New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-20
Lawyer Insists
Radicals W ont
Be Deported
43 of Them Now Held at
Ellis Island Will Be Re-
leased, Rechi Declares
Are No Criminal Charges
Counsel Visits Prisoners,
Then Issues Statement Of
His Views of the Case

Charles Recht, New York lawyer, who
with Caroline A. Lowe associate coun-
sci for the Industrial Workers of the
World. is carrying on an investigation
IN behalf of forty-fve l. ". VS.
brought recently to New York City
from Western centres on the "Rcd Spe-
cial' and now held on Ellis Island
awaiting deportation. yesterday said
"Forty-thrce of the !. ". WIS will
be released by the government within
month. The onIy two who will be de-
ported are an EngIishman and an Irish
man who desire to return TO their own
countries.
1.-Two of the men awaiting deporta-
tlon as undesirable aliens are native
born Americans.
he only basis for deporting the men
revealed IN an examination Of the gov
eminent records at Washington is that
they are members of the l. W. W., and
Anthony Camlnatti, Commissioner Gen
}era of immigration. told me Tuesday
night: I'm not going to deport anv-
body because he is a member of the |.
w. W."
''"S wv od'N 10 t>edttlC
COMMISSIONER Caminctti promised
hlm, Mr.. Recht said. that if tho men
are released he will take up the mat.
ter of getting an appropriation to psy
Tor their transportation back to Seat
tie.
Mr. Recht and Miss Lowe returned
tuesday night from a conference with
commissioner Caminetti and Secretary
of Labor Wilson at Washington. NJ
recent. who IS connected with the New
York Bureau of Legal Advice. based
bls statements on his examination Of
me government papers against the !.
". w.. which were placed at his dis
posal by order Of Secretary Wilson.
tie brought from the Capitol an or
der from Commissioner Caminetti all
thorizing him and Miss Lowe to inter
view the prisoners at Ellis Island. Mr.
Eecht and Miss Lowe spent yesterday
talking with the prisoners. On his
return to Manhattan Mr.. Rccht made
this statements:
"The records show that while the
general impression has been given bv
the authorities in Seattle, where the
men were originally arrested, that
they were being deportcd because they
were criminals only one Of the forty
i've has criminal record. And in his
case it consists of a minor crime com
mittcd twelve years AGO. '''N '''
Aided by Amendment
eve have found o,,i6onco tn.4 all
these mon worc a,rostod ana baIl fnl
moro than a. vcar mill the Octohe,'
1918. amendment to tbo immioration
law was rascal rL;s l.', '' t, S ,'Ti'
authorifias aomo has To'. ',otti,'n IA
of thcm rba rocord. she'.. lI,;, H.
that both Sarrotarv Wjl.on P' Cnrr
missioner Cam;''n;4; in'n f h Oo Ia
co,ved hv tho locsi o,T;o;a1. ~
West who arc neing tho m , ,n
amendment ae bsss for ,,,''' hra ''1'iUm
strikes '''''' i0' ~ Gaming
The entire case Of the povornmont
is based on statements eonf 70 WashS
ington bv Fishcr and Callabap 't t"'o
local immipration insncc+ors in Sr.ttIo
"Thc amendment ON wbici, ,boso mon
are being 6cnorted nrovidos for tbo do
portation of aliens Who arn a an .ll9 vs.
who believe in on. aIvocato Tho ovo,
throw bv force o' ,, ioi|' -" &c 10
United Statoe yovc,nmcnt ~, Of al
forms of law. .l;one ,,bo ,d,ocato ' -.
teach tho assaeeina+;on Of n,bEe e
fciaIs. aliens vbo nd,,oco+, ~, tool,
the unlayenl dncfructin, Of ,',o,,o,t,.
'''''N'' ~
NO evidence ot Crime