Rock Island Argus., 1919-12-09
AGITATION IN
TnlSCOuNTRY
TRACEDDOWN

New YORK Report Blames
Organisations, Not Eco
nomic Conditions.
New York, Dec. s.-Radical agi-
tation in this country. with its re-
sultant social unrest, IL not due ~
economic conditions, but to an or
ganized. artihcially stimulated
movement under the inspiration Of
the Russian soviet government.
This opinion will be submitted to
the New York legislature in al
exhaustive report by the Joint leg
i.lative committee which has been
investigating radical activities
here since it, organization last
May. It was learned today,
Thrce Groups Implicated.
Three big groups Of the radical
element have been supplying the
forces for wholesale dissemination
Of bolshevist propaganda, the re-
port viii assert. The anarchis,
group. including the union Of Rus
sian workers and other organiza-
ii ms; the syndicalist group, thl
main body Of which are the Indus
trial Workers Of the World, and
the communist group, including the
communist party Of America. and
the communist labor party. In
each of these groups the overthrow
OF government by illegal means, In
cluding violence, is the weapon
urged upon the masses, the report
will state.
. !. Hpndreds Arreataa.
MaSdr6tiE u afreSts have been
made ON information fnfnished, 6y
the committee. Scores Of indita.
ments for criminal anarchy have
been returned ON data procured
and made available by It.
The first conviction for crimina
anarchy in the United States Il
claimed for NeM York ON infornna.
ton furnished ~ II on. Fhict
Charles Piavic md Gust Alonen
| publishers Ola Finnish radica
newspaper here, are serving sen
| tences for from four to eight year,
in Sing Sing.
(The so-called Chicago anarchist
in the Haymarket riots there ,;
years ago. were accused Of murdel
and not Of anarchy).'
The 100 persons indicted har'
yesterday charged with .crimina
anarchy were arrested on informa
! tion procured by the COMMITTEES
Sixteen arrests Il, Cortlandt. N. Y.
were made on information similar!
procured. Indictments Of ia!
|Lovestone and Hyman Bleiweis
communists In the Bronx recentl.
and three others in New York coun
| ty on criminal anarchy charges
were returned on evidence collect
ed by the legislative committee
Two men are held now in Brookly.
on the same charges on similar II,
formation, similarly procured.
Need Action.
These facts will be pointed to b,
the committee In ITS report to tn,
legislature as indicative Of neet
for aggressive . action In dealing
with the radical movement. Tht
thoroughness Of It's work will b
pointed to with reference to its A.
tention for details. Before start
ing to search for new evidence th'
committe, amassed . complies
library OF radical literature
books, periodicals. newspapers
leaflets and handbiils. Then It es
,, tablished q bureau of translation
to study the foreign language press
Radical meetings were covered an
s.enographic notes, taken. Wher
cVGI 0vluCuCS 6CCu4CN " AuuAtSt'
seditious activity search warrant
were procured and executed. Tn,
first was executed when the sovic
bureau of Ludwig C. A. Martens
self-styled ambassador Of the Rus
sian soviet government here, wa
entered and books and paperl
seized for examination.
Radical Press Subsidized.
Special inquiry was directed a
the foreign language and radica
press In New York. OF IS sucl
newspapers it was found that on,
two were self-supporting, the com
mittee report will declare.
Many Of the indictments 70
criminal anarchy have been return
ed on evidence found in the col
umns Of some OF these publications
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