The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-03-13
As We See It
nv Tom 0'FIaherty

day "a IN Grants cabinet, a captain
seTNve AMERICAN expeditionary army
n tH9 aisting1ished itself in the ia
tnat Rattle of Champagne" some
nous nous IN France during the war
VIZ W. an one Of the immortals in
.2S,+sr Camps gallery Of football
,s-srs. Congressman Hamilton
PEI chairman of the Fish commit
- On the "Red Menace" denounced
~ Communists as danger TO
tDo,Jcau institutions, the home,
a. family and the unemployed,
s-1.,sed the leaders of tho American
liberation Of Labor and scored the
LLesSdv capitalists Of America ana
greee;cy11sriv of Cleveland who
PIiS nrofit thru trade with the
n.ooIsheviks at the expense OF the
s"n-sS principles which all true pa
t~iots hold dear.
"a = -
mAa Fish compliment to the lead
If the a T. of L. for their
Sa1,,+een .year-war against Conlmun-
49,, could be heard by a group o
s+TIkiug pickets in the rear of the
Totel Hollenden across the street
Who have been marching up and
~, the sidewalks for nine months
In
.o,+racts which they We're asked TO
s;gn ON pain of lockout. The presi-
Ant of the Associated Industries
~ C1evela1d sitting as an honored
-rsst at the Fish table did not ap-
Rand the Fish compliment to VOL
ard Green.
The audience .gavo the boy a
oreat big hand when he rose to adj
dress them but as the speaker pro-
ceaded from inanity to tdanity the
scaIes fell from their, eys anG when
Tisb admitted that he did not have
a constructive suggestion to make
20 congress after more thar a dec.
ode of experience in that body, ever
the American Legion leaders pres
emit seemed to develop an inferior
ity complex.
Tho CONGRESSMAN became inter.
ssted in his present line of patriot.
ism a few years ago when he was
asked to debate the question Of
soviet recognition with Raymond
Robbins. "Being a weak charac
teri laughed tho so1on, ST gave in
but not knowing anything about thu
subiect I wrote to the various gov
eminent departments for inforns
tiop but was advised that mono o.
them had authority from Congress
since 1925 to keep track OF tn
Communist menace in the United
States"
However, ignorance of the subjec
did not bother Fish much so b
met the enemy and he was his
Robbins held that Soviet Russi
should be recobnized because whe,
shown around the KreInlir by
Red soldier in 1918, the said Re
soldier made it his business TO os
culate every ikon that crossed hi
path, which convinced Robbins tina
Russia was safe for civilization
But the willy Fish learned that b
1928 whenever a Red soldier SAY
an ikon he ran his sword thru it
tender body and spat in its teet1
Fish is intensely religious. II
stated that the Soviet authorize
were teaching the children a.
forms of vice in order to destro
the family. When asked for som
specific proof he noncha1ant1y d.
clared that the Soviet children wei
propagandiZed against religion
Here it's vice versa.
- a
Instead Of what the blood-thirst
patriot City Club members expecte
to see, Fish looked like a night clU
bouncer. Tho at intervals he worl
ed up moral Indignation againi
Bolshevism he managed to tell II
truth once in a while He charge
the Democratic and Republics
parties with being dishonest
their platforms and with de1udiI
the negroes with false promises.
the other hand he gave the Cor
munists credit for sincerity and
willingness to make sacrifices +
their cause. He said there we
100000 of them In this country al
that their numbers were increasil
mpidly. Fish expressed the no
that they would start q revoluti'
right now so that he would ha
the pleasure Of leading the A1nel
can regular army, the state n1ilit
and the American Legion again
them. 1--WE could iquidate t
Communists In double quick t1mt
he said to the applause of the lie
tonnatres present. However, he CO
fessed that the Communists we
too foxy to take the military pa
against capitalism In America ~
now. If the leaders OF the Co.
munist party are half as clever
congressman Fish gave them cree
Tor being it Is just too bad
the capitalist system.
&&A& $50
Contrary to what the CommI
isn would have us believe, z!
holds that "we have nothing to
With the form Of government II
nave in Russia. Only when Il
begin to interfere In our private
fairs have we a right to ask o
gress to investigate Commun
activities" He Is in favor Of
economic boycott Of Soviet p
oncts because the Soviet COVE
ment Is anti-religious and comp
tnose who disagree with it pol
ealy TO work in its Industries, Il
competing with our ten millions
unemployed who are forced to W
not because our capitalists b.
Gung up the "No Help Want
ngn- The Bolsheviks claim Gre
Sor overthrowing the Gear, he S
oaA they did no such thing. +
VVerthrew the Kerensky COVE
ment, a democratic governm
WIN "twentythousand members.
SHA@
The Communist international
81 principles, he said. He evide1
lever heard Of the al point,
principles are: /, Destruci
religion; q. the destruction
Snvate property; 3...inciting G.
taredi 4, using the Communist
national to spred industrial
teSF 5, to bring about civil war
SET up q soviet form of gov,
ment with the capital at MOSCOW
ASS&a
Fsh delivered an attack on
ser1ean Civil liberties Union
singled out Roger Baldwin for
IA treatment, calling attention
s TACT that the director Of
H. U. served a year In Jail
SS lodging and to the alleged
sAt ne is a communist sympat
The G. L. q. goes so fal
slo as to justify the essassina
capitalists by aliens. Stri,
S original note the congress
numbered, "Tf those alien Conn
Vs who came here as our ON
% not like this country let {
NaCk where they came from
Fish said that he believed {
no re many Clevelanders on
SEOn OF the Soviet governn
noS, was not referring to the {
Tnontt party organizers but e
Itahle business men. ono
SrII1 n that Capitalists will cor
loe Tor temporary rrofit "