The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-28
His Writings and Pre-
 War Speeches Were Too Rabid for Even
 the 1. w. w. and Gained Active Op- position of A. F. of l..

position Of A. F. Ot l.. likely. they will be mostly workingmen ana Tn sympathy with the general strike. in duced to join the ranks of their striking fellow workers Once the Reorganization of the armed forces is complete the revolution ists will seize the unprotected industries and proceed to reorSanize society,""
 There will be bloodshed. of course but the prospect of bloodshed does not frightsn the Syndicalist worker. as it does the parior Socialist He is too much accustomed to "risking himself in the murderous indus tries and on the hellish battlefields. in the niggardly service of his masters. to set much value on his own life He will gladly risk it once. if necessary. in his own behalf" Foster says in his book Nor has he any sentimental regard for what may happen to his enemies during the general strike He leaves tbcm to worry over that detail
 The Syndicalist is of course. radical anti patriot. a true internationalist, knowing no country He opposes patriotism because t creates feelings of nationalism among the workers Of the various countries and pre- vents cooperation between them
 It was this doctrine that gave France so much trouble in the beginning of the late war; it caused the assassination of the raoi- cal. Internationaiist Jaurez by an unbal- anced French patriot on the eve Of the mobilization of the French troops because of the fear that Jaurez would postpone the mobilization of the French troops long enough 10 enable the Germans to get to Paris
 Tom Mann the English labor leader. said in Cooper Union. New York. year or so before the great war that if England ever again attempted to go to war the coal miners would refuse to mine the coal to coal her fighting ships.
 One difference between Anarchism and Syndicalisrn. according to Foster. is that the Anarchist movement is an educational one It places strong emphasis the fou-dins of the modern school and on its educational campaigns against the State. church mar riage sex slavery. Sc. The Syndicalist ac- cepts these things principle. but eNpends energy upon their propa pagation only in so far as they contribute to the success of his bread and butter fighting organization He considers the economic revolution hundred fold more important than the intellectual revolution. Anarchisrn appeals to all society alike; Syndicalism to the workers alone Tn Favor of Race Suicide
 Because of ChTdren,s Future
 The synd'caIist is naturally -race-sui- cider" He knows that children are detri- ment to him f-l his daily struggles. and that ty rearing them he is at once tying a mill stone about his neck and furnishing a new supply of slaves to capitalism Foster told the Senate Committee on Education and La bor that he thought 1t was foolish on the part of the worker to undertake to raise a large family on the wages that were pad
 Many of his views as expressed in his writings Foster attempted to straddle before the Senate Committee He said that if he
 
 such statements in it.
 NJ F. Tiehe. president of the AmaICa- mated Association of Iron. Steel and Tin Workers. said that every person present at the hearing was disEusted with the evastve manner in which Foster gave his testimony He charged that this evasion did more harm to the strikers cause than any other one thing Foster finally told the committee that he had changed his mind most of his views hut the committee evidently didn't believe him. Had Inc denied them frankly and orenly he would have lessened n not entTerlv destroyed. his influence among his followers. Had he admitted them he would have destroyed the value of his testimony before the Senate committee
 His friend Jacob AIarcolis lawyer for tho l. W. W. in PiftshurC. and remarkable witness was more frank He described him self as a Syndicalist-a-archist- Here Is an enIishteninE extract from his testimony:
 Senator aIcReIIar-As I understand you.
 you do not believe in GOd7
 MT NIarColis-I do not Senator SIcKellar-You do not believe
 Tn any churches7
 MT. MarEoliz-I do not Senator McKcIiar-You don't believe In
 any Govcrnment2
 MT. NarEolis-I do not
 Senator McSeIlar-And you don't be- . Heve in anything
 , Mfr. MarEoIIs-I believe fin man
 Of the testimony of this witness. Senator William s. Kenyon. chairman of tl.e conn mittee. said in his report: We call attention also in this connection to the testimony Of Mir Margolis. who al least is entitled to credit for -rantIness ;n expouudinE his abominabie doctrines before the committee He is not member Of the , Federation of Labor and has no connection with it. but he has rallied to the support os this strike in the PittsburE district the l. W. w and anarchistic clements of the population He has had strong influence with the Union Of Russian Workers and secured their support for the strike He admits that they anarchists: he admits that he is an anarchist He has been a r close associate of Emma Goldman and Alex ander Berkman. and attempted to orEaniz. D at Pittsburg all the various organizations
 antagonistic to government Believes Foster Still Holds 5 His Old Views on SyndiczIisr He assisted in spreading anarchistic Iit- t erature and l. w. w. journals He himself
 is against all government He is the kind V of man who would not. as he himself tcsti- n fled. use any force against a man robbins n his house or assailng his wife He is ap- Il parentiy close terms with Mir. Foster = While he criticises him for having given UT e precision that he believes Foster still Ina. d those views in the back of his head anS e that he had become member of the Ameri c can Federation of Labor for the purpose o .- better carrying out the policies that h. e really had in mind and to which he was sin II cerely attached We recommend tt