The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-12-21
RADICALS MENACE TO COUNTRY
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other nationalities feel when on reaching
New York from Ellis Island they arc /
Heeced of their worldly goods, subjected .
to insult and given false ideas. 1t Is /
then that they become fitting pupils for +!
radical teachers and subsequently be- !
come members of those groups whose |
avowed purpose is to- pun down the
American flag and plant in its place a
dirty red banner,
The chancellor astounded his audience
with the statement that there are 239
papers printed in foreign tongues ia the
United States for the purpose of putting
over radical program. Further than
that, there are 219 papers pouring IN
regularly from Europe and containing
similar propaganda. In the congested
districts of our large cities these foreign
ers who come TO this country to become
Americans read only their own tongue
and hear their own tongue therefore
they are good fertile seed for radical
propaganda. In our larger cities there
are as many groups of radical orsanIza-
| tons as there are Sunday schools, and
| they meet on Sundays, too. and are
| teaching the foreigners to overthrow our
/ government through mass uprising.
! There ara 30 such groups in Detroit,
/ which is the hotbed of Sedition. In that
| city also it is reported that 10000 cases
/ of liquor are coming in daily, and liquor
! goes hand in hand with radicalism.
! all nationalities; colored people are be-
/ ing taught the principles, and the seed
lands on fertile soil in the minds of the
| immigrants.
According to the figures of the last
election, Chancellor MacGown said. less
than half of the voters of the country
go to the polls. The people are afraid
to vote or they don't want to vote.
but you'll find every radical there the
speaker added. ION election day. Why.
it is even penetrating congress. 1t IS a
fact that many congressman previous TO
election receive QUESTIONABLE and on
the answers depend whether the radical
vote viii be swung to the candidate OF
not
The speaker said he was disappointed
in the women. For years, he said, they
: fought for the right to vote and now
that they have it they don't use II. 1t i
on the women Of the nation, in Chancel
Tor NfacGown's opinion, that the future
; largely viii depend. and he regretted
1 that they do not exercise their yot1n;
rights as they should.
= ! The institution which the chanceilo
heads trains foreign-born persons i
e Americanfzation The belief IN TIN
school is that only persons having com
| mand of the languages of the immigrant
can cope with the situation, and 81
| after teaching ciyics and American doc
| trineS to its students, the school send
y
own nationalities to straighten out III
fortunate warped ideas OF life in Amer
ica and make the malcontents goo
Z ! American citizens. Education is re
i carded by Chancellor AiacGown as tn
Y solution of the problem.
: There were about 80 men present q
4 the meeting. which was the usua
/ monthly affair Of the church club. Ia
. nest V Barre. president of the clGi
f presided The meeting was somew no
late IN starting. due to the delay of III
s train on which Chancellor MacGow
;. came to Brattleboro.
> The church orchestra played Feverf
selections and Dickinson Tinker rendere
four violin solos. After Chancellor Ma
Gowns talk the men present had the o.
IL portunity of meeting him and discusse
further with him some of the serlol
s phases of the radical situation IN Anne
= lea. Refreshments were served by
% committee Of men from the club assistt
by their wives