the pernicious influence of
this organization that seeks to sow disquieting seeds by deceiving
young America with false beliefs."

Mr. Woodworth Clum, of the Greater Iowa Association, in volume 4, number
1, of "The Iowa Magazine," gives the following shocking account of
Socialistic propaganda among school children carried on in the northwest
by Townley's Non-Partisan League:

"The Non-Partisan League, under direction of Townley and Le Seur,
has taken possession of the schools of North Dakota--and may get
control of the schools of Minnesota.... Radical doctrines are
becoming part of the regular curricula. I have a statement from O.
B. Burtness, representative in the North Dakota Legislature from
Grand Forks. Here it is:

"'The board of administration has placed in charge of the state
library, to select the reading for our schools, C. E. Strangeland.
He is telling our school children what to read. I found in our
state library, the other day, a bundle of books, all ready to be
sent to one of our country schools--a circulating library. If the
farmers of North Dakota could have seen what I saw, they would
have come to Bismarck and cleaned out the whole Socialist gang.
Here are the titles of some of those books I saw:

"'"Socialism and Modern Science," Ferri.

"'"Evolution and Property," La Farge.

"'"Not Guilty," Blatchford.

"'"Love and Marriage," Ellen Key.

"'"Love and Ethics," Ellen Key.

"'"The Bolshevik and World Peace," Leon Trotzky.

"'"The History of the Supreme Court," Meyers.

"'"The Profits of Religion," Sinclair.

"'"Anarchism and Socialism," Harris.'

"Ellen Key is a pronounced advocate of free-love and the
dissolution of marriage."

In high schools, especially those of New York City, many teachers have
been using every opportunity for advocating Socialism and other radical
doctrines in the classroom and out of it. Students, in order to win
favor with some of these teachers, at times show zeal for Socialistic
tenets both in oral and written composition. Quite a number of the
teachers are Socialists themselves, have become known as such throughout
the schools and use their influence to win over others. Many books given
by these teachers for outside reading are by Socialist or radical
authors.

On the editorial page of "The New York Times," April 9, 1919, there