New-York tribune., 1919-10-21
Reds Intrenched I'm i. S.
PAYROLL; Asserts Senator

government for not recognizing the
Russian Reds
1T can be verified by affidavit that
Shase instructed members of the Trade
commission investigating staff that in
the event that figures obtained from
the packers books were not the equiva-
lent of those submitted by the packers
IN their various financial statements
tney should in all cases take the largest
ngures. In number Of cases it hap
pened that the figures obtained by the
commission from the packers books
were not so large as those submitted
by the packing companies, and in each
case the Trade Commission used the
larger figures, which would be arrived
at by putting back various reserves
into profits, thereby initiating the
profits, all of which was done on
Chase's positive instructions"
Says Mallen Had Red Flag
Senator Watson declared that Raph-
ael Mallen, another commission inves-
tigator, also was a Socialist and was
in the army prison camp at Camp Grant
in the summer and fall of 1917 as a
conscientious objector. Mr.. Mallen, he
said, has written for various Socialist
publications, all of them inveghing
against the existing order of things
and insisting on complete change in
our social program.
Mr.. Mallen frequently waved a red
flag at the meetings of his co-employees
of the Trade Commission" Senator Wat
son continued. "and ALWAYS carried the
red emblem in his pocket. He openly
said that his home in Chitago had been
raided several times, and that after the
raiders left he brought his Socialistic
writings to Mr.. Chases office in the
Trade Commissions headquarters, boast
ing that the bags containing them were
government dynamite He was more
seditious in his remarks to members
OF the Trade Commission staff than
anybody else in that body. He was
under constant suspicion by the gov
ernment authorities at Chicago"
Basil Manly, who was employed for
q time by the Trade Commission in
Chicago investigating the packers, be-
longed to the Fabian Club and was
frequent contributor 10 radical
papers, the Senator declared. Manly
maintained his relations with the Trade
Commission until the Chicago headquar-
ters were closed, after which he was
appointed on the War Labor Board to
succeed Frank P. Walsh, whom Senator
Watson characterized as Socialist
of a radical type"
Johann G. Ohsol, another investiga-
tor, Senator Watson said, was at one
time q member of the Russian Duma
and afterward exiled to Siberia, whence
he escaped. Senator Watson called
him pronounced Socialist and "a
Soviet Of the most virulent type, who
never fails to express the greatest ad-
mlration for Lenine and Trotzky.'
Martin L. Sorber, another investi-
gator, he said. is friend and admirer
Senator Watson declared that while
Sorber was in the pay Of the Trade
Commission at 81 day to investigate
the so-called "Big Five" of the pack
ers, he was on the payroll of St. John
Tucker
Daniel A. Kemper and Karl S. Haines,
Investigators for the commission in
Chicago, and a Mrs. Baldwin, who acted
as accountant and stenographer. were
Socialists of the extreme type, the
Senator charged.
Carried Flags in Parade
Senator Watson told of an anarchist
parade in Chicago after the signing
of the armistice, in which he said
Chase, Kravitz, Sorber and Kemper
marched until intercepted by the
authorities"
They all carried red flags and wore
red neckties," said the Senator. The
four men were taken into custody and
their flags taken from them, he said
but Tucker telephoned from Chase's
Office to the Department of Justice in
Chicago on the next day and demanded
that the flags be returned
Il am by nature a conservative, :"
Senator Watson continued. land this
makes me cautious in making charges
based on rumor or gossip. l have not
done SO IN this instance, and l believe
that if the Senate will order the in
vestlgation every assertion / have mad e
will be substantiated
1--WE introduce many resolutions
here on Bolshevik activities, but moth
ing results. We talk much but do
little. and yet we all believe something
must be done to overcome the social
istic tendency of the times, and espe-
cially 20 prevent the Socialists from
seizing the reins of government
IF men in government employ
scatter dragons teeth and SOW the
seeds of discord, how can we condemn
the man in the street or in the Office
or shop for following their advice and
emulating their acts ?"
Victor Murdoch, now at the head OF
the Federal Trade Commission as act
ing chairman, issued q statement in
answer to the Watson resolution The
statement read:
"The commission believes that it
would be decidedly in the public inter
est if Senator Watson's resolution
charging the commission with Bolshe-