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i. mm nation MEN LIKE THESE WOULD RULE YOU OF RED PERIL Justice Americans À t toafli Again«! Mlshevism Manaca. r îf (W Mes tage CM«*«*. 11«. <n| Q ivic Bad*«« Called Upon to TM |h True Pufpoea of Bol shevist P n p ig iiU a . Washington.—CgiUux f«*r the patri otic support o f oil tyye Americans In Its tight to protect tikcir homes. re- ‘ it -n and properly from the spread ing menace o f Bolalicvlsot. the United Stsres o f Xtiytice hit* Is 'i>tl a warning against the Insidious ;in>pag«pda o f Uio Hod**'' Jut-lug the now yoor. It read«: Tt would he extremely helpful to the rsune o f good ^aiaqaptenl tjtte mutn- u-nmod o f law and order and the pree- -c atlon o f peace and happiness in our ■untrj. If the pqqpj« on this New V-ar’a day would resolve to study, ua icnataod and appreciate the so-called ted' movement. They can counter- i -t It most effectively by teaching Its ■ rpoae through the press, the church, ho schools, patriotic organisations and labor unions, all o f which are within -he range o f Its Insidious attacks i G ives Cxtracta fram -Man|feef.o end Piwgraiw— Conatitwtlaw— Repart ta tha Communist tnternatlan U anU " hy tha Camiwwniit Putty af P io m , Qhurch, » g«aq|*. Labor Unlan» i Investigations, ■»musts in c iik n g o to Russian Headquarters. CALLS REO PLANS CRIMINAL Rueeian Labor Crushed. "Though their adherents In this coun ty ara advocating and fomenting ■i.'rikes. l.enine and Tiu tzky forbid strikes, and trade unions are being broken up and completely subordinated to rite will e f ihe few demagogues in -ontroi In Russia. This Bolshevist ex- •eriment on the living body o f the itiusian people has not proven In any ' -ruse o f the word ao « eriment In r-iuocracy. The Bolshevist leaders rankly repudiate democratic princi ples as we anderetaod them It has been a gnathic which meant for Kua- -da, and. indeed. Car the whole q f hu- uanity, enormous losses in live* as , -veil as la material resources. Tim tolabeviata have run up a colossal (till * hlch the RtupiMH workmen gad pea* - lata win have to' pay t ■ i lv '‘ Reds'* rianae# Amariea. '*• "H a vin g liv e d »1 the n p eu se o f tha ' Russian people for two years, these ■circulators in Ipunaa lives and ether p eop le* earnings are trying to move . tn new fields »• »he east and to the * cst. hoping to tajke advantage o f the economic distrean and confusion o f udnd in which humanity finds Itself a fter the terrific strain o f five yearn o f war. 1 f ' ‘Its syLipathir-ers In this country are \ ¡composed chietlv .»f criminals, mls- raken idealists, -octal bigots and many ''unfortunate met« and women suffering With varying forms o f hy fie real hesig. They are enemies o f the government, e f the church anil o f the home and ad vocate principles which mean the aholi- t on of all three o f these safeguards o f civil izatlen. , Would Rob Everybody. “ Tw enty million people in this epun- try own Liberty Bonds. These the •Red* propose to take aw ay: 9,830,000 people in the United State- own farms and TKtS.UW more own homes, which they would forfeit ; 11 ,t**i.i*«i mill peo pie have savings accounts in saving* hunks and 18,iS»l.‘S » people iiave d»- posits in our uatinngl haj.k*. at which they aim. There are hundred* o f thou- inds o f churi-hes and religious Insti tutions, sll o f wh!*-h they would abol ish. In other winds, 11lt.MKi.fiAo hard working and saving people who own property, |»va liberty and sorshlp God are asked to abandon all the ideal* of rullglor, liberty n i l government, which are the outeiss“ o f the struggles o f i llieir fathers ao t their owji develop ment, and In place theniselve*. their ( homes, thalr family and their religion* faith m the keefitng and their proper!« under the tlnunua i tn o f a small gr--«p o f Lonlnea and Trofrky*. R raliotiao Promised, 'iepartnien'. as far m eaiytlpg laws pilaw, intend* ilnring the forth- ■ <* t ) ojg year &» keep up an iii.flon h ag. fiersiStytiL »^ g r--*tve wnrfsre a^aifiai >ny I’ni'vemetrr. no matter Imw • looked or rtlH*eir.hled, having for Its purpose either the proinulgaLion o f these idea» or the excitation o f sympathy far lb«»«** who *pf**ad them The mova ioe»it w lli uat '»c p c n ilito d to go fur i*wiui:ti In this istnri'ry to disturb our peace nnd a-cl I-let lug or create any v .iii-»pread distrust o f the pcopla'a >; .eminent. It Will fall away before iiu iighr. o f .popular knowledge and tppre. ..