Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-22
Protest Against Radical
Agitation in America
TO the Editor of The Star


The average native.born citizen In
this country Is apt to accept general
conditions calmly, and too often with
out comment of a forceful nature
when it comes to the realization of a
genuine menace to our people and on,
Government. The average American
will say, "Oh, everything is all right
Nothing can happen to u.s." and go or
with his or her routine in life, while
the anarchist hordes avail themselves
of the freedom of speech" granted
under the Constitution to speak openly
and insultingly of the very Govern
ment which protects them in theii
actual strivings to destroy that Gov
eminent and bring ruin to the coun
try which has allowed them to enter
its gates and become citizens with the
tolerant natfve-born of the land.
1t Is because of this liberation or
the part of our own people that the
deadly poison Of this alien menace
has been allowed to spread through
out the country, and not only in the
United States but throughout the
world has anarchy misled and pois
oned the minds Of people Of other ma
tons against the United States. &c
that even murderers. convicted here
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of our laws and Government, are held
up before the world as martyrs" who
are prosecuted and sent to death be
cause they are glorious martyrs In
the cause of radicalism. Not because
they have committed dastardly crimes,
mind you. but because the United
States kills people who speak freely
and honestly" And SO the ignorant
mobs elsewhere, as well as here, howl
against the country of the Stars and
Stripes and yell that the prosecuted
martyrs" VanZetti and SaccO, must
be freed. And we, the native-born
read the papers, discuss with those OF
our own class and general way OF
thinking the grave problem OF the
enemy in our midst, say our laws are
too lax; then let it go at that, because
no picture Of the truth presents itself
to our imaginations or stirs our toler'
ant attitude toward even destruction
by bomb.
This attitude Of mind exists largely
because the average citizen OF this
country who Is loyal to its Constitu'
ton and Its Government as an Ameri'
can has such an honest. wholesome
belief in everything being we'll with
us as a nation, and attending strictly
to ones own business and keeping out
of trouble, that it all goes to the ex'
treme of shutting our eyes to the
black fact that these radicals and
anarchists are trying mighty hard to
get us into trouble whenever and
wherever they can accomplish 1t, and
that 1t ia our business now to open
our tolerant eyes and deal those
poison-spreaders the surprise of their
lives-the surprise of showing them
that real Americans exist in no small
numbers and that when we speak we
mean business! We do not stand for
being ordered about by horde OF
bomb.lovers and venomous reds who
care nothing for Vanzetti and Sacco,
but merely yearn to blow up the
United States and its real citizens as
an innocent pastime. Deportation
each and ALL
AS a native-born citizen, therefore,
Of this country, one who through
several generations of native-born has
inherited deep, fervent loyalty and
reverence for our flag, for all that this
country was meant to be at it's best.
for the United States as homeland,
l write this letter Of passionate pro-
test against further permitting these
anarchists to hold their rabid meet.
ings In this city or elsewhere in this
land; against their children being
taught the red propaganda and then
attending our schools and poisoning
the minds Of other pupils against the
only country which permits such out
spoken disloyalty to go unpublished.
America offers these hateful radicals
her unlimited opportunities for good.
Here they can live in comfort. schools
are open to them, food in plenty,
wages paid them that many a man or
woman struggling along on the small
income of school teachers and clerk
ships may we'll envy the alien. Yet
they accept the bounty of our land.
then turn viciously and curse our
Constitution and our laws and seek
to kill and to destroy. They should
meet just punishment.
Citizens Of the United States, We
who stand by our flag and the very
name America, 1t is time to show
these haters of our fair land that the
native-born can exercise free speech in
a way to be reckOned with. and that
there is propaganda for loyalty and
love of country no less than a prop
uganda for hate. Now is the time to
let these radicals feel the iron glove,
hard and relentlessly.
ADA LOUISE TOWNSEND.
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