Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-26
ARMY OFFICER
SAYS CARY WAS
H0TbED Of REDS
BoIsheviki Bible and Books
Urging Revolution Had
Large Distribution-For-
eigners Lead Move.

Washington, Oct. 25.-Efeets OF
the steel strike in Gary, Ind, and
some side lights on anarchistic ac-
Invites in the district were given the
senate committee investigating the
strike, Lieut.. d. c. Van Buren,,
an intelligence officer on the
staff of Maj.-Gen. Leonard Wood,
commander of the Central district,
was the first witness.
Our first interest in Gary" he
said, "came when Chief Of Police
Forbis came to Chicago frcm that
city last spring with a request for
machine guns and military interven-
ton. He told us the reds there
were planning to parade May 4 and
start revolution. Two names were
given to US as those of leaders of
the Anarchist club at Gary, Ivan.
hoff and De George. They were
Russians or Austrians. De George
was a chemist. and we learned later
that he was operating near the Act
ma Explosive works outside of Gary,
where guncotton was available from
the wastes outside of the mill"
Never Was Prosecuted.
Replying to Chairman Kenyon,
Lieutenant Van Buren, said.a report
was made to the Department of
Justice, but so far as he knew there
had been no prosecution. He added
that the two men had left Gary.
Describing military Intervention
in Gary, the witness said, "No one
has even sustained a black Eye
since"
I'VE found in Gary after military
occupation there tremendous guam
titles of red literature" he contin-
ued, explaining that local police
and associations of citizens had
prepared the way for raids on the
storage places.
"The bible of the red the an
archist and bolshevist," he said, lis
the manifesto of the communist
party Of Russia, put out as what is
known as the third International
which assembled at Moscow in
March. Many thousand copies of
this were in Gary"
Book Urged Revolution.
Lieutenant VanVuren read ex-
tracts from booklet seized at Gary.
1t urged revolution upon all work.
crs in all lands in the name of the
"conquering proletariat of Russia"
and said "open combat" was the
only road to the redress of alleged
grievances.
"All the radicals Of the country
are centering on the propaganda of
Lenine and Trotzky," the witness
continued. II cali to your attention
the fact that it was printed in Chi
cago by the Ariter Zeitung Publish
ing company which is significant"
"Is this stuff going through the
mailsT Chairman Kenyon inquired.
"Oh, yes" VanBuren said.
'Well, it'd better be stopped if
our government isn't to become i'm
potent" remarked Chairman Ken
yon.
"Are there any organizations in
Gary which support this program"
asked Senator Phipps, republican,
Colorado.
Foreigners Lead Strike.
ayes, I have a list of them," said
the witness.
He commenced producing series
of documents printed in Russian
with names of societies attached
and a considerable quantity of l.
w. w. literature.
"How many foreigners are TAX
ing part in this strike at Gary?
asked Senator Mcclellan, democrat
of Tennessee.
II haven't found an American
yet" the witness said, though some
of the leaders have second natural
ization papers"
Here are some of the productions
of the Union of Russian Workers"
Lieutenant VanBuren continued.
"That's a straight anarchistic So
ciety. Here's one of them, en-
titled The Crimes of God an anti
religious pamphlet discussing war"
A whole series of tracts and PAM
phlets in Russian, put out by the
union, were read into the record.
did you get these in houses, or
how?" Chairman Kenyon asked.
"In houses and halls" VanBuren
replied. Sometimes men arrested
would have !. w. w. literature in