The New York herald., 1922-10-08
T@IE Supreme Court Of the State
of Illinois in sentencing Will
lam Bross LLOYD and eighteen


of Illinois in sentencing Will
lam Bross Lloyd and eighteen
other Communists to prison terms this
summer declared that Communist doc
trines were a distinct menace to the
nation. The decision specifically
stated; The doctrines advocated are
not harmless, they are a menace, and
it behooves Americans to be on their
guard to meet and combat this move
ment, which. if permitted TO progress
as contemplated, may undermine and
endanger our cherished institutions of
| liberty and equality"
! In the deportation of radicals il was
ruled that man who professed to be
a Communist was liable to deporta-
ton without further investigation. as
the doctrine of his belief was based
against the Government of the United
! States.
| With these two decisions staring
him in the face the average radical
does not wish to declare himself a
Communist in America. but in vari-
Gus disguises he is working away to
uproot American ideals. Whether he
calls himself . member of the
Workers party, THE Trade Union
Educational League" "a Friend Of
Soviet Russia or what not, he is
really part of the Communist Party
of America. a branch of the Com
munist international of Moscow.
which is spreading its poisonous web
in all parts of the world
| An excerpt from a secret pamphlet
sent out by the Executive Council to
members of the party best shows that
the doctrines of the party are the real
menace. at must always be remem-
bered that the real revolutionary
| party-the American section of the
Communist International-is the Com
munist Party of America" says the
notice. Communists must participate
as revolutionists in all general election
campaigns-municipal, State and Con-
| gressional, as wen as Presidential.
Not in the same manner as the Social
Traitors and Centrists, not in order TO
avoid violent revolution and substitute
parliamentary activity for revolution,
! Dul, Oll the OlIeI manu-, III OTueT 10
use even the election campaigns 10
revolutionize the workers and lead
them forward, to sharpen their class
consciousness and to bring them to-
! gether and unite them under Com
munist leadership to overthrow exist
| ing conditions"
Surely the radicals cannot complain
of too great repression when one real
ICES that at the present time there
are fifty -one publications in New York
city alone of a radical nature. These
are not all Communistic. to be sure
but all advocate an overthrow of ex.
listing conditions and Government.
most significant fact is that over two.
thirds of these publications are in for.
eign languages; are eagerly read by
foreigners who have come to make
their living out of this country.
| From the moment of his arrival al
Ellis Island the immigrant is a ready
prey to the agitators. who tell him
in his own language that the Govern
ment and the capitalists only wish to
exploit him. An immigrant naturally
leans toward his own people: reads
papers published in his own language
The agitators realize this. and hence
the Russian finds the daily Russia
Golos; the Finn, Tie Vdupduteen; the
Esthonian, the UuS I'm; the italian
4 n Mdrtello: the Lithuanian. LdtsUe,
the German. VoikSzeitung, and the
Jew. Freiheit, Proletdridn. Friei Ar
better Stimme. &c. Add to these the
Communist, the official organ Of the
Communist party of America. which is
published in Russian. Ukrainian, Pol
ish and Lithuanian, as we'll as English
and the field of foreign born labor We
see is being well taken care of by the
radicals.