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throughout the country. From De-
troit has come the official statement
of the officers Of the American Legion
Spanish War Veterans, Veterans OF
Foreign Wars and Disabled American
Veterans, that none Of those organlza-
tions was connected in any way with
the march on washington. They state
that it was promoted by the Workers
Ex-Servicemens League Communist
organization, whose object is not SO
much to obtain the payment of the so
called bonus as it is to proselyte vete-
rams into membership in the Commu-
mist veterans group" The other Vete-
rams organizations call attention to the
fact that the Workers Ex-Servicemen' S
League has denied its Communist AZ
filiations knowing that to reveal them
would Immediately eliminate their
chances of obtaining membership from
that great group of veterans who, while
unmeployed and destitute, nevertheless
are loyal to the United States.
But the truth of the Communist
afiliation is revealed in a communica-
tion issued by the Communist party
of America, district 7, Detroit, In which
announcement was made Of the i'm
pending visit to the Detroit area Of
Walter Trumbull. a Communist organ
izer for the Workers EXService Men S
League, and all Communist party work
ers were instructed to assist in pro-
noting the meetings of this group.
Further evidence of the Communist
affihation of the league is found in
The Daily Worker Of June 3, 1882. re-
porting parts Of speeches made by dele
gates to the party's nominating con-
vention There Secretary Stember Of
the Workers EX-Service Mems League
is quoted as saying:
The Communist party program was
taken up. thoroughly discussed and
adopted by the war veterans of the
Workers Ex-Service Mems League
Editorial Refers to B. E. F.
In its leading editorial on June 10
the Daily Worker refers to the bonus
expeditionary force" march on Wash
ington as "a new high point in the
rehabilitation of the masses" and states
that the Communist party of the
United States supports the bonus
msrchers with all forces at its disposal -
The bonus expeditionary force at
Washington has made a remarkable
record for observance Of law and order
and is to be commended accordingly.
That, however. does not change the fact
that the march to Washington from
the big industrial centers. such as De-
troit. Chicago. Cleveland, Pittsburgh,
New York and Philadelphia, was in
spired largely by the Workers Ex-Serv-
ice Mems League.
It is only fair to state that the COM
mander of the bonus expeditionary
force. Walter w. Waters of oregon, very
evidently is not in sympathy with Com
munist activities.
From coast to coast, and particularly
in industrial centers hard hit by un-
employment, Communist workers are
necessarily busy sowing seeds Of dis
cord and strife that they hope may
blossom into armed revolt against the
Government of the United States in
years to come. The inner ruling group
Of the Communist organization in
America is small, probably not over a
dozen men, who in turn report and re-
ceive instructions from the Communist
International at Moscow. But we know
that there are between 500 900 and 600,-
600 Communists and sympathizers in
the United States. They have dozen
daily newspapers, all but one Of which
are printed in foreign languages, for 10
per cent of the Communists are aliens.
Probably 20 per cent more are foreign
born, but naturalized, and the remain
ing 10 per cent are native-born Ameri-
cans.
In Seattle only recently they organ
lied a demonstration of 10000 people
before the City Hall, with $4,000 in a
parade that preceded it. In New York
City 10000 attended one meeting and
thousands of others were barred from
the hall on account of lack Of space.
This was for the purpose of welcoming
back from jail William z, Foster. Com
munist candidate for President, who
had been confined for unlawful as
Eembly following a riot in New York.
Fosters Testimony Recalled.
in his testimony before the House
Committee. of which was chairman.
Foster, head of the Communist party
in America, made quite clear the fact
that the revolution which they are
working to produce is not to b. .
peaceful" one. His testimony, which
is in print in the official records. was
startling in its frankness. The Com
munist party, he said, is opposed alb
solutely to our republican form Of gov
ernment; they do not expect to gain
control by peaceful capturing of ready
made bourgeois state machinery by
means CT parliamentary majority" but
instead anticipate "a desperate and
frantic struggle" with suppression of
the present ruling class by the stern
violence Of the proletariat (Workers) -
He also made it clear that the poll
cies Of the party in America are part
OF the policies of the Third Interna-
tionale Of the Communist party in Mos
COW. that the more advanced workers"
in this country look upon the Soviet
Tr-f1 .,aI rn fa+
red flag as their flag. owing mo al
legiance to any capitalist flag"
Furthermore, Foster himself con-
frlned the charge that one Of the OBJ
jects of Communists is to destroy all
religions. He said:
Our party considers religion to be
opium Of the people, as Karl Marx
has stated. and we carry on propaganda
for the liquidation Of these preiudices
among the workers"
What a contrast this affords at a time
wnen we are celebrating the ami
versary Of the birth of our own Nation
with the words of the Declaration of
Independence, in the very first sentence
OF which devout reference is made to
''the laws Of nature and of nature S
God"
With no sense Of responsibility or
oDl4bdLADll " N4OOt II ID 1l4t9 J IL a.
that the Communists should take L.ery
dishonorable and unfair advantage Of
their fellow men in time Of distress to
further the aims and ambitions of the
rulers in Soviet Russia. Throughout
the United States. in cheap lodging
houses, in parks where men congregate
even in gospel missions, they are prey
ing upon the unfortunate with prom
ises Of liquidation" of the property Of
the well-to-do and its distribution
among their listeners.
Canvass Homes Of Poor
They are making house-to-house can
vases in the poorer districts of the
cities soliciting afnliation with all kinds
Of disguised Communist subsidiary or
CARNATIONS. They are enrolling in labor
unions merely for the purpose of stir
ring up dissension and then creating
their own outlaw labor organizations as