Connecticut western news., 1920-02-05
CALLS RED PLANS CRIMINAL
Press, Church, Schools, Labor Unions
 and Civic Bodies Called Upon to Teach True Purpose of Bol- t> shevist Propaganda.

new year. It reads:
 "It would be extremely helpful to the cause of good government, the main tenance of law and order and the pres ervation of peace and happiness in our country If the people on this New Years day would resolve to study, un- derstand and appreciate the so-called Red movement They can counter act 1t most effectively by teaching it's purpose through the press, the church, the schools, patriotic organizations and labor unions, all of which are within the range of its insidious attacks.
 "Red" Theories Criminal.
 "The Red movement does not mean an attitude of protest against alleged defects in our present political and economic organization of society. It does not represent the radicalism of progress. It represents specific doc trine-namely, the introduction of die tatorships the world over by force and violence. It is not a movement of lib erty-loving persons, but a distinctly criminal and dishonest movement Lenine himself made the statement at the Third Soviet Conference, Among one hundred so-called Bolshevists there is one real Bolshevik, thirty-nine crim- fnals and sixty fools It advocates the destruction of all ownership in proper ty, the destruction of all religion and belief in God. It is movement or ganized against Democracy and In fa- vor of the power of the few built by al Soviet Government, sabotage, etc, are only names for old theories of violence and criminality.
 Russian Labor Crushed.
 'Though their adherents in this coun- try are advocating and fomenting strikes. Lenine and Trotzky forbid strikes, and trade unions are being broken up and completely subordinated to the will of the few demagogues in control in Russia. This Bolshevist ex- pertinent on the living body of the Russian people has not proven in any sense of the word an eriment In Democracy. The Bolshevist leaders frankly repudiate democratic princi- ples as we understand them. It has been a gamble which meant for Rus sia, and, indeed, for the whole of hu- manity, enormous losses in lives as we'll as in material resources. The Bolshevists have run up a-colossal bill which the Russian workmen and peas ants will have to pay.
 "Reds" Menace America.
 Having lived at the expense of the Russian people for two years, these spectators in human lives and other peoples earnings are trying to move to new fields to the east and to the west, hoping to take advantage of the economic distress and confusion of mind in which humanity finds itself after the terrific strain of five years of war.
 Its sympa thizers in this country are composed chiefly of criminals, mis- taken idealists, social bigots and many unfortunate men and women suffering with varying forms of hyperesthesia. They are enemies of the government, cf the church and of the home and ad- vocate principles which mean the aboli- ton of all three of these safeguards of civilization.
 Wouic ROD ENeryoouy.
 Twenty million people in this coun- try own Liberty Bonds. These the Reds proposG to take away; 9,S30,o 900 people in the United States own farms and 3,S3S,000 more own homes, which they would forfeit; 100000 odd peo- pie have savings accounts in savings banks and 1S,000,000 people have de- posits in our national banks, at which they aim. There are hundreds of thou sands of churches and religious insti- tutions, all of which they would abol- | ish. In other words. 110,O00,000 hard working and saving people who own property, love liberty and worship God i are asked to abandon all the ideals of religion, liberty and government, which l are the outcome of the, struggles of their fathers and their own develop ment, and to place themselves, their homes, their family and their religious faith in the keeping and their property under the domination of small group of Lenines and Trotzkys.
 Protection Promised.
 This department, as far as existing laws allow, intends during the forth coHlHS year lo keep up ah unhlhShihS, ! persistent, aggressive warfare against l any movement, no matter how cloaked | or dissembled, having for its purpose ' either the promulgation of these ideas or the excitation of sympathy for those who spread them. The move ment will not be permitted to go far enough In this country to disturb our | peace and well-being or create any widespread distrust of the peoples government. It will fall away before the light of popular knowledge and appreciation of its aims and purposes.