Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-29
Plans Another Alien Enemy Law.

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pleasant for their home country, but
1T goes.
Plans Another Alien Enemy Law.
Congress is preparing to pass. also.
a bill for the deportation and perma-
Nent exclusion of undesirable enemy
aliens who were rounded up during
the war. Chairman Albert Sidney
johnson of the House committee on
measure and ii has been approved
by his committee. Its passage by
the House within a short time is be-
1ieved assured. There are hundreds
of these enemy aliens. who have been
kept in internment camps and else
where during the war. ready for
deportation as soon as it is posi-
BILE to ship them back to Germany
and to Austria.
The bill provides. too. for the de-
portation Of all aliens who since Au-
gust l. 1914, the date of the opening
of the war in Europe. have commit
ted offenses against the espionage
act. the act providing for the regu-
1ation of the manufacture and use
OF explosives. the trading with the
enemy act. the sabotage act, the draft
act. the act to punish persons who
make threats against the President
of the United States and the govern
ment and other wartime acts. The
fact that persons have been informed.
or were convicted Of any such Of
that these aliens are undesirable.
The decision of the Secretary of La
Dor shall be final. When these aliens
are excluded they are not to be per-
mitted to re-enter the United States.
Introduce Comprehensive Bills.
In the Senate. Senator King of Utah
and in the House Representative Mays
of Utah have introduced identical bills
dealing with the deportation of aliens
from the United States who seek the
overthrow OF the government, the de-
struction of property, or who teach
such doctrine. The language of the
bill is very comprehensive when it
comes to including the red element
among the aliens here. 1t includes
anarchists, and also those aliens who
advocate the overthrow of the United
states government, or who are op-
posed to republican form of govern
ment. who advocate the assassination
Of public officers. the destruction of
life or property by violence, or who
are members of any organization
which processes or teaches opposition
to organized government. advocates
the assassination of public officers, be-
ieves In sabotage, the abolition of
capital or property, general strikes, or
the seizure Of the government by a
class and the exclusion of other
classes OF the people from participa-
tion in the government.
The bolshevki and their teaching.
II they are rightly understood in this
country. are certainly included in this
broad language of the King and Mays
bills. And Senator King and Mr.. Mays
and the rest of Congress. for that
matter. are Intent upon getting the
alien bolsheviki out of this country
Nu-i a q da1o oa;k
Each Case to Be Investigated.
The King bill and the Mays bill
der the proposed exclusion act shall
be brought about in accordance with
the immigration act of February 5.
1S11-the last general immigration
act. which contains the literacy test
for immigrants long and bitterly
law by action of Congress In spite of
the veto Of President Wilson.
This means that the deportations
are to be made in accordance with
the law and the regulations of the
Department OF Labor. 1t means that
a bolshevik or any other kind Of a
.'re&' and deported from the United
States within twenty-four hours. for
instance. as was recently advocated
by tho officials of the Department of
Justice in an effort to hurry up"
Each case has to be investigated.
and after the Secretary of Labor has
passed Judgment on the alleged boil
shevik or anarchist the alien in ques-
fion still has recourse to the United
States district courts through habeas
corpus proceedings: and il he has
the money. the counsel and the clev-
erness required he may delay his de-
portation for weeks. months or even
years- For appeals may be had from
the district courts to circuit courts
of appeal and to the Supreme Court
of the United States Most of the
anarchist cases are settled promptly,
however. according to officials of the
Department of Labor.