Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-03
HUNDREDS OF REDS
CAPTURED; WOULD
0VERTURN !. S.
Government Makes Nationwide
Movement 10 Suppress Foes of
Our Republic.
ARRESTS IN 81 CITIES

Washington, Jan. 3. nationwide
rand on m mlvrs oi tho CCnm'nist
party and IA, Communist labor Party
ass conducted last pight by agents Of the
repaTtment Of Justice. In thirty three
citi5s of the country extending from tho
Pacific 10 the Atlsrtic, Secret Service
operatives. armed with 200O warrants,
set out Ia make wholr sale arrests. y
notice given out NJ tho Department OF
Justice Nv Attorney General Palmer SAID
that several hundred Wmbcrs Oi the
groups indicated had been arrested But
this was termed All extremely con
servativo estimate
Excerpts made public fro lani
fcSto Of the Communist party revealed
that the organization coutCmplates the
overthrow Of the American svstc ! of GOV
ernment and its rcplaccm ment ty work
ers' industrial republic. or Soviet
s,stc |. Il was said last night at the
Department Of Justice that the Corn
n,,inist party and the Communist Labor
uartv between which there IS lutlc diff
ferencc supported the Third lnterna-
sional- which was formed under the
auspices of Lenine and Trotzky AZ Mos
s~w !arrh Is 1919
The rand last night was carried out ~
. O'Clock sharp IN the following clti"s:
Baltimopr Boston Buffalo, Chcag0
Grand Rapids Hartford, Indianapolis
jacksonville. KANSAS CITY, os Angeles,
louisville. Milwaukee. Newark, @ naha,
Philadclphia, Pttshirg Portland, Orc,
proy1dcnec san Francisco. scranton,
spokane. 81 IoNS. - Paw SpTIngield
Mas, Syracuse, Toledo, Trenton. New
York. Portland t.
SEVERAL ruNDREp" ARIp STEp.
simultaneously with the announce
S~nt al the country wldc rad> Attorn-
rev General Palm.r gave olt 4 copy ui
A letter he scnt On llec ~ ~ NaciAy
IIoyn. states attorney ~ Illinois, who
a~t NIGHT mr. 200 radicals IN jail on his
nwn authority and declared that to- had
.,nen asked by The Department of jus
,i,r a. hold ~ Nj lloNr asserted
that this Vas pRsNiooi politics On
the part ot th, attorney general and also
ra.d that thc kt,i, had i'S.n warmed II tho
nrthcomlng TatGS
Mr. Palmer lcttor show that ralis
uron m cNtcrslvc scaiC ucrr cout'm-
mated 81 the time II 0raic ta Nj lluHu
Tor this rcas n thr attorney general r.
iuest,,d tho STATE attorney tn postpone
,ndepcndtnt action for rem DAYS
This orrnn -tafsment dn The raids
vas issuci rs th, Departments ui Justice
Agents oi thc Dcuartmcrt 81 Justice
COX INTO rusta.iv la nEii ,,Ncrai hln-
irVd members &. flr t,mrigui-t parfv
and the & Communist Lab y futy b this
country. heated Ia hIrn three cIu,s.
IN the chaTgc that tats. .TE4nizstiuI.-
s.ivorsLf and teach tho overthrow 81 the
United States government I'M iorc. fnd
violencc Ib only dIfcrcuu h ~ ru
the Communist party AMI hc Cpumu-
mist Labor party ls ouc ai iraigrShlp
Roth a thcs, paTfles, sint, hoir ur-
ganisatloU early iasi SCut,uh,r hatc
hem CndcaV0uuc a. hFne about N, CS-
adjustment 81 S-.got tarm oi gov
rrnmCnt IL this country similar 81 th4t
shich now obtains u Russia
CroTEs coNvrNfs- uAN,ffsTo
The following eHtr4-' r IL hr msni-
ieste oi he CannutIsf pa-tN 4s made
puhho hv tic pepar'ncaf L. Justice last
lighl
The Csmmuli-t parfy af America s
Ne partv ~ the .0rksre rla-s THE
Commuu. parlv America pro ros
= eua capitalism and o-ganser earh-
re lndgstr.al ycn,.. IN, workers
must control INDUSTRY NJ iisp 4 a h.
products Is la-.r. la0 eIrw .A.>
aAriS y nar.1 reafrtn- 81 limitations
~ cvls NJ workers organizations
nd nrupos Is = So u te -el bilon-
.ry uovemcn' nere~~.rv rs free ths
workers from the rgrc,-saa 81 capital
sn The Caumanlsf party fs.sfs that
the problems 81 the American worker
ar Identical WITH the problems 7 the
workcrs 81 the Verid
The CommunIsf parry the con-
sriotis expression ~ tat class struggle
II tht workers sga - capitalism lts
am s e. dlrocf It's str..ec', d the com
quest oi poltlcal Ievor ~ overthrow
- capitalism ara IL, destruction ~ The
hourceoi s'4tc
THE Coumlulsf part' prepares rset
FOR thl revolution IS ne measure fh.t Il
develops e program ot immediate .ctian.
-.xpress nc thc mass struggles 81 he pro-
'eiarat Tbesf struggle mus a. lr-
pired wlth revolutionary r- 4ra plr-
s-oses
The Commune ,arA funaamen-
la!ly part . ar'#or Z HrFe % rh'
rorkers cousclonsuess = -4eE cpprc--
aur 81 the .clre s.tlI- - .mproure
tbelr coaditou- uLaef eaut...-m lh.
Communist p8ris a.r,. flr worker
strugg, aga.us. capitalism dsveanng
h1ller forms md parr - t.- s'-lgp'
tulmuattne q 'he mss, l.fI.. tH.
uVoIufaU
In clos connection wi. tt. nssfaed
Ftirk.tr. f-.t.ttH Ngur4
worker 10, -lfa p .s.n. Ietr-
"a and ,#.ssu3 problem It ras4
ppress.ou <rFf !. sBr.t u. ~
rFe es,.f =. ec..au., ~ 4aE .I.a
appfes-iuH . fsf Nfl tH .tt,r
.fhr comp, oA., ~ eerl pr.atu ia.
orcs Lot 4tef tf..,t4rtn r.ar.cter
The Comm 4n.-s pars Nsa arr, ol 4gi-
tatiaL among ~, \sgr workers rs unite
sAsn vata u e.ass dolls 4el worker.