow this example
and with the utmost energy to wage
the war for their deliverance. They
must attack and undermine capitaIs
ism. enfeebled already. and the bour,
geois state-power by ceeseless mass
actions demonstrations, strikes),
at tho same time they must build
up their own class organizations.
their Soviets. as organs OF tho COM
ing order OF society. And, when then,
at last. tho despotism OF the bour.
geois breaks down under thar at.
tacks they must boldly ssizo ths !
power and create tho new world of
communism" s{Ysf ~
Alien Urges "Decisiye Acfioa.s y
The Attorney General also made
public an appeal to the comrnunist
party In America. by q. zinoytov. az
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