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 pull down the
American flag and plant in its place
dirty red banner"
The chancellor astounded his audience
with the statement that there are -
papers printed in foreign tongues in the
United States for the purpose of putting
over a radical program. Further than
that, there are 279 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 organlZa-
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 80 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.
i The gospel of seditiOn is spreading TO
all nationaIities 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
90 TO the polls The people are afraid
: to vote. or they don't want TO vote.
but you'll find every radical there, the
sneaker added. ION election day. Why
- .rorC
/ fact that many congressman previous (
election receive a QUESTIONABLE and OF
3 the answers depend whether the radiea
; vote will be swung to the candidate o.
i not
n The speaker said he was disappointe,
in the women For years, he said. the.
II fought for the right to vote and nov
e that they have it they don't use 1t. IL !
" on the women Of the nation, IN Chancel
: Tor MacGown's opinion, that the futur
IS largely win depend, and he regrette
d that they do not exercise their votln
,e rights as they should.
" The institution which. the chanceilc
e. heads trains foreign-born persons ]
re Americanization The belief in tn
?. school is that only persons having con
Ct mand of the languages of the lmmlgranl
can cone with the situation, and s.
:" after teaching civicS and American do
Z frines TO its students, the school sen'
q them out TO work among people OF the
Le own nationalities to straighten out u
y fortunate warped ideas of life in Anne
y lea and make the malcontents GO
!. American citizens Education is r
garded by Chancellor MacGown as Il
~ solution of the problem.
IL There were about 80 men present
ii the meeting. which was the usn
nt monthly affair of the church club. 70
no nest Y. Barre. president of the cl9
Of presided. The meeting was somewh
late in starting. due to the delay OF
Dis train on which Chancellor MacGoV
lie, came to Brattleboro.
lS- The church orchestra played sever
selections and Dickinson Tinker render
four violin solos. After Chancellor Ma
!. Gowns talk the men present had the
'n' portunity of meeting him and discuss
af- further with him some OF the seflo
&C nhases of the radical situation in Am
- lea. Refreshments were served by
us committee of men from the club assist
by their wives