Weekly journal-miner., 1918-01-23
|. OF |. REFUSES ITS SUPPORT ID
 HAYDEN BILL
MEASURE TO PRE VENT REPETITION OF DEPOR- TATIONS FINDS SMALL FAVOR WITH LOCAL OR GANIZATION.
(From Fridays Daily.)

meeting of the Chamber of Com
 merce was given over to the ligh
 occupation of a discussion of Con gressman Hayden's so-called de portation" bill, copy of the meas uro having arrived during the after noon. Sometime ago, when the bil was first drawn up, it was suggested that the C. of C. take some actior regarding the matter, possibly lend ing its endorsement to the piece ot proposed legislation. However, af- ter much discussion, it was decided that any action for or against tho bill would possibly lead to the con clusion that the organization was drifting off onto the treacherous shoals of matters political, and as the bylaws of the body expressly prevent any such expeditions into the realms of partisanship, it was un- animously decided that no action should be taken.
 Believing that the bill was intend ed as direct slap at the residents of Cochise and Yavapai counties on account of the activities of the resi- dents of these two sections in get ting rid of bunch of alleged unde- sirables last July, several of the speakers of last nights meeting char acterized the measure as piece of politics of the rawcst sort. Some Of them believed that the congressman had been led to introduce the bill in hopes Of gaining added support from the ranks of organized labor, appar- ently being under the impression that the latter had gone on record as de- lending the men who were deported from Bisbee and Jerome last Sum- mer.
 Congressman Hayden accompan- jed the copy of his bill with a letter directed to Secretary Sparkes, in which he noted the fact that many of his fellow members of congress had signified their intention of support ing the bill when it came tip for ac- tion. Several of those present last night set forth their belief that the congressman from Arizona had been grossly misinformed as 10 the true character of the men driven out of the State, and mentioned the fact that the law-abiding citizens of this community would have recourse, in event oi the final passage of the bill, in ridding the community of danger ous characters by merely deportlng them to some point within the State and confining them in stockade. It was quite apparent that some of the speakers believed that the dose should be repeated in case any Of the disturbing element became noisy again in the copper camps or else where during wartime, and that ii Federal law was passed which would prohibit the dumping of the undesir- ables into another State, a fairly good spot in our own State could be found for the detention of the disciples Of unrest.
 The complete text of Mir Haydcns bill is as follows:
 "A BILL
 "To prohibit and punish the inter state deportation of laborcrs and other persons.
 Be il enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the Uni ted States of America in congress as scmbled, that the term deportation as used in this act shall mean the ac- complishment of involuntary re- moval, without due process Of law ard either with or without the ap- plication of physical violence, oi any person or persons from one State to another State, or from a State to a Territory, or from one Territory to another, or from either a State or Territory to the District of Colum- bia, or the reverse of any of these.
 Sec. ? That it shall be unlawful and a violation of this act for any pcl son, company, partnership, or cor poration, either acting alone or by ccllusiou or conspiracy, or in con cert, with another or others, to dc-I port, or cause or accomplish the dc portation of another person or per sors, whether such deportation Is ac- complishcd or sought to be effected by means of threats, mcnaccs, dem onstra:ions of hostility, or putting in fear of the person or persons sought to be or actually deportcd, or by means of physical violence directed against or applied to such person orI persons.