The speculators, the employers,
the plutocracy…with lies and sophistries
they will whip up our blood until we are savage-
and then we’ll fight and die for them.
-Jack Reed
Hellraisers Journal, Friday May 3, 1918
New York, New York – John Reed Facing Federal Charges
From Portland’s Oregon Daily Journal of April 29, 1918:
John Reed, Writer For
“Masses,” Held
—–An American [Atlantic] Port, April 29.-(I. N. S.)-John Reed, an American writer, bearing credentials from the Bolsheviki as consul general at New York, was detained aboard a Scandinavian steamer upon his arrival here Sunday.
Reed was one of the contributors to “The Masses” who were indicted by a federal grand jury for alleged conspiracy to defeat the draft law. He appeared in the federal court today and pleaded not guilty to the charge of conspiracy to obstruct the draft law.
—–
John Reed is a former Portland man, son of Mrs. Charles J. Reed.
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[Photograph added.]
From The Liberator of May 1918:
John Reed located and series on “Red Russia” continues-
SOURCES
Oregon Daily Journal
(Portland, Oregon)
-Apr 29, 1918
https://www.newspapers.com/image/77143945/
The Liberator
(New York, New York)
-May 1918
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/culture/pubs/liberator/1918/03/v1n03-may-1918-liberator.pdf
IMAGES
John Reed, Ogden Standard p12, Feb 19, 1918
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058396/1918-02-19/ed-1/seq-12/
John Reed (ab Feb 19, 1918, per Ogden Standard), Labor Arts
http://www.laborarts.org/exhibits/themasses/bios.cfm?bio=john-reed
For more on Reed’s return to USA:
The New York Times
(New York, New York)
-Apr 28, 1918, page 5
https://www.nytimes.com/1918/04/28/archives/judge-dismisses-the-masses-jury-members-stood-10-to-2-for.html
JUDGE DISMISSES THE MASSES JURY;
Members Stood 10 to 2 for Conviction and No One Would Yield.
NYT, Apr 29, 1918, page 20
https://www.nytimes.com/1918/04/29/archives/john-reed-arrives-only-to-face-trial-trotzky-envoy-wanted-for-an.html
JOHN REED ARRIVES ONLY TO FACE TRIAL;
Trotzky Envoy, Wanted for an Article in The Masses,
Examined at Atlantic Port.
IN RUSSIA WHEN INDICTED
Result of Questioning Not Disclosed
Will Not Take Over Consulate in New York.AN ATLANTIC PORT, April 28.– John Reed one of the contributors to the suppressed magazine, The Masses, who is under indictment with Max Eastman, the editor, and other persons identified…
NYT, Apr 30, 1918, page 7
https://www.nytimes.com/1918/04/30/archives/reed-held-for-conspiracy-department-of-justice-now-examining-his.html
REED HELD FOR CONSPIRACY;
Department of Justice Now Examining His Seized Papers.
See also:
The Masses
http://dlib.nyu.edu/themasses/
Hellraisers Journal, Saturday March 16, 1918
From The Liberator: John Reed on the Russian Revolution
“Red Russia-The Triumph of the Bolsheviki” by John Reed
Hellraisers Journal: Sunday April 14, 1918
Stories from the Russian Revolution by Louise Bryant
“Six Red Months in Russia” by Louise Bryant, Series Running in Philadelphia Evening Ledger
1918: “Red Russia”–Articles by John Reed from The Liberator
Part 1: March 1918-“The Triumph of the Bolsheviki”
https://www.marxists.org/archive/reed/1918/red-russia1.htm
Part 2: April 1918-“Kerensky”
https://www.marxists.org/archive/reed/1918/red-russia2.htm
Part 3: April 1918-“A Visit to the Russian Army”
https://www.marxists.org/archive/reed/1918/red-russia3.htm
Part 4: May 1918-“A Visit to the Army-II”
https://www.marxists.org/archive/reed/1918/red-russia4.htm
The Liberator
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/culture/pubs/liberator/
March 1918
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/culture/pubs/liberator/1918/01/v1n01-mar-1918-liberator.pdf
April 1918
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/culture/pubs/liberator/1918/02/v1n02-apr-1918-liberator.pdf
May 1918
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/culture/pubs/liberator/1918/03/v1n03-may-1918-liberator.pdf
John Reed Internet Archive
https://www.marxists.org/archive/reed/index.htm
Tag: John Reed
https://weneverforget.org/tag/john-reed/
Tag: Louise Bryant
https://weneverforget.org/tag/louise-bryant/
John Reed, 1887-1920
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Reed_(journalist)