Evening journal., 1919-06-20
BERLIN TAGEBLATT
TOLD OF REDS WORK
N. York Legislators Hear
Probers Describe Propa-
ganda Carried On
SOVIET FOUNDING
is URGED FOR u. S,

NEW YORK, June 2O.-Henry W
Grunewald head Of a private detective
agency. and one Of the participants In
the raid last Thursday upon the offices
OF the Russian Soviet bureau here, tes-
ilfying yesterday as the first witness
before the Joint legislative committee
TO investigate seditlous activities, told
Of finding a copy Of the. Berllner Tage-
blait Of April Z. i9i9n. in a filing cab
met in the Soviet headquarters. which
contained an article dealing with boil
shiylsm in the United states. The item.
marked with red pencil, was read by
the witness and translated into Eng
llsh. as follows:
Telegram from our correspondent
at The Hague. April 3, 1912 the Daily
News announces that in New York and
America there exists a systematic boil
shcyism agitation. The American in
dustrials already have been warned
and are handling the situation with
great care and have sent experts to
Europe 20 study conditions.
"The unrest which Is in America at
this moment is said to be due 10 this
agitation by Mr.. Martens. the official
representative Of the Bolshevist gov
ernment, whose business quarters are
In the vicinity OF Wall street. lIe has
s2OO.OO0, which Is 90 be used for firms
intending TO do business with Russia.
Mr.. Martens is a quiet man. They
hired a theatre 20 welcome him. and
as the red nag IS not allowed I'm New
York the women wore red dresses. The
American Government was hlssed and
the revolution In Hungary wildly
greeted"
Sergeant Walter Grey. OF the State
police, testified 10 finding various let
ters in the Soviet bureau which he pro-
duced.
one was from The Socialist party of
the Eighth Assembly district. 10 was
dated April q. 1912 and read in part:
I'VE send greetings and pledge our
cooperation IN establishing a federated
Soviet republic In America and TO work
increasingly for the propagation OF the
principles and policies OF the Soviet
government.
"Thls letter VIII be printed in the
New York Call"
The letter was signed by the secre-
tary OF the organization.
Similar letters, one Of which ended
"Yours for world revolution and broth
erhood," said TO have been sent by the
Young Peoples Socialist League Of New
York and the Russian. Polish and
Ukrainian branches OF the Socialist
party In Passalc, N. j.. also were
shown by Sergeant Brey and admitted
into the record.
Three papers signed by Charles Recht.
lawyer. counsel for the Soviet bu-
reau who has represented I. w. w.
clients, which were shown, told OF his
defense OF sixty-four Russians, Poles
and Llihuanians arrested during a May
f, Day celebration I'm Chester, Pa. SEN
ator Lusk, chairman OF the investlgat-
ing committee. admitted them "as tes-
timony 10 show that the Soviet bureau
maintains a bureau for The defense of
persons charged with crimes against
The United States government"
Another letter exhibited was signed
by A. Lossieff, OF South Philadelphia,
Pa II asked Senteri Nuorteva. sec
retary Of the bureau. TO aid him in pro-
curing the release Of hls son Vladimir,
convicted I'm Chicago and sentenced TO
twenty years Imprisonment for l. w.
w. activity.