Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-04
General Strike Was to Have Been Next Step, Agent
 Finds MOST MENACING PLOT ON RECORD DISCLOSED 'Slush Fund Raised by Radicals Ran Into Milli0ns-Commun- ists Principles are Dis
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Washington, Jan. 3.-Radieal leaders planned to develop the recent steel and coal strikes into q general strike and ultimately into revolution to overthrow the government, according to infor- nation gathered by federal agents in Friday nights wholesale round up of members of the communist and communist labor parties. A definite program to expand the two lahor disturbances for the purpose of plotting out organized government was disclosed in evi- dence gathered in half score of cities This data. officials said, tended to prove that the nation- wide raids had nipped the most menacing revolutionary plot yet unearthed. and indicated that both groups of radicals were only awaiting an opportune moment to carry on amorp other classes of workers the same sort of agita- tion employed among steel work CTS and coal miners. Among the foreign element of the communist and communist labor parties, in- formation described as conclusive revealed that payrolls had been 'loaded" with agitators to be sent suddenly to every fertile field in support of general strike campaign.
 During the last two weeks of the coal strike, communist agita- tors were discovered to have pene- trated practically every mining center east of the Mississippi ri- yer. Evidence showed that in several instances where miners had voted to return to work, the communists had spread their prop aganda of distrust of the govern ment to such an extent, it was said, that few if any miners actual ly got back to their jobs.
 Violence Plots.
 Attempts to incite the mine workers to violence were the most bold in West Virginia, officials said, serious trouble being flar- rowly averted there. But all soft coal regions were infested and much of the data leading up to Fridays nationwide raids was gathered by secret agents circu- lating among the mine workers and coming in contact with the agitators themselves, it was de- clared.
 The raids also disclosed that a "slush fund" has been created by the two radical parties. Much of the money, said to run into sever- al millions, had been set aside for use in bailing out adherents of the doctrine in case of arrest for sedition and the teaching of vi0- lence.
 Plans for organization of the workers in support of the com- munist cause were pictured as more complete than even a poli- tical campaign. It was evident, officials declared, that the move-s ment was "ripe" and that settle ment of the coal strike was a keen disappointment to the radi- cal leaders.
 Assistant Attorney General Gar- ven made public tonight the de- partment's memorandum, submits ted to the bureau of immigration upon which was based the gov ernment classification of the com- munist and communist labor par- ties as coming under the espion- age act. This disclosed that both groups were pledged to fight any suggestion of military action by America against the soviet Russ siant. Membership applications revealed that both groups were indirectly under the control of the Russian communist council.
 Significant among other fea- lures of the communist labor par- tvs doctrine, was the enunciation of the following principles:
 "We maintain that the class struggle is essentially a political struggle, that is struggle by the proletariat to conquer the capita Hist state, whether its form be monarchial or democratic-republi- can, and to replace it by gov ernmental structure. adequately adapted to the communist trans formation.
 2,635 Are Held. "The most important means of capturing state power for the workers is the action of the mass les, proceeding from the places where the workers are gathered together-in the shops and fac- tories. The use of the political machinery of the cauitalist state lis only secondary. The working class must organize and train it-! self for the capture of state power"
 Federal officials deplored weak E! (Continued on page six)