The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-17
DEC[ARAT TONS OF
ANARCHISTS MADE
BY Palmer
Emphasizes Necessity
For Stringent Law En-
abling Department to
Cope With Situation

Washington, Noy. a. Attorney,
General Palmer, who yesterday sub
mitted TO the senate a draft of
stringent law to enable the depart
nent of justice to deal effeetivel,
today gave sout copies of exhibit.
showing the necessity for the legis
lation recommended
These exhibits dell primarily witr
the activities and statements ~
Emma Goldman and A1exande,
Berkman, and show the wide rani.
hcations of their anarchistic PRO.
paEands ranging from the ATTEMPTED
assassination of Henry C. Frick ny
Berkman, through the war tins
period until the preser; time.
Attorney General Palmer in thess
exhibits states that both Goldman
and Berkuan are Russians and thai
neither Is citizen nj the United
States He charges them and their
followers with advocacy of the over
throw Of the existing government h,
violence and the substitution of an
archy in its stead
The attorney-generaI's purpose il
making public the exhibits. which
were submitted to the senate. is &c
arqusint the public with the violent
propaganda OF the anarchists and
to show That il is not only necessary
TO deport aliens who are proven 20
be anarchists bu. also TO denatura
ize alb citizens similarly convicted
In exhibit Attorney-r General
Palmer quotes the following dec.
laration of the anarchists:
The present society is divided
into two opposing classes
The downtrodden workers AMI
peasants on the one side. producing
by their work all the riches Of the
world, the rich people on the other
side. who have grabbed all the
riches into their hands
Violent Social Revolution
The struggle between these two
classes is being fought also at the
present time and Will end only when
The toiiing masses. organized as a
class will understand their true In
terests and will make themselves
masters Of all the riches of this
world by means of violent social
revoIu ton.
Having accomplished such 4
change and having annihilated al
the same time tho institutions oil
government and the state. the class
of the disowned must establish tfif
society of the free producers. aiming
mt satisfying the needs Of every in
dlvidaal person who, on its side. is
giving 10 the society its lahors and
It's knowledre
'f'op The attainment of these
aims. we consider as OF primal Inn
nortap DEC the necessity Of the build
ing up Of wftfe reRrsfxt2@fa a rssis'ssf
ganizatton OF toilcrs. which by con
Quoting - direct struggle with ali
the institutions of capitalism and
government. must tEsin the work
ing class TO initiative. ana iada-
pendent action in all it's acts thus
educating in it the consciousness Of
the a bsolUIe necessity of a general
strike---of the social revolution
In the exhibit headed Alexander
fslrkT1farfa' ~ rife At tttr ftee swss s..sa
quotes from Rerkman's PRISON
memoirs OF an anarchist' and from
articles contributed nv him to the
blast entitled 10 he'll with the gov
eminent" and direct action versus
re.spectabiiity" he also cites Rerk-
mans references TO the American
flag as striped rag"
The following statements Of Berk-
man are among the citations:
ITO the people belongs the earth,
by right, II not in fact. To make
IL SO in fact All means arc iustifiahie !.
nay, advisable. even 10 the point ot
taking life 'Aae question Of moral
right in such matters often aSitated
the revolutionary circles | used to
frequent I had always taken the