The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-03-16
.ANTI-RED ORATOR
imp ERSONATES w.
z. FOSTER IN talk
Security League Agent
Pulls New Stunt
81 a Worker CORRESPONDENT.


STAMFORD, Conn. March lathe
officers reserve of this city pulled off
an unusual anti-red stunt when they
invited ]. Robert O'Brien. field rep
resentative Of the National Security
League, here for talk. O'Brien has
taken the cognomen of Soap Box
Jack" and is one of the most active
agents of this Morgan outfit.
Altho extensively advertised there
were just 81 present. Most of them
were local business men. legionnaires,
and militia officers. They were all
well-dressed and in ordinary business
clothes with the exception Of one man
dressed in gray flannel shirt, with
! a bright red tie. This man went out
of the room with several others and
re-entered few moments later, tax
ing his seat in the rear.
The chairman opened the meeting
with a brief statement of its purpose
and had just explained that the
speaker would be a little late, as he
had to motor over from New York
! City, when this individual in the back
part of the hall jumped up. He asked
the chairman if it would not be more
effective to show the gathering the
reason back of the radical literature
which the chairman complained was
being distributed about the city. The
presiding officer granted him the floor.
Gives Communist Talk.
Walking to the front he introduced
himself as VIM. 2. Foster of the
Workers Party. He made a regular
Communist talk, praisfng the Pas
sale strikers, and declared in a rebel
lious voice that he was glad to see
that the workers in Russia. one-sixth
of the earth's surface, have DESTROYED
their masters and are breathing the
free air of liberty They are their own
masters, working to build their own
industries for themselves and their
children, and the same will be done
here in capitalist America. The work
ers will overthrow your capitalist
form of government and replace it
with a workers Soviet government"
Introduces Himself.
| was amazed at the whole proceed
ing, for / had seen and heard VIM. 2.
Foster and this was not. of course
him. My bewilderment was solved a
moment later when the speaker threw
off his wig, removed his glasses and a
part of the flannel shirt collar and
Tred necktie which covered the white
collar beneath. You may imagine the
sigh Of relief which came from the
plutocrats present.
Anti-Red Tirade.
O'Brien then explained he had
adopted this ruse to make them
realize what kind of propaganda the
Communists are carrying on. He then
INDUCED in TRADE against the reds.
In reply to questions he stated the
United States would not recognize the
Soviet Union because it would give
the Bolsheviks a chance to establish
propaganda centers. He admitted the
huge Russian purchases in this coun-
try but warned that they were made
without American government protec-
ton to the American contractor.
Wants Cannon Fodder.
Following the talk, Col. Schoffler.
recruiting officer for the citizens mil.
itary training camps and the officers
reserve for the city, delivered a brief
address, explaining the purposes of
those organizations and requesting
the cooperation of his thirty-seven
hearers in getting new cannon fodder.