The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-11-10

There is no question but that
Europe is in the thoes of revolu-
tion or evolution of a more or
less drastic nature. England
has her labor party, which has
declared war on private. enter
prise as it's leader, Arthur Hen
derson, says. While an Ameri-
can does not understand Euro
pean politics, the declarations of
the Labor party leave it clear
that Labor is socialistic with it's
scheme to redistribute the ma
tons wealth by forcing the ag-
ricultural landlords to sacrifice
rents and putting the mines and
railways under the workers con-
troll. The party wants bigger
pensions and more compensa-
lions. The Labor policy is to
make all the other classes pro-
vide ease and plenty for the
manual laborers.
In Russia, we know what com
munism has done for the country
and Italy faces domination by
the Fascist, which has already
overthrown the Facta govern
ment. The Fascist number &c.,
900 organized workers among the
civilians and 100000 drilled and
armed men in the military sec
ton. The Fascist processes to
be against communism and social
ism but it's outrages against per-
son and property are on a par
with these parties, which have
done so much to sweep organized
government into the discard.
Europe is having it's bad half
hour.
The American Legion is surely
working into a political organiza-
ton which is to be regretted from
the point of view of general use
fulness. The Worcester Tele-
gram speaks on the subject in the
following manner:
The national convention of the Am
erican Legion decides with a whoop
to carry on the fight for the bonus
until victory is won. The Leglons
commission favors
total exclusion of immigrants from
the United and opposes recognition OF
the Soviet government of Russia. Its
committee on naval affairs wants a
ship subsidy. 1t wants a greater
naval reserve force and "real" naval
base on the Pacific. mo congress
man or senator who has not come for
ward for strong Navy" is the warn
ing, SHOULD receive the support OF a
single Legionnaire."
immigration, recognition of for
eign governments, ship subsidies and
the size of the Navy are political
questions. The Legion may be right
in it's stand on every one of these
questions, but the Legion can do moth
ing about them without getting into
politics. If so, let it end its talk
about it's being "a great non-politlcal
organization" The American Legion
today is no more a non-political or
ganization than the National League
of Women Voters, the American Fed
Grafton of Labor or the agriculture
bloc.
With all the loose talk about
down-trodden labor there are
some items to the credit of the
industrial companies which pass
unnoticed and probably are gen
orally unknown. For instance, a.
recent semi-annual report of >one
of the largest mining companies
in this country has two entries
which totals we'll over two mil
lion dollars in cash or in obllga-
ton for the benefit of laborers in
its employ. These are the items,
Employees Pension Fund, 1884,
1920 and Employees Death
Benefit Reserve, 1851, 1871.
You want your Christmas mail
on time then it is up to you to
help the post Office department
by refraining from sending cards
or envelopes less than q by a
inches. You can expedite matters
by doing your packages strongly
and write legibly. If you get
them in fairly early, it will help
matters some. If you do all these