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...Burke of Pittsburgh, onetime Republican whip in the U. S. House of Representatives, wrote such reply as seemed necessary, saying, among other things: "[The American people] have been seeking and are entitled to at least a few months' relief now and then from meddlers, mischief makers and apostles of unrest who have become the bane of our modern American existence...
...Economic Unrest and Political Morals following the Civil War", Professor Schlesinger, New Lecture Hall, History...
...analysis of President Mary E. Woolley of Mount Holyoke College was "unrest and disorganization following...
Asked if, in his opinion, the present unrest in Europe and China were due to American motion pictures, Mr. Lasky answered, "Yes, to a certain degree. How much our pictures influenced foreigners is difficult to ascertain, but we are certain they have some influence. Europeans and Chinese, as well as other foreigners, see in American films the many facilities that make our life more pleasant, and perhaps easier; and it creates in them a certain restless feeling. This causes them to want to be free, and I believe, has some influence on our immigration problem...
...news that an American senator has been refused permission to enter a foreign country because of his subversive politics, on the grounds that he would create a general feeling of unrest and insecurity, is enough in itself to confound the Boston Evening Transcript. It is warrant for a new crusade against the Bolshevist vipers in this country, who have now invaded the sanctity of the Senate itself. It is almost as if George Rex were accused of waving a red flag. Viewed alone, the news is endowed with a truly awful significance. If the American senate is harboring political heresy...