The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, January 26, 1920, Page 11

"~ of that kind, have gained control of Financiers Organize to Fight League “United Americans” Issue Publicity Matter Insulting Northwestern Farmers : BRAND new national or- ganization is in the field with the avowed purpose of killing the National Nonpartisan league. It is called the “United Americans.” According to the New York Times the association already is organized in 24 states and is pro- ceeding to organize in the other 24. In March they plan a membership “drive” to bring in 2,600,000 or 5,000,- 000 members, they haven’t decided quite which. . A man named Howard Flunagan has been chosen general secretary, the Times account states. Mr. Flanagan is quoted as saying that the purpose of the organization is: “* % * {9 resist the combination of radical elements making appeals to farmers in behalf of socialistic state” governments with the avowed object of a communist control of everything except land, this heing spread on the wings ~ of Townley’s Nonpartisan ‘league, which, with a following of mis- led farmers, nearly all of foreign edu- cation and habit and mostly unac- quainted with the English language, in unison with pro-Germans and others the state government of North Dako- ta. Townley’s people were driven out of Towa by the Greater Iowa associa- tion, an organization of the people; were driven out of Wisconsin by the people, who gained control of the American Equity league, and were de- feated in Nebraska in an attempt to capture the constitutional government through the activities of the substan- tial people of the state, who formed an association called ‘the New Ne- braskans.’ ” The list of officers and directors in- cludes the following names: John G. Londsdale, banker of St. Louis; .promoted the Little Rock, Hot Springs & Texas railroad and later, after it went broke, became its receiv- er; former New York stock broker. Otto H. Kahn of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., international and industrial banker; born in Germany and served in the German army; director of the Union Pacific, Oregon Short Line, Equitable Trust company, American Internation- al corporation and many other enter- prises. R. A. Long, president of the Long- Bell Lumber company cf Kansas City; millionaire, bank director, member of five Kansas City clubs. A Mark L. Requa, San Francisco, vice president of the Sinclair Oil company. Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, listed in “Who’s Who?” as member of 10 clubs in New York, Chicago, Pittsburg, ete. David Jayne Hill, former ambassa- dor to Germany, author of books and articles defending big business. Newton W. Gilbert, New York lawyer, former governor general of the Philippines. H. H. Westinghouse of the Westing- house Air Brake company. Allen Walker, manager of the for- eign trade bureau of the Guaranty Trust company, New York. Charles W. Gordon, millionaire manufacturer of St. Paul, involved with Charles Patterson, Tom -Parker Junkin, ete., in fights against the League for years. With the possible exception of Hill and Gilbert, who held their last of- ficial jobs under Republican admin- istrations and are now in the “lame duck” class, probably every man nam- ed is a millionaire. 3 The purpose of the organization, as set forth in its constitution, is “to pre- serve the Constitution of the United States, with the representative form of government and the right of indi- vidual possession which the Consti- tution provides; to stand firm for law and order; to foster among our people high standards of individual and cor- porate conduct, and to advance the prosperity and happiness of all the people in the United States.” By upholding the “representative form of government” is evidently meant opposition to the initiative, ref- erendum and recall, etc., David Jayne _Hill, Nicholas Murray Butler and other official apologists for big busi- ness contending that such reforms are ‘ot compatible with the idea of a “rep- resentative ‘form of government.” It is significant that the United Amer- icans say nothing about upholding the constitutional guarantees of free speech and peaceable assemblage. 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