The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-12-20

rich, that was the cry On every
tongue, but when they obeyed and
set about to have professional
careers they were to meet with
great disappointment for when
their educations were completed
they found there were no jobs for
which they had been trained. The
tide had begun to turn. At first 1t
was laughed ADJUST fear they said,
but all the campaigns against fear
failed to convince the people the
trouble was that, then the capital
lists who were ruling said you have
taxed us too highly reduce our
income taxes and we will have
more money to invest-thus the de-
preston will be avoided, and In
the face of a starving nation this
was actually done. OF course, it
didn't help-maybe they boarded
their money-anyway 1t was DOOM
ed to fail for the spending classes
had nothing to buy the products
whit is the masses that spend
for the one percent to who have
ninety percent of our wealth. You
know the rest Of the story-the
Finance Corporation and one form
of Capitalistic reform failed after
the other until one day we witness
ed the first dramatic outburst-that
Of the Veterans Bonus March
against Washington. Outwardly
this was one thing inwardly 1t was
something else. The general atti-
tude outward 1t was that it repre-
scented the climax Of the long eff
fort to raid the Treasury by Veter-
ans who considered themselves a
specially favored class because they
had served their country. But real
ly it was composed Of the rank and
file who were at their wits end for
a means Of livelihood, who seized
upon the best excuse they could
think to enforce their claims. You
remember the end Of the story
how they were driven out Of the
city with tear gas. the same men
who had a few years before been
our heroes, but now the country
didn't need them. All 1t is was
breeding communism for commun-
ism works when unrest Is most evil
dent-there were other hunger
marches and now in the last year
since business has shown a little
improvement and a few more en-
ployed we have had the strikes,
and these strikes have put the COM
munist to work. Moscow has re-
enforced her ranks in America.
Possibly the first strike was the
extended one Of truck drivers in
the city Of Minneapolis where
thousands were thrown out of
work and the city placed under
martial law. The details Of this
strike are too familiar to discuss,
but you will remember Father
Hass, Federal Mediator, remarked
that the strike had been agitated
by Communists who have slipped
into the union.
Next was the great strike in San
Francisco, Earl Browder, Gen. Sec
rotary of the Communist Party in
the United States, member of
Moscow International and Moscow's
right hand agitator, frankly pub
fishes the fact that he agitated the
strike and after that point he sent
1900 Communists to go to turn it
into a violent affair and carry out
his orders. Moscow really expect
ed great things of this strike, but
it was one of the worst defeats for
Communism. I believe it shows
what America thinks Of redicalism
and further that when radicals get
too bold their lives may be in dang
er. California organized vigilante
committees, and volunteer commit
tees which began to strike back at
the bolshveks. raiding communist
centers, burning up their literature,
breaking up their equipment and
beating up their leaders. It wasn't
healthy for the communist for over
400 were wounded and driven out.
One communist was picked up by
a member and thrown through a
thick plate glass. Some of the
greater leaders were taken for rides
and today have not returned. A
couple by the name of Tanner was
dragged from their homes and to-
day cannot be accounted for-they
left a little Is years old boy be-
hind-the state of California is pro-
viding for him. There are ten
other leaders missing.
Following this strike Earl Browd-
err sent a telegram to Moscow in
which he referred to the Yellow
american Federation of Labor and
said they are afraid of a nation
wide strike. On to Alabama we go
from here. And If your memory
serves you correctly alabama was
next on the hst-the Southern Tex.
tile, Workers Strike which affected
something like 1900 to 10000 work.
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