Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-04
Mr.. overman for Quick Action.
enator Overman said TODAY;

All the forces of the government
should be utilized to run these fellows
! service. the Army and Navy intelli-
| gence services as we'll as the agents
! of the Department of Justice should
be called upon. If few of those bomb
saiutary effect. A bomb was sent
| to me at my home more than month
| ago. Yet the government agents
| haven't, apparently, been able to 90
| anything about It. Bombs were sent
/ to many others at the same time. but
the senders have not yet been caught.
while my subcommittee was con-
| Quoting it's investigation last session
| we had letter threatening that aiter
| the war would come the revolution.
| 1t looks as though they were making
| an attempt to start the revolution. me
government must act to protect 1tsel1.
Mr.. Brandegee Would Act at Once.
Senator Brandegee Of Connecticut.
another member of the judiciary COM
mittee:
mittee will act as promptly as posslnie
| on suggested legislation TO deai Win
| the anarchists and bomb throwers.
II certainly ought to. 1t is a difhcult
problem to deal with from leglsla-
| tive standpoint. The states enact po-
| lice laws to handle such matters.
There are laws dealing with the saie
| of dynamite. But one or these lei
| lows hires himself out to a contractor
and the first thing you know he Sips
niece of dynamite inside his pocket
when he goes away from work. and that
night he is equipped to make Domp.
There are laws prohibiting the SEND
ing of explosives through the mails'
too. The trouble is, these people Vlo-
Ia re- the laws, and 1t Is very difficult to
lion people may carry Satchels any
day of the year. and 1t is Impossible TO
watch them all, yet some OF them
have bombs slowed away In their
satchels."
Have Wrong View, Says Mr.. Walsh
Senator Walsh of Montana. mem
Der of the judiciary committee;
"The excuse that is given by these
bomb throwers is that they are act
ing in the interests of the laboring
man because Congress and the state
! legislatures do not enact laws In the
| interest of the laborer. That Is not
valid excuse. I believe that Congress
| should enact laws to aid labor. II mas
done so. Take the last Congress
when the Vocational education law
was enac.ed, and the bill providing
i for the rehabilitation of men in the
/ military service who were disabled
4
and discharged.
/ ALMOST the first bill reported to the
| Senate at the present session was one
reverted by the committee on educa-
/ ton and labor providing for the re-
| Mobilization of persons injured IN IN
dustries. So 1t is mistake to say
! that Congress does not pay attention
| to labor and its needs.
Mr.. King for Strong Measures.
/ Senator King of Utah, a member OF
| the judiciary committee: I have IN
! reduced three bills to enable the gov
eminent the better to protect itself
/ against attacks of the reds. one OF
| these bills makes 1t capital onense
| to send explosives through the mails
| / will amend SO as to make 1t cap
| ital offense to transmit bombs In In
| terstate commerce by any means. An
other bill makes 1t a crime to send
through the mails literature propos-
! ing the overthrow of the United
| states government. A third bill makes
| il a crime to belong to any organiza-
i ton which aims to overthrow the gov
/ eminent Of the United States.
"The Congress also could pass a law
/ making it an offense for any one to
4 attempt to spread propaganda within
a state proposing the overthrow OF
u the United States government. The
II government has right 10 protect IT,
self.
i Something should be done as soor
as possible to check the acts of the
anarchists, and to prevent the spread
Of the red propaganda. A bomb was
sent to me through the mails. and
only by chance 1t was halted before
it was brought to me at my office