New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Enemy Alien Bureau Starts
Nationwide Drive on
Organization
Prisoners Natives
Of T.euton Countries
Will Be Interned and De-
ported After the
War

That tire Department of Justice is
n determined to smash the power of the
+. j. ", ". and destroy the growing men
* ace Of its supposed affiliations with the
4 Wilhelmstrasse and the Bolsheviki Of
Russia WAS evident yesterday, when
three Of the local leaders were arrest
ed and ordered internsd by Perry Arm
York Enemy Alien Bureau. Mr.. Arm
q strong also recommended that after tne
war they be deported.
= The local drive against the l. w W.
is the start of nationwide crusade
that VIII result in the arrests of many
j.. Of the leaders OF the movement. These
arrests have been pending for some
s time, as the Department of Justice has,
organization has been dealing with the
enemy and plotted with the Bolsheviki
to start a campaign of terrorism
[ throughout the country.
Those taken in custody In the raid
on the local headquarters of the
l. Y. W, at II st. Marks Place,
were Paul Hazel, secretary of the or
ganization and treasurer of the l. W.
W. publication "Defender;" Albert
& Rosa, an Austrian. of 130 Patterson
Street, New Brunswick, n. j., an au-
thorized collector for the organization,
, and Joseph Lesko, q trusted lieutenant
- U'illior, n Al, Wy Wy
leader, who is now on trial in Chi
cago. The latter had charge of the
3 collection Of the defence fund for the
l4S I. W, ". workers on trial for con-
spring to violate the espionage act.
The arrests were the result of an
investigation by Chief De Woody, head
Of the Alien Enemy Bureau. which
= convinced him that if drastic action
was not taken at once to curb ac-
tivities of the extremists serious
trouble would result.
Hazel Considered Dangerous
Hazel, because of his position in the
organizatid ia considered by the
Federal al tn critics the most dangerous
Of the men ordered interned yesterday.
he was born in Germany forty years
ago, and although he has been in this
country ten years he has never declared
bis intention of becoming a citizen. He
was employed, according to his state
ment to Mr.. Armstrong, as a fireman
Public School 33, Jerome Avenue
and l84th Street, The Bronx
Soon after arriving here aboard the
ri y11
burg g-American Line, he identified him
self as strong labor man and became
trusted agent of the inner circle of
the |. W. w. Although always working
In an inferior position, he was we'll
supplied with funds.
He was sent to New York by Hay
wood as recruiting chief of the organi-
cation and according to reports reach
ing the Federal authorities attained
great success. Mr.. Armstrong sent him
TO the Raymond Street jail until ar
rangements can be made to transfer
him 70 the Federal prison camp at
case Of an |. w. w. agitator to be ar
ralgned before the Enemy Alien Bu-
leau
Lesko is Hungarian who has been
on the suspected list Of tho Federal
authorities for some time. He came
TO this country in 1906 and since then
has been active in l. w. w. work at
New Brunswick, where he organized
.he local branch. He lives in the build
ing where the local meets, and among
NJ MS effects we're found bundles of l.
". ". literature of a seditious char
acter.
Lesko, carried in his pocket an en-
yyfeiope IN which were the ashes of Joe
NIL who was convicted and executed
lor murder in Utah in 1915. On the
outside of the envelope was picture
"n, %, hlll and the following statement,
murdered by the capitalist class No
vemoer 10, 1915" On the reverse side
was printed Industrial Workers of
'he World-We never forget"
Had German Peace Map
Lesko also had in his possession
shnD, mace in Germany peace map which
showed the world as the Prussian mill
'ansts intended to divide it, When
questioned by Mr.. Armstrong, he said
mat ne was in full sympathy with the
AIMS Of the I. ". w. and that he would
give his last cent to assist the or
eanlzatlon. He boasted that he had
contributed TO the I. w. w. defence
lund and reluctantly admitted that he
aaa not made donation to the Ameri-
can Red Cross.