Evening star., 1924-10-23
LAFO[LETTE AIMS
HELD LIKE SOV|ET'S
Martin w. LittIeton Says
Senator Has Consolidated
Radical Forces in U. S.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. October 23.--Martin "
Littleton, prominent New York lawyer
in an address last night. which he
said was non-partisan, told the Amer
lean Defense Society at the Hotel
Commodore, that the presidential can
didacy of Senator Robert NJ. La
Toilette was manufactured in June
1921, by the combination of the
revolutionary forces which are pledged
to the overthrow of this Government
in one way or another"
After declaring that Senators La
Toilette and Wheeler enjoy the dis
tinction of being the only two men
who ever offered themselves for tn"
first offices of the country who hoisted
the white flag in times of war and
tho red flag in times of peace" Mr..
Llttleton attempted to show how the
Revolutionary forces" brought about
the candidacy of La Toilette.
Traces Alleged Coalition.
THE beginning of the co-ordinated
effort of these forces" he said, was
on June 27, 1921, at the Socialist con-
vention held in Detroit. There u
resolution was offered by Morris
Hillquit and adopted and this was
The first step in coalition of the
revolutionary forces.
The next actual record which
shows the gradual Coalessng of the
forces is found in the meeting held
on February 20, 1922, at Chicago.
This meeting was called by William
Fl. Johnston. president of the Inter-
national Association of Machinists.'
Johnston, Mr.. Littletou said, was
4. member of tho executive committee
of the Civil Liberties Union. "They
declare" Mr.. Littleton said: The
advocacy of murder. unaccompanied
by any act, is within the legitimate
scope of free speech. All OF them
tthe members) believe in the right
of persons to advocate the overthrow
of Government by force and violence.
I'VE also want to look like pa
trtots In everything We do. We want
to get a lot of good flags, talk a
good deal about the Constitution and
what our forefathers wanted to max G
of this country and to show that We
are the fellows who really stand for
the spirit of our institutions.'
Finds Farmers Involved.
About the time of the Chicago
meeting, Mr.. Littleton continued. Ben
jamin Marsh, working with Townley,
who represented the Non Partisan
League, sent out a call for the known
radical farmer movements to meet
in Chicago on February IS. =
gates, representing the farm group.
moved over in a body to the radical
conference called by Johnston.
This conference, Mr.. Littleton said,
did not content itself with the pro-
gram of depriving the Supreme Court
OF the ultimate power to determine
the constitutional act of Congress,
but they included also the acts of
the Legislatures of the various States
1T is strikingly significant" said
Mr.. Littleton, that within four
months after this declaration Senator
La Toilette declared his intention to
Introduce a constitutional amendment
which would enable Congress, by the
repassage of an act held unconstitu-
ttonal. to make that act the supreme
law of the land. 1t is even more sig
nificant that the day after
that the American Fedora
tion of Labor at Cincinnati indorsed
the La Toilette proposal"
Recalls Russian Visit.
Mr.. Lttleton then traced at great
length the gradual consolidation of
radical organizations, and mentioned
by name some of the prominent lead
ers, including c. 4. Ruthenberg of
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