New-York tribune., 1919-11-29
uhl Tells Of Conditions

them they would have canteens ''''
What was his obiect9"
uhl Tells Of Conditions
Il can say answered the witness
mr. Baker further declared stems
eoo,o be taken to segregste aliens
heid at the island If a sufficient force
OF watchmen could be obtained. He
saia attention should be paid to the
sanitary conditions at the station.
Mr- Nhl, when placed on the stand.
reiterated some of his previous state
lsting at the island during the time
ar. Howe was in office. Mr. Howe
entered the room soon after the acting
eemmlSsioner began testifying. He
took seat facing Mr. Uhl, about
three feet away
In your statement the other day"
Chairman Johnson said, you referred
to gambling and women of low repute,
and anarchlstic literature which -four
lshed at the island during the time
Mr- Howe was in charge. Please tell
us what number of employees here
now were here them
Howe's Conduct Called "Improper"
Mr. Uhl declared the force was the
ssme. with q few exceptions
Nv nat was the attitude of the en-
pleyees toward the methods of Mr..
howe ~ asked the chairman.
They all thought Mr.. Howe's con-
ouct was utterly improper testified
the acting Commissioner The opin-
ions Of all seemed to be that it was
wrong
Mr.. Uhl said it had been customary
TO segregate women of i'll repute, but
tnat this was not done during Mr.
Howe's administration. He said aliens
held under anarchy charges during Mr.
Homes regime had good treatment
plenty Of fresh air and exercise and
the best of attention.
Questioned by the committee men,
bers, the witness declared that great
danger exists III keeping radical aliens
al Ellis Island under present con-
ditions, with the force of guards and
watchmen insufficient.
Howe and Uhl Clash
why, instead Of being severe" cried
Representative Raker you haven't an
adequate force and necessary accom-
modatlonS to protect the interests Of
the government"
That's my opinion" Mr.. Uhl con-
fesseG
At this point discussion arose re-
garding statement made by Mr. Uhl
that q bulletin which had been dictated
and issued by him April p. 1919, to
: suppress Red literature had been
held up at the desk of Mr.. Howe Mr.
Ihl tod the committee that the memo
randum was not made public by Mr..
Howe until June !.
DO YOU mean to say, Mr.. Uhl," in
terrupted Mr. Howe, that kept that
memoranGum on my desk?"
THE memorandum shows, commits
sioner. that it was not made public
until June T." replied MIR. Uhl.
We'll, II isn't true Mr.. Howe said
quickly
No List of Men on Parole
DO you still call Mr.. Howe, com
missioner Chairman johnson asked
the witness. Mr.. Uhl said it was just
nchit.
The acting commissioner further
testified there was no record to show
the names of the men who have been
released on parole, and no force main
taIne- 20 determine the whereabouts
o. aliens liberated in this manner. Mr..
lri declared ne could give no infor-
nation as to why the anarchists were
released and that he didn't know
whether any recommendation in vari-
Gus cases had been made from Ellis
Island. He said the Department of
Labor and not the Commissioner Gen
eral OF Immigration had directed the
release Of Reds" on bond and parole
Chairman Johnson, examining let
ters which had come into the pos
session OF the committee when the
CORES spondence files in the Office of
MIR, Uhl were seized. called attention
70 a letter written by Mr. Howe or
dering that men held as political de-
portees" be supplied with medicine
balls and their baths kept in proper
order.
i Disappears When Paroled
In the letter it also was ordered
that men of this class were not to be
subjected to draughts
Letters in the case Of Andrew Cia-
falo. philosophical anarchist" wers
read into the record. Ciafalo was ar
rested on an anarchy charge and or
,dered deported, but later released or
parole in the custody Of his attorney
Henry Weinberger, according to the
evidence. 1t was stated that Mr.. Uh
had requested Weinberger twenty
times TO produce Ciafalo, but that the
man has disappeared"
Chairman johnson read into the rec
ord letter from Mr.. Howe to Com
missioner General Caminetti regarding
the case Of Ciafalo. The letter read il
part:
"This alien does not admit he is al