Evening star., 1923-03-24
From the $50 Edition OF Yesterdays star.
URGE PROSECUTION
OF 12AS RADICALS 5
William z. Foster and Frank
P. Walsh Among Those
Named in Petition.

a request that the federal govern.
nlent Commence prosecutors
against William L. Foster and elevc.
other alleged radicals" and invest
gate the acts of Frank P. walsh and
eight others declared TO have beer
associated with various radical move
ments in this country was fled with
the Department Of Justice yesterday b.
the representatives OF a number os
organizations interested in law en-
forcement.
Accompanying the complaint 70.
a long list oil specific charges and a :
brief arguing that the federal gov
ernmcnt is fully justified by the facts
in taking action. The charges against
Foster and his associates were said
in the complaint to be based ON o.
flcial statements issued by cornmUni1f
representatives in this country, whi3A
the allegations against Walsh and
those named with him centered about
trips they were said TO have made to
soviet Russia.
Those Signing Appeal.
The organizations signing the ~
peal, which vas addressed 70 Attor
ncy General Daugherty, we're II.
American Constitutional League. the
Massachusetts Public Interests
League. the womens Constitut!ons
League or Maryland, the Wonen's
Constitutional League OF Newport
News, Va. and the Woman Patrio,
Publishing Company. In addition.
the document was signed by LouG
A. Coolidge of Boston and r. NJ
whitney and Archibald Hopkins o.
Washington.
In laying the evidence before the
Attorney General. those who signed
the complaint said they we're acting
under the federal law requiring that
American citizens make known OF
fenses against the existence or the
government"
In the first class of twelve cases
the complaint continued the Attor-
ney General Is hereby respectfully re
uuested 10 instruct the proper lay
officers TO commence prosecutors
against the following persons on II.
evidence. documents and papers here
matter cited:
Those in First Group.
James 2. Cannon, chairman, Worh
ers' Party OF America; William Y.
Foster. secretary, Trade Union Edu
cational League; Carl i. Euthenberc.
executive secretary, WORKERS Party
of America. j. Louis Engdahl. editor.
The Worker; Alexander Bittlemaa.
member central executive committee.
W. P. A; Alexander Trachtenherg.
member central executive committee.
". =. a. Jack jo7nstone. member
Trade Union Educational League
trne Swabeck. member Trade Union
Educational League Ella kcere
Bioor. delegate To Red Labor Inter
national; Rose Pastor Stokes. ms rIhet
central executive committee. ". T.
A ard 4. J. Miller, secretary, Com
muuist Party Of America.
"In the second "lasS of niue cas.s
The Attorney Genera. is hereby r..
spectfully requested TO Investigate.
the acts OF the following persons tt
I determine whether offences a9aiaE
the existence OF the government. "
other offenses against federal statute.
have been committed:
Frank p. Walsh. attorney for La
Dor Defense Council; Paxton Hihben.,
lief Of Russian children; Cha'"lcs
Eecht. counsel. soviet government:
| Max Eastman. editor. the Liberato-,
| Claude Mckay. guest of the fourth
| Hulet NJ Wells preventative. Trade
Union International: Anna Louise
| Strong, Moscow correspondent, Fed
! Grated Press: Max Benacht, Albert
| Fys Williams.
! Evidence Submitted.
+! As evidence deemed sufficient TO war-
{ rant prosecutions" against those II.
I cluded IN the first group. the complain
cited many statements alleged to hay.
| been contained in various repor.s ard
publications Of the communist party
| and the workers party. Some Of thesa
| documents previously have been pro
duced IN court in various places, a.
though no attempt was made in The
/ complaint to couple the action requested
of the federal government with TIE
prosecutions now being conducted
against Foster and some OF the others
named under the state laws Of Sfichiga--
! Under the head OF evidence deemed
! sufficient to warrant investi cations
Into the acts of those whose names
appear on the second list, the com
plaint called attention to reports tha
+; Walsh made a confidential trip ~
! Russia in the interest of future worA
! Of the friends OF soviet Russia; thai
! Hibben had been in conference With
representatives of foreign govern
nents, and that the seven Others
| named attended recent conferences Of
the communist international at Mos
| COW.
| we are informed the complain
iconcludes, that the evidence, docu
ments and papers herein referred TO
as confirming these charges against
| the persons named in the first class)