bly Judiciary Committee, on March 4, 1920, according to
the "New York Times" of March 5, 1920, accused the Socialist counsel and
witnesses of "evasive and hypocritical sentiments, expressed on the
witness stand, to throw the dust of political, parliamentary and
inoffensive acts into the eyes of this Committee and the correspondents
of the newspapers." On the other hand, he said, "the leaders of the
Socialist Party" lost "no opportunity" to "impress upon the rank and
file of that organization that it is impossible to achieve the ultimate
triumph of their cause by political action," in support of which he
cited the testimony in evidence as follows:

"Every manifesto, every platform, almost every utterance of the
Socialist orator carries with it the party mandate that the workers
of America should be organized industrially so as to be submissive
to the command of a revolutionary leadership.

"In adopting a programme of industrial action, involving the use of
the general strike, the Socialist Party has stripped itself of the
mask of political action and stands revealed as a radical
revolutionary propaganda organization.'"

Another part of Mr. Conboy's address we cite from the "Sun and New York
Herald" of March 5, 1920:

"The danger of revolution is more real than the nation realizes,
Mr. Conboy charged, saying that the Socialist Party seeks to set up
its rule here by the following 'unlawful methods':

"'Obstruction of the Federal and State governments in all measures
relating to defense, thereby rendering the nation defenseless
against the attack of enemies from without and within.

"'Destruction of government by mass action and insisting in all
teachings that political action must be backed by force.

"'By making its members and those elected to office responsible
only to its dues-paying members, thereby relieving its agents of
obligation to established government.

"'We are confronted with the necessity of determining how we shall
treat this group of persons who are in the United States but not
of it; who, while accepting the benefits of our laws and
constitutions and the sacrifices of blood and treasure given to
support them, refuse their support to them; who take all they can
get but will not give a life or a dollar to preserve, defend and
perpetuate the Government that is their sole