Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-05-09
First Demands Exorbi-
tant, Assistant Labor
Secretary Holds; Exag~
gerated by Papers, Says
Declares No Adjudged
Deportation Cases by
Evidence; Facts Per-
verted in News, Says.

Washington. May S.-Continuing his
defense of his conduct in alien deporta-
tion. Assistant Secretary Of Labor Post
told the house rules committee that. in
many cases, exorbitant bail was demand
ed by the department Of justice so as to
duelne uep ahS the amount mount Of bai ALL he only fol-
lowed the constitutional prohibition
against excessive bond. BY placing the
amount at $1,000. instead of $4,000. he
said, the government was able to Obtain
the appearance of aliens when they were
wanted.
Deportation cases presented before
tacks against Mr. Post were reviewed
by him. The evidence in tie cases. he
said. had not been presented to the con-
mittee. and he read portions Of it. con-
tending that no proof to warrant depor-
tations was disclosed.
Masos Not Guilty He Says.
"The whole matter has been rrcjudiced
for newspaper use in the last six weeks.
he declared.
He testified that he cancelled the de-
portation warrant against Enrique Flores
showed Magon did rot believe in an
archism in any accepted sense of the
! term although he admittedly was
communist anarchist"
Mr.. Post interpreted the evidence in
the case to mean that Alagcn believed in
changing a form Of government only BY
majority vote.
Names Lobbyist corresp pondent.
At the request of Chairman Camp
bell. the assistant secretary explained
further that some newspaper men were
influenced in their writings regarding
deportations by reason Of salaries re-
ceived from sources other than news
papers. He told the committee that
he spoke entirely from hearsay' and
that his reference had been to publicity
men who work under the guise OF ncws-
paper men"
Mr.. Post named Thomas F.. Logan. q
former Washington correspondent. as
one newspaper man who. he said. had
received pay from outside sources. Mr..
Logan. witness, said. few years ago
received money from meat packers while
getting much more than his legitimate
salary from his newspaper"
Always Guided by Evidence.
Mr.. Post. in continuing his testimony
before the house rules committee as to
his conduct in deportation proceedings.
said he was actuated always by the
single thought of trying to find out
whether accused aliens were guilty
Answering Chairman Campbell'si
question whether the political conyic-.
tions Of aliens he had freed had appealed
to him. Mr.. Post said.
Il am utterly out Of sympathy with
the attitude of the physical force or
the philosophical anarchists. For so
years l have been fighting that I'm
the deportation cases an l have tried,
to do was find out whether the alien.
was guilty or not guilty
In deciding deportation cases Mr..
Post said he had followed procedure
assuring a fail trial. with counsel for
the accused and full opportunity to be
heard
Asked why Emma Goldman had ad-
dressed him a. ''our friend" Mr. Post
said she probably followed the custom
Of constituent writing member of
congress with whose opinions the member
didrot agree. Mr. Post charged that
the house immigration committee had
garbled the record for the release OF
accused communists 80 as to make it
appear that he had acted improperly. :