The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-14
H|IERIcA DAY.
ACTIVITY WILL
OFFSET REDS


i Hpsmsf un,tsa states Senator J. |
Hamilton Lstis, n . telegram 10 |
Mayor Harry H. 0ehTlvsr today. In |
Which be expresses his regret that
~ will not b able 70 giye the
= Amsfica day" address Nay /, d.
e1aeed that there 10 10 be consid.
egoble disturbance On that day On
The part Of radicals, and asserted
that this would particularly DO the
c9se IN this locality.
Nay / has always hsen the On.
hNN date, for intsrnationaiists. rad.
3csjs ana reds" Of al descriptions
70 stage their cslsbfstions and to
causs 90 much disturbance ~ DOS.
eible. It II for this reason that the
Na4jooai Security league, under
Whoss auspices the Rock Island
SAmerira day" celebration 10 TO be
staged, decided on May l. ~ the
date Of the patriotic celebration,
which are 70 be hold In every city
In the United States Of over 5000
population, ~ 4 means to counter
Get the work Of radicals.
p -6SuutuE LSWW SLASSS al k1b L9l0A
gram that strikes have been set for
that day and efforts will in all
probability be made 70 hinder the
operation Of trains.
Suggests Postp6nemsnt.
The senator declared that ii
might be we'll to postpone the date
OF the local celebration On account
OF the disturbances scheduled On
the part Of radicals. However. it
Is 5ust for this reason that the Ma
tional Security league wants to
stage the celebrations on May /.
and Mayor Schriver said that there
would be no postponement TO. the
reason set forth by the senator,
who also announced that he would
be able to speak here il the cele-
bration was postponed two or
three days.
The telegram follows:
y apologize for the delay In ac-
knowledging your complimentary
Invitation. / an under obligations
to deliver annual address to Mis-
sissippi state lawyers night of
April 20 at jackson, Miss. You
will see It Is impossible by any
kind OF travel to get 10 Rock Is
land May /.
Asks Continuance.
If proceedings continue TO Soc
ond or third Of month I am conf
dent that can reach you ard
serve you. ] suggest that first day
I OF Nay will be disturbed. as
strikes arc set for tina. day, many
OF which will occur to obstruction
OF trains and people everywhere,
particularly in your locality.
May suggest May as date Oh
which everything will be in suca
way FOR harmony for your splendid
purposes? 1 send my respects to
the committee and M thanks 10
your citizenship for compliment
you have done me-"
How over. with the p0stponement
an impossioiiity, Mayer Sch-iver is
putting forth efforts to 90 ain some
other speaker Many prominent
speakers are already engaged for
May i, and considerable difficulty
hes been met with BY the mayor IN
obtaining speaker for Rock Is
land. Senator Lewis is the fourth
who has been forced to send in re-
greats over not being able to &C
cept the invitation to speak here
Others invited to make the address
here were Governor Frank O. Low
den. United States Senator James
Watson Of Chic and Federal Judge
Martin J. Wade of Iowa City, Iowa
\ Meet This Afternoon.
4 A joint meeting OF the finance
and arrangements committee for
the celebration was scheduled to be
hel dthis afternoon at the city hall
Money is being raised to stage
the celebration and widespread ar.
rangements are already under way
toward making the celebration the
biggest event in the history of the
city. Organizations are said will
turn out enmasse.