Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-19
PARENTS URGED
TO AID FIGHT ON
RED PROPAGANDA
Arndt Claims District Stu
dents Receive Literature
From Radical Groups.
TEACHERS P0WERLESS
TO BLOCK PAMPHLETS
Children Are Told They Are Being
Trained to Wage Wars
for Bosses"
A proposal to combat red propaganda


A proposal to combat red propaganda
in the public schools which "smacks of
disdain for law and order" by an an
peal to the school children through their
parents, was advanced last night by
Julius H. Arndt, a member of the adj
vlsory council of the Mcfarland Com
munity Center a. meeting of the Pet
worth Citizens Association,
Mr.. Arndt said circulation of red lit
erature has been noted, particularly
among school children of the Petworth
section.
we are powerless to block the cir
culation of this propaganda" Mr.. Arndt
said. since there is nothing unlawful
In the methods employed by these or
CARNATIONS. But we can and should
warn our children against it. To the
adult mind fallacious doctrines directed
at our established institutions and &C.
cepted form of government would not,
perhaps, gain foot hold, but with the
child mind it is another story. Their
minds are versatile and quick to grasp
novel ideas. With the young we should
be careful that no danger of inequality
exists.
Children Trained for War.
Il have in my possession a pamphlet
addressed to Workers children, colored
and white copies of which were re-
Gently distributed to children near the
Mcfarland Junior High School by an
adult, which reads to the effect that
the children of the United States of
America are being trained through the
Boy Scouts and other Semi-militaristic
g. H. g..
bosses and to fight in the next war of
the bosses, which is very near"
The pamphlet, Mr.. Arndt said, ap-
pealed to the workers children" to
join the organization known as the
Karl Liebknecht Memorial and invit-
ed the youngsters to attend its next
meeting. I'VE children are part of the
youth" the pamphlet read. I'VE must
fight against the bosses wars together
with our older brothers. There are over
5000. 900 children in the United States
Of America working in the mills, fac
tories and fields. Here in Washington
there are many children who work as
bootblacks and newspaper boys
These children have to go to work
at an early age because their parents
do not make enough to support them
and because the bosses want to draw
more profits out Of the workers and
their children"
The pamphlet. mimeotyped on cheap
paper. stated that the organization was
the only one of workers children
which fights with and for the interests
Of the workers and their children"
School authorities and teachers are
powerlesS in controlling the distribution
to our children, through circulars, fall
laciouS doctrines, detrimental to the in
terests of law-abidiHg, home-loving and
peaceful American citizens" Mr.. Arndt
continued. such propaganda is usu-
ally distributed to the children after
they leave he school grounds and,
therefore, the teachers and principals
cannot be- held to blame
THE way to defeat the purpose of
this propaganda is for you parents to
take the matter in hand. Talk to your
children about it-put them on their
guard Let them know your thoughts
in the matter and what Your wishes
are.
I'VE can no longer regard these
movements as associated only with the
Old World and not in any way related
to our interests. They constitute a
problem for us. An undercurrent of
opposition to orderly government is be-
ing circulated through our schools and
we must fight it down.
Armory Resolution Defeated.
The association last night voted
down a resolution offered by I. NJ
Lavine, chairman of its economy and
taxation committee, which would in
dorse the Bowman bill providing for the
acquisition of the Washington Audi
forum to be converted into an armory
for the District of Columbia National
Guard. 1t was the sense of the asso-
citation that if 100000 were to be
expended on an armory, as provided in
the Bowman bill now pending in the
House, it should be expended on the
located and embodying all the require
mentS for a modern armory
A resolution offered by Horace j.
Phelps indorsing the Bowman bill,
inasmuch as it provided for commits
sion to acquire an armory for the
National Guard, but branding as "un-
wise" the proposal to buy the Washing
ton Auditorium, was adopted by the
association.
The association passed aAresolution
directing the secretary of the asso-
citation to address letter to the Dis
trict Commissioners voicing diSapproval
OF the location of a pool room in the
Petworth section and asking that action
NC " UlOCh IIIC Oh
one now contemplated in the 3700 block
Of Georgia avenue.
At the next meeting of the association
two bills now pending in the House,
introduced by Representatives Rogers
and Mcleod, which provide for auto
mobile liability insurance in the Dis
trict, will be taken up. The matter was
laid over so that the bills might be
printed in the next edition of the Pet
worth Citizen, so that all members
might be familiar with them by the
next meeting.
Charles I. Stengle, a former member
OF Congress from New York, who is the
associations delegate to the Federation
of Citizens Associations. was last night
nominated for membership to the Citi-
zens' Advisory Council.
SOVIET FRIENDS ORGANIZE.