New-York tribune., 1920-03-28
have large and active radical organisa-

Abandon Old Party Names
One effect Of the recent government
raids has been to cause radical organ.
izations to assume variety Of aliases
according to the director Mr.. Bard
"For example, the Communist party Il
no longer known as such. 1t has as.
sumed the innocuous titles Of The In.
ternationan Publishing Company, alias
The International League Of Defense.
The /. w. w. operates under any local
name that may be handy.
"The trick of abandoning old party
names may account In part for the gov.
ernrnent's long list, now said to emu.
merate more than 100 radical organi.
cations. Under their own proper
names most of them probably would
be found in the following list:
COMMITTEE Of Forty-eight, Com
Industrial Workers Of the World, Non
partisan League, One Big Union, So
cialist Labor party Socialist party
Union of Russian Workers, and the
Workers Internationa, Industrial
Union"
The foregoing titles "arc but diff
ferent names for the same thing" the
announcement states. professor Sic
miradski, formerly Of Cracow Univers-
ity, but now a radical agitator in
America, boasted in recent address
that these various radical organiza-
tions were 'all going In the same di-
rection.'
Nobody, not even the radicals them
selves, knows the actual number of
sympathizers with the revolutionary
movement in the United States, al
though the revolutionists boast that
they have 100000 followers. A writ
er in the 'World'A Work estimated
the number at 100000. Private esti-
mates received by United Americans
vary widely. But wren it is remem-
bered that the French revolution of
1848 was effected by fewer than 10000
men, that the revolution which placed
Carranza in control of Mexico was
men, that the Russian Cars govern
ment was overthrown by $4,000 men
and that Kerensky's regime. in turn,
was deposed by Lenine and Trotzky
with fewer than 100000 men, the fact
must be realized that no revolutionary
movement is to be taken lightly"
While the number Of "adherents to,
or sympathizers with, the revolution
ary movement can oMfy be guessed at"
the statement proceeds, "information
about actual membership in some Of
the various organizations is more def
mite. The Socialist party has paid
the party polled 597,0 900 votes, ratio
of six sympathizers to one active men,
Der.
"The Socialist Labor party has about
$4,000 members. The Nonpartsan
League, Socialist in everything but
name, has 100000 members 'as radical
as radical 'can be- according to infor-
nation received.
688 Communist Branches
"The Communist party, one of the
most active of the radical organiza
tions at present, has 688 branches,
with an aggregate membership of more
than 100000 in twenty-five states.
Here are four out of ten radical or
ganizatons with membership of
495,000. If they have the same ratio
of sympathizers as the Socialists, as
indicated by the vote, the aggregate
Of adherents for these four organiza-
tions alone would be 3,465, ,000."
The Communists arc strongest in
Pennsylvania, the United Americans
cites, and submits the following list:
Pennsylvania, 1873 branches; New
York, 10A; Illinois, 81; Massachusetts,
49, New Jersey, 81; Michigan, 40; Con-
necticut, So; Ohio, "a; Wisconsin, 26;
Indiana, 1S; Minnesota, 10; West Vir-
ginia, 8; California, g.; Washington, 8;
Rhode Island, 6; New Hampshire, 6;
Maryland. 6; Missouri, 5; Iowa. 3;
Kansas, 2; Maine, 2; Nebraska, Mon
tana, Colorado and Delaware, l each
The purpose of the United Americans
in issuing the announcement or warn
ing Of radical motives was declared to
be "to keep the country apprised of
the fact that the Red danger is in
creasng rather than subsding"