New Britain herald., 1919-05-03
Plan STRICT LAWS
AGAINST BOMB PLOTS
democrats and Republicans Favor
Drastic Legislation


or anarchistic citizens in this conn
try will be taken up. Democrats and
republicans favor important amend
l'ieh's TO existing statutes dealing
Win oomb makers and bomb senders.
congress should pass without de-
iaS' sa1d Senator New of Indiana
10y plil 10 declare unlawfu the eX-
- '''ioh OF a Red flag, and couple with
IL d provision that will cover the send
ing OF internal machines through the
lldils 10 persons picked for slaughter.
Inc bomb incidents of the last few
days will hasten action on these
measures in congress-
-Four Proposed Measures.
four separate propositions will be
presented to congress by proper gov
ernment officials:
L. The New Walsh bill which was
reported to the last senate but died
on the calendar, will be urged to pre-
vent riots over the Red flag.
:. A recommendation that the pen
atty for sending internal machines
through the mails be greatly increas-
ed will be made.
3. Some form of license for the
sale of materials that can be made
into bombs will be required.
ing for the deportation of aliens VIII
be requested by the department OF
labor.
If the person or persons who sent
| bombs to Mayor Hanson, former Sem
| ator Hardwick Representative Bur
| nett and Senator Overman and others
| are detected and presented they Will
be indicted under the existing postal
! law which provides that
! "All kinds of poison and all articles
and compositions containing poison,
! and all poisonous animals, insects
| and reptiles, and all explosives of all
kinds, and inf1ammable material and
Internal machines and mechnical,
| chemical or any devices or compost
! tons which may be ignited or explod-
! ed, or all disease germs or scabs, and
all natural or artificial articles, COM
! POSITIONS or materials of whatever
kind which may kill, or in any wise
hurt harm, Or injure another, or
| damage, deface, or otherwise lnJure
the mails or other property, whether
| mailed as first class matter or not,
are hereby declared to be non-mall-
| able matter and shall not be con-
! veyed in the mails or delivered from
any post office or station thereof, nor
| by any letter carrier; but the post
master general may permit the trans
mission in the mails, under such rules
and regulations as he shall prescribe
! as to preparation and packing of any
article hereinbefore described which
! are not outWardly or of their own force
| DANGEROUS or Injurious to the health
| Of property.
| 'Provided: That all spirituOus, vim
GUS. matted, fermented, or other in
| wi
| hereby declared to be non-mailable
and shall not be deposited in or car
! ried through the mails.
Penalty OF Violations.
"Whoever shall knowingly deposit
or cause to be deposited for mailing
| or delivery, or shall knowingly cause
| to be delivered by mail according 10
| the directions thereon, or at any place
| at which it is directed to be delivered
by the person to whom it is addressed,
anything declared by this section to
be non mailable, unless in accordance
with the rules and regulations hereby
!. authoriz to be prescribed by the
postmaster general, shall be fined no.
more than $1,000 or imprisoned not
more than two years, or both.
And whoever shall knowingly de
post OF cause to be deposited for
mailing or deIlVefy, Oh Shall hHo"iHS'
ly cause to be delivered according to
the direction thereon or at any place
| to which it is directed to be delivered
by the person whom it is addressed,
anything declared by this section to
be non-mailable whether transmitted
in accordance with the rules and reg
ulatiOns authorized to be prescribed
by the postmaster general or not, with
the design, intent, or purpose to XIII,
or in anywise hurt, harm, or injure
another or damage, deface, or other
wise injure the mails or other prop
erty, shall be fined not more than
IS, 900, or imprisoned not moro than
10 years, OR bOth.''
Proposed Amendments.