The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-10
G|GANT|C RED. PLOT ID SEIZE. J. 5. CHARGED.
United Mine Workers Make Sensational Exposures Of Bolshevik Plan They Claim Revealed By Unions Probe FIRST OF SERIES OF SIX ARTICLES IS PRESENTED Ambitious Program Of Over throw And Destruction Pre- pared By Communists Is Outlined In Statement

NEW YORK. Sept. 9.-(By Asso- ciated Press s.)-The United Mine Workers of America today made pub lie the first of series of six ar ticles charged that red forces, under the direct supervision of Moscow are attempting to seize control of the or ganized labor movement of America and use it as the base, from which to carry on the. communist effort to overthrow of American govern ments."
 Important revolution is knocking at the door of the United Mine Work CTS of America and of the people of the United States and Canada" says the Introductory article which adds that it's disclosures are the resul of an independent, searching investiga- tion by the miners organization which led directly to orgiginal sources"
 Through a revolutionary move ment on this continent the commu- mist international at Moscow has undertaken, according to the miners, to carry out the following program: Have Definite Program.
 T. Overthrow and destruction of the federal, state and provincial gov ernments, with the elimination of existing constitutional forms and foundations.
 "2.i Establishment of soviet dicta- torship, absolute in it's exercise of power, owing allegiance to and con munlst or third internationale at Moscow as governmental sub stitute.
 g. Destruction of all social, eco aomic and polit!cai institutions as they exist at this time.
 A. Seizure of all labor unions through a process of boring from within them, and utilizing them as a strategic instrument in fulfilment organized and constitutional govern ment.
 "5. Invasion of the United Workers of America of the custer of it's pres ent officials and leaders and the sub stitution of leadership of commu- nists that it may be used as an in strumentality for seizing the other eventually taking possession of the country.
 ''6. A we'll organized movement is being promoted within the big four railroad brotherhoods and 16 rail- road trade unions to amalgamate all
 
 ized industrial union controlled by a single leader of communist principle and utilization and owing allegiance to the communist organization.
 "7. Seizure of the American Fed eration of Labor, of the custer of it's officials, and through its seizures. gaining control of its affiliated united and trade unions.
 IS. Conversion of all trade crafts unions into single units of work CTS within an industry known as industrial unions with co-ordination under super-soviet union owing al- legiance to and accepting the man dates of the communist international and it's subsidiary. the Red Trade union international at Moscow.
 "9.-Through conquest and sub jugation offthe labor unions and con version and mobilization of farmers and other related groups, the over throw of existing institutions and the creation of a condition similar to that which now prevails in Rus sia."
 Charges Forces Busy.
 The article charges that a vast network of agencies for the dis semination of communist propagan- da exists in the United States. This octopus of interlocking directorates. with 200 local organizations. 45 na- tiopals one. and membership that runs the social scale of the conti- neDt.
 The names of William z. Foster, professed radical; Alexander How at deposed head of mine workers in Kansas, J B. McLachlan, busted leader of the recent strike in Nova Scotia, and Roger Baldwin, execu- tive secretary of the American civil liberties union figure prominently in the alleged expose.
 American subsidiaries of the Mos COW government are charged with having fomented the steel strike of 1919; the switchmens strike of 1920; and with having aided in lining up railroad shop craft and soft coal miners for the prolonged struggle of last year, in an attempt to ob- tain possession of unions during the strike and making them instruments for the furtherance of the Moscow program.
 The Herrin massacre of non-union miners last year was blamed by au- (Continued on Page Two)