ppear with better understanding."

"Men in high places who have had opportunity to get the facts," says Mr.
Burton, "give their impressions of the experiment:

"WOODROW WILSON, President of the United States.--'There is a closer
monopoly of power in Moscow and Petrograd than there ever was in
Berlin.'

"SAMUEL GOMPERS, President of the American Federation of Labor.--
'Bolshevism is as great an attempt to disrupt the trade unions as it is
to overturn the government of the United States. It means the decadence
or perversion of the civilization of our time. To me, the story of the
desperate Samson who pulled the temple down on his head is an example of
what is meant by bolshevism.'

"MORRIS HILLQUIT, International Secretary of the Socialist Party.--'The
Socialists of the United States would have no hesitancy whatsoever in
joining forces with the rest of their countrymen to repel the Bolsheviki
who would try to invade our country and force a form of government upon
our people which our people were not ready for, and did not desire.'

"HERBERT HOOVER, Former United States Food Administrator.--'The United
States has been for one hundred and fifty years steadily developing a
social philosophy of its own. This philosophy has stood this test in the
fire of common sense. We have a willingness to abide by the will of the
majority. For all I know it may be necessary to have revolutions in some
places in Europe in order to bring about these things, but it does not
follow that such philosophies have any place with us.'

"WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, Former President of the United States.--'I do not
fear bolshevism in this country. I do not mean that in congested centers
foreigners and agitators will not have influence. But Americans as a
whole have a deep love for America. It is a vital love that the
sensational appeals of bolshevists and agitators cannot weaken'."

A yellowed and tattered cartoon that hung on a Company bulletin board at
466 when the snow was slipping away.

"America Looks Mighty. Good After You've Seen Europe" is the title.

On the right stands the Bolshevik orator on a soap box. His satchel
bursting out with propaganda and pamphlets on Bolshevism from Europe. In
his hand he holds a pamphlet that has a message for the returning
doughboys. The agitator's hair and whiskers bristle with hatred and
envy. His yellow teeth look hideous between his snarling lips. And he
points a long skinny finger for the doughboy to see