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SAYS SOCIALISTS
ENTRENCHED IN
FEDERAL OFFICE:
Senator Watson Charges Federal
Trade Commission Packed
With "RedS."
BUSINESS SUBJECTED
TO PARTISAN PROBING
Avowed Determination of Men Is To
Destroy That Which Is Placed in
Their Hands for Investigation,
He Says.

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that the corps of federal trade COM
mission examiners which Investigate
ed the meat packing business was
packed with men who are avowed
socialists, anarchists, reds and radio
ais, Senator Watson, republican, of
Indiana today told the senate that
the adherents of socialism were in
trenched in every department of the
government, and introduced a reso-
luton for an investigation.
The senate referred the resolution
to a committee and Acting Chairman
Murdoch of the commission issued a
statement declaring that if Senator
Watson's resolution would be joined
with one recently introduced by
Senator Sherman, republican, of IL
linois, charging the commission with
conspiracy, and both could be in
vestigated at the same time, cit
would be decidedly in the public in
terest"
Disclaiming that he spoke in de-
Tense of the meat packers, who, he
declared, should be punished if gull
ty of the charges made against them,
Senator Watson told the senate his
ness should not be investigated by
men who avow a determination to
destroy it and that the government
should not be represented by those
who preach doctrine of it's over
throw.
Declaring that the Chicago offices
Of the trade commission, from which
the packers investigation was con-
Quoted, We're "a center of sedition
and anarchy-a nesting place for So
cialists," Senator Watson went
through the list of men employed by
the commission in the investigation
and charged various ones with being
pro-German, anti-ally, admirers of
Lenine and Trotzky, advocates of a
Soviet form of government, partici-
pants in red demonstrations and pa
rades and disseminators of socialis-
tic propaganda.
"On my responsibility as senator,
l say these charges are true and the
business world has right to know
the character of Investigation to
which it may be subjected" Senator
Watson said. Congress has the
right to know who appointed men of
IiletC CVpC W OlllCldI pOSlClOIlS, lOl
only that they may be ousted, but
that it may call to a speedy account,
the men responsible for their .selec-
tion."
Socialists Active.
"Men ought not to be selected to
represent the government, who are
against all government. men who are
opposed to our institutions ought
never be selected to protect them, and
no agency of the government bent
on the enforcement of laws, has a
right to select as it's representatives
those who are opposed to all law and
hostile to all government.
eff socialists and anarchists are
reccgNized in official life thew will
not be condemned in private life. If
they are fostered and protected by
the government thew will flourish in
business and industrial institutions
We shall not succeed in overcoming
the Bolshevik tendencies of the dav
unless we GUST everv red radical
holding a place under the govern
ment.
81 have been Investigating social
ism in the various departments of the
government and have been astound-
ed at the number Of its adherents in
office and the very solid manner in
which they seem tn be intrenched in
our government affairs. I NAV cali
the attention of the senate later ia
the number IT socialists in different
departments hut nv present purpose
lis to deal onlv with those EMPLOYED
by the federal trade commission