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>,tn2elic3 to Turn sedition S2sss
! Over to States, Attorney Gegsss7
Says-Arrests Continue. -

/ | over 10 STATES, HttoFhey GsfsSs3s
/ says-Arrests Continue.
Washington, Jan. Unable toE %
/ ocute the so-caIled "parlor BolSas-
tI>,s," long-Eafred men and
9aired women, who encourage ag
DrS and promote sedtion as pastkss e,
Attorney General Palmer issueds "a
appeal to congress for prompt act -
Oh the bill submitted by him sere-l
months ago which would strength 50
;lle hands of the department of jisss
ice i'll dealing with American citizes $
considered dangerous to the natiou
At least one of the men takep
t'!e raids is city official, and
riprous others are natives of Il j
.ountry o'l-.v7re taken. out citizenskz
papers after long residence. 1t =
these that Mr.. Palmer, desires
handle through the federal coulss
rather than to leave their punishme
IL state tribunals, and in the abseni1
Of 4 federal law he is unable to %
81.
In order that the department tN
Justice" Mr.. Palmer's statement said
may deal forcibly, effectively and
quickly with seditionistS who are
American citizens but who are seel2
ing 10 iniurc or destroy the covers
mrnr, l hope very earnestly that coLs
-rcs> Immediately upon the reconyeE+
ing on January : viii enact into Law
a measure adequate TO meet the grave
situation now confronting us.
"-'here exists no reason for furthes
delay in enactment Of such a law, and
| confidently expect that there viii he
none. That seditionists should be punt
ished is denial by no loyal citizen
and that our present laws are inades
quate is questioned by none familias
with the facts
Several months ago in appearing
before a senate committee, I made
clear the fact that the department ss
justice was unable to proceed properg
Iy against seditionists because of q
lack of statutory definition of the
crime. and l also suggested the kind
Of Il law which I thought would meeis
the situation.
"Since that time the bill / outlined,
sss-ry-~t~e----- iliI
Representative Davey, of Ohio, and lS
now is in the hands of a sub-commit-l
tee consisting If Representatives.
Buested, of New York; Graham, off
Pennsylvania, and Gard, of Ohio. Epi,'
tomized the bill, afcer properly defin,
ing acts of sedition, would provide
for a fine of not more than $4,000, or
Imprisonment of twenty years or both,
for any person found guilty of sedi-
ton; a fine of not more than $4,000
or Imprisonment of not more than ten
years, or both, for any person guilty
Of promoting sedition; for the depor
tation of any alien convicted of either
of the foregoing crimes, and for the
standardization and subsequent de-
portatiOn of any naturaliZed citizen
guilty Of either or both of these
crimes.
THE county's response 10 the intro
duction of this measure leaves no eXs
cuSe for a single moments unneces
sary delay in the passage Of it.
The patriotic press of virtually
every state, without regard to politics,
has indorsed the bill as the kind
which must be enacted into law if the
supremacy of our government is to be
maintained. Organizations of many
classes, including posts Of the Ameri>
can Legion, have gone on record uGr
qualifiedly in favor of the measure
Individuals have written hundreds tol
letters indorsing the bill. In truth, II
has been hailed generally by red
blOoded Americans as a measure with
teeth in it and that is the kind Of al
measure the department of justicei
must have if it is ding o stamp OUT
this grave menace of sedttion." !:
Two hundred and eighty persons arr
rested in Detroit were added to the
list of those taken into custody. Nine
ty-four additional arrests of aliens
were reported to Mr. Caravans Office,
sending the total against whom the
department believes it has perfect
cases. to 2729. Included in the ar
rests reported were: Jacksonville. @ !,
Grand Rapids, 16; Omaha, IL Cert,
land, \. Y, 1G; WOodlawn, Pa. =
DeS Noines, II; Spokane, 10; Porr.
land, Ore. .. and Toledo ANA 1'itiss
burgh, each, and Denver, I.