Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-30
Corrupt Schemes Of !.
League Leaders Are
Revealed In Letters
tContinued from page ~

copy OF this, which we consider is very
WA gotten up, and will be OF tremen-
dous propaganda value over the differ
ent states. We are going to send it
out to all of the state managers and
organizers and boosters, and do every
thing we can to get as large q repre-
sentation to thist meeting as possible"
Greer Informed.
In a letter to Paul Greer Of the
OmahaS Daily Bee, on September 26,
1921, Roylance said: Il do not eX-
pect the league to fall to pieces, but
l do expect that before long it will
be merged into a movement hat will
assume national proportions"
The name of Upton Sinclair was
brought intonRoylance correspondence
o n August a, 1920. insa letter to Her.
bert Z. CASTOR of the Minnesota Daily
Star. A paragraph of the letter reads:
There is another subject which l
desire to bring to your attention, in
which l have had some conversation
and little correspondence with various
persons interested in liberal publica-
tions-I refer to the difficulty that is
being experienced in securing supplies
of paper. Learning a short time. ago
that MI. Upton Sinclair had interest
ed himself In a plan for establishing
cooperative paper production in the
I lCoLSG VI dOOA LIN III OSl q
/ publications, I wrote to him, giving
him certain information which I had
collected some years previous relating
to available supplies of paper pulp
wood. Mr.. Sinclair referred me to Mr..
Costello, managing editor of the Fed
! Grated Press, blu I have not yet taken
the matter up with him."
! Roylance wrote considerable matter
for The Federated Press, which had
-, st- ~, 81 TS-Non& M T1,,11-
! OF the New Majority; r. B. Smith of
the Daily Bulletin, Butte, Mont, and
Herbert E.. CASTOR of the Minneapolis
. Daily Star. The Federated Press
! serves many radical publications.
Wanted to Pay Men.
A paragraph of a letter of E. J.
Costello, managing editor Of The Fed
Grated Press, written January II,
1921, placed Roylance and Scott Near
ing together in the gratitude of the
writer, who said: II trust that some
day our finances will be in such shape
that we can adequately compensate
both you and DR.. Nearing and the
other friends of the labor press who
write for us with no tangible re-
ward"
! letters to Ladd.
Roylance wrote several letters to
SSlAC1SS GU VII liz ouDJCSI VI lAlS1S .
ing the Nonpartisan league into a ma
tional movement. He appeared CRATE
full over the attitude of Senator Ladd,
Roylance wrote Laid on the sub
ject on August II, 1921, also urging
establishment in Washington of a leg
islative service for different organiZa.
tons. He said in part:
Furthermore, it is recognized that
there is the greatest need for the for
! y, i, F;~o. - Avn Govt ~ x,,o1o,,s, ~,
which the national progressive move
ment a Concentrate, and anyone al
all acquainted with the situation viii,
agree that any proposition for direct
political consolidation is doomed tc
failure at the very beginning. AL
with whom I have talked of CORE
sponded with regard to his matter
agree that our best chance lies in the
establishment of a bureau or service
through which our common problems
can be studied and the interests upnt
which we may unite for political a..
ton defined. With that done W.
should be in favorable position for Pc
litical cooperation on the eve of tht
campaign n by the use Of whateve,
method - Nonpartisan endorsement
fusion, the formation of a nationa
party. or otherwise-as existing cor.
ditions might determine.
COulQ you let me nave your views
on this matter at the earliest possible
moment. L. have talked the mat;cl
over with Mr.. Plumb. who approve:
the idea. and Mr.. Carl Thompson q
the Public Ownership league is ais;
greatly Interested. l lave ON def,
mite suggestions to make to. o witt
regard to our relations with Senator
TnFnllettc both in Wisconsin n ii
Washington that I shall write yOl
within u few days. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Commings and others at Madi'
son have urgently asked me to solici
your kind offices with Senator La
Toilette to the end that a closer coop
Grafton may be achieved"
Indd in On Schemes.
On August II, 1921, Ladd wrote tt
RoyMnce: Il have your letter of Au
gust II with regard to the possibilit,
of bringing about more definite work
ing arrangements between the league
and other national organizations work
ing along the same line, especial.
here in Washington.
"It would be impossible to secur,
the cooperation OF the agriculture
bloc because several of these men ar
~preiudiced at the present time, an
could not be induced to take part. =
II will try and have a talk will
Senator LaFollette about matters per
tanning to the Nonpartisan league or
g%aniZation in Wisconsin and othe