Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-09
.PALMER's REPORT Tells
OF ACTIVITIES Of REDS
Or 365,a05 Index Record Cards
10000 Have to DO With Work
Of Radicals.
MANY LAWS ARE DEREcr,yn
Acknowledgement Declares Great
Need EXISTS for Statute Providing
Punishment for Individual Al.
tempting to Defraud Government.
tBy Associated Pres. !,

WASHINGTON. Dee. 3.--rho Depart.
mcnt OF Justice Is confronted with "In.
crcasingly dangerous radical activities
Attorney.Gencral Palmer said in his
annual report, submitted today to Con.
3ress
Mr.. Palmer did not go into details as
to Red" activities IN general. but said
that of the total OF 36J.29j index record
cards. 1900 Bertillon records and 2G2.-
7l2 hnsor. print records now in tho dc
partment.> some 10000 represented data
concerning Reds and their work He
mentioncd that the department. lad in
CT a IS cd steadily It's contributors
,3', Q: invcstigation. adding that
dowu persons whose lives bore marks
OF crime.
orerburdened With Work
govern WEI pan1 said that. while other
year were rounding out their iabors
f rouiuen itse e the war his depar,mcnt
scores Of inSesi,Ealions and iilisa, cd
questions. Countless hundreds OF
Been a,,"s n i sdrowinf out OF the war have
courts. 'n1ouSn Tue
Cases rsaa in which tho government seeks
error or fraud provide another source
OF supply for litigation. Alleged in
eminent in its msnura eture OF var vac G nov
tcEialS as we'll AZ similar claims r;.;n~
plies on the cost plus ARRANGEMENT. Siso
partmcnts stan. w
The department policy of r>,un,;
prosecution OF trusts has restored 70
ACTIVITY other Investigations and crime
proving machinery. the Attorney
Many VioIators 10 Punish.
In addition TO these. AIR. Pa inner sam.
sne department Will BIO burdened for
m vioI.iGrs 10 eome with It's prosecution OF
service acts. Under tho latter. the nun.
Der OF cases runs high. he said.
In gathering ali necessary data thro mpW
records or local draft boards. which
nay bee been assembled In WASHINGTON.
coed Immediately upon completion Of
that work. ~
during the year have shown iaopholes
IN many statutes. Sir. Palmer said. liz
esis,in a'i IaM to the fac. that under
threatening letters through tho mails
unless in furtherancc OF "A scheme to
1etrand or as means of extoriion.
Iointing out that letters thrcatonin.
personal injury or destruction OF mon
n , may DC sent with immunity. he
cases. sNSh
NEED AZ" to Punish Frauds.
Mt. Palmer said also there was great
ne .n, LOT statute providing punish
4" an inhiFiCuai attempting To
uetfsud the United States. Present
statutes. he said, provide punjshn,ent
ohIy IN the event that two or more per.
sons consplre to defrnud the royern.
ment o'e'"
decentralization also was mad, ina,
SIImlnai procedure be changed 10 make
more SIMPLE the removal of IndictrI
persons TO the districts where the in.
uietments were returned. lie lie scribad
INC present System as "grievously dc.
lectiVc, ana as making removal pro-
than cxtradition.
inc ATTORNEY General recommended
OF three fully empowered 10 handic ali
paroon and parole cases. thus relieving
the Attorney Generals office OF duties
which are becoming Increasingly heavy
and onerous. Jurisdiction or penal in.
board. he said. ~