The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-06
MORE REDS TAKEN !
IN Ne W RAIDS |
TOGET RADICALS.
Another Nation Wide Scoop of
Alien Criminals
TRoTzKY's @BEsT FRIEND"
Outlaws Scared from Old tiaunts Were
Trapped In New Hiding
Places

| Washington, Jan. 6.-The govern.
ments campaign to rid the nation OF
more than 5000 aliens, members of the
/ communist and communist labor par
lties arrested in recent raids, promises
to be long drawn out fight. depart
ment of justice officials declared to-
night. With the radicals fortified by
strong legal talent and "slush fund"
to finance their opposition to deporta~
tion, and the immigration service in
adequately supplied either with the
men or the means to handle the situa-
tion, the help of Congress was con.
sidered absolutely necessary by off,
cials.
Anthony Caminetti, commissioner
general of immigration appeared be-
fore the House appropriations COM
mittee during the day with an appeal
for funds to allow expansion Of his
force TO deal with the hundreds of de-
| tails involved in completing the de.
portation proceedings. The commits
sicner asked for at least ten more law.
yers. Department of justice officials
| have promised assistance but the need
for greater legal staff than is in pros
pect even with the help of Attorney
General Palmer's staff was keenly
Ifelt, Mr.. Caminetti said.
| Officials also explained that through
out the country the work of perfecting
cases against the radicals held would
be slow because OF the small number
of immigration inspectors. Added to
| this was the fact revealed by informa.
ffn,, oh4 4atr aI tn hn .ls kI.ot
radicals have been instructed to make
use OF every form of delay known to
the legal world.
The probleIp of prison facilities en-
gagged the attention OF the officials OF
both the department of Justice and i'm
migration authorities at Ellis Island
N ", where hitherto all persons held
for deportation were kept while the
routine of deportation work was being
completed is overcrowded. %
Secretary Baker ammo unced he had,
instructed Major General Bullard, com.
manding the department of the east.
to provide detention camp for the
use of the department OF Justice It
was understood this would be Camp
Upton because of its proximity to the
port of New York from which the
next Soviet arks" will sail.
Officials were inclined TO the opinion
that second camp might be necessary
|as concentration point II another
is chosen 1t will be in the middle west
1t was stated.
In view OF the departments plan to
continue the arrest of known COM
munist and communist labor party
members. federal agents in the border
districts were instructed to guard
closely against attempts of the radi-
Gals TO escape into either Mexico or
Canada. 1t was apparent that officials
had information that the reds" were
in fight In many sections, but confi-
dence was expressed that those wanted
would be apprehended finally If check
ed in getting on foreign soil Only
three or four such Attempts have been
made since the raids started Friday
More arrests are planned In Chicago.
New York, Detroit and Boston and sew
eral smaller cities in the east. Federal
agents have trailed many persons said
to be ring leaders in the agitation OF
an overthrow of the government by
force, and tonight the arrest OF sew
erai of these was regarded only as a
matter of hours.