The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-04-16


together with literature describing the work of the American
Defense Society.
HOOKER ELECTRoeHEMCAL COMPANY
rs Pine Street. New York.
Gentlemen:-
recently Chairman the Board of Trustees of the
and have taken time satisfy myself that the
wonderfully important service only before and during
the but since the
The Society has before it am satisfied important
work for the next few at any time in the past
summary heretofore
what intends do in 1921 This will directly
and the interests represent For this reason write to ask
you to with others the financing of the work.
certain business prominent their respective
localities who will be glad to send s5Qo their 1921
buon Please check payable Benz Allen Treasurer and
mail National Headquarters 6 East oath Street New
York City. Yours truly,
Accompanying this letter some interesting literature In it
is given the work of the Society during 1921 Specimens of their
work They suppressed radical soaboxng in many cities
The Society the first agency to work towards the public
dcredng of L. A. K Martens has taken nearly two years
for the Soceys work to bear fruit Martens is to be depored
You will note they take all the credit Here another Of the
soceys activities ITO counteact the nsdious propaganda Of
the Reds their efforts to establish One Big Union for the
violent overthrow of the government the Society organic
ing Home Defense Committees throughout the nation. These
Committees being organized to take the active municipal
performance of which essential to human life in cases
of general strikes involving municipal employees and to replace
city employees called to ac tive duty ON the arising Of such
situation in given localities Winnipeg, Seattle and Boston
means that the Society enrolling potential sabs and is recruit
ing the White Guard of America.
AS proof that it's activities needed, and to the
business thoroughly, presume that they will shell out
the fifty without the Society prints the following
document with all the glare of red type and large capitals
STAND BY SOVIET RUSSIA!
capitalist of the world fighting Soviet RUSSIA
and British to send troops to kill Rus
workers and peasants!
The United sending munitions Poand
United States lending Poland and the
capitalist workers.!
Hungary and Roumna are to be armed by the Allies and sent against
Soviet Russia! ''S'r '@ fgTH
"wORKERs OF THE UNITED sTATEs-wHAT ARE YOU GOING
"THE CAPITALIST GOVERNMENTS OF THE WORLD ARE DE-
TERMINED CRUSH SOVIET RUSSIA, BECAUSE 1T is Gov
ERNMENT OF THE WORKING CLASS!
working class of standing by Soviet
Russia.
British French, Italian
supplies against Soviet Russa
THROW DOWN YOUR TOOLS CALL GENERAL STRIKE!
"sHOW THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT YOUR POWER!
"SHOW YOUR CLASS SOLIDARITY!
"STAND SOVIET RUSSIA
with all the capitalist of the world!
"Down with the capitalist government Of the United States!
live the Communist workers and peasants of Poand
"Long live Soviet Russia!
"THE UNITED COMMUNIST PARTY OF AMERICA" ;"
Such 5 the exhibit being circulated widely throughout the
country by the Society," order to obtain the funds necessary to
organize its breaking units And the supply of mat
fall short the Society issues appeal os members to send
to copies printed matter issued by agaos radicals whe
is radical not agator an agaor not radically pro-
claiming unAmercan principles But the jest of it all
is revealed when read the motto of the Society," proudly en-
the blank contribution form 1t
reads 'Naonal Welfare Fobids Class Privilege" In this The
Toler heartily agree with the Society and them
doing utmost to abolish the class privilege that their clients
enjoy casse society is and in cassless society
there be class privilege We would however confer upon
many Of the members of the Society the privilege of going to-
work And it is the dread apprehension of that happening
we are inclined believe which inspires the membership
tribute so readily to the Societys fund