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RV 17 Socialism and radicalism of the destructive sort, preaching the overthrow of government by force, has no serious footing among the Czechoslovaks. The Czech membership of Communist organizations barely reaches the dignity of hundreds, and among these are very few who believe in violence as a method of political action.

The Czechoslovak Press in this country, as that of other immigrants, affords the first generation the only means of information concerning current events and is frequently the only source of inspiration to cultural, political and other activities. In many respects it is the only medium of contact between distantly separated settlements. Obviously its influence has always been considerable, though it is well to point out, lest its function be misunderstood, that the more or less prevalent belief that the foreign press in the United States is running contrary to American opinion is disproved by a study of 8,504 editorials recently made by the Foreign Language Information Service, of New York. While the immigrant press has certain distinctive interests, it does not differ essentially in subject or emphasis of editorial comment from the vernacular press. This is particularly true of Czech journalism. Only 8.3 per cent of the Czech editorials