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spondence seized last Thursday. whel
detectives and state troopers swoope,
down on the sovie. headquarters in tn
World Tower Building, at 11O Wes
Fortieth Street.
Judging from the direction the ex
animation took the committee is try
ing to show that Martens, instead O
being a commercial agent for tn
Lenlne- -Trotzky regime, is the head o
sort of clearing house for the Rus
! sian Soviet government, the recipien
OF calls for assistance from the I. w. w
and & recognized part of the radica
agitation for soviet government.
Reviews Martens's Statement
Senator Lusk, after the days work
called attention to the testimony give1
by Martens last Thursday, when, in ex
/ ecutivc session, he was asked about tn,
functions of the Office he manages her,
-or the LenineTrotzky government.
I'm answer to our searching in.
quiries week ago." said Senate,
Lusk, "Mr Martens said he was here
facilitating purchase and shipping OF
machinery and supplies to Russia He
repeated that that was mis- only inter.
est here. In view of these sworn
statements, evidence produced to-day
/ from the correspondence files of Mr.
Martens's office is Illuminating. Ii
speaks for itself"
Henry W. Grunewa!d. detective in
charge of the squad which visited the
soviet headquarters, was the first wit
ness, and identified copy of the Ber-
lin "Tagebatt" Of April 4, 1919, as one
of the papers found The thing that
attracted his attention was an article
marked with red lines, headed "The
Boshevist Agitation in America" The
narrative was under a Hague date
and purported to quote from the
Daily News" as follows:
''1n New York and America exists
systematic Bolshevist agitation.
The American industrials have already
been warned and are handling the
situation with the greatest careful
ness. They are even sending experts
to Europe to study there the condi-
tlons. The unrest that has seized the
American public affairs for the mo-
ment comes through the activities of
the official representative of the
Bolshevlst government. Mr.. Martens,
whose business quarters are in the
vicinity of Wall Street.
1T deals with the American bust
ness world by offering gold credits,
For which he has at his disposal in
all s4O,0OOooo, which are to be
used for firms desiring to estab-
Mr.. Martens is pictured as a quiet
man, who is we'll aware of his respon-
sibility. To welcome him a theatre
was rented, in which over 5000
people had congregated, A news
paper known as The Rebel Worker
was sold, and as red flags are not
allowed to be displayed in America
many women wore red dresses. At
this meeting soviet America was
demanded and the actual American
government was hissed. The revolu-
tion in Hungary was wildly agreed to-"
Socialists Greet Martens
Walter E. Frey, of White Plains
first sergeant of the state troopers
identified papers taken in the raid
we're still in his custody. Attorney
General Newton read into the record
the following letter, dated April Fl
1919, and purporting to be from the
Socialist party of the Eighth Assembly
District, 120 Second Avenue:
"Comrade L. c. K. A. Martens, Of
fetal representative Russian Socialist
Federated Soviet Republic, greetings
The members Of the Eighth Assembly
District local, New York Socialstie
Party Of America, In regular meeting
assembled this third day Of April, 1919
sends greetings to you and pledges our
cooperation in establishing the tirst
representative of the workers govern
ment of Russia in America. We also
pledge ourselves to work increasingly
for the propagation Of those principles
and policies and tactics that will tend
directly to the establishment of So
cialist Federated Republic in Am erica
Be it further resolved that a copy of
this resolution be printed in The New
York Call
"Rebecca Bouhay, Secretary.
Mr. Martens answered this in the
following note, under date of May 6:
"Comrade Rebecca Bouhay. secretary
Eighth Assembly District Socialist
party, 100 Second Avenue:
Dear Comrade l thank YOU in the
name of the Russian Socialist FEEDER
ated Soviet Republic for the greet
ings you sent me. l trust that your
devotion to the cause of the Russian
Soviet Republic will serve the Russian
proletariat as we'll as the proletariat
of other countries as a support in
their struggle for their final emanci-
patton"
Attorney General Newton said that
this note, as we'll as others of sim
liar tenor, was signed by Mr.. Mar
tens.
Another letter to "Comrade" Mar
tens was from David Levison. organ
izer of the Young Peoples Socialist
League, 15 3 Madison Avenue, as fol
lows:
Eve. the membership of Circle 6, of
Manhattan. of the Young Peoples So
clalistic League. herewith extend our
heartiest greetings to you and through
you to our Russian comrades across
the sea. The spirit of brotherho ood
shall never be stamped out Of the
hearts of the young. We are ready to
meet and battle for the future. There
shall come a time whcr these United
States of America will send repre-