The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-01
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portation cases, some of them involv-
ing action on simple deportation war
rants, and others carrying with them
prosecution under the criminal law.
Deportation Cases
A considerable number OF deporta-
ton cases have come up, most of them
growing out Of the brutal RED Raids"
conducted under the agents of former
attorney general and presidential as
pirant, A. Mitchell Palmer, in the early
part of 1920. These men are all out
on bail and anxious to get a disposi-
ton Of their cases. In practically
every instance, the sole charge
against them was membership in the
Communist or Communist Labor
Party.
From the new deportation cases
hat have come up, and which the
.abor Defense Council is now defend
ing, it appears that the United States
government has not given up its prac-
tice of forcibly deporting "undersir-
able aliens" from this country and is,
indeed, carrying out its old policy
with extreme callousness, not hesitat-
ing to seperate husband and wife, and
father and children. These cases are
the Halonen case, the Vajtauer case,
the Kush case and the Schedel case.
Schadel was arrested only about
two weeks ago. He had been depor-
ted to Germany in 1920 and had just
made his way back here to try to get
in touch with his wife and four small
children, all of whom had und, rgone
extreme privation while he was away,
the wife actually going insane for
while. Scheders deportation is now
demanded. Moreover, he is being
prosecuted under the law making it
a felony for any deportee to return to
this country, and faces a possible
four-year term in prison before re-
deportation to Germany. In our opin-
ion, the Schedel case offers a good
opportunity for general anti-deporta-
ton campaign which should have as
its immediates aim the wiping out Of
the deportation orders against the
other Communists now out on bail.
Farrell Cases.
Late in January, 1924, the police Of
Farrell, Pa. raided the local headquar-
ters of the South Slavic Branch Of the
Workers Party and confscated all
literature found there, which con-
sisted of newspapers, books and
pamphlets, radical and non-radical.
A few days later the homes Of 10
workers were raided, with search war
rants calling for their arrest on a
charge of sedition against the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania The
police were unable to locate all of the
Is for whom they had warrants, but
the following Slavic workers were ar
rested:
Tony Kovacovich, Andy Kovaco-
vich, Andy Dugan, John Radias, Tony
Marich, John Sarich
Two of the defendants, Andy and
Tony Kovacovich, have been tried
and found guilty by jury Of Mercer
County farmers. Attorney |. e. Fer
guson, of Chicago, went before Judge
McLaughey, of Mercer, Pa, in the
early part of September. to argue
for new trial for Tony Kovacovich.
All of the other Farrell cases are be-
ing held in allegiance until the deci-
sion in this case is made public. The
defendants are all steel workers;
the only evidence of any inn
portance against them is of a "gang"
nature, having all the earmarks of
frame-up. The point at issue is wheth-
er Tony Kovacovich did or did not
make an illegal speech" calling for
the overthrow of the government, etc,
in violation of the Pennsylvania Sc
ton law--and also whether that sed-
ition law is constitutional The six
defendants in the Farrell cases are out
on bail.
Pittsburgh Cases.
On April %, 1923, squad Of federal
d. OF j. agents. state poncemen and
county detectives descended upon the
headquarters of the Workers Party
in Pittsburgh, ransacking the office.
confiscating checks and creating gen.
eral disturbance. AS a result Of this
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