The Washington herald., 1919-11-09
1000 RADICALS
:ARE TAKEN IN
i RAIDS BY US.
CONTINUED FRoM FACE ONE.

CONTINUED EROM FAGb bNk.
an anarchistic organization that does
n6t believe In any form Of govern
m9nt. and teaches the overthrow Of
gd5ernment by force and violence." "
ss{d the announcement of the De-
psrtment Of Justice yesterday.
srhis organization has more than
100 members throughout the coun-
trf and has been engaged in active
prcpaganda against the present form
Of the government Of the United
States for many months
rThe purpose OF the Union was to
araalgamate all of Tie Russian groups
M the United States into one organ
fz4tion- With the aid Of newspaper
ard other propaganda the member
ship of the Union of Russian Workers
bean 10 grow. until at the present
tine Il consists Of sixty locals located
insths principal cities OF the country.
3D. a "'"''F'"'" of more tina"
Munitions Captured.
sRed flags. guns. revolvers and
thousands of pieces Of literature"
aiso were taken in the raids Fri
day night by the Department OF
Justice agents, who have been col
leeting evidence for the past two
menths.
The conclusive evidence in the
possession OF the Department OF
Justice that the avowed purpose
of-the leaders and members OF the
Un1on of Russian Workers is the
overthrow by force OF the United
Stktss government and the con-
dsSation OF all property was OBJ
NaA ha
ana the speeches of its leaders.
The creed OF the union. which
v6 extracted FROM the official or
gar Of the organization. 'Rhlieb y
Violin" dread and freedom). of Au-
gust .s last. was given as follows
insih he Department of Justices an
MOI flicement:
H'Omplete destruction of private
co oEtrol of natural resources and
ca pital. complete destruction OF
power to rule and the institutions
invested with powers to enforce
rum OF one man over another.
th6se are the outstanding features
n social revolution"
Gnce the suppression OF "Golos
frHda" by the Postofice Depart
meht. the official organ nf the
union has been the Bread and
Freedom." which appeared on Feb
ruary 2s. 1919.
Bar Paper From Mails.
+ This publication has been denied
thS use of the malls in both Canada
an the United States, due to its
snArchistic teachings The publica-
tioa Is issued from the headquarters
Of sthe Union. 15 East Fifteenth
Street, New York City. Though ex
cluded from the malls. 1t has a wide
circulation among the members of
the Union. according to the Depart
m0t of Justice.
n the issue of the Bread and
Ff edom" OF September %. 1913. there
APPEARED the interesting statement
the labor unionism does not contain
ansthing anarchistic. because it Is
partisan and utterly msterialisde-l
anNchists joining professional unions
ere. forced to renOunce the social poll
ticsl teachings of anarchism"
1Aen appears this highly ilIumlnat-
inS paragraph:
the United States. it happened
VIII : twhom the Department of Jus
tica believes is William t. Foster of
tha@steel strike. who. according to all
Information used to be an anarchist
slid downward. and became a syndi-
'caist. In the sl pP"ry way downward,
he -naturally fell still lower; ana ap-
|penEs now As the leader of the Ameri-
cas- Federation of Labor among the
stes workers in Pittsburgh"
. Brains OF Union Arrested.
1he brains OF the U-nion Of Rus
siass Workers" AGOIph SchnabeI. was
+drEaoSted several weeks ago by the
Department OF Justice agents. and
IL now at Ellis Island. awaiting de- |
pofIatior. Assistant Attorney General
Frapcis p. GaTvan. who was direct
ly ~ charge of the raids, announced
last night Peter Bianki. who sue
cee6ed Schnabel as general secretary
of 7Jhe Red organization. also has
been arrested. Several American cit !
izeRs were taken in the raids with
the allen Russian Reds. Mr.. Garvan |
said. but they later were freed, as !
american citizens cannot be deport-
cd. under existing laws.
Pans of the Union Of Russian !
WoDl<ers to bring about a revolution /
IN siHis country through the aid of a !
gs~ral strike will be shown in other !
documents Of the Reds which will I.
be made pTbliC by tho Daparfr,ept 3