The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-01
Attorney General Palmer Submits
Sweeping Charge That The Assistant
Secretary Of Labor Has Perverted
Sympathy For The Criminal Anarchist

washington, June l.-Ch1rgtng that
Louis F. Post, assistant secretary Of
labor. had perverted sympathy
FOR the criminal anarchist. Attorney
General Prlm~r told the house com
'mittes Today that In dea ung with at
tempts Of he government to rid the
Of dangerous aliens, Mr.. Post
had empkyed a SEX " he'd and an-
tocratic substitution OF his own mis-
taken personal viewp-ant for the OBJ
jects Of rhc public law
Mr.. Palmer was testifying before the
rules committee, which Is invesugat.
ing the official conduct Of Mr.. Post
in deportation proceedings.
by his habitually tender solicitude
for social revolutionists, and perverted
sympathy for the criminal anarchists
Of this country" the attorney general
declared, Mr.. Post has consistently de-
prived the people Of their day In
court, In the enforcement Of law
U vital Importance to their peace and
safety. BY his wholesale Jail deliver
fessed anarchists Of the worst type,
he has utterly nullified the purpose
Of the congress in passing the depor.
tauon statute and has set at large
amongst the people the very public
enemies whom It was the desire
rid Of. He has defied the rules Of
evidence as laid down by our most
responsible courts; has cancelled hun.
dreds of legal warrants issued by his
department. entirely without justifica.
ton and in face Of the facts; has
flouted the judgment Of committee
OF the senate which has investigated
one of the cases before him; he has
shown constant favors to violators
Of the law and their attorneys, refus-
ing even common courtesy to the de-
partment of justice, which is charged
with the duty Of enforcing the laws,
and. in order to distract public at
tention from his obvious failures tn
perform his own duty, has showered
upon the department of justice mass
Of charges of misconduct in hope
that he could put this department Of
enforcement Of the government on the
defensive, in the face Of criminal ell.
ernies from whose activities the de-
partment has sought to protect the
government and the people,"
Mr.. Palmer said he hoped 1T
might never be necessary to indulge
in any criticism Of another govern
ment Official" but the Outrageous
and unconstitutional falsehoods" laid
before the committee by Mr.. Post
required definite answers.
1T is not surprising" he added,
that Nr. Post, when the opportunity
has presented itself in an official
way to render service to those
who advocate force and violence,
should employ 1t TO the limit. He
has always been sympathetic with
that sort OF thing"
In answering Mr.. Posts statement
that he had cancelled deportation
warrants, only where facts warranted
such action" Mr.. Palmer cited mum.
erous individual cases, which he
claimed placed the assistant secre-
tary in a position Of passive toler.
ance and encouragement" of bolshe-
Wiki literature and propaganda
He also submitted records to the
department showing the particular
persons actively Identified with the
spread the doctrine OF the dictator
ahfn af fhn proiato ri.< ~ pa,---
said:
Even after we had produced evi-
dence showing the individual to have
been a member Of the communist
party. which the secretary of labor
had held to be unlawful"
Mr.. Palmer declared Mr.. Post had
become factor in the revolutionary
PLAN" but he credited the assistant
with having been led into it "un-
consciously." He said, however, that
the attitude In which he had pictured
the labor department official was one
which ante-dated Mr.. Posts service
in the government. Here he quoted
from editorials written by Mr.. Post
when he was editor OF 1.-THE Public"
a magazine which the attorney gen.
ersl called very radical"
Regarding Mr.. Posts assertion that
with all the sweeping raids, only
three pistols have been. found" Mr..
Palmer declared that while the num-
Der Of guns found in no way indI-
Gated the potential danger Of the
aliens, department agents, not only
found scores Of them, but bombs and
other implements Of destruction as
well He named dozen cities in
which he said the raids had disclosed
actions Of aliens In the use Of bombs.
Charges by Jackson H. Ralston,
counsel for Mr.. Post, that the De-
partment OF Justice had provacateur
agents in service, who were engaged
in fotning new communist organiza-
tons against which raids could he
directed, were characterized by the
attorney general as deliberate and
unwsranted falsehoods." He said some
OF the department agents, in order to
gain confidential information, had
Joined outlawed organizations. but he
challeoyed anybody TO show that any
one Of tho department employees has
evrr organized or has been instru-
mental In carrying out the policies
q program OF any radical organiza-
ron"
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