A. The author was Sidney Joseph Greene who worked for the New York Evening Telegram during the time of the Red Scare.
P. This source was made in November 1919, which was during the time of the Red Scare. This time period affects the source because it includes many of the major problems that were occurring during the time period in the source.
P. I know that during the Red Scare, people were very worried about the communists gaining power in America, and that strikes were often accused to be related to the Bolshevik Revolution. Also, it was a time with great suspicion of people and that made people nervous about what would happen to the country if events kept getting so bad.
A. The intended audience of this source was the general public. If it were not for everyday people it would have more information about how specifically the labor problem and Red Scare period issues could be dealt with.
R. The reason this source was made during the Red Scare was to show how labor had led to so many problems and that nobody knew what problems it could cause next.
T. The main idea of this source is that labor was causing trouble by having strikes, causing disorder, being associated with Bolshevism, and causing chaos, and that nobody knew what problems could come next. Also, that something must be don before labor causes America to get into deeper problems.