The evening world., 1919-10-22
THREAT OF DEATH
. SCARESLANDLORD
IN TENANTS ROW
Testimony Against Radicals
Taken in Secret to Protect
Him Against Them.

Rent reduction agitators stand ac-
cused to-day OF threats to kill land
lord II he testified against them.
Justice Kernochan. who heard the
evidence in chambers yesterday, is
preparing to-day 20 act on the infor-
nation. lie also has evidence that
revolutionists have sought to have
Harlem tenants wave the red flag for
soviet rule in the city. Radicals have
written this creed for tenants:
No Americans allowed.
Which Ilag do you Ilkel
The red. white and blue,
Blood, blood, blood.
The Red flag,
Revolutionary red Socialism.
Why fool yOurselff
Don't you know that revolution Is
coming, anyway
One Tor all pr0letarianS,
All for one through prOletarian
dictatorship.
LenIne, President, peoples cOm-
misariht-
FOUND INSCRIPTIONS IN THE
HARLEM BRANCH.
Detective Sergt. Paul Martin tes.
tifed before Justice Kernochnu In tho
John Doe rent proceeding yesterday
that he found these inscriptions II
crayon prominently on the wall at th'
entrance to the East Harlem branch o.
| the Tenants League OF Greater New
York. The same testimony was giveI
by Capt. Charles A. Goldsmith. U.
NJ, retired.
This was only one OF the importan
matters developed in the investigation
TO determine whether certain organiza
tions are taking advantage Of the higl
cost of apartments to organize tenants
induce them to strike and leave thon
stranded after they have got wha
money they could from them.
Assistant District Attorney Waugh
Informed the Justice one Of his prln
cipal witnesses had been so tntimidateC
that he had failed to appear. Thii
man, a landlord. had been told by I
tenant he would be killed IL he die
not reduce rents
"I have here n man who heard thi
threat and would like to examine hin
in chambers" =. said Mr. Waugh. Il d.
not think he would care to testify II
open court"
Tho Justice granted the request.
LEAGUE is A MoNEY-MAKINo
BODY.
The East Harlem Branch Of the Ten
ants League occupies tho same quar-.
ters as the Socialist party Of the 18Th
Assembly District. The rooms were
shut when the investigators called n
the headquarters. No. 1910 Madison
Avenue. near l06th Street.
Samuel Grouse, who was afiliateC
with the Mayors Committee on Rem
Profiteering and who month ag'
Joined the league as an organizer il
the Bronx, testified that when he tool
up his new duties he understood tn
league intended to build homes and set
ting rent problems was incidental
He soon found out however, tn
with the Gompers steel resolution
league was strictly a money making
organization and his share would D.
S5 per cent. of all dues and iniuatioi
fees he collected. AZ meetiLe of IN,
Executive Committee he insisted thl
was too much and he got the organ
iser's receipts cut down 10 S25 week
in the form Of salary.
Asked what the oIiicers got, the wit
ness said he did not know, out shortly
before he resigned one of the lawyer
put in a bill for $1,000 for his services
4 This was to be paid out OF the 81
| initiation fees the tenants mad put up
.'Was the bill paid?" asked Mr.
| Waugh.
"lt was not" responded the wit
| ness. Several of us objected 81
strenuously that the lawyer agreed L
take $3.50"
LAWYERS NOT oVERBURpENEI
WITH WORK