Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-11-27

RAD Been Ordered Oepurted -
LISTERS Read Before tIouse Com
mittse
New York, Nov. 26.-Letters show
ing a sympathetic ATTITUDE on the
part Of Frederic c Howe, formerly
commissioner of immigration AT Ell
liz Island, toward radicals who had
been ordered deported, were read
to-day at an inquiry by the House
immigration committee They were
produced after testimony by Byron
H. UhL now acting commissioner
at the island, that conditions under
Howe's regime tended to make rhe
island a forum of BoIshevism, a
bawdy house and a gambling house"
The correspondence taken by the
committee from files at the island.
included letters written by Howe 70
George Andreytchine. a radical
whose deportation order was can
ceIled; Elizabeth Gurlev FIynn and
Louis F. Post, assistant secretary
Of labor; one received by him from
Emma Goldman. and one from Dante
Barton, vice chairman of the com
mittee on industrial relations To
MISS Helen Marot in care OF The
Masses" d radical New York pub
LEGATION.
Miss Goldman urged Howe not TO
annE n ,v. t.
seph Goldberg, a white SLAYER and
friend OF defendants IN Los An
geies dynamiting cases. Official re-
cords read by the committee showed
Goldberg had been allowed 10 20 10
Spain al mis- own expense after be-
ing ordered deported.
AnCreytcnine, an /. ". W. rio1er.
wrote Howe upon cancellation of an
order Of deportation
Il have nc words to thank you for
your appreciation and support. Yours
as ever for the emancipation of man
kind"
In reply Howe wrote:
Il was Immensely gratified TO re-
ceive your letter advising me that
Acting Secretary Densmore had can
CNtitu NOuI LUZ
Elizabeth Guriey Flynn wrote
Howe In regard to Andreytcnine:
y count you among the first 10
see thai this young rebel is not sent
ID certain death"
Howe replied with a formal review
of the case and added the postscript:
This Is a very official letter, l
know"
Howe wrote to Louis F. Post, as
sistant secretary OF labor, IN re-
gard to the Andreyrchine case:
THE young man is a clean. whole
some, nice looking fellow and Mrs.
J. s. Cram has teiepnpneo me sew
eral times about him.
A letter from Dante Barton to
Helen Marot IN regard 70 Andreyt-
chine saiC:
81 think we can teei pretty sure
that Fred Howe will continue his
parole. 1855 That will give us a
longer time TO make a stir with the
help of the whole radical bunch.
Densmore's opinion that he
must DE deported Ii i rotten legal
isric rat-eyed reinca-natinn OF at
+orneyisrn. - Possibly we can
scare Secretary Wilson"
MI. Chl testified that in depart
mental matters Howe had gone over
the head Of his superior, Antony
CHmlnetri, commission general Of
immigration. and dealt with ofnciais
of The department Of labor. Chl now
deals with Caminetti. he testified
Mr.. Caminetti was at the Island TO-
day. but did not attend The hearings
While the committee was conduct
; ing its inquiry into the former ad-
mlnisrrariun, a hungei' strike and a
silence strike by more than three
score radicals al the island continued
The committee announced thai some
| of the radicals would be brought De
fore IL for examiua INN Frioay by
force If necessary.
Three radicals were so hungry To-
! day that they answered the call 10
th. dining room The others tonight
had had no food for As hours.
/ Commissioner ChI planned to break
/ the silence strike by holding deport-
, alton hearings before immigration In
spectors without the presence n
the radicals after first formally noti-
fving them TO appear, hut utter the
! CT rr,mi1tea decided Il. call the radi-
! calls 10 testify this strike breaking
1 rlan was delayed BY the Eunge-
strike and silence strike the radi-
Gals seek To have removed IN iron
/ barrier separating tren Fl on. visit
/ iH. reistl YES.
/ In 100 ing the island the commit :
I TAG. fIrgcnVarpd what II regarded as
{ ridence OF easy opportunity Tor I'M
! desir- bles 10 enrer ,an country. 4
/ Caaad an farmer and wife IN their
way from England lef- The AdriarIc
! Il, nday. they testified without hin
tieranct, although tha.r passport had
r-fc peer vised pruDsrlr Fearing
! tnr,, would be some difficulty about
entering Canada. they returned tn
/ the island and voluntarily We're held
till the department of labor waived
I the passport requirements and or
dered their release
{ After Representative Johnson mad
/ announced today he had learned
from the bureau OF immigration thai
The department of labor had denied
application of Alexander Berkman
for permission to 50 TO Mexico in
/ stead OF being derorted to Russia.
Harry Weinberger, counsel for Berk-
man and Emma Goldman. stated ne
had received assurances from the de-
| parrment that neither Berkman nor
any other Russians would be deport-
ed to the White Guards of Russia.
i Weinberger said Miss Goldman S
! case alsp has hepp clnsed adding