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Show LEGIOFJ PREPARES TO FIGHT REDS Bulletin Issued by State Commander Instructs Posts on Program. American J. pylon posts aie instructed to adopt a definite- program for the suppression sup-pression ol' I. W. activities throughout through-out ITtah, in a bulletin issued by Hamilton Hamil-ton Gardner, state commander, Xovem-bcr Xovem-bcr The bulletin, which has been sent to all tho posts of the state, calls attention lo the recent outrage in Cen-tralla, Cen-tralla, Wash., and tho recent I. iV. IV. activities In Utah, and urges the necessity neces-sity of quick action to overcome the red menace. Among the steps advocated hi the program pro-gram are the appointment ol' an intelligence intelli-gence officer l.y each post to cheek the activities of the radical agitators and report tee rindlnjrs to headquarters: the study of the Utah statutes rc-ffarding Kyndiealism and sabotage, and the appealing ap-pealing to civil authorities to see that the laws are enforced. Tho bulletin ivarns against excesses, and tho acting on vague, indefinite in-iormation. in-iormation. It affirms the sacred right of free speech and suggests counter-propaganda counter-propaganda for oases -where the agitator remains within the lav. Adoption by the various posts of resolutions reso-lutions calling upon the state congressional congres-sional delegates to support all legislation legisla-tion tending to lessen the power of the j radicals, such as immigration and deportation de-portation measures, is also urged. |