-.ion o f Its alms and purpose* " , other fallow won't run his kjufi- We have kgt a Ipt of sleep over thgt same thjng, but are getting over it. We found out that the game waa too one-aided. The more w t worried about the other fellow the butter he seemed to get along. Your other fellow would of course do lota butter if he would let you Found *n U. S. OkMrtiMBt of rjeas to suite us. V S. O«iMr^im t t f iuatiM Urte* “ Red” Theories Criminal. "The 'R ed' luovoaiest docs not mean an attitude o f protest against alleged lefects In our preaeut political and ■vvmomlc organisation o f society. It toes not represent the radicalism of progress. Tt represents a specific doc irloe— namely, the introduction o f dic tatorships the world over by force and violence. It is not a movement o f Hb- •cty-loving person*, but a distinctly criminal and dishonest movement 1 mine himself made the statement at yho Third Soviet One terrace, ‘Among me hundred so-called Bolshevists there a one real Bolshevik, thirty-nine crlm . «Is and sixty fools.' It advocates the i --»miction e f all ownership In proper ty. the destruction f t all religion and belief In Ged. It is a movement or- .m ised agalaa' I democracy and In fa- .or o f the power o f the few bnilt hy -cet Bolaheviym. syndicalism, the •'.ivlei Governtoewi. sabotage, ate., are ■rfily Dimes far old theories o f violence md criminallry. I The Other Fellow TO "CONQUER ANO OESTROT STATE," we anreu with you on U. S. ,COMMUNISTS CALL FOR LARQR REVOLT one Friend, thing: It is too bad the TYPES OF COM M UNIST A G IT A T O R S D EPO R TE D M ENT OF JU STICE AD O LPH SC H N A SE L. Leader of Union of Russian Workers, a powerful, anarchistic organization in America. A L E X A N D E R SCHATZ. Leader ef Communiât greup in this Country. BY U. S. D EPART. JOHN DUBOFF. Active organizar of Communiet group in Eiixabeth, N. J. NICHOLOS M IC H A ILO V , Viaient agitator ameng anarchlst» la America. Carrying alon a Mile for less than a Cent Freight rates have played a very small part in the rising cost o f living. Other causes— the waste o f w ar, under-pro duction, credit inflation — have added dollars to the cost o f the necessities o f life, while freight charges have added only cents. \ * ^ The average charge for hauling a ton of freight a mile is less than a cent The Communist Parly shall encourage movements o f tbo workers tn the «hops seeking to realise workers' i-qplrol o f Infiusiry, while tndb-ullug their limitation* noder (apllallsm ennerotoly. any movement analogous to tbe Shop Stewards o f Kngland. The*# movement* (equally directed again»! the union bureaucracy) should be related to the Communist Parly. The unorganized unskilled workers (Including rhe agricultural proletariat) - «iiatltate Ihe hulk of Ihe working cl*** The * Wmuiiiulst Party shall directly and systematically agitate among iliese » urker*.'»w akening tbom to Indiiatrtal union urganiz.atlon and action. A suit of clothing that seld for $30 before the w a r w as carried 2,265 miles by rail from Chicago to I*os Angeles for 16& cents. ] N E W Dreai Aland Ri nk N o w the freight charge is 22 cents and the suit sells for $50. Th* Cast of the suit he* increased 20 dollarv. T.ia freight on it hss increased only 51 cant a. 4 * Ootpmuulsm iuee not pn.|H«a* (u 'capture' the howfautao parllapiantary atata. bat to imnamgr sail d*«|roy It. As ion| «■ th* b.nirg'ooleo mate proven*, the rapltaliat class can hefllo ihn will «if tha p roletariat In tbitaa counirl«.s In wtdeb historical flavahipmset has fumlahad tha mark his goods for him. He opportunity, tha w qrklnf claws Has utili<ad the regime a f political democracy would make more money if he fur Its organisation axnlnst Capitalism The older unionism was hosed on tha craft division* o f email Industry. would consult you on his invuat- The unloua «»iiHlkt#.« prim arily o f tk lllc l workers whoso skill Is Itoolf a form or property. Tha anions were not orgnua o f the mtlltnat class struggle. T o ments. He wouldn’t have got day the dominant unionism Is actually a bulwark o f Capitalism, merging In stung on his auto if he had con- lmpe.