The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-01-26
COMM MIST pARTy
KfNOLi TlnNtKN Is OpIN.
ION on SECRETARY WIZ.
son or DEPT. OF LlBOI,


for ovcuhroHiug the government ot
tine United Sta,c3. These means are
stated at considerable length and
frequently reiterated, seemingly for
purposes Of omphrsi-
strikes are to broaden and dcopop.
making ,hcm general and militant.
and efforts made 10 dcvclop their
revolutionary complications. The strike
lis to ho used not s'mply as means
10 secure rndrc.s OF economic wrongs
but as % means through which tho
government may bo conquered and
destroyed. a few excerpts from the
communist party and communist in.
tornational manifestos will make these
statements evident.
Thus ON page 10 Of the manifesto,
and program Of the communist party
of America is the following:
The conquest Of the power Of the
state is accomplished 10y the mass
power Of the prolctariat. Political
mass strikes are a vital factor in
developing this mass power, preparing
the working class for conquest Of
capitalism
And again on page II Of the same
document:
Mass action is Industrial i'm It's orl.
gin but IT acquires political character
us IL develops fuller forms. Mass
action. in the form Of general politi.
cal strikes and demonstrations unites
the energy ana forces OF the prolctar
iat, brings prolotarian mass pressure
upon the bourgeois state
And further ON, ON page -, the
same document:
STRIKES Of protest develop into gen.
cl.l political strikes and then into
revolutionary mass action for the
conquest OF th" power OF the state.
Mass action becomes political in pur.
rose while cStrtparliamcntary I'M
form, it lis equally n process of rcyo.
luton and the revolution Itself in
operation"
Then ON page IL:
"rhc communist party shall rarti.
cipatc i'm mass strikes, not only to
achieve Tho immediate purpose OF
the strike but to dcyclop The rcyolu-
ucnaly implications of The mass
strike
Aud then, making the purpose still
moro cIcar' We have Tho following
from page 50 Of the manifesto Of the
communist international with which
lhc commuu,St party Of America is
affiliated and whose manifesto is ac.
copied as part Of the policy Of the
party.
Tho revolutionary era compcls the
prolrtarat TO mako use Of the means
of battle, which will concentrate its
entire energies namely. mass action; I,
with its logical resultant. direct cen /
flict with the governmental machiu F.
cry in open combat. All other meth. .
ods such as revolutionary overthrow .
Of bourgeois, parliamcntarism, will .
be Of only secondary Significance"
From tine quotations and numerous
statements I'm the manifesto, not here ,
quoted, 1t Is apparent that the com.
lnmst party Of America is not mere
ly "a political party seeking control .
Of affairs of state but Il revolutionary .
party seeking to conquer and destroy !
the state i'm open combat. And the .
only conclusion is that the commu-
mist party Of America is an organi2a-
tiun that believes in, teaches and adj
vocatcs the overthrow by force or
violence of the government of the
United states.
1t does not devolve upon the sec.
reury cf labor officially to determ-
inc whether congress was wise in
creating the law or the communist
party wise in creating the facts, 1t
is his eluty TO apply the law to the
facts as he finds them. 1t is manda'
tory upon him TO take into custody
aliens who are members Of this or
and deport them in the
manner provided for in the immgra.
.ion act Of Feb. i, 1917.
Your memorandum of Jan. II, 1920,
accommodating that tho department
issue It's warrant for the deportation
ot Englobert Preis. such deportation
10 be to Austria, ut government eN'
rensc. is hereby approved.
lSigncO
W. T.. WILSON.