The united American : a magazine of good citizenchip., February 01, 1927, Image 5

A MAGAZINE OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP
Devoted to the Cause of
Americanization, Assimilation and Group Elimination; Pointing the way to a Constitutional
Americanism, to Equality in Citizenship, and a better understanding
between Native born and Foreign bom.
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February, 1927
Number 5
CULTIVATING THE WEED OF COMMUNISM
OPPOSING ELEMENTS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SAME END
By H. J. LANGOE
sitting behind his mahogany desk, made this state­
THE QUIETLY working Communists in America ment the other day. Satisfied with his profits and his
are not accomplishing their ends as easily as prosperity, and entirely too preoccupied with social
they had hoped to do, for they are meeting intelligent plans to consider questions of national security, this
resistence wherever they make their presence felt to man represented a great multitude of present-day,
any great extent. Opposition, however, does not dis­ smug Americans who pursue their social hobbies to
courage the Communist gentry. Their kind thrive the elimination of all interest in matters of civic im­
on resistence. The agitating Communists work portance involving the very life of the social and
adroitly, according to carefully prepared plans. Wher­ political American state.
ever men labor collectively the Communists seek “em­
“ ‘Americanization’ is a war-baby—the war is over
ployment” in order to sow their seeds of industrial —let the foreigners alone, they got along over here
revolution and political treason.
before the war, they got along nicely with us during
The American Trade Unions have furnished the the war, they will certainly get along as well now, if
Communists one of their
nobody bothers them.”
means of essential con­
So runs the statement
THE
AMERICAN
’
S
CIVIC
CREED
tact with the American
of
another
American
By Mary McDowell
worker. Their growing
type, with a trade con­
OD
HATH
made
of
one
blood
all
nations
of
influence in the ranks
tact in the foreign colony
men, and we are his children,—brothers and
of organized labor has
which furnishes them
sisters all. We are citizens of these United States,
caused leaders in the
both business profit
and we believe our Flag stands for self-sacrifice
American Labor Federa­
and political trading
for the good of all people. We want, therefore,
tion to take necessary
strength,
This type,
to be true citizens of our great country, and will
action against Commu­
which is a quite com-
show our love for her by our works. Our country
nism, within their organ­
mon variety, is most
does not ask us to die for her welfare; she asks
ization. Facts indicate
dangerous to the cause
us to live for her, and so to live and so to act
that American trade
that her government may be pure, her officers
of a united and tolerant
honest, and every corner of her territory shall be
unionism is so seriously
American people, for they
a place fit to grow the best men and women, who
threatened from commu­
furnish the last hopeful
shall rule over her.
nistic influence, that a
line of defense to the
group of trade unionists
sinister alien preceptor
recently organized a committee to plan an effective who is frantic because of the all-American encrouch-
campaign against the communistic membeis of the ments upon the institutions of the foreign colony in
American unions. To begin with, this committee has America by virtue of which he has prospered and
issued a call to all trade unions in New York City by which he attained the enviable position of hold­
and vicinity to attend a general conference “to con­ ing the balance of power in the political affairs of
sider plans for the elimination of Communists from the United States of America.
the American labor movement.”
Every decent self-respecting American of foreign
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birth will be on trial in America until we have elimi­
“There is no danger of Communism making any nated all these middlemen who make profit by mis­
representation, in the mart of suspicion, deception and
progress in America.”
A complacent business man of our acquaintance, falsehood which they have fashioned and fortified