Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-01-09
NATIONAL ROUNDUP
| OF RAD|CALEL
ARMY OF DEPARTMENT OF JUS
rtcE AGENTS CONDUCT
RAIDS IN LARGE CITIES.
AGIIATORS TO Be DEPORTED
Socalled Soviet Government IN On'teo
States Was Aim Of MaIcontents-
Much Valuable Evidence OBJ
tanned by Federal Officials.

WASHINGTON-The greatest rouno
up of radicals ever known in this
country took place January z, when
an army of agents of the department
.of Justice. armed with 1000 warrants,
simultaneously raided every known
red" headquarters in 33 OF the larg-
er cities reaching from coast to coast.
The move was made against COM
munist and communications groups
principally. By midnight 1900 per-
sons were iii custody and by morn
ing it was reported 5000 would be be-
hind bars.
The biggest bag" of the radicals
was made in New York where over
400 were arrested and sent to Ellis
island From dozen New England
cities, 800 or more of the commun-
lists were gathered and in Detroit
the raiders found plentiful supply.
taking about 300 into custody. Chi
cago and Philadelphia supplied more
than 120 and Buffalo about 100. A
larger number than in any previous
raid was reported from practically all
the cities
Plan Is to Deport Them.
The object Of the raids, Assistant
Attorney General Garvin said, was
to obtain for submission to the de-
partment of labor cases for deporta-
ton of "a very large number of our
most dangerous anarchists and radi-
cal agitators."
Agents of the department, he add
ed, went out prepared to catch the
radicals with the goods on
The general charge of attempting
to overthrow the government by
force and violence was placed against
the. persons arrested during the raid
Officials declared they believed that
several hundred members of the
communist and communist-labor par
ties would be behind the bars before
long.
Say They Planned Revolution.
Radical leaders planned to develop
the recent steel and coal strikes into
a general strike and ultimately into
a revolution to overthrow the govern
ment, according to information gath
cred by federal agents.
| definite program to expand the
two labor disturbances for the pur-
pose Of blotting out every semblance
of organized government was dis
closed in evidence gathered in half
a score of cities. This data, officials
said, tended to prove that the ma
tion-wide raids had nipped the most
menacing revolutionary plot yet un-
earthed.
Officials indicated that both groups
Of radicals were only awaiting an
opportune moment to carry on among
other workers the same sort of agi-
tation employed among steel workers
and coal miners. Information des-
cribed as conclusive revealed that
pay rolls had been loaded" with agi.
tators to be sent suddenly to every
fertile field in support of a general
strike campaign.
Propose New Laws.
| WASHINGTON.-Un to prose
cute the so-called "parlor bolshebists'
-iong-haired men and short-haired
women who encourage agitators and
promote sedition as pastime, At
torney General Palmer Monday issued
: an appeal to congress for promp,
action on the bill submitted by him
several months ago which would
strengthen the government in deal
ing with American citizens considered
dangerous to the nation.