The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-11-25
WANT BAR REMOVED
Demand Freedom of Action
When They Have Visitors
Promises Broken.
COMMITTEE STARTS PROBE
Congressman Inquire Into
Method and Laxity in
Watching Aliens.

NEW YORK, Nov. -. Fifty nine
radicals went on strike against at.
tending their deportation hearings
nt Ellis island today hnd forced tho
hearings 10 be suspended despite
the presence Of the house inmigra.
ton committee which is inves0gat-
ing the whole dcpOrtatlonraprohlrm
They struck to have AN iron barrier
removed when they have visitors
The COMMITTEES advised Commits
sioner BYRON II lihl to use force
II necessary to compel the next. men
scheduled for hearing TO attend.
holdlng he had sufficient authority
under the Interpretation ~ the law
by the United states supreme court
Tho commissioner sent to the deten-
ton cage for Nlcolai Kuropatn. who
Was arrested In "A recent raid In
Newark There was no response
from the cage and nobody at tho
ISLAND knew which one OF the men
in the pen was Kuropntas rho radi-
calls continued to play handbAll and
manchslins and "A few sang the In
ternationale" while the Inspector In
charge OF the law division OF the
immigration service. Augustus T.
Shell. returned empty handed to re
port TO Mr. Uhl and 10 the commit
tee
Wants to Know Who Il BO-s.
Lets see whose running this
island. tho defendants or the Of
ficials.' said Representative Raker
OF California, a member OF tho com
mittee, and forthwith the sergeant
at arms brought In the counsel for
the radicals. ISaak Schorr, who emf
grated from Russia In 1904 and was
graduated from the New York uni
versity law school In 1919 lie was
about 10 leave the island for the
mainland At the committees re-
quest he told his clients the Jaw re-
quired them to attend thcit hcaI-
ings All but seven OF the 86 scgrr-
gated radicals then reiterated their
refusal to attend until the barrier
was removed
Mr. thl informed Schoor that the
iror mesh would remain In place
and announced that the deportation
hearings would be continued tomor-
row. Just how he would solve the
puzzle OF identifying the radicals he
did not announce Their counsel pro-
feascd not to know all Of his clients
by sight
Word OF the strike came 10 tho
committee when Mr. Ghl, questioned
AS 70 delays In deportations and APP
pcals by immigrants, was testitying
AZ To inadequate personnel and ac-
lie read the follow
ing letter he had received Just after
the law officers had concluded one
deportation hearing,
Their UItImatum.
MIR t'hi. Dear Sir In view OF the
fact that your promise and word
which Isaak Schorr, our attorney
brought over 10 us az To the matter
OF visits, to wit: That no iron mesh
or net or any other barrier would
he placed between w and our friends
at tho time OF their visit TO tho
island. has been broken by someone
we believe by your suhordinates
We, the inmates Of room 203. dc
clare that We demand that you give
us personal guarantee undersigned
by you 10 the effect that ~ no
time. neither during the hearings
nor afterwards. until We are deport-
ed. shall any barriers he placed be
tween us and our friends at the
time of their visit
Expecting an immediate answer
we shall refrain from going out 60
hearings until said satisfactory ana
immediate answer shall reach ua
Respectfully.
COMMITTEE of Room 203,
NJ I Sohewcsl,y.
peter T. Biankey.
Arthur Eetzue"
Members ~ the committee said
they thought kiankey was the brains
OF the strike. lie was arrested I'M
Akron. ohio, IN 1917 released on
: 900 bail and re-arrcstcd last
month In New YORK.
Mr. Ghl testified that seldom, II
ever was an immigrant asked
whether he had anarchstic views
Lack Inspectors.
Shortage ~ medical inspectors
made II Impossible TO giyc thor
pugh examination 20 Immigrants, Nj. /
TN testified lie said that the In
prctors usually examined four per
sons "A minute. Only a oue-tcnth ot
one per cont were rejected because
" disease. ne added.
The inspection ~ immigrants
now h largely matter Of checking
names and seeing that they have
enough money 30 get 10 their drst!
he said
Commissioner Uni declared that
he had been informed bv the de
par'mcut ~ labor that an ac' Of con
crcss prevented the armiug Of the
watchmen with guns or r"'olvcrs
and that he equipped ih"m with
heavy night sticks 20 guard anurh-
istlc prisoners Members uf tho com
mit'ce declared that th"y knew of
no such law
The hearing developed that many
incoming passengers iu whom com
gressmpn wore Interested were
passed with only porflur'ury 'y.
animation. ar. II they were detained.
were released later ON appeals sup
ported hy ysngTrssmcnf