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Show ; OPPOSE COMMUNISTS "T AM not an alarmist." snld Dr. Hubert N. Rowell, dep- uty grand exalted ruler of the B. r. O. Elks, In addressing members of the Berkeley (Cal.) . post of the American Legion. "I have not come here to paint with red the azure skies. I am a loyal supporter of constituted government, and I am here to tell you of a need for a deter- J mined fight against communists and allied forces." j, lie said that there are 15 rec- 2 ognized leaders of radicals In the United States. Under the ... direction of these crafty men are 1,500 sectional leaders, and ' beneath them are the followers of the movement. "The United .j. States is a clearing house for : radicalism with every ship bring- .J. ing more radicals and more of their destructive literature," he said. "At present these radicals are raising a fund of $2,000,000 in Cali- ? fornia, Nevada and Oregon for the purpose of carrying on their X work of disrupting government," 4 he declared. In closing, the speaker called upon the men of J the Legion to again take up de- : fense of their country against the menacing forces of I. W. W. radicals and communists." J .A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Ji 'V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V' V V |