Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-20
URGES PROBE
OF REDS ON
TRADE BODY
Senator Watson Makes
Sensational Ch arg es
Against Commission.

Washington, Oct. 2O.-Sensation-
al charges that Socialists, Reds ard
other radicals are interested" in
the government departments and
! particularly that the investigating
/ forces of the federal trade commits
/ sion contain men hostile to the gov
ernment and American institutions
/ were made in the senate today by
| Senator Watson, Republican, In
diana, who introduced a resolution
for an investigation by the inter-
/ state commerce committee.
| Disclatming any defense Of the
great meat packers, Senator Wat
son declared that the open records
/ of some of the commissions en-
ployes on that investigation
/ showed them to be respectively
outspoken anarchists, participants
| in Red parades, pro-Germans. ad-
mirers of Lenine and Trotsky, and
avowed exponents of soviet govern
ment
Calls Chase Socialist.
OF Stuart Chase, who had gen
eral charge of the investigation of
the meat packing industry, Senator
Watson charged, that beside being
well known exponent of SociaIis-
tic doctrines, Chase was president
and organizer of the Fabian club
of Chicago. "A society founded for
the express purpose of furthering
the doctrines of Socialism"
Grouped about him in his offices
lE Ser y
quarters" declared Senator Wat
son, were Victor L. Berger, Erwin
st. John, Tucker and many other
extreme Socialists. His Offices be-
came the rendezvous of men de-
voted to the destruction of proper
ty, the overthrow of government
and consummation of the ideals OF
Socialism"
Tells of Activities.
Chase, Senator Watson further
charged, helped organize a Chi
cago meeting at which Berger and
other radicals made inflammatory
speeches and also organized a
meeting at which Lincoln Steffens
spoke.
That anarchist" said Senator
Watson, referring to Steffens, had
just returned from Russia and his
address was to aid in the recogni-
ton of Lenine and Trotzky by our
government"
Chase later wrote a magazine
article, Senator Watson said, as
sailing the United States govern
ment from recognizing The Rus
sian Reds"
Upon Chase specific instructions,
Senator Watson further charged,
the commission accountant inflated
the showing of profits of the pack
ing companies.
Admirer of Soviet.
Samuel W. Tator, who with
Chase had general charge of the
charged, was IAN avowed admirer
of Lenine and Trotzky and fire.
quently expressed his admiration
of the soviet government of Rus
sia."
He was pronouncedly against
the allies in the world war" con-
tinued the senator, "and frequently
made the statement that all big
the government"
One PrO-Germans
A. S. Kravtiz, credited in the !
commissions report with import |
ant aid" in the investigation, Sen
atOr Watson charged, was "a Rus !
sian from Riga, an intellectual So |
cialist of the most pronouncedl
type, and throughout the war in !
tensely pro-German."
HE has always expressed him |
self as an ardent admirer of Lenine !
and Trotzky and claims to be a |
personal friend of Lenine. Fre- !
quently he has stated he was heart /
and soul for the German cause"
said the senator.
Another "Red Flagger."
Raphael Mallet, a statiscian, |
Senator Watson charged, was a |
former preacher ousted from his |
church for Socialistic tendencies |
and also had been confined to a |
military prison in 1917 as a con |
scientious objector." He frequently |
waved red flag at the meetings of |
his coempIoyes of the federal trade |
commission" declared the senator,
"and always carried the Red EN-
blem in his pocket. He openly /
stated that his home had been
raided He stored his Socialistic |
writings in Chase's office and
boasted that the packages holding
them contained government dyna-
mite"
r. N. Buck, credited in the COM
missions report with valuable as
sistance," Senator Watson charged,
was author OF the attacks on the
rights of property and American
and Basil Manly, who
assisted in the investigations, the
senator described as zone who was
a member of the Fabian club and
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