Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-22
RADICAL WRITINGS
0FEMMA GOLDMAN
/ | ARE MADE PUBLIC
lass of Evidence Secured by
| Department of Justice
Y Brought DepOrting.

department of Justice
Y Brought DepOrting.
IA mass of evidence used by the
department of Justice in deportation
Hoceedinss against the Russian
anarchists including Emma Cold
rean and Alexander Berkman. start
% on their way to soviet Russia
carly yesterday morning. was made
Hpblic today.
ut consists chiefly in quotations
ffem writings and speeches uttered
Emma Goldman, and shows the
Influence shp had in certain acts of
l9wleSsneSS and some OutragoS in the
Gniteti-Seitcs over period of ycarS.
ItioIdman is connected by J. T..
Hoover. special assistant to the At
Lerney General, who has prosecuted
De deportation cases, with the Los
-3ngeleS Times explosion. the as
shsSination Of President Mex inley
aSd. of course. with organized eff
forts to resist the scIectiVc service
daft during the war.
-it.nma Goldman has been prolific
writer on all subjects, said Mr.
ifpoyer'S statement varying from
Vacation of Birth Control and the
Hxposition of Anarchy"
: Recent Writings Revealed.
Among her recent writings were
Pamphlets which found a wide dis
ifibution among workers in mines
shd factories, especially foreigners
Some o fthe titles We're: "Cyndical-
sn. the Modern Menace to Capital
sam,' preparedness the Road to Uni
t1f
Menace to Liberty" 'Anarchism.
What 1t Really Stands For" and The
Psychology of Political Violence"
tt'or several years Goldman has been
pioprietor and editor of d radical pub
likation. Mother Earth" Much of the
evidence used against the woman was
pSesented simply in the form of copies
Of the periodical. in this the an
aEchist queen" advocated all sorts
OF violence-sa botaEe. bombing ass
assination-and when such outrages
occurred she praised the perpetrators,
dEscribing. them usually as noble
cqmrades.'
j Rallied at Religion.
Ono of her most popular pamphlets
bQre:1he title. PHILOSOPHY of Atheism
q nd Failure of Christianity" In con-
nsction wit hthis, it is pointed out by
department of Justice agents. Gold
man is of Jewish parentaSe and has
lived out of wedlock with men over
extended periods
In another pamphlet issued by the
Mother Earth concern Goldman says:
Religion is a superstition that origi-
ted in mans mental inability to
solve natural phenomena The church
3 an organized institution that has
always been "a stumbling block to
rSogrsss-"
Eat another place Goldman says:
Every institution today rests on vio-
q l.
rhted with it, So long as such state
ex lists we might as well strive to stop
the rush of Niagara as hope to do
away with violence"
Preparedness says Goldman is TO
uphold the institutions which protect
aid sustain d handful of people in the
Robbery and plumber of the masses.
tie institutions which take from the
alien whatever originality he brings
With him and in return give cheap
Americanism, whose glory consists in
nediocrity and arrogance.
Views on Patriotism. .
OF patriotism she said "a supersti-
tion artificially created and maintain
ca through network of lies, APO
falsehoods gsss npsRstitution that reh6
man of his self-respect and dignity.
The awful waste that patriotism
necessitates ought to be sufficient to
cnre the man. of even average intell1-
stnce of this disease"
part of he-eVidence against Gold
ntn consisted Of testimony given by
Lion CzoIgosz during his trial for the
of Mckinley In this the
prisoner declared. he had been in
haenced to kill by hearing the woman
sHeak and reading her writings advo-
ching violence and killing And about
C3olgosz Goldman wrote: "My heart
g9es out to you in deep sympathy and
I'd all those Victims of a system of in
equality.
Used Asainst Berkman.
Much of the same evidence was used
to- convict both Goldman and Berk-
man. who have been lntimates from
the time. years ago, when Goldman
left the man to whom she had been il
legally married. The two worked
hand In hand in much of their agita-
ton
Mr.. Hoover returned to Washington
last night from Ellis Island. He, with
Immi grafton Commissioner Anthony
Camminetti and Chief William A.
Flynn of the secret service, supervised
the large job of getting the 249
anarchists to Ellis Island from vari-
Gus parts of the country in which they
had been apprehended and in putting
them aboard the transport Buford.
which sailed at 8 a. m. yesterday from
Sandy Hook for some point in boil
sheyiki Russia.
Women Travel First-CIass-
THE three women in the party
explained Mr.. Hoover, ARE travelling
firSI-claSs. The men are travelling
With the same accommodations the
American Army had en- route to and
from Europe Goldman had several
trunks and half dozen suit cases
filled with her belongings and she
took with her lot of money she has
collected from her followers in
America. Berkman and most of the
others had plenty of money. Just be
fore. We left the island, one of the
men wanted me 10 cash a check for
$4,000 ] refused and suggested he
send-it to some of his friends remain
ing in this country and have them
get the money. He said he wouldn't
trust the check into our hands for
transmission. All right | said. take it
10 Russia and trust the bolSheViki.
"1'he crowd was very cocky Satur-
day night, and full of sarcasm for the
Department of Justice and immi Sra-
ton agents. When we got them out
about am and they saw the number
of soldiers and guards on hand they
We're thoroughly cowed. They
showed no pep. Berkman bossed all
of the others. He was strutting
AROUND wearing high Russian boots.
khaki and d sombrero hat
Goldman Is Bitter.
L went to pay my respects TO Gold
man after she and the other TWO.
women were put in their Stateroorn.
She. was very bitter in her remarks
about the United States and about the
Department Of Justice activities. I'll
be back before, long, She declared.
and I'll give You plenty more work
to do Berkman's uncle is one of the
leaders under Lenin and TrotSky, and
Berkman told me he expects to join
the two and help govern Russia Just
a s soon as he returns.
Berkman declared We were making