The sun., 1919-06-22
RADICAL PLANS
OF REVOLUTION
TAKEN IN RAIDS
Rand School, Socialist Quar-
ters and /. W. w. Rooms
Searched.
MASS OF PAPERS SEIZED
Truckloads Taken by Agents
and Troopers for the Lusk
Committee.
MASS OF PAPERS SEIZED

Written and printed programmes
for the social revolution were taken
IN truckloads yesterday afternoon
from the Rand School In East Fiji
teenth Street, the I. w. w. head
quarters In Fourth Street, and the
rooms OF the Left Wing Of the Social
Mt party at as West Twenty ninth
street by agents Of the Lusk com.
mittee, directed by Archibald Steven
son, State troopers, plain clothes men
and volunteers who formerly were
members OF the American Protective
Legion. The 200 men engaged in the
raids acted on the authority OF search
warrants issued earlier in the day by
Chief Magistrate McAdoo and Magis-
,rate Brough after conferences with
Deputy Attorney-General Berger and
after the submission OF affidavits by
Clarence L. Converse. an agent Of the
committee. setting forth that he had
found seditious or obscene literature
at all three places.
The raids were carried out without
disorder. No arrests were made and
none Of the persons about the three
places was detained. The raiders
searched the premises specified in CO.
operation with the occupants. They
took with them not only samples Of
the literature available. but eccount
books, letter files and membership
lists. Receipts were given the eusto-
dams for all property taken.
wide Range of Literature.
the free love and birth control tracts
found In the Rand School book store to
the official programme Of the Left Wing
Of tie Socialist party. which. after re-
citing the history of socialism and the
way It had been betrayed by the Right
Wingers throughout theworld announced
Ito plans as follows:
This bourgeois state must be de-
stroyed by the mass action Of the revo-
lutionary proletariat. 1t is the task OF a
Evolutionary Socialist party to provide
programme and to 30 direct the work
the workers will be prepared to accept q
programme Of the following character:
The organization of workmen's coun-
cIA
The workmens control of industry.
THE reputation OF national debts.
The appropriation Of the banks.
The appropriation Of the railways
and the large (trusts) organisations OF
capital In this case there will be nc
compensation, no buying out OF the pres
snt poasessors. lest the workinzman con-
unue to be exploited, but during the
transitional stage measures will be taken
for the protection of small stock owners
In these enterprises.
Ths socialiEation of foreign trade"
The manifesto then goes on to repudi-
ate all other methods of bringing about
The revolution.
No Confusion in Raid.
In the raids yesterday there was nc
such confusion OF purposes as marked
me methods Of the troopers and agents
IN going through the rooms OF the Rus
nan Soviet Mission last week. The
grounds for the raid were clearly set
forth In the afiidavits upon which the
search warrants were issued.
AFTER reciting that the agent who
visited the Rand School premises, for In
Nance, had discovered the presence there
VI The books in question and describing
he premises and the persons alleged tc
os In control Of each part OF the build
hS' The warrant says these persons have
used the same and intend to use the
same as means OF committing a pSAlis
Snence against the laws OF tn, statA 81
New York and OF bringing sbeaIs lhs
overthrow OF organized government, D,
porce violence and unlawful mA.pI and
melting riot and melting the en-
uahgering Of life and destruction oi
property"
=, A!lus!ons to violence were frequent ir
me literature found in each place re
Hhs TO the revolution. All thess
%Nus'ons. however. expressed the hope
mat the revolution would be accom-
pushed with as little violence as pos
sue and asserted that the capitalist
themselves wnom II was sought to lex
ropriate' would be the ones responsible,
lot Violence II 1t occurred.
AZ the Rand School the raiding party
nIched 10 Fifth avenue two abreas
anu anu swung with military precision into
Tu'eehih street Just after $3.50 O'CLOCK
u~y walked briskly into the People,
% muse at No, 7. and spread In 40
soruaEce with orders to the varioui
ms sSec;ied In the warrants. In eAci
pAce u. warrants were read and tn,
a. o+Gun Agernon Lee. educationa
,ector s OF the Rand School; former As
Si"'J man Abraham /. Shiplacon ant
,'y fleischer and $. John Block. at
y'heys FOR the American Socialist so
TF The corporation which Ia ALLEGED
70 conduct the Rand School. were nre.
! 'hs Numerous workers and students d
tCOHt .Hued on S{rfh pa0e