New-York tribune., 1919-11-10

group of dissenters known as the Loft
Wing They broke away from the So
cialist headquarters at East Fifteenth
street and opened quarters of their
own at 207 East Ninth Street.
After the Left Wingers grew in mem.
bership they decided to hold an organi-
zation convention, which was called in
Chicago last September. They decided
on the name Communist party. DR..
Maximillian Cohen was selected to edit
the organ, "The Communist World"
Literature was sent through the mails
espousing the Soviet government in
Russia and demanding the withdrawal
of the Allied troops.
Resentment against the Lusk raids
and charges that the Federal agents
in their raids Friday night used "such
brutal methods that many persons had
to have medical attention" were voiced
yesterday by the radicals. Charles
Recht, attorney for radicals in de-
portation cases, issued a statement
protesting on behalf Of his followers.
Calls 1t Stupid Procedure
"The spectacular raids are simply
continuation of the stupid procedure
by the Lusk committee and its cohorts
with the ulterior motive of creating
publlc excitement, and with a view Of
further appropriations for their ridicu-
lous work. says the statement.
"Ihe literature seized was of the
same type as has been published and
read tor more than seventy years, ever
SINCE social and economic problems
have been formulated and advocated.
The group responsible for this hysteri-
cal bathurst could not understand the
literature or maliciously perverted it's
meaning for their selfish purposes. 1t
Is an Indictment of their own intelli-
gence and integrity.
"The methods used by the raiders were
worthy of the palmiest days of Czarist
Kussla. People were herded by hundreds
INTO patrol wagons and then released.
The force and the violence used by the
raiders is an outrage to public decency
and belied the pretences to law and or
der of which they continually pirate.
The people subjected to these indigni-
ties are the ones charged with advo-
eating force and lawlessness, but there
IS not an iota of proof and there will
not be produced a particle of evidence
to Justify the charge.
Brutal in Their Methods
con the other hand, the agents of
the Department of Justice and those
conducting the raid were most brutal
IN their methods. Even the people who
were released we're badly beaten. so
that they had to get medical attention.
they were also subjected to the addi-
tional outrage Of having been photo
graphed, measured, finger printed and
put through the processes of avowed
criminals. And this by people who
scream from the housetops their love
OF order and their desire to protect lib
erty and American institutions.
ut is hardly believable that the pub
lic will continue to be fooled by these
sensational stories, such as the Nav
Day plots, the Fourth of July bomb
plots and others, which, strange to saw.
have never been uncovered and no one
ever caught. There is no doubt but
that there is much unrest. That any
one would be foolish enough to believe
that any individual or group of indi-
vlduals causes unrest is hardly possible.
IN other countries attempts to sup
brutal methods have failed They will
TAIL here, too, for the simple reason
that most people are law abiding and
Will not tolerate wanton raids and un-
lawful methods, for if they can be used
with lmpunity against one group the
same thing can be done to any other
not meeting with the approval of the
Administered tion. 1t Is unfortunate that
at time when clear, level-headed ac-
tion and intelligent discussion are so
necessary Democratic Admin nhtration
should use all its power to prevent such
discussion by using Cossack methods"
Still Held by Police
The list of prisoners taken in the
raids and held, as appearing on the
police records, is:
John Bodnarcuk, 179 Tenth Street,
Jersey City; Louis Shapiro, 367 South
Fifth Street. Brooklyn; Herman PETER,
81 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn; Robert
Pried, 305 South Fifth Street, Brook
lyn; Meyer Trambard, 1O7 Forsyth
Street; J. Lovestonc, S56 East 172d
street; Boris Davzik, 538 East Elev-
enth Street; Peter Postoloreslli, AIT
East Ninth Street; Nicholas Turherizk,
- St. Marks Place; Peter Osolin. 4O7
Marks Place; Benjamin Gitlow, 257
Stezehna, 32r' East Sixteenth Street;
Ernest Jazesnan. 407 Concord Avenue,
The Bronx; Edward Ruhlis, $50 East
Seventy ninth Street; Joseph Szeivic-
zuls, 20 East Thirteenth Street; Theo-
dore Cap, 244 Siegel Street; Braham
Geier, 230 Rochester Avenue, Brooklyn;
Harry Israel. 247 Monroe Street; Harry
Janchesky, 93 South Second Street;
fB'1rooklyn;;. James Larkin, 4 Milligan
race; Mlchael Lahpsky, 16l Second
Street; Alex Paranolo, 280 East Hous-
ton Street; Abraham Schaeffer, IA
Forsyth Street; Louis Dress, 400 East
Fifty Seventh Street; Abraham Vein
berg, 634 Prospect Avenue; Moses Zim-
norman, 1876 Forsyth Street; Isadore
Cohen, 225 Ellery Street; Abraham
Aronvitz, l76 Forsyth Street; Taft
Noyzk, 104 North Portland Avenue
Brooklyn; John Holland, steamship
'Burford, Bush Terminal, Brooklyn:
Frank Sarn, GOA East 13Sth Street;
Michael Ziayck, 66 North Sixth Street
Brooklyn; Ellis Mark, rs Orchard Street
and Mailan Schectter. 247 Monroe
Street.