New-York tribune., 1919-07-02
Police Guard Set
Until After July 7
TOPrevent Bombs
Public Buildings and Homes
of Officials Here Will
Be Watched to Check
Red Terrorist Plots

Policemen will be on permanent
guard in all public buildings, the
homes of city officials and persons pub
licly denounced by radicals from now
on until July 7, it was announced yes
terday. The order so assigning patrol
men went into effect yesterday after
noon. Information obtained by the
Department of Justice concerning pro-
Jected Red bomb outrages inspired the
order
Attorneys for the American Social
lst Society and for the Commonwealth
Centre yesterday served notice on At
torney General Charles D. Newton,
counsel for the Lusk joint Legislative
committee, that motions Will he
brought before Chief Magistrate Nc
Adoo tomorrow seeking to have de-
clared illegal the raid coducted on the
Rand School of Social Science
Carloads of papers, letters, books
and other documents taken in the ra d
formed the basis OF part of the Lusk
committees Investigation of radical ac-
tvities. S. John Block and l. NJ Sack
ln attorneys for the owners of the
raided property, declared yesterday
that affidavits would be produced to
show the ra ID was conducted "on false
Information, falsely sworn to-" and that
the rush of the Investigators into the
building and seizure of papers were a
violation of the statutes
The American Socialist Society con-
trolls the Rand School, which was raid
ed June 21. The Commonwealth Centre
owns the building at East Fifteenth
Street, occupied by the Peoples House.
A safe owned by the centre was illegal
ly opened by mechanic employed by
the Lusk raiders, according to Mr.,
Block.
THE Magistrates Court issued the
warrant for the search upon an ani-
davit sworn to by Clarence Converse
that he had reason to believe that t
was the intention of the American
Socialist Society and the Rand School
to overthrow the government by force
and to incite riot and disorder" said
Mr.. Block. "Not a single paper taken
from the premises has tended to show
any such intention.
"In support of our motion to have
the search warrants declared void we
shall present atfidavits by Mrs Bertha
NJ. Mallly, executive secretary of the
Rand School, and George II. Strobell,
general manager of the Peoples House
made by Mr.. Converse
I'VE viii show that the law was
violated at every step, that the papers
not only were taken on pretext, but
that instead of being brought imme-
diately before the court, as required
by law, they were taken by private
individuals to the Prince George Hotel
and there read by persons who had no
right 10 read them.
Mrs Mailly viii prove that the men
who conducted the raid unlawfully en-
tered rooms in the building not men
toned in the warrants and that their
removal was in gross violation of the
statutes.
at makes no difference to us if Chief
McAdoo denies our motion to vacate.
We shall carry the case TO the Supreme
Court, because the right of seizure OF
personal property in this country IS
carefully guarded by the Constitution
II this thing is allowed to go on the
rights Of any individual or corporation
might be jeopardized by notoriety
seekers, such as certain members of
the Lusk committee, who are actuated
By political motives"