Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-01
PALMER SAYS POST +.
AIDED ANARCHISTS
Labor Official Declared to Have
Perverted Sympathy for
Criminal Aliens
LAW AND EVIDENCE DEFlED
BY the Associated Press

by the hSsoCiateu FresS
Washington. June 1.--Charging that
Iouis F. Post. assistant secretary of
I,ho. h,s '.souno..oa s,,,D,othy,, for
,ao''' "au u P'r'..''" ,'"'i'''"'
the criminal anarchist, Attorney Gch-
cral Palmer told House committee to-
dov tbo, 4, doo,;,o With ottemnts Of
.Ls .. a. .,I a.. o.,,trr -
lne government 10 riu the country VI
dangerous aliens Mr.. Post has employed
n "self. willed and autocratic substitu.
,,o, 90 81. o,,, ,,,..,lo,, rorso,o, ,;on.-
Wv" W "'' Wv" ,',,''a"'" Nv, 80.
point tor inc oohgatlons OF the pubic
law"
Mr.. Palmer was testitying before me
tbo ofRo;oi oo,J,,ot nt ,J, po.t /, Jne
nnr,ot;or ~ ,rooonai.s VI ''' -
"It bas bocon,o so.soo,,,. ,rnoro,t ~
tbo attornoy onnoraI so;J "tbot NJ
pns.'. co,,r.o T., ali tho Io,,or,ot;or NO
ccoJ;ncs hos boon % d;ctotcd he b;s own
ncrsnnal yiow tba. tbo Jonortot;nr io,y
Is wronc rotbor " tho o' '. o,r ." doS;ro 10" or
intont;on 20 no rr 80 a.. tho ia ,o,,, - oa an
ortod hy tbo Congross
"Rv bis so,f'n.;Iiod o,d o,,,ooro,,o
Substitution Of hi. ,ristohor nor,onoI
vieuno;nt foU .ba oh,;ast;o ,,,hi;o
ian.. ~. ~; o h,.i,sE wy "oii,sa'ton VI pu;nli;'
tndo for sno;aI no,ai,,,; .vn'e. 'o ,o.
vertod svr,notbr on CO.. thn on;,,'ina, "nu pc
orcbis+s of tbo co,,pt,r han "a,S;a o.
trntIv donrivod tbo noonIn ' 80 tho,r dor
in court l., tbo ontoroor,on, 80 o.. -,
vitoI ;mnortonco 20 ,ho;n ,.i
safety Ry HE vboiosoio ;o;, Joi;,,on;oa, %
md bis reIooscs ~ o,on lie 49, toasaI
onarcbists of tbo ,,,o.st 80 ''ha'SIeu ~
utterIv pullifod tbo n,,r,,o,o ps .h ~,
gress 4, nns,;nn ~ Jp. l,poSe ~, we Eon-
and has set ~ ,orro uporoa'IHn opou on s.aouic
tbe yory nvbI;o nnsr,;an ,ne p'op'e
the desire and intention Of the Con-
S'e'' " oe r'o or
Rules OF Evidence Defied
HE has defed tho rrIos 80 o,;dooo
as laid down nv our most rosnnns;hIo a
courts. has canceIed bmnJroJs pS -
warrants issrod NV h;s nusets dnnnt Vi "ka'
tirely without inSti6not;on a anI ,,ie.' u; en-. tn
Of the facts bos an,,toI .hn ""G I,. tn i"ct
of a committee Of tbo Scr,.o ' ,Lipi SSnSitnt Lnt
inycstiratod ono ~ tbo ",sos hosnn. 80" nus
has shown constant fovore ~ ,,;o,o n,,n, tn,. :,
of the law md their ottornoys rof',,;
even common courtesy to tbo nonont
ment of Justice which ;s ohoroaI ''.;tL
the duty Of ENFORCING Tho Io,rs eu " ';n VI
order to distract nuII;c attont;an -, ~
his obyious failnra IN norforr, III, i.v.i ',,n
duty. has sbowercd M, ,hn mo, r,S oM
ment NJ Justico n ,,,aso e e, nrpa't -
misconduct in rho bona tho, %a eoo ,iJ VI
nut this iaw.enforc;nr Sonortnont otuld y,
| the government On rho dsfons;uo - VI
Mr Palmer said hc boneJ -, ,,irb.
never be necessary n ;ndm,,o ",Sn. n,
criticism of another poyernmont o4
! c;al - hut ''tbe outrageors ana ,'nu
sc;onabIe falsehooJs" ia;d "hu hofo.n un'"h, .h.
committee nv Nr Post ron,;rod aof NV
answers, W ''''"'''
1T is not surprising " he ndded
that Mr.. Post. when tbe opportunity
has presented itself in nm oficioi way
to render a service to those who odvo.
cate force and violence. shouId emnloy
it to the limit. He has always bccn
sympathctic with that sort NJ thing -
In answering Mr.. Posts statement,
that he had Cancelled deportation war
rants 'ouly where facts Warranted sucL
action" Mr.. Palmer cited numerou.
individual cases which he claimed MACE
the assistant secretary in n nosition NJ
''passiyc tolerance and opcouragement,
Of Bolshevik literature and nronagande
He also submitted records of the do =.
partmeut showing the partiCulor nor
sons actively identified With the snres,
of the doctrine of the dictatorshin ~ Nh,
proIetariat, Mr.. Post continued n can
eel the warrants. Mr.. Palmer SAID
"eyen after we had produced eyidcnc,
showing the individual 70 have becn
member of the Communist marty wbicI
the secretary of labor had bcii to h
unlawful" "
Mr.. Palmer declared Mr. Post bo,
become a factor in the revolutionar