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COMMUNISTIC ACTIVITIES
Guarding Against Trouble in
America, j.
.NEW' YORK, 2Sth October.
an article lias been written expressly
for the United Press Association by Cor
nelius Vamierbilt, jtm., a irieniher of one
of the richest .families in America, and
wlio hiniseif is n noted joiu-ririlist. -He
writes:— "The Wasliington Government
qifictly lias prepared: against Vtlie -/possi
bility .of '.Communists or others attempting
to capitalise tlie prcvnlenee of uiicinploy-
incnfc tlirougli mass dcinonstralioiis tliis
whiter. The adjutants-general' of the
National Guards have been asked to bo
ill readiness to cope with activities indica
tive ' of subversive propaganda. It is
understood, and I hiive been informed
that' similar suggestions have been / liiiuio
to the Governors of all the States. Thu
orders are more precautionary tlian any
thing else. ''
"On the w-hole foreign. diplomats have
been in private conversations! more con-,
periled by the Communistic activities iri
the United Stntcs than . the - American
authorities. It is known to bo the opinion
openly expressed by the Secretary of War,
Mr.' Hurley,; however, tlmt hud it not-
been for President Hoover the stock; mar
ket collapse of a year ago would ' have
resulted . in rioting anil bloodshed. I. have
been told by: one military authority that
ho believes the Nalionul Guard,, .should
it prove necessary, 'would handle any
demonstration 'witli discretion.' At any
rate, the officials- seem determined there
shall, not he n repetition of the riots that
marked the business panic of 1896."
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