Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-26
SAYS ELLIS ISLAND
WAS IN DANGER Of
HAVING REDFORUM
Commissioner UhI Tells House
Committee Predecessor
Permitted Illegal Acts.

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! NEW YORK. November of-Byror,
! H. lhl. acting commissioner of inmI-
grafton at Ellis Island. admitted to
| day 70 the House immigration commit
! tee investigating conditions here tha/
privileges had been granted 2ur- n.
| III" reg inc Of former commissioner
| Frederic &. Howe which Is uuche/cd
might have ted "a the establishments Of
land.
UhL appearing before the cAmmfr-
| tee when il resumed its hearing this
jmorninE. made this admisSiont after
| Chairman johnson had asked H. I'M
| der the adminiSt ration of his prede-
| ccsSor the island was not a gam
bling house. bawdy house and a.
forum of bolshevism."
| In reply t" furthy<> questions. TIL
also admitted thatrrior to the resir-
| immoral womcryhad been allowed IL
| circulate amorC other prisoners aud
! that women Tud been uprmittcd to
roam about the island lie further ad-
! dulE"d in gaItblinE 10 such an extent
/ that a s"am;sl had lost $4,000.
After tho arrival from Seattle Of n
! trainload of rods" he said anar-
/ chiStic papers and literature had been
! clrculat ed ON the island.
Seized Letters Presented.
Chairman Johnson introduced into
] evidence letters seized from Mr.
f|owes files. ono. dated October g
1915, was addressed to Fred Howe
I and signed Emma Goldman" II
dealt with the case of Joseph Cold
berg. alias Joseph Durant and Petit
Joe, who Mr.. Johnson said records of
the Department of Labor showed had
been engaged in white slave traffic for
several years before his arrest in Los
Angeles.
| Although ordered deported, he had
been allowed to sail for Spain at his
| own expense. after several other
| countries had refused TO receive him
| Referring to Goldberg. who at that
time, Mr.. johnson said. had been OF
dered deported to France. the Cold
man letter declared il would be a ter
rible thing to turn him over to sure
death" According to the letter, Gold
berg had been recommended to the
writer by David Kaplan" and "a man
named Schmidt. ''of whom you have
heard from Lincoln Steffens"
! Goldberg. according TO tho DEPART
ment of lahor's records had brought
| women into the United States and
! France from Africa, Mr.. Johnson said.
Members of the committee also in
! PRODUCED letter alleged TO have been
| written by Howe to George Andre
ytchine. Records of the department
| showed. according to Mr.. johnson.
that Andreytchine had been arrested
in Duluth on the charge of being An
/ l.
congratulated the alleged /. w. W.
| that his deportation warrant had been
Cancelled by Acting Secretary J. Il.
| DenSmore.
Andreytchine's answer also was read.
He assured Howe he would do all he
| could "to further the coming of the
| golden age"
Then this fellow seems to have
| been turned loose to spread the doc
| trines of bolshevisnl," remarked Rep
IDol.x Gn1 =,
point.
Interested in Radicals Case.
! Another letter which Howe is said
| to have written Elizabeth CurleY
| Flynn in connection with Audrey
| tchine's case also was read into the
record. In this Howe declared "IS7s.
]. S. Cram had interested him in tie
! radicals case.
Mr.. johnson also read letter from
| Howe to Commissioner General of I'm
| migration Caminetti. suggesting that
| John De Luca be released, las Henry
( Ford has offered to hire such aliens.
According to Mr.. Johnson the depart
| ments records show De Luca was ar
rested in Cleveland for engaging ia
! white slave traffic.
Mr.. Caminetti replied that de Luca
should be held, but Mr.. Johnson said
| records at the island showed he haS
! been released on his own rccognizance
| Mr.. Uhl, who appeared before the
| committee to help it in its Investigations
| and who gave his testimony willingly in
| answer to questions by members. said
that he always had dealt with Wash
! ington through his superior officer. Nh
| Caminetti, but that he know Howe haze
| communicated direct with the depart
nent of labor over Caplinefti'a head.
Money Paid to Malone.
! Ludwig C. \. X Martens. who calls
| himself am bassador of the soviet gov
! eminent of Russia, said yesterday
| that he paid Dudley Field Malone for
mer collector of the port of New York.
! 81. 900 September u. He told the COM
mittee that it was for advice in trying
| to arrange a s9.500,O00 shipment of
| boots, meats and chemicals, TO be paid
| for on delivery in Petrograd.
| Mr.. Malone informed newspaper men
| today that he had not been sub
! poenaed, but that he had come to ask
an opportunity to address the COM
mittee, in order that he might "clear
! his name"
He admitted he had received 81 600
from Martens. This, he said, had been
paid for professional services render
ed when he had examined contracts
which already had been placed by the
embassy" with American concerns
for purchase of goods to be shipped TO
Russia.
He said he was glad of this EN-
ployment," especially as his fee had
been paid quickly and that he saw
nothing wrong in it.
1T is a fine state of affairs" he
said, when the chief law officer Of
the state so far forgets the Constitu-
ton of the United States that he does
not remember it permits every man.
whether alien or citizen. to employ