for dissolubility of the marriage ties at the
pleasure of the contracting parties."

As many Socialist books on free-love have attained a high circulation,
and as they have not been repudiated by the party, but have been praised
and advertised in its newspapers, and, moreover, since these very books
have been sold as standard works both at the National Office of the
party and at the leading Socialist book-stores of America, the only
reasonable conclusion to be drawn is that the number of party members
who openly advocate free-love, or at least tacitly approve of its
propaganda, must be in the majority, for otherwise the party would never
tolerate such a condition of affairs within its ranks.

Once the Socialists gain control of a country, as in the case of Russia,
laws legalizing free-love are very soon passed. In the No. 2 edition of
the Los Angeles magazine, "More Truth About Russia," its radical editor
mentions many of the Bolshevist laws on marriage, divorce, etc., in
vogue in Russia. Among them is one fully legalizing free-love, making it
possible for married parties to change partners whenever they wish and
for no other reason than their mutual or individual desire to do so:

"1. Marriage is annulled by the petition of both parties or even
one of them.

"2. The petition is submitted, according to the rules of local
jurisdiction, to the local court.

"Note: A declaration of annulment of marriage by mutual consent may
be filed directly with the department of registration of marriages
in which a record of that marriage is kept, which department makes
an entry of the annulment of the marriage in the record and issues
a certificate.

"3. On the day appointed for the examination of the petition for
the annulment of marriage, the local judge summons both parties or
their solicitors.

"4. Having convinced himself that the petition for the annulment of
the marriage really comes from both parties or from one of them,
the judge personally and singly renders the decision of the
annulment of the marriage and issues a certificate thereof to the
parties."

This chapter shows that free-love filth, to corrupt and demoralize our
people, is being propagated by the Socialist Party of America through
its National Headquarters in Chicago, Berger's publication company in
Milwaukee, Hillquit's "New York Call," and other publishing houses and
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