The Washington herald., 1918-09-07
DRAFT RAIDS
DISCONTINUED
Senate Defers Inquiry Pend
ing Report from Depart
ment Of Justice.

an early report on the conduct
of the so-called Stacker raids in
New York City and vicinity will be
made by the Department of Jus
tice in response to the request from
the President. 1t was stated yes
terday that even before the Pres
ident's request had been received,
the Department of Justice had sent
John Lord o'Brian. assistant to the
Attorney General, to New York for
an investigation and report.
This action by the Department
of Justice was based on newspaper
reports, protests of citizens and in-
quiries made by Senator Calder, OF
New York. and other government
officials. sE
The raids are over and will not
be renewed for at least three weeks
in any part of the country. 1t is
more than probable than there new
er will be another raid like that
Tuesday.
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both the Bureau of Investigation
of the Department of Justice and
the Provost Marshal Generals Of
fee.
Senator Johnson, Of California,
who bitterly denounced the New
York raids as an attempt to spread
terrorism in this country. was able.
through an anonymous correspon-
dent, to produce in the Senate yes
terday a copy of the confidential
instructions Of Charles F. DeWoody.
chief of the New York bureau Of
intelligence of the Department OF
Justice, and to fix responsibility
for the raids and the manner in
which they were conducted.
Instructions fos Raid.
In introduction these instructions
said:
Beginning Tuesday morning.
September 3, at 7 o'clock, the De-
partment OF Justice, at the direction
of the Attorney General and with
the approval OF the Provost Mar
shall General, will institute a gem
eral canvass OF New York City. the
Bronx, Brooklyn. Queens. Rich
mond, Jersey City and Newark, the
canvass TO continue day and night
for an indefinite period covering
several days and until its discon-
tinuance is ordered by this de-
partment.
THE department will be assisted
by the entire organization OF the
American Protective League for the
districts included, by the police de-
partment. including for the city Of
New York the entire police reserve,
and by the military and naval forces.
"It should be the firm determination
Of every worker cooperating in this
canvass that no man within the met
ropolitan district OF New York shall
avoid being requested to show his
registration certificate and by affirma-
tive evidence establish mis- age and
his status under the selective service
act"
Ordered by BieIaskf
A. Bruce Bielaski. chief OF the
Bureau of Navigation of the Depart
ment of Justice, in a formal state
ment assumed responsibility for
ordering the raids. 1t appears that
Dewoody made application to the
commanding officers of both the army
and the navy for the district of New
York for details of soldiers and
sailors to assist in the raids, that
these applications were forwarded to
the War and Navy Departments in
Washington and approved by the
heads of the bureaus to whom they
were referred.
With these facts before II. coupled
with the knowledge that the Presi-
dent, who has ordered a complete re-
port on the New York raids, would
no doubt make that report public,
the Senate did not insist upon i'm
mediate consideration of the resoIu-
ton for an investigation by a COM
mittee of the Senate.