New-York tribune., 1919-06-13
Red Embassy
Here Raided
By State Police
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the council chamber. Mr.. Martens was
informed that he was wanted before
the committee. Mr.. Rechs accompanied
him to the door of the committee room
and was halted by the guard.
He asked to be admitted as counsel
for Mr.. Martens. Word was sent out
that the committee desired to investi-
gate Nj. assrtens only and that Mr..
Recht could not come In. Mr. Mar
tens was before the committee for
had questioned him, Mr.. Heller was
called and underwent a somewhat
similar questioning.
After the Interrogation Of Messrs.
Martens and Heller by Chairman Lusk
and Attorney General Charles D. New
ton, Chairman Lusk adjourned the
hearing at about o'clock until next
Wednesday. To the reporters he made
the following statement:
II am not fully informed with refer
ence to what happened at the Soviet
headquarters and cannot intelligently
discuss it. l signed subpenas duces
tecum and Mr.. Martens and Mr.. Heller
appeared before the committee in re-
sponse to those subpnnas. The sub
pnnaing of the witnesses is under the
direction Of the Attorney General. In
formation has been laid before the
committee that the people connected
with the Soviet agency in Fortieth
Street had established a headquarters
there and were circulating propaganda
advocating the Soviet form of govern
ment established in Russia by the Boil
sheviki.
Mr.. Martens and Mr.. Heller were
subp9naed here to enable the COM
mittee to find out the exact nature Of
the propaganda and the extent of it's
circulation. Two witnesses were ex-
amined this afternoon. Tne examina-
ton Of neither was completed. We
have arranged to continue their ex-
animation next Wednesday, with the
examination of other witnesses Mr..
Martens and Mr.. Heller admitted that
their organizat ation is circulating propa-
ganda by means of publication and
mailing list, advocating and justify
ing the soviet form of government as
it has been established in Russia. We
have not gone far enough in the ex-
animation to determine the exact
nature of this propaganda or the full
extent of it's circulation. The com
mittee naturally is concerned about
the nature of the propaganda and the
effect it is having on the people of
this nation
Did you your inquiry to-day dis
cover anything about the financial re-
sponsibility of the Soviet agency in
this city," he was asked.
The witnesses we examined to-day
claim to hava responsible financial con-
nections in this country. do not know
what the books and papers taken over
by the statr troopers will show. The
state trooper to- day acted as process
servers, as they have legal right to
do, not only here but in any part Of
the state. The Federal, state and city
governments are working in harmony
and with single purpose in this in
vestigation. Attorney General Newton
has been in conference both with the
Federal and city governments. We are
working under state law which clear
ly defines the status and jurisdiction Of
the committee. which is, briefly, charged
with the duty. of investigating Boil
shevism or other sedtous activities in
the city and state of New YORK"
Labor Organizer Testifies
Hugh Frayne, Of Scranton, general
organizer of the American Federation
IF Toh ~
morning session. Attorney General
Charles D. Newton, counsel to the
committee, questioned Mr. Frayne
The witness described three radical
groups in American industrialism
which advocated the overthrow of the
government by force and violence
the three classes representing anarch-
ism. syndicalism and socialism.
Mr.. Frayne said nearly all the anarch-
lists had gone over to the I. w. w and
similar. organizations, hoping thereby
to obtain quicker action. The syndi-
ealists, he said favor direct action
and engage in sabotage. Mr.. Frayne
said the synicalidsts were compre-
hended in the Industrial Workers Of
the World and known as the Work
erS' International and Industrial Union,
and in the Socialist Labor party. The
witness read from pamphlets and other
documents giving the history and the
aims Of the various organizations
named. The articles went into the
record as exhibits.
Workers Trained to Man Plants
Mr. Frayne read from "The Rebel
Worker" said to be the official organ
Of the |. ". ", and published at 27
East Fourth Street, this city, to the
effect that workers are being specially
trained under the direction of the or
ganization to fit them to do the highest
quality of textile work, with the idea
of seizing and manning the factories
The editorial said the I. w. w had
developed process capable of produc-
ing 40 per cent more production, but
would not divulge it until they have
come into control of the textile indus
tries. He said the I. w. W. clamis to
be the American group which repre-
sents the Bolshevsts and the Soviet
form Of government.
Mr. Frayne said the W. l. I. U. is an
offshoot Of the I. W. w, and led by
Daniel De Leon, with headquarters in
Detroit.
The witness read from the political
platform Of the Socialist Labor party
10 show that it dscourages patriotism
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