The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-21
|G|vES LIST
OF SOCIALISTS
Senator Warren Tells Names
Of Those Who Were on
Government Pay
Roll.
CARRIED RED BANNERS
Four Of Them Marched In Parade Of
Reds Waving Rags Until
They Were Ar.
rested.
CARRIED RED BANNERS


WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.-sensa-
i tional charges that socialists, reds
| and other radicals are "intrenched"
in the government departments, and
particularly that the investigating
I forces of the federal trade commits
sion contain men hostile to the gov
/ eminent and American Institutions
were made in the senate by Senator
Watson. republican. Indiana, who in
troduced resolution for an investi.
| cation by the interstate commerce
| commerce commission.
+, OF Stuart Chase, who had general
charge OF the investigation Of the
meat packing industry, Senator Wat
son charged that, besides being
well known exponent of socialistic
/ doctrines, Chase was president and
! organizer Of the Fabian club of Chi
cago, "a society founded for the ex-
press purpose of furthering the doc
{ trines Of socialism"
Grouped about him In his offices
at federal trade commission head
! quarters" declared Senator Watson.
were Victor Berger, Irwin St. John
! Tucker and many other extreme so
cialists His office became the rem
| devious of men devoted to the de-
struction of property, the overthrow
/ of government and contamination Of
| the ideals of socialism"
| Chase, Senator Watson further
i charged, helped organize a Chicago
/ meeting at which Berger and other
radicals made inflammatory speeches
and also organized meeting at
which Lincoln Steffens spoke.
THAT anarchist" said Senator Wat
! son, referring to Steffens, had just
! returned from Russia and his address
was to aid in the recognition OF Len
! inc and Trotzky by our government"
| Chase later wrote a magazine ar
ticle, Senator Watson said, assailing
| the United States government for
| not recognizing the Russian reds"
On Chase's specific instructions, Sen
ator Watson further charged, the
/ commission accountants inflated the
showing Of profits of the packing
! companies.
| Samuel W. Tator, who with Chase
| had general charge Of the investiga-
| ton, Senator Watson charged, was
IAN avowed admirer of Lenine and
| Trotzky and frequently expressed
his admiration Of the soviet govern
ment OF RUSSIA.
'He was pronouncedly against the
allies in the world war" continued
the senator, "and frequently made the
statement that all big business should
i be confiscated by the government"
A. s. Kravitz, credited in the COM
! missions report with important
aid in the investigation, Senator
Watson charged, was "a Russian
| from Riga. an intellectual socialist
of the most pronounced type, and
| throughout the war intensely pro
! German"
He has always expressed himself
! as an ardent admirer of Lenine and
| Trotzky, and claims to be personal
! friend of Lenine. Frequently he has
stated he was heart and soul for the
. German cause" said the senator.
Raphael Mallen, statistician, Sem
ator Watson charged, was a former
preacher outside from his church for
socialistic tendencies and also had
been confined to military prison in
1917 as conscientious objector."
"He frequently waved red flag at
the meetings of his co-employes OF
the federal trade commission" de-
clared the senator, and always car
ried the req eIuUleiu III LIS POChS'-
He. openly stated that his homo had
been raided He stored his socialisuc
writings in Chase's office and boast
ed that the package holding them
contained government dynamite.
r. N. Buck, credited in the COM
missions report with valuable as
sistance," Senator Watson charged,
was the author Of attacks on the
rights of property and American in.
stitutions, and Basil Manly, who as
sisted in the Investigations, the sena
for described as one who was mem
her of the Fabian club and conferee
with other socialists at Chase's OF
flee.
Johann G. Ohsol, credited in the
commissions report with important
aid" Senator Watson charged, was
a member Of the Russian duma, ex-
lied TO Siberia, from which he es-
capped. and pronounced socialist OF
the most virulent type who never
failed to express the greatest admi-
ration for Lenine and Trotsky.
Martin l.. sorber, another employe,
the senator charged, was "a friend
and admirer of Berger and tucker
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