Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-26
Urged Overthrow
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ton testified in detail as to Bimba's
utterances in Lithuanian National
Hail here on January 26 concerning
God, religion, and Christ These
statements, in substance, have been
the same. That "popes, cardinals,
bishops and priests, though they
pose as spiritualists and democrats,
are in reality monarchists. They
tell US there is God. There is no
such thing. Who can prove it?l
they also tell men to pray. Men
have prayed and built churches for
the past 1000 years and what have
they got? They say man has a soul;
why, / have sole but it is in my
shoe.
Mike Uzadvinis, the last witness
brought out details in Bimbas report
on industrial conditions in New
England which had been only cas-
ually referred to by the others
Bimba. he said, in his address said
that hi shair stood on end at the
conditions he found when he visited
Haverhill factories and that in Law
renee workers today made 1000
yards of cloth for the same pay
they used to get for making 300
yards. Women in Wilmington,
Mass, had complained of being
beaten in the factories there, Bimba
told the audience, and in one plant
he visited a man was afraid to stop
his work for a minute because he
had to keep at top speed to make
living.
on the sedition charge the prosecu-
L fho
testimony that Bimba had declared
that American workers must organize
and overthrow the capitalistic govern
ment if they were to better their con-
dition. Bimba, they said, had declared
the capitalists believed that with ma
chimes they could produce enough with
only half the workmen of the country.
"Lithuanians among Llthuan1ans.
Poles among Poles, Russians among
Russians, Jews among Jews. Irish
among Irish and Yankees among Yam
KEGS, they are all organizing Bimba
was quoted in the testimony.
In response to a question they said
Bimba had declared that the only flag
he recognized was the red flag, and
that it would fly over Kovno, the capt.
tai of Lithuania, over Washington, and
over the Lithuanian hall in Brockton
All agreed that Bimba has not said
in what way, the overthrow" was to
be accomplished, except by organiza-
ton of the workers, but that he had
said it would come very soon AT
the meeting he had been asked why
he did not return to Russia, and re-
piled, 1.-THE Russians fought their bat
tie and obtained a good government.
I will stay here and fight to secure for
America a government like the soviet
in Russia"
They testified that Bimba replied to
another question that the reason he
had foresworn the Socialist party was
because they believed in effecting the
changes by ballot while the Commun-
lists believe in revolution He MAD
urged the audience, they said, to join
the Communist party in America.
All of the government witnesses
were Lithuanians by birth, although
most of them had become citizens OF
the United States. Few Of them,
however, had any command OF the
English language. Many times coun-
sci had apparently drawn an athrma-
tive answer, only to find later that the
witness had intended to give q mega
tive one at that point
The court and defense favored hav-
ing every bit possible of the testimony
given in English, while City ATTORNEY
l. Manuel Rubin several times at
i tempted to get permission to use an
| interpreter. The defense objected to
the translator used the first day, aft
er Mrs. Bimba told her husbands