The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-10-24
ANARCHY RIFE
IN GARY, Ind,
WITNESS SAYS
Army Officer Tells Of Bolshevik
Literature Found in Homes Of
Steel Workers-Lenine's Pic
ture Everywhere.
BIBLE OF THE RED
PRINTED IN CHICAGO
Organizers and Attorneys for
Steel Strikers Admitted Being
Radicals, Witness Tells Senate
Committee.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2l.-Enects
Of the steel strike In Gary. Indiana.
and some sidciights on anarchists
activities In the district were given
the senate committee investigating
the strike today. Lieutenant ID. c.
Van Buren,. an intelligence officer en-
the stan OF Major General Leonard
Wood. commander OF the central dis
trict, was the first witness.
Russians started movement last
summer TO organize "red guard" In
preparation for "A revolution which
they believed coming. Lieutenant Van
buren said. lie said the Russians
wanted to get all the former soldiers
IN Gary into a group and driil anf
equip them. ARitatorA he said, coa-
siantiy were working among the peJ-
pie OF Gary, telling them to prepare
10 manage and operate the lnduElyiss.
Van Buren, said the military au-
thoritics had investigated the records
of some Of the agitators at Gary ana
asked their deportation. but added
that you have to get them with a
bomb In their hands before the i,n-
migration officials viii act"
The Bible OF the red the anarch-
ist End BolsheVist." he said. lis the
manifesto OF the communist party OF
kuusin, put out by what In known as
the third International which assem-
bled at Moscow in March. Many
thousand copies OF this were In Gary"
Lieutenant Van Burcn read extracts
from booklet seized at Gary. II
urged revolution upon all workers In
all lands In the name of the Con
quering proletariat OF Hussia,'' and
said open combat" was the only
road TO the redress OF alleged grieV-
Unces.
Printed Ia Chicago.
IAN tho radicals OF the country are
centcring on the propaganda OF Len
Inc and Trotzky." the witness con-
tinued. Il call TO yoLr attention the
TACT that h was printed In Chicago by
the Arbiter zeitung Publishing com
pany, which Is significant"
is this stun going through the
nails" Chairman Kenyon inquired.
"Oh yes" Van Buren said.
Well, it'd better be stopped " our
government isn't to become impo.
tent" remarked Chairman kenyon.
Are there any organizations In
Gary which support this program 2"
askod Senator Phipps. republican,
Colorado.
Yes. | have a list Of them" said
the witness.
lie produced a series Of documents
printed In Russian with names of So
Ciotics attached and "a considerable
quantity OF 1. W. w. literature.
How many foreigners are taking
part In tins strike at Gary 2" asked
Senator Mckoliar. democrat. Tonnes
see.
II haven't found an American yet"
the witness said. though some OF the
leaders have second naturalization
papers"
Here are some OF the productions
of tho union OF Russian workers"
Lieutenant Van Buren, continued.
That's straight anarchistic society.
Here's ono of them, entitled The
Crimes OF God an anti-religious
pamphlet discussing war"
Tracts Are Read.
a whole series of tracts and pamph-
let's in Russian, put out by the union,
were read int the record.
Did you get these m houses or
howY' Chairman Kenyon asked.
In houses aud halls" Van Buren,
replied. Sometimes men arrested
would have l. W. W. literature In
their pockets"
1T has been charged that this ma
ter.al was sent into Gary To create
prejudice ngainLt the strikers" said
Chairman Kenyon.
We only know we found II there"
Van Buren, returned. These people
who had II usually had "a big picture
OF Lcuine and Trotzky We found
literally thousands OF these photo
graphs.
1t was reported 10 us that Richard
Norhngin vice president and treas
urcr of the steel workers council at
Gary, WAS rcvolutioLlst."
Lieutenant Van Buren, then read a