New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
[. w. w. Plot
On Wilson's
Life Charged
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Chicago and other Western cities,
here. The raid in Chicago, which re-
suited in twenty-nine arrests and the
seizure of tons of I. w. W. and Boil
shevik pamphlets and circulars, so
alarmed the "reds" here that they re-
fused to comment on the situation.
Socialists Hold Meeting
Seymour Stedman, counsel for Pro
fessor Scott Nearing, who is on trial
in the Federal District Court for al
legged violation of the espionage act, ad-
dressed Il meeting at the Park Avenue
Hotel. This meeting was called by
prominent Socialists to decide what
legal action might be taken to prevent
the pending deportations. Although
reporters were not admitted, it was
learned reliably that Mr. Stedman ad-
vsed his associates that there was lit
tie chance of stopping the deportations
by any legal move.
Among those at the meeting we're:
Nearing Albert De Silver, of the Civil
Liberties Bureau; Charles Recht of the
Bureau Of Legal Advice; S. Walter Mel
les. counsel for the Civil Liberties Bu-
reau; the Rev. John Haynes Holmes,
John Reed, Mrs. Ella R. Bloor, the
Rev. Norman Thomas and Miss Caroline
Lowe, of Chicago.
While Mr. Stedman would not dis
cNce 4bo ,,,,o+;Do ho co;J.
II think if the government would
open the door and allow people to re-
turn to Russia who wish to go there
would be larger exodus than most
people imagine. I believe that many
of those deported would return volun-
tarily if given an opportunity"
Fair Treatment Assured
immigration Commissioner Uhl said
yesterday wnen he was informed of
the contemplated efforts of the Social
lists to prevent Geportations by legal
means that he did not believe the names
Of the prisoners were known to the So
cialists. He said he informed the aliens
that as long as they were orderly on
Ellis Island they would be treated the
same as other prisoners, and they had
caused no trouble.
Mr.. Uhl also said that as fay as he
was able TO ascertain the prison train
coming here from Texas contained only
the usual deportation cases that have
been held up because of lack Of ship
ping. He saio he did not think they were
members of the l.. ". W.
Chief Ofhey, of the Department of
Justice, said that he had received no
instructions from Washington regard
ing Bolshevik roundup. He pointed
out that the matter would be taken
care of by the Bureau of immigration
and did not come under his department.
When questioned about the $500 files
gathered by agents of the Department
of Justice on alien I. ". W. and labor
agitators who have been working with
the Bolshevili, he said:
"Of course the various departments
Of the government always exchange in
formation in cases of this kind. be-
lieve the Bureau Of immigration has
all information on the men they may
seek. If we receive request to CO.
operate with them in any roundup We
VIII. of course, do everything we can.
However, the matter does not come ,p
as part of our regular work"
1t was pointed out by a high Federal
official that if all undesirablcs who
advocate anarchy and the destruction
of property. with the enemy aliens al
ready lnterned, are to be deported, it
means more than 10000 malcontcnts
will be shipped back to Europe under
guard. Although Ellis Island has only
accomm odatons for 1000 prisoners,
this official explained that the deporta-
tons would be rushed, and there would
be no overcroWding.
Elizabeth g. Flynn, Of the Workers
Defence Union, announced last night
that her organization had held an i'm
portant conference yesterday to decide
on what action TO take against the
deportations. She said it would hold
meeting Sunday morning to protest
against the deportations, and then
would decide to give financial aid 70
the Bureau of Legal Advice for court
action 1t is expected that th> De-
fence Union will organize series OF
iidSo ItCcllHSS W pIOCcoI against INC
governments action
The New York local of the Socialist
party yesterday sent a vigorous pro
test to President Wilson and Secretary
of Labor William B. Wlso naganst
the deportation of the 5000 alien radi-
calls, |. w. w. and other agitators.
Two Arrested in Newark
The Federal agents in Newark yes
terday took in custody two alleged agi-
tators, whom they charged with dis
tributing circulars advocating "revo-
lutionary unionism." The prisoners
are Charles Siele, eighteen, of IL South
Fifth Street, Harrison, N. j., and Ru-
dolph W. Bernstein, nineteen, of 474
South Orange Street, Newark. They
, will be arraigned this morning.
According to the authorities, they
were distributing incendiary |. w. W
posters and pamphlets and making
every effort to enlist the support OF
members Of the American Federation
Of Labor in their work. They told
Commissioner Cozzolino that thei,
headquarters was at l78 West Kinney
Street.
The police raided the headquarters
and found six men and one woman ir
the dmly lighted room. The woman
was preparing coffee and tea. She was
about nineteen and said that she was
from New York, but was employed as
housekeeper of the clubroom.