orney ▁General ▁Samuel ▁A . ▁Ber ger ▁and ▁Stevens on ▁seized ▁correspond ence ▁and ▁other ▁documents ▁belonging ▁to ▁the ▁Social ist ▁Party - related ▁school . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 0 , ▁Mc All ister ▁Cole man ▁described ▁Stevens on , ▁his ▁ide ological ▁oppon ent : ▁ ▁Mr . ▁Stevens on ▁is ▁conventional ▁and ▁s inc ere . ▁Anyone ▁who ▁tal ks ▁with ▁him ▁for ▁five ▁minutes ▁will ▁appreciate ▁his ▁sin cer ity . ▁He ▁sees ▁himself ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁sav iors ▁of ▁American ▁institutions , ▁now ▁threatened ▁by ▁the ▁men ace ▁of ▁a ▁foreign ▁philosophy . ▁He ▁bel ieves ▁with ▁all ▁his ▁heart ▁and ▁soul ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁w ides p read ▁plot ▁in ▁this ▁country ▁to ▁over throw ▁the ▁Republic ▁by ▁violent ▁means .... ▁He ▁is ▁convinced ▁that ▁the ▁Social ist ▁Party ▁of ▁America ▁is ▁domin ated ▁by ▁the ▁" fore ign ▁element " ▁and ▁that ▁its ▁teach ings ▁are ▁consequ ently ▁" un - American ." ▁" American ism " ▁in ▁Mr . ▁Stevens on ' s ▁mind , ▁is ▁largely ▁determined ▁by ▁an ▁individual ' s ▁un crit ical ▁accept ance ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁war ▁and ▁war ▁spirit . ▁ ▁With ▁such ▁a ▁background , ▁Mr . ▁Stevens on ▁spent ▁three ▁years ▁studying ▁and ▁expos ing ▁the ▁extrem es ▁of ▁radical ism , ▁and ▁he ▁has ▁succeeded ▁in ▁persu ading ▁a ▁large ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁public ▁that ▁the ▁dream - world ▁of ▁plots ▁and ▁counter plots , ▁revolution s , ▁and ▁assass in ations