The Washington times., 1920-05-07
HOUSE REPORT
LIE, SAYSPOST
Charges Branded as "Mlslead-
ing and Misrepresented
Stuff"
mot FACT AND NOT LAW
Labor Department Sole Judge Of
Deportations, Says As
sistant Secretary.


Scoring az misleading and mis-
represented stuff" the House Inn,
migration Committees charges, As
sistant Secretary Of Labor Louis +.
Post today replied to impeachment
proceedings against him before the
House Rules Committee.
'SThe stuff in that report is at
variance with the facts, and the facts
are not in with IT," Post said.
Report mot Fsctp
Declaring that whoever drafted
the resolution and proposed IL had
only q slight knowisdge Of deporta-
ton procedure" Secretary Post de-
clared the Immigration Committees
report was "not fact and not law
He declared that the report simply
copied the Bureau OF immigration
memorandum in the deportation cases,
upon which the charges are based.
Under the law. neither the Bu'
reau OF ImmiKration nor any other
department except the Department OF
labor. has anything whatever to do
with deportations." Post said, and
consequently the Bureau of 1mmigra-
tions memorandum had no legal
status.
Usurpea Authority.
Explaining his alleged interference
with the deportations. Post charged
that Commissioner General of Immi-
grafton Caminetti had SHIELD up scores
and scores of cases until he could
act in something he had no jurisdic-
tion over" This usurpation has gone
on for years. Post said.
| "I changed this in March, but the
change was not made until was
thoroughly convinced that the COM
missioner general was. not author
ICED to do what he did" Post said.
"when I went into the matter, 1
found what the Immigration Commit
tee could have found for themselves
IL they had gone there instead OF
just copying the bureaus unauthor-
lied and unlawful reports"
Deneunees Red Raids.
Secretary Post then denounced the
scores of raids, all over the country.
"Out of the thousands and thous-
ands of arrests" Post said. II be-
lieve three pistols were found among
were 90 ca1iber.
"That's not funny" Chairman
Campbell said, as laughter swept the
room.
II am not trying to be funny" Post
said. I'm serious. IL Is pitiful when
you know about it" ,
Secretary Post then described how
hundreds OF men have been arrested
In the dead OF night, taken to police
stations, and without counsel or
friends, questioned, and their replies
set down on stereotyped. forms al
ready prepared.
Arrests Were .Fraaea-
Many Of those arrested. Post said,
were listed In unlawful organizations
without their knowledge. by so-calIed
automatic memberships"
There have been 268 deportattons
from December 81. 1919. to April "a.
1890. There have been 1895 cancel
lations Of deportation warrants, 7s2
deportation warrants and 1923 de-
clared not guilty, Post stated.
Post declared he could not sleep at
times, when he thought OF some men
Men who did not know they were
guilty" Post said. "who thought they
were Joining social organizations of
their countrymen, or thought II was
Cor education" have been arrested.
Post warned the committee that 20
preserve our liberties 1T Is time to
put a check upon action by admins
trative procedure by which depor-
tations are conducted.
Administrative process is a dan
gerous thing for a country like ours"
Post said
He declared updar thia procese man
are being dcported on charges made
! by business rivals or personal enc
mics in some cases.