Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-12
WHOLESALER ALIEN
RAIDS REPORTED
Carson Tells Secretary Doak
of Work Breaking Up Huge
Smuggling Ring.

wholesale arrests and the indictment
Of II men suspected of being leading
alien smugglers in Chicago Detroit ano
Philadelphia were reported to Secre-
tary Doak today by Murray w. Carson
special assistant in charge of the Labor
Departments nationwide campaign
against alien racketeering.
Twenty-seven indictments recently
were returned against alleged smugglers
in New York.
Garrison came to washington today
from Chicago to make this report to
Doak He brought with him many let
ters found during the drive in Chicago
which alone netted 200 arrests. These
letters gave information concerning
methods used by the smugglers to
bring unauthorized persons into the
country.
OF those arrested in Chicago, Carr
son said, 50 were found to be aliens
who had committed crimes and had
suffered Imprisonment. Requests have
been made for deportation orders in
these cases. Garrison added that evil
dence had been found that virtually
all of the remaining lat aliens arrested
were in this country Illegally. De-
portation orders also have been re-
queSted against the majority OF these,
he said.
Garrison also rendered the Labor
Secretary q list of about 625 names
of those suspected OF being in
this country illegally and who have
been making Chicago their home since
their arrival mere, from two to i've years
ago. The list, which was compiled by
the immigration Bureau of the Labor
Department, showed 200 had been ar
rested and 317 had been killed in gang
land activities.
These BIT names were scratched of
the suspect list" at the department.
died as the result of having partici-
pated in gang fights in or near the ILL.,
nois metropolis. ,,
OF the II under indictment are
being held in Detroit, in Chicago and
2 in Philadelphia. It was explained
that all are alleged to have been con-
nected with the same smuggling ring
that is believed to have conducted a
wholesale business for many years in
Chicago and piled UP revenues amount
ing to hundreds Of thousands of dollars.
Some memoranda found by the Labor
Department Investigators in the Chi
cago headquarters of the ring showed
the fee charged for bringing aliens
into this country by the ring was put
down as money received for iron"
''dried wood" binding feet" and q
QO4en OCner 1GeuS.
Letters were seized from aliens living
IN Italy, Belgium, Hungary, Russia,
Austria, Germany and China, asking
how soon they could be smuggled in
and the fee charged. One of the let
tiers was from a citizen Of China, re-
siding in Germany, declaring that I'M
less means were found quickly to get
him into the United States he would
be destitute.
Garrison said the information re-
ceived from those arrested and from
the seized correspondence and memo
randum books probably would open the
way for investigation into the activities
of certain persons who have been CIV
ing advice to aliens Illegally in this
country as to how, through technicali-
ties or other means, they may escape
Secretary DoakIs alien smuggling
drive got under way about four months
ago. Attention was centered In New
there many aliens have been deported
and a alleged sn1ugglers indicted. Sew
raj Government clerks connected with
the immigration Bureau in that city
also were caught in the dragnet.
After concluding his investigation in
New York. Garrison was ordered by
Doak to Chicago. There he ran into
QlplOmaClc snare as TIE result VI y 1alu
conducted In that city's Chinatown.
Forty-two Chinese were arrested and
many reported they had been roughly
handled by police assisting the Federal
agents.
The Chinese consul in Chicago filed
protest with the legation here and an
informal note was sent to the State De-
partment. This, however, was reported
Withdrawn after the legation had been
advised that the Chicago Chinese col
ony had rendered Garrison q ban
quet. Garrison today reported the BAN
ouet was o complete success.