Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-06
SENATE CRlTlClSES ACTION
Proposal Is Made to lnycstl-
gate Activities; Some De
fcnd Action Taken.
WILSON ASKS INFORMATION
After Debate Of Two Hours
in Congress Sends Re
quest to Gregory

WASHINGTON. Sept Co.,. The
Stacker round ops iu NDw Nor,
,iy were carried out by direction of
the department of Justice aud fm.
responsibility f,r them is nHymcd Dos
D. Bruce RioBsN CHIEF of the depart
ment' bureau OF investigation Thi.
was stated tonight authoutatvci'.
The precedent today asked Attnr.
u,y General Gregory ca report io ham
sll the conditions and circumstance
surrounding the uu-Calied ''slatkcr
roundup" In New York this week.
n which some 1000 men were
taken into custody by agents OF the
department OF justice tao military
intelligence and soldiers aud sailors
The presidents request followed a
two hours debate in tho senate to-
day IN which the action Of the fed
eral authorities was severely cr.ii-
Cl2rd. particularly by Senators
Cham bctlain. chairman of the mill
tary committee. johnson Of tHiifor-
ntA, Sherman Of Illinois ana Calder
OF New York, and waN2defcudod by
other senators There was mo- indi-
cation as TO the presidents purpose
IN calling Tor tho facts
Investigation a., the senate mill
tary committee OF the drtft Stacker
raids In New York city was proposed
in "A resolution introduced today hy
Senators Smoot OF Utah. after sew
oral senators had vigorously de-
nounced the raids aS illegal and IN
warranted Upon objection by Sen
Htor Kirby OF Arkansas coua.dera-
ton OF the resolution went over un-
III tomorrow,
II also was said that an officer Of
tbe provost marshal generals office
had worked with the department In
directing the raids. as had the mil
itary Intelligence bureau and some
naval officers. No announcement
was made as to the authorized USE OF
soldiers and sailors In carrying out
the roundups.
Many Arc Rounded IN.
Since tho enactment OF the So
leetive service act" said an an
uouncement by the department,
agents uf the department of Jus
t.ce have co-operated with the mill
tAry authorities in the apprehension
Of slackcrs II is reported 90 tho
department that as a result OF tho
about New York. Approximately
one THOUSAND eight hundred men,
who had been unlawfully ev8ding
military service. have heen or are
CArtAin 20 be inducted into the army,
and more than fourteen thousand
others who were wanted nv their lo-
cal boards have been apprehtndcd.
An official OF the department OF
Justice lg proceeding 20 New York
20 inquire into alleged abuse ~ pow
er In individual cases In connection
with the apprehension OF these men 20
Besides the men apprehended in
New York. n was said some seven
hundred had been rounded up In Chi
cago. and eight hundred IN Boston,
and sent 30 military camps Several
thousand draft eynders In other east
ern cities also have been arrested.
senate Debates Raid.
During the debate In tho senate to
day Senator poindeNter of Washing
ton. Republican. and Senator Kirby
defended the Wholesale arrests. the
former declaring thar the govern
ment should bc commended aud not
denounced for seeking out slnckcrs
Senator Chamberlain said slack
crs, whom he despised, should bC
located by legal, orderly means The
country. he added, would not toler-
ate the arrests of thousands OF in
uoCent young men iu order to reach
tho guilty as had been the case en-
Ncw York
Senator johnson said the purpose
OF the authorities was to spread ter
rorism and-he pleaded Tor preservO-
zion of personal freedom, saying such
uction -As that In New York was tu
have been expected IN a cdNntry IKE
Germany but nos In republic like
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