The New York herald., 1920-01-04
Deeply Disappointed When
Steel and Coal Troubles
Were Allayed.
CAMPAIGN READY
TO EXTEND TURMOIL
Far Reaching Development of Scheme
Revealed by Raids, Depart
ment Announces.
Herald Bureau.
No. 1,5O2 III Street, n. W.,
Washington, ID. c., Saturday..

Dedlcatlng itself TO the task of eliminat-
ing revolutionists from the United States.
the Department of Justice today was TAX
ing stock of the results of last nights
raid. More then two thousand alien
reds have been arrested and good cases
will be made against most OF them. They
will be turned over to the Department of
Labor and will be held under 81 900 bond
for each individual.
Tho task to which the Department of
Justice has set its hand is one Of the most
far reaching ever attempted. The present
raid against the Communist party and the
Communist Labor party is continuing and
will continue until the job is completed
They will begin the task of ferreting out
other plotters against the government
The theory back OF this campaign Is
that it in no manner violates the right of
Tree speech or free expression. The de-
partment maintains that the American
government is a government by all the
people which shall express itself through
the medium of universal suffrage and
that any changes made in the government
shall be done by orderly processes.
For n Minority Rule.
In rounding up aliens who do not recog-
nize this fact il sees in these aliens men
or foreign countries, stepped in ignorance
who have come to American shores with
their preconcelyed .IL.Rropeaxs ideas to find
asylum here. These men Immediately
show their appreciation Of the freedom
! thus granted by plotting 10 overthrow the
| government, not by votes but by violence
to establish the tyranny of the minority
ana by terror and violence to impose the
viii OF this minority upon the majority.
10 these aliens the government of the
United States is saying through the De-
parhnent Of Justice, "You have abused
the hospitality of our institutions and of
our government You receive and you do
not give. You seek TO overthrow by vio-
ience the very protection that is afforded
you by the American form fgovernment
aand seek to reuplace it with the same
kind of tyranny from which you have fled.
Accordingly. this country has no use for
you. You are not fit to be Americans and
to mingle with other Americans. To de-
fend itself against your plottings this
government will send you out of IL .and
you may return to the darkness from
which you came"
This explanation Of the principles actll-
ating the Department OF Justice. given by
one OF the officials today, is that which
will actuate it in it's future continued fight
against plotting aliens.
Would Use strike for Revolution.
Radical leaders planned to develop the
recent steel and coal strike into n general
strike an ultimately into n revolution to
overthrow the government. according to
| informal ton gathered By federal agents
in Friday nights roundup. A definite
programme to expand the two labor dis
turbances for the purpose Of blotting out
every somblance Of organized government
was disclosed in evidence gathered in half
score of cities. This data, officials said,
tended to prove that the nationwide raids
had nipped the most menacing revolu-
tionary plot yet uncarthed.
! Officials indicated that both groups OF
radicals were only awaiting an opportune
moment to carry on among other classes
| of workers the same sort Of agitation cm-
ployed among steel workers and coal min
ers Among the foreign element of the
iConmunist and Communist Labor parties
information described as conclusive re-
vealed that the payrolls had been loaded"
with agitators 20 be sent suddenly to
every fertile field IN support OF general
strike campaign.
During the last two weeks OF tho coal
strike Communst agtators were dscov-
cred 70 have penetrated practically every
mining centre east OF the mississippi.
Evidence showed that in several instances
where miners had voted to return to work
the Communists had spread their propa-
ganda of distrust Of the government to
such an extent Il was said, that few. II
any. miners actually got back to their jobs.
Attempts 10 inclte the mine workers TO
violence we're the most bold I'm West Nir-
ginia. officials said, seoirus trouble being
narrowly avertcd there But all soft coal
regions were infested and much Of the data
leading ,ip 90 Fridays raids was gathered
| nv secret agents circulating among the
mine workers and coming I'm contact with
the agitators themselves. il was disclosed.
"sIu.h Fund" Disclosed.
The raids also disclosed that "siush
fund" has been created by the two parties
against whom the government moves were
directed Much Of this money, said to run
| into several millions, had been set aside
| for use i'm bailng out adherents OF the doc
trine in case OF arrest for sedition and the
teaching OF violence.
proof also was said TO have been OBJ
tanned that in the case Of agitators who
went among tho steel and mine workers
funds for bail were made available in
every section frequented by the Red
agitators Their plans for organization
of tho workers in support of the Com
munist cause were pictured as more COM
nlete than oven a political campaign. II
was evident officials declared, that the
movement was ripe" and that settlement
NJ The coal strike had been a keen dis
anpointrnent to the radical leaders.
Mr.. Garvan made public tonight the de-
ma rtrnent's memorandum, submitted TO the
| bureau Of Immigration. upon which was
based tho government classification OF
the Communist and Communist Labor
,cop,inucd on rsse Three, Col. Four