The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-24
Newspaper Publicity

is Ito mobilize the sound thinking, ,
loyal and patriotic men and women
OF the nation, acquaint them, through
accurate and reliable information, as
to the dangers confronting American
institutions, and so prepare them,
through their possession of facts, to-
SUCCESSFULLY expose and combat the ac-
Invites Of the many movements now
seeking to destroy this government
and through some scheme of nation
alization' or specialization confiscate
the industries of the United States."l
What did the Key Man do in the
thriving days of the Commercial once
he had qualified for election to Mr..
Marvin's fraternity? Remember he
had first to be selected with care
as to fitness, standing, ability, in
tegrity, ETC."
Read The Commercial
First he had to read the CONNER
cial daily and clip the numbered and
indexed data on all subversive and
radical movements" These he was
to arrange Systematically in his files,
for instant reference. They involve
notes on all the "Subxersive Move
ments Against the American Govern
ment, Political and Labor Radicals,
Communists and the 'Pinks.'"
Free Reporting
What else did Key Man do? He
kept the Searchlight Department
posted "on all local activities of these
subversive movements, that it, in
turn, may furnish special informa-
ton to aid key men and women to
expose and combat such activities.
He also kept his eye out for speakers
who might come into his community
to preach the gospel of Marx, Tolstoi,
Christ the Carpenter or La Toilette.
Seeing, smelling OF hearing of such
an INSIDE agitation" he notified Mr..
Marvin by wire or telephone.
Free Advertising
In return the Key Man enjoyed
many favors. The Searchlight direc-
tor promised to keep him in touch
through personal letters. so that
certain information which it is not
always wise to put into print" might
be supplied him. And if an address,
an editorial or a sermon was to be
written Marvin shipped along the
canned information that would make
the local luminary overnight an au-
thority on the various shades and
shadows of the pink-red movements.
Mr.. Marvin was alleged to be in
earnest. He once wrote to Sidney
Howard, the playwright: "All we are
seeking to do is to save America for
Americans and preserve American
ideals and institutions as against an
invasion of foreign ideals and institu-
tons, Numerically opposed to all we
hold near and dear" In pursuit of
this aim he made several pamphlet
contributions to the literature of
high-pressure patriotism. These in
clude: "The Menace of Bolshevism,"
Are These Your Friends" Boot
Logging Mind Poison" Underground
with the Reds" and "My Country
'Tis of Thee" No Key Man could
function effectively without these
masterpieces in ed-white-and-blu
All Looked Red
In the Commercials daily column
under the heading of Activities of
Destructive Movements Seeking Di-
rectly or Indirectly to Overthrow the
Government Of the United States" we
found listed under some 78 different
"file numbers" such alarming de-
tenders of violence and overthrow as;
Plumb Plan League; Garland Fund;
Churches, "Radicalism in-'; Cooper
atives; Federated Press; League for
Industrial Democracy; National Coun-
ell for Prevention Of War; youths
Movement" and other secret, sly and
seductive hand-maidens of the Third
International!
Destructive Free Speech
Marvin's facts on these various
underground" movements to paint
the White House crimson were quite
as accurate as his reference to the
American Civil Liberties Union as
chat branch of the general move
ment to destroy this form of govern
nent and confiscate property which
deals with the question Of free
speech" On another occasion he
refers to the same liberal organiza-
ton as zone of the many legal or
CARNATIONS Of the illegal Communist
Party Of America" "
Mr.. Marvin threw open the edi-