Evening star., 1923-03-16
u. S. AGENT JAILED
WITH COMMUNISTS
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send messages or mail letters: were not
allowed to call each other by their own
names, aliases being used instead; could
not keep discriminating documents In
their possession overnight, could bathe
only AT specified hours, and were re-
quired to wear bathing suits then.
Rules for Delegates.
Some Of the rules on this document
provided:
mo one can leave. the grounds with
out the permission of the grounds
committee. All persons leaving the
grounds must register when leaving
and report when returning.
Persons shall go bathing only be-
fore breakfast or after supper.
mo persons shall mingle with
strangers
No persons shall be allowed to
send messages or mail letters.
No discriminating literature or
documents shall be kept in baggage
turned over to the committee every
evening. The grounds committee
must arrange for the safekeeping of
this matter.
"All persons are prohibited from
throwing away papers or written
no longer desired may be handed over
to the committee for destruction.
NO one shall disclose or ask for
the legal name of any person pres
ent."
Stewards on Job.
Besides the rules OF this committee
there was committee of stewards to
enforce them. The stewards, according
to another document produced by the
state. had each sleeping room and its
occupant numbered, saw that delegates
turned over their discriminating papers
and went to bed at the proper time at
night, and got them up at in the
morning.
o. L. Smith. assistant attorney gener-
al OF Michigan, in his opening state
ment, declared the state would show
that roster had helped to organize, be-
came member of. and voluntarily as
sembled with the communist party
which advocated unlawful methods Of
accomplishing industrial or political re-
forms.
The evidence will show. he said. that
Foster was a paid organizer and official
OF the organization and editor OF the
Labor Herald of Chicago. official pub
lication of the Trade Union Educational
League, an offshoot Of the communist
party.
Mr. Smith and Frank p. Walsh of
New York. chief Of counsel for Fos-
ter. eiashed when the assistant attor-
ney general declared the evidence
would show that the Herrfn, Ill, mine
war, in which more than twenty per
sons were killed. had been lauded at
the convention as valiant defense"
and that an official of the communist
party attending the convention had
declared the workers throughout the
country must take their guns and
close down the scab mines and
paralyze the state machinery by mill
tary action
BIames Federal Agents.
the attorney general said he had doc
uments to support his statements
they were admissible.
Mr.. Smith described the speech the
state claims Foster delivered to the
convention. Mr.. Walsh, in his open
Ing statement. said the defense would
'endeavor to show that Foster attended
the convention as a fraternal delegate
and did not hold card or pay dues to
the communist party.
He described the organization of
the party in 1919, and the federal
raids on its members on January l.
1920. The evidence, he said, would
show that federal secret agents In
the party's ranks called meetings for
that day, anu that when the members
had assembled in response to the call
they were raided and some 5000
arrested, few of whom were ever
brought TO trial.
The state finished the direct
examination of Sheriff George Bridge
man. the first witness. this morning
ard the cross examination was taken
UP by Frank =. Walsh.
The sheriff described the raid on
the communist convention and the
finding Of the two barrels of papers,
documents, fling envelopes, type
writer's. duplicating machines and
other supplies and paraphernalia.
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