Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-24
DEPORTATION Of
RADICALS WILL
BECOME GENE RAJ
United States Government
Sends Letter to Foreign
Capitals, Telling Of New
Policy.

Washington. Dec. 23.-Institution
early next month OF a general con
gressional inquiry into radical activ-
ity in the United States was an
nounced today bV leaders in both the
senate and house.
Chairman Johnson of the house inn
migration committee, returning from
| New York, where he saw the first
boat load Of undesirables leave Amer
lean shores for soviet Russia. said than
hearings on radicalism soon after the
HOLIDAYS at eastern ports and that In
the meantime members of the COM
mittee would review the large mass
of sedtious documents seized In re-
cent department of justice raids.
Representative Johnson incidentally
gave ont the information that there
We're many radicals anarchists and
communists In western lails who
would follow Alexander Berkman and
Emma Goldman and 2i7 others from
10 conduct the investigation Of the
activities of Ludwig G. 4. X; Mar,
lens, am bassador 70 the U9iteSs
States from soviet Russia" and Of
Russian propaganda in general or
dered by the senate lust before the
holiday recess began. Chairman Lodge
of the foreign relations committee
TODAY appointed a subcommittee to
be comEosed of Senators Moses New
t1dtupSulIt. bDIdu. ludhot anu huOAs
Pennsylvania. republicans and Pom
creme Ohio and Shields, Tennessee.
democrats. Hearings are to be start
ed by the committee soon after the
senate reassembles January s.
Officials OF foreign governments
have been notified of the action OF
the United States in deporting Berk-
man. Goldman and many of their as
sociates the state department today
making public message sent to va
rious foreign capitals"
The departments message follows:
There are being deported from the
United States TO soviet Russia about
$50 citizens OF Russia who are unde-
sirables. These persons. while enjoy
ing the hospitality of this country,
have conducted themselves In a most
obnoxious manner and while enjoying
the benefits and living under the plo-
lection of this government have plot
ted its overthrow. They are menace
IL law and order. They hold theories
which are antagonistic to the orderly
pro- tsFes IT modern CIVILIZATION, Thty
have irdulf ed in practices which tend
TO suhNett the rights which the con-
stitution of the United States guaran-
tees to its citizens. They are arrayed
in opprsi'io' % e vernm9nt, to de-
cency. to Justice. They plan to apply
in derogation of law
"They are anarchists. They are
persons of such character as to be un-
desirable in the United States of
America and are being sent whence
they came. The deportation is in ac-
cordance within the law
"Precaution has been taken to re,
quest for them safe conduct and
humane treatment at the hands Of the
authorities under whose jurisdiction
they will pass en- route to soviet Rus
sia."
While explaining that the ultimate
destination of the transport Buford
and her cargo of undesirables was
soviet Russia Anthony Caminetti.
commissioner general of immigration
said today that the exact landing
place Of the radicals aboard, would be
decided hv conditions prevailing when
the vessels reached Europe and on
future orders transmitted to the
agents of the immigration service en-
route.