The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-26
CHIEF or POISON
GAS DEPARTMENT
FOR MEXICO War
His Stuff Is Ready; Hc
Wants 10 Use IL
ny LAURENCE TODD

t3y Ihe Federated Frc~e.)
Coolidge has finally raeasoi en..c'aa-
ment of his thrsate.sissg attis@Ga 'e-
ward Mexico from q heGy &c c.s!zs.,-
The board OF effieers o. .i,a NaaapH
Patriotic Council, ds;.,.aeiqa BY Msj.
Gen. Amos Fries, ehiof oe The chen
ical warfare service s3d bead g. s.
American Legion il sio biasr;eS 81
Columbia. has come 20 las Support
1t calls Ggoa ell patriots "a FseHSe e
"lend themselves 20 isaidioua pae.s-
istic propaganda w taking par.
alleged voting contests eesdaoiea Pr
newspapers CT cbs,as a. asSeSS3erF
under sach glazing eap,iesa - y
yoa wait wsr? Yes c. MOI
This appeal Is The Councils O.,
GERS. who have frequently des9a..e7
the alleged bolshaviat;e influence q
most o. the liberal aid wog,.iEg eIa--
movements il the United 5tatos. ~
fers to the straw vote taken ly ih'
ScripPs- Howard chain Of paper.
which showed ratio Of 20 10 :
against war with Mexieo OF Tho basi,
Of facts to date.
Explains Straw Ballots.
Gen. Fries and his fellow Officers
point out that ''highly sensational edi-
torial or news matter emphasizins
the terrible consequences Of war witt
Mexico or Nicaragua" generally il
printed in the papers that contain the
straw ballots.
Seriously" they say, "there is nc
suggestion of war in the very prop
erly firm attitude of the Department
of State in its maintenance Of the age
long tradition of protection of the
lives and property of Americans
abroad. Legislation by Mexico, con-
fiscatory of the property of American
citizens, under this policy of course
will not be tolerated. AS matter
of fact, the mere presence Of an Amer
lean gunboat off the coast of little
country of Central or South America,
or the landing of few snappy Amer
lean marines, has on various occasions
prevented civil strife and useless
bloodshed in the distressed countries
thus visited. It is believed that a
cessation of civil strife speedily will
follow the landing of U. S. marines
in Nicaragua.
SPRAY to God to guide our beloved
land to its high and proper destiny;
keep your gun handy and your pow
der dry, in the event that they should
ever properly be needed; but don't
waste your pencil points or worry the
state department with valueless and
meaningless votes on war"
Jolt From Baltimore.
In the same mail with this encour-
agement the Department received a
Jolt from the Baltimore mass meeting
which adopted resolutions demanding
that secretary Kellogg be "perempto-
rily dismissed from office, as being
temperamentally, intellectually and
morally unfit" copy of those reso-
buttons and a leaflet.
The leaflet, signed by Mercer Green
Johnston as secretary, read:
(Which? Shall we cast down the
Statue of Liberty Enlightening the
World from its pedestal and replace
it with the statue of Fury Scattering
SANDER and Flame? If not, let Amer
leans in Congress and throughout our
land who believe in the essential
American tradition symbolized by the
Statue of Liberty speak NOW in Ian
guage that the State Department and
the White House cannot fail to I'M
derstand--or else hereafter forever
hold their peace when the name Of
Liberty is mentioned among honor
able menl
"Who? Liberty looks down today
asking Who's a Stacker now?'"
The resolutions demand withdrawal
of American armed forces from Latin
America, and adoption Of friendly
policy toward those republics.
Women Workers Protest.
The White House is hearing also
the protest of members Of the Ma
tional Womens Trade Union League
against its Mexican and Nicaraguan
aggressions. kilograms and letters,
urging arbitration and friendliness
toward Latin America are arriving in
response to an appeal issued by Rose
Schneiderman, president, and Eliza
beth Christman, secretary of the
League, from it's Chicago office.
Organized working women" they
said, believe that the rights Of Amer
lean citizens to make money out o.
oil concessions lumber, fruit, land or
any other resoasess OF other .coun-
tries are q subject which Is never a
iuBtifiablo eauke OF war"