Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-24
s. ';;A!!I!,<!;.B HAS BAD
A1ISiiv;$ Of COLD
FEET, ASSERTION
Of R0DENBERG
Attorney General, After Re-
commencing Measure for
Suppression of Red Prop
aganda, Opposes Bills,
ANTl-SEDlTI0N MEASURE
ENCOUNTERS OPPOSITION
kilograms and Other Mes
SageS of Protest Are Re-
Ceiyed by the Committee
From All Over u, S,
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tsN MORNING. JOURNAL srsciAL LEasto wtRsi
Washington, Jan. 21.--Attacks
on pending anti-sedition bills not
only continued today before the
house rules committee but spread
to the floor of the house, republi-
cans and democrats joining in OPP
position TO the measures which
were in turn defended by members
of both parties,
Republican members of the rules
committee at the resumption of
hearings on the Sterling and Gra-
ham bills charged that Attorney
General Palmer had "sidestepped'
the issue after being asked to be
permitted to present the need for
additional legislation to prosecute
radicals Representative Roden-
berg of Illinois, one of the repub-
lican members Of the commi tee
after charging that the alto
general had developed "a plain as
of cold feet" announced that f0
morrow he would offer a motion =
questing Mr. Palmer to appear 1e
/ fore the committee.
| The attorney general in sta,a
ment later In the day denied y'sE
| he had ever promised his sup rs
| for either the Sterling or Gral
| bills, and said that the measure
troduced by representative Ds
| Of Ohio embodied his IDEAS on sUcf
| legislation.
bills Are Attacked.
Attacks on the bills in the hou
= ada IanrnuRnisfft
/ Browne, republican, of Wisconsin
and Hnddlestoh, democrat, of Ala
bama, the latter declaring that 'in
! dustrlal unrest might be converted
| into political unrest by such meas
ures." representative Burke, re-
publican, of Pennsylvania, broke
into the debate to say that the
| Pennsylvania state law relating
strictly to sediuon" had been used
during the strike to prohibit even
two or three workers meeting in a
hall" 'ft
The forces in the house favorinE
| the measures were led by Repre-
sentative Huted, republican, of
publican, of New York, who, how
ever, objected to the first two Sec
tions OF he Graham bill, and Rep
resentative Blanton OF Texas, dem-
ocrat, who declared the republican
steering committee had favored the
proposed sedltion bills until they
were opposed by organized labor
"and Mr. Gompers came with
yelled threat to the republican
party
Blanton Is Emphatic.
1.-THE biggest autocracy in this
country is that which stopped this
bill" declared the Texas repre-
sentative. adding that II members
of congress would vote their own
judgment they would pass the
measure and "let Mr.. Gompers go
to hell"
In testimony before the rules
committee John d. Moore OF New
York, said that the democrats
would capitalize for campaign pur-
poses il the republican-controlled
congress passed the pending bills
as nobody wants additional legis-
lation."
Swinbourne Hale, former army
officer. told the committee the
Graham bill was "filled with jok-
ers."
Hundreds of letters and tele-
grams protesting against the biils'
including letter from John l..
Lewis, acting president of the Unit
ed Mine Workers of America, have
been received, Chairman Campbell
of the rules committee. announced
today,