Show rt TESTIMONY rIM Y IS A AGAINST AI r rS S SOCIALIST I ll r Investigating Committee of New Nev York's Yorks Assembly 1 Hears Stenographer Tell Tellof Tellof Tellof of Old Glorys Glory's ll BT Bi- U UA A A N. N Y Feb J J. J Ellen n. n Ch IS 18 a stenographer testified tea tes before t tile thc hc assembly committee today tolay that she saw aw Charles Solomon on one of th the suspended Socialist Socialist So- So assem assemblymen lymen spit it on tho the American flag at a rc luil ran rally shortly after the thc United States entered entered entered en en- the war When the band struck up Th The Thc Star Star- tar I Spangled pa ed la Banner ne L Bho hc sald I Assembly l- l man Solomon turned turneLl up hs co coat t l collar pulled his hat down over his c spit pit piton on the tho American flag lag and sat down The girl said she he wrote a a. letter to Speaker Sweet describing tho the incident because she considered h it the dut duty of or a good American I This statement brought a a. round of or orI applause from Crom rein the thc audience that crowded crowd crowd- I ed cd the assembly chamber On another occasion Miss ers testified when a recruiting party parn asked permission to use a speaking stand that Solomon had opposite Sixth avenue a Brooklyn Solomon said to them Lend you m my stand for that purpose Huh the tho gutter utter is good goodenough goodenough enough for you you ou 1 Little Girl Iri Frightened Miss Chivers a pale faced blonde little girl spoke hesitatingly and In a frightened tone When hen sho she accused Sol Solomon mon of oC spitting on omi tho the flag flar his face ace became ner fiery red and ho started to his feet teet as if ir to den deli deny th the thc charge but sat eat down quickly as the chairman ban bunged banged c his S' S gael ga el At t tho the time limo Solomon spit pit on tIme the tiam flag Miss lIss Chi said there were cro three policemen present but when sho site asked ono one of oC them heal to arrest Solomon for or In Insulting In- In suiting the flag Ilag she was as rebuffed rebutted No 0 NoI Noone I ono one resented the Insult to the tue she sheI said ald although at this time limo V he lie c United states I I States had Just entered the thc war and patriotic feeling ran high h Solomon was emphatic In his denial of Miss lIss erss Chivers's charges tonight i Denial I never ne made the thc remarks to soldiers soldiers sol sol- diers that lint wore attributed to mo me and the thc statement that I spit upon the tho flag i Is utterly false Public perpetration or of such an nil act of ot gross ro disrespect would cn endanger er ang-er the thc life of oC an any person guilty of or It Tho The witness states that there theme wore several policemen present It I Is inconceivable that an any ami member of or the tho New Nel ew York police pollee force would stand in indifferently indifferently In- In differently b by while an any person ierson publicly public public- I ly 13 In insulted Mulled the American flag lab As to tho the recruiting incident ent m my meeting was discontinued while tho ho recruiting meeting was as under sva way war Corroboration of oC Miss tI s ChIvers' ChIvers testimony mon mony is promised b by li a Mrs ONeill O'Neill of oC Brool Brooklyn ln who Is to testify tomorrow She and Miss s 1 are both members mem mem- hem bers of tho the Socialists anti it was sas stated state to tonight a I ghi I. I Testifies on Disloyalty G General denunciation of or the thc Socialist Social Social- hit party part for disloyalty during the tho war figured III In the tho testimony of Peter AV V. y Collins formerly an official of oC th the In International In- In l Electrical 1 Brotherhood of oC Workers an and latel lately a a. Knights of Co Columbus Columbus Co- Co lumbus war var worker Collins said that t while engaged In making Industrial 01 V III-V VH for Ar the Co c nt during durin tho the I war j lie l found i S Socialists in shipyards and factories bitterly rb opposing efforts to Increase production or aid tho the sale sate of war sar securities The American Fe Federation of or I Laboi l ibor on the time other hand han the ito Itne witness said hind hall given gl wholehearted support to the tho thoI I efforts of oC the government to win in the theal I war al 1 I Collins Colllns contended that hat the alias aims of or Socialism and ami are the tho same This was sas vehemently denied tJ by Se Seymour Seymour Sey Sey- mour Stedman chief counsel for Cor time the I Socialists who also held that such I Wl was Irrelevant ant and made the time same samo objection to Introduction of or an mii editorial written b by p Eugene V. V Debs extolling the thc lc Letter Public To offset time the adverse ad testimony Socialists distributed copl copies of ot a let letter letter let let- ter received n h by Morris unionist front Ito He John A A. Alban Han of tIme the Catholic University Uni of oC America denouncing the thc theat at at- attempt t- t tempt to exclude thc time Socialists from Crom thi the assembly as ns the tho most In Insidious pi IW- IW ContinUed on page 2 l II RED IRED FLAG FLAGS FLAG'S GIRLS GIRL'S S 'S TESTIMONY Continued from Page 1 1 I outrage that has been committed In thin countr country since 1877 An appeal to the thc voters oters on the time question ques ques- IU S- S tion of reseating the Uio suspended Social Its was proposed today b by Assemblyman Assembly Assembly- man William T. T Simpson Republican of ot Brooklyn who offered to resU resign n if Governor Gov Gov- Governor Smith will agree to call a special election In his district so that he may run again on a platform declaring that the present proceedings am arn unJust unJust- lad fled and that tho the Socialists should he be I reseated |