The Coconino sun., 1927-01-28
OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL MEDDLERs

The appeal of the president of the United States
for the loyal support of the press and the people
in exposing the purposes of official and unofficial
meddlers in matters for which the president and
state department bear undivided responsibility
that is, medders both in and out of public office
should meet with universal response
This nation has made it a policy to give full
rein to the administration to handle such Situa-
tions as have just arisen in Central America. 1t
is to be assumed that the administration has far
more reliable information than has the public, and
that it has in mind only the protection of Ameri-
can rights and just interests.
Since propaganda agencies, designed to handl-
cap and embarrass the government of the United
States, have reached the point where their med
ding materially interferes with our successful
handling of foreign policy it is time for the
American people to protest. The president says
that time has arrived.
Soon every newspaper office in the land will be
flooded with propaganda emanating from group
of unofficial" meddlers now in Mexico. Already
the advance notices of its activities have reached
the newspaper offices. These state that the pur-
pose is Ito study conditions in Mexico, make a
survey and report to the American people" These
observers are in the position of the justice of the
peace who said he would deliberate on the case
over Sunday and then decide for the defendant
Everyone knows what their report will be.
When the government of the United States
raided the secret, illegal convention of commun-
lists at Bridgman, Michigan, in 1922, it found
among other documents, one outlining the plan
for the organization of the Labor Defense Coun-
Gil. The plan was endorsed in Russia. The or
ganzation under that name was later formed 1t
is now known as the Labor Defense Council. In
that document appeared the following:
"The council will contain various radical and
liberal elements not all communists, such as the
American Civil Liberties Union, groups gathered
about the liberal press like The Nation, The Free
man and the New Republic; liberal and working
farmers organization like the Non-Partisan
League and other tenant and farmers organiza-
tions; also men prominent in public life who are
willing to cooperate such legislators, editors,
clergymen professors and lawyers"
1t would appear, from gancing over the list of
the unofficial meddlers now in Mexico ito sur
vey conditions and report to the American peo-
ple,' that the liberal EDITORS ministers and law
yers were not overlooked in selecting "meddlers
Since this and similar movements, are chronic
ally antagonistic to the policies of our govern
ment and chronically partisan in behalf of some
form of radicalism, it would appear time that not
only American editors, but the American people
as a whole, become aroused.
This paper stands for sound Americanism.
Thousands of well meaning, sincere and loyal
American citizens are being led astray by the
emotional appeal of the radical and subversive or
ganizations. 1t is high time that in the matter Of
support of the American government in its con-
troversies with foreign governments we should
have d separation of the sheep from the goats.