Arizona republican., 1919-11-29
H0ME DELAYED RED
 DEPORTATI0AIS FROM
 J. s. IS TESTIMONY
Congressional Committee Hears of Immigration Of ficiaIs Alleged Aid to Prisoners
TRepubIican A. p. Leased wirel


 NEW YORK, Nov Testimony that Frederic C. Howe, former com missioner of immigration at Ellis Island. had ordered deportations of radicals held up, although final de- portation orders had been received from the department of labor, was giv- en to the house immigration committee today by Percy A. Baker, superinten- dent of the island. Baker put in evil dence an order he had received from Howe last March, reading:
 You will stay all deportations In these alien cases until the attorneys can be advised and until after con situations with me.
 Baker testified that an order of the department to deport was final and he therefore did not understand the note from Howe and consulted him. Baker then made this memorandum on the copy of the note shown the com mitee:
 Commissioners states if deportation orders are received, before going so | he should be consulted
 Representative Siegel of New York, said there was no authority in la~ for ! l Baker said some of the radicals af- | fected by the stay had been released | by the department and some had ob | tained their freedom by habeas corpus | proceedings. The effect of Howes order to him, he said, probably was to | permit delay for the institution of | habeas corpus proceedings.
 Many Deportations Held Up
 Representative Siegel read from inn migration department records names of two dozen men who had been held at the island with warrants for their | deportation on file, but had been re- leased mostly on their own recogniz ance. They are now missing.
 Howe interrupted Bakers testimony in an effort to give his version of the matter, but was shut off by the com- mittee, which promised him an oppor- | tunity to be heard later. Failing to ob- tain permission to testify earlier in the day, Howe had issued state ment to the press, saying that he had never released a radical without or- ders from Washington.
 This statement was issued after Howe had interrupted Byron H. Uhl, now acting commissioner at the island and deputy when Howe was commits sioner. Chl had testified that a let ter signed by Howe, April 24, ordering the circulation of anarchistic litera- ture at the island stopped, had not been delivered to the proper officers to enforce it until June t.
 That isn't true" Howe exclaimed before the committee stopped his statement by informing him that it would tolerate no police court meth ods.
 Later in the day Howe tried to inter rupt the proceedings again to say that he was in error in asserting that Uhl was not telling the truth, but the com- mittee told him to write a letter about it.
 Break "Siencer Strike
 Dudley Field Malone, the collector of the port of New York, addressed interned German sailors at the island the night after war was declared Baker testified and promised them that their treatment would be sucf that they would have no cause fol complaint and that canteens would b, , provided. The canteens never wer, provided, however, Baker added. Nine husky deputy United Statel marshals were provided for Commis sioner Uhl today so that he coul,
 break the silence" strike of 6S radi calls at the island now awaiting de portation proceedings. The usua
 guards at the island are inadequat 7 and not strong enough he told tn house committee. The deputies vii
 use force to bring the radicals befor
 immigration inspectors for deportation proceedings which they have refuse,
 to attend because relatives are not per
 mitted to see them except with al
 iron barrier intervening. : The silence strikers" have been O | hunger strike for removal of the bar e rier for four days having las r answered the summons to the dinin I room last Monday night. One hunnge = striker collapsed today and was re ' moved to the island hospital