Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-25
WHOLE COMMUNIST PARTY SUBJECT ID
 DEPORTATION LAW
Wilson Rules Against Organi-
 ZatiOn in Test Case
HOLDS AGAINST
 AUSTRIAN LEADER
Overthrow by Violence, Not ParIia- mentary Process, is Advocated,
 Secretary States--Excerpts of Manifesto Cited

Washington. Jan. 24.--The com munist panty of America was held by secretary ot Labor Wilson today to oe ''a revolutionary party" within he ,r"aning of the statutes provd
 ng for deportation of aliens who affiliate @th such organizations. Tn tic ease of Englebert Preis, an Aus trian arrested in recent raids, execu- tion of deportation warrant was ordered by MT. Wilson, paving the way for deportation of many aliens now in custody and against whom similar cEarges have been brought. The ruling was made in an opinion in which documents relating to the communist party are discussed. The secretary said that "the only con- clusion is that the communist party of America is an organization that believes, in teaches and advocates the overthrow by force or violence of the government of the United | States.
 The opinion follows:
 "in re Englebert Preis it is alleged | that the alien is a member of the communist party of America, which is affiliated with the communist in- | ternational. The alien admits mem- bership in the communist party of | America an dthat it is affiliated with the communist international. 'The sole question, therefore, to be determined by the secretary of
 labor is: The communist party of America such organizations as is de- scrbed in the act of October 16, I 1918, membership in which makes an alien liable to deportation The language of the act applicable to this case is as follows:
 1 "Section 1--Aliens who are mem- bers of or affiliated with any or ganization that entertains a belief in, teaches or advocates the over- throw by force or violence of the government of the United States.
 Section 2--Shall, upon the war rant of the secretary of labor, be taken into custody and deported in the manner provided in the immigra- ton act of February fifth, nineteen hundred seventeen"
 Applicants Cards.
 Ut will be observed that belief in, teaching or advocating the over throw of the government is not alone sufficient to bring any organization within the scope of the act. There must, in addition, be belief in, teaching or advocacy of force or violence to accomplish the purpose.
 Bearing that in mind we may pro- ceed to examination of the facts.
 "The manifesto and program and constitution of the communist party
 of America and the manifesto of the communist international are sub
 mitted in evidence and their authen-
 ticity admitted.
 "The constitution of the commit
 mist party requires that: T Applicants for membership shall
 sign an application card reading as , follows:
 "'The undersigned after having
 read the constitution and program of
 the communist party, declares his adherence to the principles and tac- tics of the party and the communist
 international; agrees to submit to
 the discipline of the part yas stated in. it's constitution and pledges him
 self to engage actively in it's work ing.
 "An examination of the documents demonstrates the fact that it is the
 purpose of the communist party to overthrow the government; there !; are many statements that might be , quoted, showing that purposes. The : Two following are typical. The statement is made:
 "'Communism does not propose to : capture the state, but to conquer and detrsoy it.
 "And again on the same page:
 ""The proletariat class struggle is
 essentially a political struggle. The
 objective is the conquest by the pro- :, letariat of the power of the state" ]" | Many other statements are to be
 found in the same document.
 "It is apparent the communist par :, ty does not seek to attain it's ob- y jective thru the parliamentary ma- : chinery established by and operated Q by the communists.
 "The parliamentary processes es- . tablished by our government are to e be discarded or used for propaganda A purposes only and other means a adopted for overthrowing the gov 't ernment of the United States. These - means are stated at considerable
 length.
 Strikes are to be broadened and
 deepened, making them general and
 militant, and efforts made to develop Sl their revolutionary complications.
 The strike is to be used not simp-
 ly as a means to secure redress of X economic wrongs, but as means E thru which the government may De conquered and destroyed. A few ' excerpts from the communist party and communist international mani- ' festoc will make these statements ' evident.
 "'The conquest of the power of
 the state is accomplished by the
 mass power of the proletariat- Fefi-
 tical mass strikes are vital faeter
 in developing this mass power, pxes 2 pairing the working class for con- > quest of capitalism. "sMass action is industrial n hee| origin. but it acquires political ene3 ssz9e