-iallsm and accepting State Capltnilsip. sultcxl you. He didn’ t even ask The proletarian revolution comes at tha moment o f crisis In Capitalism, you how he should vote, and now o f a collapse o f the old order. Under tha Impulse o f the crisis, tha proletariat acts for the conquest o f power, by means o f mass action. Mass action concen look at the condition o f the coun trates and mobilizes the forces o f the prsletarlat. arganlsod and unorganised; try. ___ ___ M t Still, the neighbor can’ It acts equally agaloat the bourgeois * u ta and tha ropsarvatlva arganUauans 1 h h u t th in k v o u w ’oa’ ld ha hut- o f tha working class. Strikes o f protest develop 1 d m gaaaral political strikes n c " > 0 , y ° u WOUIU U* DCl and then Into revolutionary mas* action fo r tha conquest a f the power o f the te«* o f f i f 0<H.'Utiionally f o r g o t the stat«. Mass action becomes political lu purpose while extraparliam entary In other fellow and gave your a l i e n - form ; It la equally a process uf revolution and tha revolution Itself la opcratloa. i . _ . , . Tbs Communist Psrty Is the conarlnoa expression o f the class struggte o f ' 10,1 UWn InjHIlK HH. The tbo workers sgalnyt capilalisui It* aim is to direct thla struggle to the coo Other fellow is H goner now, any- qu»at o f political power, th « overthrow o f capitalism and tha deotroction af v v *y , a n d there is n o uoe crying tha bourgeois state. j . . . ... * ... The Communist Party prepares Itself for tha roroluU^a In tha measure o v e r fP H lffd m ilk . I he m ill that It develops a program o f liniuedlato action, etpistoalag the mast »«rug Won’ t grind with water that han glea o f tbo proletariat. These struggle», must be ln*plred with revolutionary | pa s g ,.,J The Other fellow will ipirtt and purposes . , Tbe Communlai Party Is fumlamenially a party o f action. It brings g0 I n e v t‘ r ® Rr,‘<‘ w *^*« U8 and SO what B tl«e workers a consciousness o f tlielr oppression, o f the Impossibility o f !m the use o f worrying over him? proving their condition* umler capitalism. The Communist Party directs the workers' struggle ngnlnat cupltallsm. developing fuller form * aifftpurpivw * 'n this struggle, culminating In the mu*.s art Ion of th revolution Jordan The Communlai Psrty shall make the great Industrial struggle* o f the working class Its iiu jor campaigns. In order tn develop an qmh-rstaiidlug of iho strike lu relation to the overthrow o f cnpiral!*m Mr. N. W. Thomas was at (a ) The Communist Psrty shall participate In mass «trike*, not only to Critl)tre«‘ Sat un lay. achieve the Immediate purposes o f tha strike, hut ti- develop lUe revolutionary implications o f the muss strike. Mr. S. Munita and w ife visited (b ) Mass strike» are vltul faetor* In the pmc -ss out o f which develops i a t t Shc l l OM h o m e S u n t i* )' the workers' understanding and aeiUm for the e,ui«iue*t o f power . (c ) In mass strikes under rondiilon* o f concentrated capitalism there Is Mm. E. I «mightily uml children talent the tendency toward the gene m l mn-« strike, which take- on a polltlciit of Orvgon City viuitttl h«*r (laugh- character and manifests the impulse toward proletarian dtctst,»r-ddp. In these general mss» strikes the Coinmuulat Party «hall emphas've the u*r Mm. M. Fink Sunday- necessity o f maintaining Industry and the takitig o v e r o f s i h i n I fiinetlnus MibH Klla Kink is upsinting M. usually discharged by the capitalists and the Institution* nf capitalism The ( ’. Foltz witli the store work at strike must cease ttelng^aolated and |ia*«lve; It must be<mne pvw llve g.-n.