The Denver Jewish news., 1924-11-27
JeUs and Rudicalism

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The connection OF Jews with radical.
ism In America IL discussed nuthorita.
lively by Jacob Spolansky In his nr.
ticle, MY Adventures with Radicals"
In the Bnai Birth Magazine for No
vember. Mr. Spolnnsky, who was for
mcrly employed by the Department of
Justice TO investigate red activities, Is
also the author Of series OF articles
based on his experiences now running
In more than one hundred newspapers.
when the United Suites government
undertook an investigation OF the rad
ical situation" he writes. zone of the
first reports to reach the invcstigativc
Office was that the Jews were respon-
sil'le for large part of the bolshcvist
activities and for the dissemination of
red doctrines. This, therefore. was one
Of the first angles to be investigated
when n survey Of radiculism was made
dating from the time of its inception
long before the war, when radicals were
known ms socialists md bolshcvists had
never been heard of.
I'VE saw that there were no facts
to substantiate the statement that the
Jews were responsible for radicalism
in Russia. In America the first or
canization of radicals was the l. w. w.
Wl,nn NJ la, h.ipht of huI
well over 100000 members recruited
from the United States. Canada, and
Mexico. This organization. ii was al
legged, formed n part of the great jew
ish conspiracy. Yet here is a list of
its leaders: Vincent st. John, William
u. Haywood. Tom Mooney. John Hill,
II. varney AND ]. Whitehead. noble
collection Of Jews!
"The Communist organization itself
is made up of smaller. minor groups
known ns language federations: each
group is composed Of persons speaking
n particular language: these groups are
divided into sub-groups. the sub.group
accountable to the language federation
and the federation to the executive com
mittee of the Communist party. With
in the Communist organization there
are ten such Language feslerations, each
supporting separate bureau or heads
quarters in Charge of secretary who
acts ms go-between. taking matters Of
dispute to the executive body for final
ruling of these fcderations the Rus
sian, Finnish, Lithuanian and Lettish
and financially. The Russian feder-
alton numbers more than 10000 per-
sons. The Jewish federation-thc
stronghold Of the conspirntors .--num-
bers less than $50 and was so strong
financially that it could not even af-
ford n secretary. !
Each language federation from time
To time has published pieces of com
munistic literature. The Finnish, for
instance, owns a large printing plant
from which are turned out yearly
200 600 pieces Uf communist propa-
ganda. The Jewish federation pub
liShed cne small pamphlet called State
and Revolution and that was all.
Each language federation also pub
fishes the official radical organ. The
Communist This publication appears
weekly in every language federation
except the Jewish. Four issues of The
Communist We're published in Yiddish
and then dropped out entirely.
"A report which l have in my pos
session Of the financial situation of the
communist organization for the months
of September and October, 1920, shows
that the organization wus then at the
peak of its prosperity. But in Sep
tember when all other units of the par
ty were contributing hundreds and
thousands of dollars the Jewish organi-
zition contributed not one cent 'For
the month of October the Lithuanian
federation contributed S1,O73.GO; the
Russian, s992 the Ukranian, S551. And
the Jewish federation turned in $50 ~