Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-09
'' fBEN| & s SYMPATHY
WITH RADICAL ELEMENTS
Assistant Secretary of Labor De-
clarcs He Handled Aliens in
Accordance With Evidence.
GAVE THEM FAIR TRIALS
Member Of Examining Committee
Declares His Belief That De-
cisionS Were Actuated by Sense
of Duty-Court Upholds Action.
tRy Associated r.css. !

OF Duty-Court Upholds Action.
wASHlNGToS, Nay S-Denyins
that his sympathles are with radical
elements rounded UP by The Depart
of Labor Louis +. POS, declared today
before the House Rules Committee
thar in handling alien deportation
cases he had acted solely IN accord
ance with the evidence.
Answ Ing Chaisna9H c@'.sseSiis
tions of!aflens. he had rrtsa a.>u aa-
pealed y t1n, Mr.. Pest said:
Il ann tterly out ot.sy'n2pathy WIKI
the attitude of the physical fo!rt u
the philosophical anarchists Eo-
thirty years have been fEht:UE .Sat
In the deportation cases, al ASye
tried to do was TO find OUT whe;Ae-
the alien was guilty or ne; guilty..
Assured Fair Trial.
In deciding deportation cases. NJ
Post said he had followed : irccHdGrs
assuring a fair trial Win counsel :o-
the accused and full o0Po-tGUti. 20
be heard. Representative gHu. peuo-
crat, North Carolina, remarked ;hSt
Mr.. Posts rules operated 10 MAKE de-
portat!ons more difficult, hU. the VIZ
ness replied that any rules 10 p-ctec:
personal liberty Involved EXERCISE o.
safeguards tending toward delay.
the committee. said thar while his
from ,R&5e Of. Mr. POST. lie believed
the Lazy. in making decisions. was
actuated9by 4 Sense Of duty
Mr.. Post read Il CoIr; decision hold
ing that :alien residents had the right
ito a fairfrial and said thai IN dealing
with the aliens he had tried 10 apply
the priWiples, laid down IN the de-
scision. Nicns rounded UP by the De
partment OF Justice agents. he iesti-
fed were examined by those agents
after the fashion OF "a police inQu!si-
rights to counsel and fair trial. This:
he adder. was in plain cuntravention'
of the tour; decision.
DIsrInims Blame for SaIsedo. :
Mr.. Post told the committee that
contrary TO newspaper reports the I'M
migration authorities had no connec-
ton with the detention OF Andrea
Salsedo, who committed suicide in
New York last week. Department Of
JuSticesagents,- he said, were detain-
ing SalFedo and the Immigration Bu-
reau reicords showed that although a
warrant for him. had been issued in
tody of Immigration officials.
Mr.. Post was. put through 1 long
eaSTS FIN Shich The witness said
he formerly was 4 Republican. but
now was a Democrat. that he regarded
the Constitution OF the United States
as a sacred document and tina; he had
tempted disorganizat!on OF the gov
ernmenfS
mr.. Campbell sought TO have, MIR.
Post say IL high brow anarchists
were not as dangerous as those sd-
yocatinE out and out violence, but the
Assistant Secretary declined 10 give
an "abstraet opinion"
,AskeA ;%hpy Emma la,- G9 2Lisna, h Me
POST said She probably followed the
customs of a Constituent writing
lnemhet OF Consrsss, w:.h Waoss
Mir Pos, charged that the House
Immigration Committee had garpled
the reeprd. OF the release OF accused
Commuhists 50 as Is, 70 p, make ,.I ts:appear
At the conclusion OF his testimony
Campbell announced the
commit oSi would meet mex, week 70
determine on . course OF future ac-
Explains 1. w. W. ReienAe.
Referring 10 the release IN New
York last fall Of several .s.f menbeEs
nizanee; a{ter they mad been ,!a5s-
ferred froff Seattle. Mr.. Post said iais
action ;was taken because :. tr!a.
ia nbol s s Se x s6a p !. ta4Dsd
to free,the men through hab-aa cor
pus proceedings. Ey releasing the
men, Air. Post said. Il was sl9ssibie:
to continue their cases and hold
AnsIgerl&s ! charge without : rec
ord OF th,-heLinE= ~ lad CANCELLED
deportat .ek. warrants. 4g4!ns; thirty
Post said The caHce!la t.Ons actually
Forty nine instead OF
thlrty-a ght, and that his action was
taken On the recommendation OF thS
examining !r.n. grafton Inspector an&
the Department OF Justice agents wao
caused the arrests. These RECON- .
to the II! n grafton bureau before he
acted fnd we:. followed later by
the evideli. which showed the aliens
were held not 10 be Communists
The with sss went on 10 explain that
the immi grafton Inspector requested
authority 70 release the men on thoir
own reSgnizance and IN responsc 10
wired f9r an explanation wired that
both the immigration inspectors and
the Department OF Justice agents
cancelled" Immigration bureau Off
cials framed an order authorizing tnt
release OF the men on their own rcCug
niZancc, but Mr.. Post said he changed
arrest, declaring there was no reaso:
why he should not have done SO.
Hot Shot at Newspaper Mcn.
At the request q! chairman Camp
bell, the assistant Secretary explain
ed further that some newspaper ncI
were Influenced in thci! writings re,
garding dcportat.Ons by reason :.
salaries received from sources cth.t
than their newspapers He told tn.
committee that his reference had beer
to publicity men who work under
the guise OF newspaper mcli Mr.. POS
named a formcr WASHINGTON cor.
respondent VINO received from inea
packers much more than mis- lcgitl,
mate salary from his newspaper"
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