Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-06-09

among whom is Roscoe Pound, the
famous dean of the Harvard Law
School, for continued violation of the
Constitution and breaking of the
laws has stirred official Washington.
Under the guise of a campaign for
the suppression of radical activities"
says this statement signed by Dean
Pound and his associates, 'the Office
of the attorney general, acting by it's
local agents throughout the country,
and giving express instructions from
Washington, has committed continual
illegal acts. Wholesale arrests both of
citizens and aliens have been made
without warrant or any process of
law; men and women have been Jailed
cess of friends or counsel; homes have
been entered without search warrant
and property seized and removed:
other property has been wantonly de-
stroyed; working men and working
women suspected of radical views
have been shamefully abused and NAL
treated
agents of the department of JUS
tice have been introduced into radical
organizations for the purpose of in
forming upon their members or incit-
ing them to activities; these agents
have been instructed from Washington
to arrange meetings upon certain
dates for the express object of facili-
tating wholesale arrests and raids.
I'm support of these illegal acts, and
to create sentiment in it's favor, the
department of justice has constructed
itself a propaganda bureau, and has
sent to newspapers and magazines of
this country quantities of material
designated to excite public opinion
against radicals, all at the expense of
the government and outside the scope
OF the attorney generals duties.
NONE ARE RADICAL
I'VE make no argument in favor of
any radical doctrine as such, whether
Socialist, Communist or anarchist. No
one OF us belongs to any of these
schools of thought. Nor do we now
raise any question as to the constitu-
tional protection of free speech and a
free press. We are concerned solely
with bringing to the attention of the
American people the utterly illegal
acts which have been committed by
those charged with the highest duty
OF enforcing the laws-acts VIII ch
have caused widespread suffering and
unrest, have struck at the foundation
OF American free institutions, and
have brought the name of our country
into disrepute'
There are 81 printed pages of
charges and proof in support of the
charges against Palmer and his secret
service agents. The Indictment GOV.
ers cruelty, fraud and lawless violence
OF most disgusting kind, backed UP
by a nationwide campaign of false.
hood in the public press.
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PALMER's SUPPORT
So much for Palmer, the suppressor
OF radical political organizations and
OF civil liberties. The Palmer of pres.
idential ambitions was revealed dur.
ing the week through the testimony
OF his campaign manager, former Con
gresham Carlin of Virginia, before
the senate committee that is investi
eating the campaign expenditures OF
the candidates. Carlin, formerly no
tor1ous for his effort to prevent an in.
yestlgation OF the Big Five meat pack
ers, is now counsel for one Dupuy in
a suit brought by the internal revenue
bureau to collect $1,5O0,OOO to person
al income taxes and an additional
$l,50O,O0O of penalties. This Dupuy
was the chairman of the board of di
rectors of the Crucible Steel company
when that corporation defrauded the
government of nearly $1O,0OO,O0O in
income and excess profit taxes. When
the company was forced to pay up
Dupuy was off it's board. Another
lawyer for the Dupuy interests, which
center in Pittsburg, was Palmer.
manager in Pennsylvania. Carlir
claims that he has been Palmer's close
friend for many years, but that hi
would not expect Palmer to be preju
diced in favor of any of his (Carlin's)
clients, whatever the result of Carlin':
political services to the attorney gen
eral.
J. Harry Covington, treasurer O.
Palmer's campaign, testified that h,
resigned from the federal bench in tn,
District of Columbia to take a Job un
der Palmer in the alien property Gus
todlan organization, and that he 20
$4,000 as lawyer for one German firm
in that connection. He testified ais,
that Fred B. Lynch of Minnesota
Democratic national committeeman. i
now president of steamship line AM
OF the Bayer Chemical company b,
grace of Palmer, while other stalwar
Democrats of Palmers picking ar
likewise drawing good salaries q
heads of corporations taken from Ger
man owners during the war. Thes
men are out for. the nomination O
Palmer.
COPPER PROFITS AND LABOR
Copper miners in Montana an,
!: Utah, who have been pictured to th