- ii and aggressive, preparing the workers for- the complete assumption of luiius prt‘s«*nt. trial and social control. Mm. Koydt o f Salem in visiting (a ) Every local and district organisation o f tha Party shall establish contact with lodustrlal units In Its territory, the shops, m ill* and mines - and at the H. C. Foltz home. direct Its agitation a cord ln gly. The infant child of Mr. ami (b ) Shop Committees shall he niscatilxed wherever possible fo r the pur Mm. M. Fort of Mehoma was pose of Communist agitation In a purth-ulnr shop or Industry by Iho workers employed there. These committee* shall he united with each other and with intered at the Bilyeu Den ceme the Communist Party, so that the psrty shall hnve actual contact with the tery Saturday workers ami mobilise them for action against capiiullam. The I'omiuunist Party must engage actively In the struggle to revolution Wednesday the resilience of K. ize the trade unions. As against the union sm o f the American federation o f Dehart caught lire from adefect- Labor, the Communiât Partv propagandUe« luilustrlul unlonlato and Industrial i . . , . union organlzallon, eiiipltnslzing llu-ir rrvnhitlwiary luipllestlons. Industrial | a n d was s a v e d i)J’ the timely Unionism I* not simply a mean-* for the everyday airuggle against rapltahsin; d is c o v e r y b y t h e f a m i l y a n d a its ultimate purpose I* revolutionary. Implying the ueceofilty o f ending ilie la r g e h o le m th e r o o f w a s th e upitallst parliamentary state Industrial I'nlnnlsm^ls a factor In Ihe (Inal ¡d a m a g e s u ffe r e d . masa action for Ihe ronquea) o f power, as It will ■ ,institute the basis for tbr mduatrlal administration o f the Communi*! Commonwealth. W r o is in lo v e w i t h th e fr o a t y (a ) The t omaiunlai Party re<-ognlxen that the A. f . o f I- la reactionary n ig h t s , d r o u th o y w e e k s a n d H u ey and a bulwark nf -apliallxm (b ) Council* o f worker* shall be organized In tbe «hop* aa circumstances a t m o s p h e r e ? H ere is h o p in g allow, for tbe purppse o f carrying on the Industrial iiniou struggle In the.old | f o r h a s ty a r r iv a l o f A c iju a r - unions, milting and mobilizing ihe mill I n 111 elem ents; these councils to be . , . . iniBed In a O n tra l Council wbersvar ,« .* « 11 , 1 * i «»U » n d hlS w a t e r |s»ts t h a t O r e - (e ) It shall be « major ia*k o f the CommunKt Party te agitate for the g o n m a y lie h(*r (IW'D S W t'et S elf eonatruetioii o f a general Industrial union organization, emb a- lng the I W W . ;«■ »¡gifl W. I. 1» II., Independent and secession union* mill'.ml union* o f the A Y. o f I... and the unorganized worker», on the basia o f I be revolutionary class Other transportation chargav enter into tha cost at tha flniihed article—carrying th* wool to the mills and tha cloth to the tailor* - but theca other charges amount u> but a few cents more. EAST 1 [ND STATE STREEl T h e $10 pair o f shoes that used to sell for $5* goes from the N e w E n g land factory to the Florida dealer for Salem - O rej jon a freight charge o f 5% cents— only one cent more than the pre-w ar rate. 0 B -e f pays only two-thirds o f a cent a pound freight from Chicago to N e w York. American freight rates are the low est in the world. ft jh is advertisement is published by the Slssociatiun u f ¿Railway executives TVffff /ff/triny en*e*min<? the r^ ilr^md mimeUum mmf •toiiun lit$ratur* 1nt writing iu 7 he Awwiaiitm o f Hailwny ¿¿¿t 'ulu**, 6/ hiKnJway, 4V«tf York. i -mani - ROLLER SKATING ! ! Every Afternoon and Evening S k atin g S tai is a t 1:30 an d 7:30 p* m , Good M anagem ent C ourteous T reatm en t M t. P ie a ta n t Miss Dorothy Smith »pent the week end with home folks. Frank l^aux motored to Albany Saturday. The Mifisea Klaie Downing and Angeline Kyan called on the Misses Eberheardts Sunday, The G. H. Ray home wan the scene o f a happy crowd which assembled at the home in honor of h'is birthday. A large table of good eats was spread by the ladies, which was more than en joyed by everyone. Those en joying the day were: Mr. and Mrs. Perry Wright of Salem; Mrs. Roxie Shank: Mr. and Mrs. H. R Shank and son ;'M r. and Mrs. Hal Shelton; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kpping and daughters Ruth and Gertrude; the Misses Grace, Verna. Roxana and Crystal Shank and Messrs. Frank Lam bert. Ed. Smith, Date Aegerter Jr., Ig*wis Ray and Melvin Shank. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brenner and daughter were Sunday visitors at the P. H. Lambert home. The Mt. Pleasant school has closed for the'coming week aithn there is anly one family that bus the "flu ” in th*1 neighborhood. Mrs. Roxie Shank visited with Mr. ami Mrs * Hal Shelton the first of the week. CASTORIA ■‘or Ia/r ntf. and Children Fine Music Large Hardwood Floor In U m F o r O v « r 3 0 Y e a r « Alv-ays bae. the Signature ¡it t