The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-01
MOVE TO DEPORT
5EvERINO, UNITED
STATES Citizen
NaturGlizcd Italian Is
AciiUe Trade Un;onist

NSpSS'N " INV 1aiif WoFkoSl
ST. JOSEPH, Mich, Jan. 80.
MAX Burger, "red expert" for
the department Of Justice, slip
ped into St. Joseph yesterday
and is quietly at work collect
ing documents and evidence
from the Berrien county court
records OF the trial Of the thirty
two Communists to be used in
deportation proceedings against
Joseph Severino, one of the
Michigan defendants.
These proceedings against Seyerino
who Is naturalized Italian are not
new. They have q history. 1t began
back in 1898 when Severino ran as a
ron partisan car li6ffa 81 the city
counoil OF Cleveland, - Ne lad tls
endorsement Of the Workers Party
An attempt to shut the Workers Party
out Of local politics In Cleveland was
directed against Seyerino.
Scraps Of Paper.
A publicity campaign was stated
about Severino's connection with the
Michigan cases. When this failed to
serve its purpose activities were begun
to take Severino'e citizenship papers
away. A number Of hearings were held
but when the councilmanic campaign
came to an end the matter was drop
ped. Severino, by the way, is an &C
tive trade unionist in Cleveland, and
has been an influential member of the
Brickiayer's Union for years. Max
Burger was the government agent
who handled this affair in Cleveland
IN 1928. He is busy again. The case
against Severino has been revived
this time with the intention of deport'
ing him.
Plan to Cut Cases.
It is no secret in st. Joseph that the
case against Severino is being brot
back to life for only one purpose: &c
make beginning for deportation pro
ceedings against all the Michigan de.
PENDANTS who can be placed under the
jurisdiction Of the labor department
The purpose is plainly to cut down the
number of cases before the Michigan
courts,,,o that the remainder of the de-
PENDANTS who are not deported can be
rushed thru their trials.
Several Finks Testify.
Max Burger has been assigned this
lob. Last week he held a deposition
bearing in Chicago On the Severino
case. The first goal is to take Sever.
mos citizenship papers away from
him. Dispositions were made by a
number OF department OF justice az.
ents among whom were several well
known red-baiters, Louis Loebel,
James Peyronnin and August Loula.
This part Of the hearing consisted
merely of one fink asking other flnks
questions.
l. Il. Ferguson was called in as ex.
pert on Communism. He was asked
to identify documents, one of which
was the first manifesto of the Com.
munist international. Ferguson ans.
wered that since several documents
Of that nature we're brot to the coun
try in various languages he could not
Identify exhibit No. g." tho mani.
resto.
Other Workers on List.
Burger ia diligently taking photo.
static copies OF the documents used in
the Michigan trial TO be used in pro
ceedings against Severino In the Uni;
ed States district court at Cleveland.
% talto seyerino's citizenship away
After that Burger will turn the case
over to the department OF labor which
las. always been liberal in deportinl
my alien against which there is tn,
east scrap OF evidence.
Similar action against other dc
'sndantB in tho Michigan cases Is Gel
ain to come II the present movt
'Eainst severino succeeds