Evening star., 1928-04-03

olution stand indicted. BY whom. and
for what? Who are these Daughters?
During week after next their dele
gates will assemble at their annual
Congress in Washington, representing
the largest and most patriotic organic
zation In America--not less than l75, 900
strong, and all direct descendants Of
men who served their country during
the war Of independence. Today they
are the most active of any or
ganization in holding aloft the nag OF
untarnished American patriotism. with
never a bit of apology or pussyfooting.
To them pacifism. communism. treason
and anarchy are anathema. and there
is very little difference which heading
stands first-treason or pacifism.
They maintain a very active and ef-
ficient division. headed by Mrs. William
Sherman Walker. for the sole purpose
of keeping intelligent watch over the
activities OF the Reds" In fact. there
is probably no organization In America
more keenly alert in matters OF national
defense and patriotic Ideals than the
and never was this great organization
more active than 10 Is under ths pres
ent administration Of Mrs. Alfred j..
Brcsseau. president general.
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But now they are under indictment
of having ''blacklisted noted Ameri-
cans" and the newspapers are nlled
with Associated Press stories Of the
Nervousness Of this act. The accusation
comes from q lady of Boston. who
claims to be a member of the d. A. R.,
though the records are found not indi-
eating that she has ever risen above
the ranks to serve as an ofdcer even
In local chapter. However, that Is
immaterial. say the good ladies OF head
quarters: what matters Is the list OF
victims" Of the blacklist, and what the
blacklisting amounts to.
1t amounts to just this: That these
people therein named ere not counted
as in sympathy with the ideals and
purposes OF the D. A. R., and hence are
not Endorsed as speakers upon any
d. A. r. program.
Space limits prevent an analysis oi
all the people thus distinguished. but
the Daughters know birds" and 81
lege that birds OF a feather flock to-
gether"
There is the famous educator. DR.,
David Starr Jordan of California
Should he be "blacklisted" In the face
Of his profession as president Of Q
great university? The ID. A. r. organ
iSstion is no respecter of titles. and
so ii points 10 the Lusk Commission OF
New York. which investigated DR..
Jordan's war record. and reports that
he has done some little listing" him.
self. even more significant than that
OF disQualifying an orator from select
program That Is why the D. A. r.
do not invite him 70 "orate" on their
platforms.
The Lusk report refers TO August.
1917, when 10000 American soldiers
were facing the country's enemies and
half of them were going into battle
in France. Remember BeIleau Woods
The LuSk committee records;
The moving spirit of the organizing
activities Of the National Civil Liberties
Bureau was its director. Roger N. Bald
win, and there can be no better ex-
ample Of his type OF mind than to
quote from his advisory letter of At
gust. 1917, To Louis Lochner. in refer
ence to organizing the Peoples Coun-
ell convention;
DO steer away from making II
look like Socialist enterprise. Too
many people have already gotten the
idea that II Is nine-tsnthS a Socialist
movement. We want also TO look
patriots IN everything We do, We want
to get a good lot OF fagS, talk good
deal about the Constitution and what
our forefathers wanted To make this
country and To show that We are
really the folks that really stand for
the spirit OF our Institutions
II was TO this same Lochner, Secre-
tary of some ive or six peace organ
ixations" while We were at war with
Germany. that DR. David Starr Jordan