The Glenwood post., 1923-05-17
UacIe Tets Bed Time Stories
Current Events for the Children
and Grown-ups, Too
sHAL LIT BE MOSCOW
Or WASHINGTON?

''What does he mean by amnesty
and getting his uncle out of prison2o
asked Ruth as Jack was fixing his
glove and ball for the game tomorrow.
"All know is that Freddie's uncle
got into some kind of trouble during
the war and was put in prison. Now
he is trying with lot of other men
to get out and get the president to
forgive them for what they did. I
don't know just what they did,
"Let's ask Uncle Ted," said Ruth.
"He will know
CAN right, that good idea. He
owes story tonight anyway
''What is that about a story?"
asked Uncle Ted.
"You said you would tell us story
tonight and we want to know some
thing about these men in prison for
trouble during the war"
Nothing would suit me better"
replied Uncle Ted "There are certain
influences trying to stab us in the
back today just as they tried to stab
the soldiers in the back during the
war. Every person yelling for amnesty
and saying that these men who worked
against the government during the war
are being kept prisoners for the ex-
preston Of opinion or for belief in
free speech is stating an absolute un-
truth. All of these men are being
held prisoners after a fair trial for
violating the law and for trying to
defeat the United States during the
war. The very least thing that any
one of them did was either to speak
or write against the enforcement of
the draft law, the only fair means
ever devised for raising an army
"I wonder how many of the inno
cent people who are seeking amnesty
for these people know that this drive
il being directed from Moscow, the
seat of the Russian soviet government
that government which runs red with
the blood of revolution of the worst
kind? The communists who want to
overthrow this government by force
have sent written suggestions to the
United States and one of them is
signed by three leading bolsheviks
calling for this very amnesty drive
They know that if they can be success
full in getting these men out of Jail
and pardoned it will weaken the gov
ernment and greatly strengthen their
cause.
"You have both heard of the I. w.
W., the organization that has always
advocated and adopted violent meth
ods. 1t has been proved again and
again that they have been and still
are trying to start revolution in this
country, a revolution to be brought
about by violence. One of the best
known judges in the country has point
ed out some of the crimes of sabotage
committed by members of this organ
fzation at time when our country was
at war and needed every bit of assist
ance in the world"
"What is sabotage?n asked Jack.
'Sabotage, Jack, is the crime of
wasting, injuring or destroying proper
ty. 1t is the lowest form of crime
because it is the destruction of those
things which belong to the man for
whom you work and who makes it pos
sible for you to work and live.
81 want to tell you of some things
those I. W. W. men did for which they
were given fair trial and put in pris-
on and for which they now want to
be let out and pardoned. In sawmills
they drove nails in logs so that the
saw was shattered when it struck
them. They cut the logs so short that
they were useless and had to be thrown
away. In apple orchards they pinched
the apples so that they would rot in
shipping. In the grain fields of the
West and Middle West they placed
sulphur matches in the bundles of
wheat, oats and other grains so that
when they were put through threshing
machines they set the grain on fire.
In machine shops, factories and ship
yards they put emery dust, a hard
substance used to grind with, in ma
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