The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-12
DEPARTMENT OF
 JUSTICE PRAISED
 FOR FRED" RAIDS
More Money Needed to Con tinue Drive Against
 Radicals


 vigorous campaign of the adminis- tratfen against radicalism is meet ing with countrywide approval, and if Congress grants the appropriation just requested by the Department of Labor the roundup of reds" will continue with increased vigor and scope.
 Following raids by the Departm enI of Justice which resulted in the ar rest of more than 5000 persons sus- pected of radical tendencies, the De- partment of Labor submitted to Con gress, when it re- ssembled this week, 000,000 for the enforcement of laws against alien radicals and s150,000 for expenses of their deportation.
 The Department of Labor also asks a deficiency appropriation of $300.- 900 to continue it's work of regula ting immigration.
 The commendable activities of tho Departm ent of Justice in arrestinS suspected alien radicals and in the seizure of tons of objectionable lit erature and propaganda matter, to- gether with the estimates submitted by the Department of Labor, reveal the intent of the administra cion to pursue relentlessly the campaign against radicalism. Aliens who preach overthrow of government and vio- lence, or who indulge in inflamma- tory utterances against American laws and institutions, will come inn medtately under the surveillance of agents of the Government and will be arrested whenever their activities ed as inimica1 to, the public vel fare.
 Within the past week agents of tn: Department of Justice and the immi- grafton authorities have been making arrests in scores of American com munities. It is significant that these raids" were so well conducted thar they came as surprise to the radi. calls as well as the country at large A chorus of commendation in al sections of the United States followed the first announcement of the round. up.
 The efficiency and systematic plan ming of the Department of Justice which reached out its hand at prac tfca1ly the same hour throughout the l country, was shown by the Chicag. incident. A state official in that cit, criticized the Attorney General of tn, United States for not assisting tn,
 
 of radicals in Chicago. Under thi. 1 criticism the Department of Justice remained silent for a few hours i knowing that it's plans were aIread, laid for simultaneous raids in Chi cago and elsewhere. This program of course, which had been in makin. 1 for days, could not be disclosed t. l the public. At the appointed hour tn agents of the Attorney General began making wholesale arrests and seizini radical literature in practically ever, large city, including Chicago. | When the Federal campais ] against radicalisun got under way 1 critics of the Department of Justic l learned that for weeks It's secret ser vice agents had been collecting dat | upon which alien "reds'' might b arrested and deported.
 | The wholesale arrests of the De partment os Justice showed that it surveillance had extended from coas to coast and that its agents wer merely awaiting the opportune tim for beginning the systematic round closure silenced unjust and iI1-ad vised criticism, whether in Chicag or elsewhere, and public commenda ton of the stern measures of the de partment suppIanted it immediately.
 Approval of the firm policy of tn administration as it relates to sup pression of radical and anarchist tendencies is found in Congress a well as the country at large. It believed, therefore, that Congress wi feel impelled to give to the executiv departments whatever sums may b needed for carrying on the vits work
 There is no doubt that much of tn secret service machinery of the Gov ernment will continue to operat against radica1ism wherever it ma be found. This campaign is regarde as one of unusual importance, an hundreds of operatives of the De partment of Justice and the Depar ment of Labor have been assigned the war on the Reds That tner will be further deportations of allie radicals as soon as cIear-cut cast are established against suspected pe1 sons is generally expected. The at : ministration is determined to nov speedily and vigorously against ar alien who by word or act encouraet disloyalty to tle American Cover ment.