New-York tribune., 1919-07-01
Enright Takes Precaution
Against Possible r e d
Demonstrations Here Oh
til G National Holiday
No Plot Evidence Found
Lusk Committee Asserts.
However, Rand School
Urges u. S. Overthrow

Police Commissioners Enright las
night issued an order directing all pc
lcemen to remain on duty from July 8
to July 5. inclusive. This was believed
to be pl plecaution against possible an
archistic Demonstrations.
Agents Of the Lus6 committee who
have examined the ton or so of docu-
ments and letters seized in the raids
on the l. W. W., the Left Wingers,'
the Rand School and the Soviet Bureau,
declared last night that they had not
found anything tending to show thal
the reds had planned a coup for July T.
"lf there was anything Of the sort III
the minds of the reds said one of the
counsel to the committee, II am sure
we would have found some evidence OF
it, In fact, there was nothing to show
that any violence of this sort was
planned. What they expected to do
was to overthrow the government after
hey had plunged the country into a
state of industrial chaos through
strikes and sabotage.'
Senator Clayton r. Lusk, chairman.
said that the evidence obtained against
the Rand School proved conclusvelv
tnat it had circulated propaganda nd-
vocating the destruction and overthrow
of the present form Of government
Soviet Bureau Loses Suit
The Soviet Bureau, headquarters of
L. c.. A. K. Marten. the Soviet repre-
sentative to the United States, lost it's
fight to have the search warrant on
which it was raided three weeks ago
vacated Magisrae Arough, bcfC,e
whom the application was made, he'd
there was no authorit under the law
for him to withdraw the warrant, as
il had been legally executed by po' C,
oicers Of the state
George Gordon Battle, counsel for
the Soviet Bureau, said he would ap-
peal and asked that the seized papers
now in the custody of Magistrate
Court of General Sessions, in which
the appeal will be argued. This was
done.
Mr. contcndcd that any one had the
right to advocate any sort OF govern
ment so long as force or violence was
not advocated Deputy Attorney Gen
eral Robert Conklin, who appeared on
behalf of the state, said the present
time was not fit to permit revolution
airy propaganda 10 be sent broadcast
throughout the country.
The Rand School and the American
Socialist Society will make similar
motion before Chief Magistrate Nc
Adoo on Thursday, counsel for the two
organizations announced.
May Seek to Close School
State Attorney General Newton. it
was announced, would probably on the
same day ask that the charter of the
American Socialist Society. under
which the Rand School is conducted,
be annulled. The formal motion in it
self would result in the appointment
Of receiver for the society and the
Rand School. But the actual process
of liquidation could be stayed until
thcre had been a hearing by the de
fendant making an appeal. Should the
proposed move Of the Attorney General
be successful. tho Rand School would
cease to exist. 1t is the only school
of its kind in the United States.
George Gocbei, one Of the directors
of the Rand School, in discussing the
threat Of the Lusb Committee to annul
the charter under which the school
exists, said:
"The authorities will learn that we
are not group of ignorant foreigners,
but that there are powerful influences
back of us said Mr. Goebel "Eor
example, eighteen Protestant Episcopal
clergymcn from the Metropolitan dis
trct met here yesterday. They arc oil
good Americans. and they WI! not
Committee prOposcs.'
Predicts More Surprises
Asked if there was any indication
that the New York Life Insurance Com.
pany had notified the Socialists that
they could not hold any more meetings
in Madison Square Garden, Mr.. Goebe
said:
"No. and there is no likelihood of it.
The authorities. the further they 90
into this Will meet with greater sur
priscs. for some Of the persons with
power in the New York Life Insurance
Company arc Socialists and carry red
membership cards in their pockets"
When TINS was called to the atten-
SION TO Thomas A. Bruckner. vice pres
ldcnt of the New York Life Insurance
Company, he said:
81 don't know any Socialist who is
an officer of this company. cannot
say that some Of them do rot carry
red cards in their pockets, for l can
not sec inside their pockets. But I
don't believe than any OF them do. |
know all OF them intimately, and none
is Socialist. If this man intmates
that there is any connection between
the letting of Madison Square Garden I
to Socialists and the carrying Of red
cards by any ono in this company, he
is liar
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