TWENTIETH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART III 267 



that one of the patriotic orders of the state of Iowa during the last 

 three months has accumulated several trucks full of anarchistic lit- 

 erature that was collected from farm houses of the state of Iowa. 

 I saw only yesterday a program that was printed on a red sheet of 

 paper by one of the labor organizations. The red paper that it was 

 printed on was indicative of the red flag and nothing else. That 

 program was to cause an uprising in this country, and I want to say 

 to you, my friends, that it is coming within the next six months 

 unless we act, act promptly, and act firmly and stamp out this form 

 of bolshvism that has started in this country. 



I thank you ! 



(Several vaudeville acts were given at this time.) 



The Chairman : We will now hear a few words from another of 

 our senators, Mr. Holdoegel, of Rockwell City. 



P. C. Holdoegel, Rockwell City, Iowa : After having enjoyed 

 the festivities of the evening so far, and after having had the ex- 

 perience this afternoon of being driven from an office at three 

 o'clock because the fuel administration had sort of ordered the 

 closed season for game for us fellows on the business preserve, I 

 was reminded of a darky whose story was told by a man in the Y. 

 M. C. A. service at Camp Dodge. Rastus came up from South 

 Carolina and one day wandered into Y. M. C. A. headquarters to 

 have a letter written, which the genial secretary proceeded to do, 

 and this conversation followed : 



"Alassa dad, I want you to tell me why ever since I've been up 

 here I'm getting three square meals a day. Am I going to get three 

 square meals a day?" 



"Yes." 



"Look at these clothes, where am I going to get pay for those 

 clothes?" 



"Uncle Sam." 



"And they told me, massa dad, if I stay here they'll pay me 

 $30 a month." 



"Yes, that's right, Rastus." 



"Whose's going to give it to me ?" 



"Uncle Sam." 



"If they're going to give me three squares, and they're going to 

 keep me in nice clothes, and pay me $30 a month while I'm here, 

 why didn't this war start long ago?" 



