Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-10
ATTORNEY GENERAL
DISCUSSES RADICALS

communist internationale at Mos
cow to gain control of the trade and
industrial unions throughout the
world "is meeting with marked sue
cess in so far as it relates to syndt-
calist unions in the United States"
says the first annual report today Of
Attorney General Daugherty.
| Communist parties in this country,
Mr.. Daugherty says, have united to
more effectively carry on propagan-
da, and the policy is to endeavor to
gain control of the labor organiza-
tions through the control of the
executive committees or other gov
erning bodies therein.
MANY of the leaders Of this move
ment are American citizens" he
says, though they are subject to
orders from Moscow as to their &C.
| ton and activities in the United
States.''
The attorney general says there
has been a noticeable effort upon
| the part Of various sO-called defense
societies to propagate and carry on
agitation in behalf Of the ultra
radicals in the United States"
| "Inconspicuous individuals in the
ultraradical movement apprehended
| locally,'' he asserts, "are martyred
and propaganda started in their be-
half, not only within the United
States, but throughout the entire
world. In many instances the So
called defense organizations are
found to be merely a camouflage
for such movements as the United
Communist party, which must con:
duct it's activities underground"
Foreign propagandists still are
| flocking to the United States, ac-
cording to the report, which notes
that APT of them arrived in the last
fiscal year. The movements, the
nature and the extent Of the actiVi-
ties of these individuals have been
carefully. observed, it is stated, and
the government has been kept Sin
timately informed"
During the past fiscal year," the
report continues, "the activities of
foreign propagandists in the United
States have been particularly notice
able and careful attention has been
Igiven to this pernicious form Of work
within this country. 1t is impossi-
BILE to accurately estimate the vast
amount Of money spent in the
United States by the foreign agents
engaged in exploiting the American
people and in creating interest in
support for movements and schemes
entirely foreign to the interests Of
the American people,"
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the federal government in dealing
with ultraradicalism are limited by
law to aliens, Mr.. Daugherty notes
that practically all of the states now
have enacted laws defining and pun
ishing criminal syndicalism and an
archy. These laws reach the citizen
as well as the alien.
The dealing with ultraradicalism
is only one of the many activities
Of the department of justice during
the past fiscal year which are re-
viewed in the attorney generals re-
port. He calls attention that while
the department ceased last January
it's activities in the enforcement Of
prohibition, it is continuing to CO.
operate in this work.
The attorney general observes
that "there has been no decrease
in the number of illicit distilling
cases since the enactment of the
prohibition laws" and that "the
court calendar in some jurisdictions
have been, overtaxed by this class
of cases.
"Where the facts warrant" he
says, 1.-The offenders have been Wig
orously prosecuted, and it is hoped
that this will result in material
reduction Of such violations of the
law"
Selective service act cases dis
posed of during the year numbered
1903, the report says, the convic-
tions numbering 148 and 100 pleas of
guilty. Cases pending at the begin
ming of the last fiscal year number
ed 2S,0S7 and 1881 new cases were
begun.
Violations Of the so-called disloyal-
ty sections Of the espionage act have
greatly decreased, according to the
report, which notes that only six
cases were begun under the entire
act d3ring the fiscal year, while Al
cases were disposed of, 100 cases
having been docketed at the begin
ming Of the year.
Mr.. Daugherty declares that as an
organized system the white slave
traffic has been broken up, but
adds that a great many Individual
cases still exist, with the depart
ment making every effort to break
up this practice also.
Complaints arising under the
peonage act increased during the
year, the report continues, land
peonage was found to exist to a
shocking extent in Georgia, Ala
bama and. some parts Of Texas"
Several convictions have been OBJ
tanned and several prosecutions are
pending, it is added.
Among his specific recommends
tons, the attorney general asks for
enactment of legislation.
Authorizing the appointment of
two federal judges at large for each
of the nine judicial districts in order
court dockets: i,
Making it a criminal offense to
send through the mails letters
threatening INJURY to life or prop
erty:
Authorizing the presence CT ste
nographers in grand jury rooms:
Making it a crime for a single in
dividual to defraud or attempt to
defraud the federal government in
any manner, as the law now pro-
.vides for the punishment Of "two or
more persons who conspire to de-
fraud:' ,
Making criminal an attempt to
commit crime against the United
States:
Limiting the compensation to be
received by referees in bankruptcy.
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