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Show Smoot Assails I Reds; Reveals U. S. Problems I SALT LAKE, March 27. Addres3- H lug tho weekly luncheon meeting oC H the notary club at the Hotel Utah, H Senator Hood Smoot deplored the H fnctvthat llttlo sorious thought waa H being given to reconstruction trob- H loins and In strong language denounc- H cd Bolshovisuiin any of its forms. "Wore I the governor of a state I should not allow a red flag to be fl carried through tho streets," ho s&id. M "I havo absolutely no sympathy with annrchlsts, I, W. W.'s, radical Social- M ists or conscientious objectors." H The senator declared that he had 'novor thought to sco tho day when H men should stand In the middle ot tho streets and voice the assortion "that H clthor tho government shall change M its whole fabric or it shall die." "I do not believe in one man gov- H eminent, but I have wished to God M I could deal Just for onco with such M aliens and put them Into such a po- M sltlon Unit thoy could not hurt my M country," ho declared. "I should not H feed and pamper tlienl, I assure you" M Keren ing to the problems that H raco tho country in this period ot re- H .construction, Sonutor Smoot declared H that by Juno 30, 1920. tho nation H would havo a debt of $33,000,000,-' H 000; that It would lose $ 500,000,000 H annually through prohibition, nnd H 1100,000,000 from othor sources H Heavy taxes to mcot (his condition fl ean bo expected for many years to H couio ho predicted. H Tho next Llbeity Loan was strong- jH ly chninploned by Senator Smoot, p who explained thnt tho money was Eff needed to moot tho critical situation Kg resulting from tho war. Announce- E2 mout was niado at tho luncheon thnt Kg; tho boy scouts' ?C000 fund drive had Eft gonu over tho top. m |