| Show fi i POST POLICY WITH REDS EXCORIATED TED C Charges o of f Flagrant Also Unwarranted Abuse of I I A Authority in Obstructing I D Deportations in Indictment By B y Winder R. R Harris Nat Staff StaIt Correspondent W WASHINGTON ON April 15 Im 15 Im Impeachment proceedings proceeding'S against Assistant Secretary of Labor Louis F. F Post were started in the House today Charges o of flagrant and md unwarranted unwarranted unwar unwar- ranted abuse his of-his his power in obstructing ob ob- ob- ob the the- deportation of alien alie enemies seeking t to undermine and overthrow t ro thew government form the gr grounds on which the impeachment is so sought 1 1111 r T. T The resolution sctt setting nS' nS the thc impeachment impeachment impeach impeach- ment machinery in motion was introduced introduced introduced intro intro- t this aft loon b by Representative tive Homer Hoch Koch Republican Kansas with full Cull approval al of ot tho the Republican leaders In the tho House The resolution recites the thc char charges es made a against Assistant Secretary Post and directs t the e judiciary committee if it tin finds s the char charges es to be true to re report report report re- re port out a a. resolution providing pro for impeachment im im- im- im The text of the resolution follows T Text of or Resolution Whereas It has been char charged cd on the floor noor of the House b by the tho chairman of or the committee on Immigration and naturalization and by other members of the House that Louis P. P Post as assistant assistant assistant as- as secretary of labor has haf In tn the discharge of his official duties and in inthe Inthe inthe the exercise of or his authority actual Continued on Page Pago 2 i WANT NAT TO Til IMPEACH SECRETARY POST Continued from Crom Iago J 1 or assumed flagrantly abused his hla hi power pow pow- er or In n connection with tho deportation of oC alien enemies of or tho country that ho h has In his official capacity pursued pursued pursued pur pur- sued toward those who would destroy by Corco and violence the tho government nt or Its Institutions a policy subversive of oC tho welfare tho peace and tho dignity dignity dig dig- of or tho United States that ho has haa hasIn In In lu nn an unwarranted manner submitted to tho demands of or those socking necking to prevent tho deportation of or aten alen cn- cn that by a flagrant and unwarranted unwarranted unwarranted unwar unwar- ranted abuse abuso of power ho has han hindered delayed nn and prevented tho deportation of oC alien enemies who by act art and counsel counsel counsel coun coun- sel would undermine and overthrow tho the government of oC tho United States and Whereas Tho said Mid offenses alleged to have o been committed b by tho the said Louis I I. I F. F Post constitute If IC true high crimes and misdemeanors against tho the United States Inquiry I I by Ordered Therefore be bo It resolved that tho the committee on tho the Judiciary bo bl directed direct direct- ed eel 1 to Inquire Into tho the truth or falsity of oC said charges against the tho said sahl Lou Loul Louis la F. F Post assistant secretary of oC labor and I If It finds Inda tho the said charges are true to report Its Us finding to tho House Hous together with a n resolution providing for tho the Impeachment of or tho the said Louis I Louish h I I. Post assistant secretary of ot labor And And ho bo It further resolved that In inthe tho the conduct of oC tho Investigation In h herein here here- rc- rc in provided d for said committee committee- shall have o the power to send tor for persons and papers to take testimony and to compel tho attendance of oC witnesses Representative Hoch stated tod that complaints havn havo coma from all over tho country t OI-n-t that t Assistant Ass t Secretary Post rot Is la responsible for tor tho the failure of ot the Iho government to deport tho the large of or radical aliens nt largo in inthe tho the c country country- Ho continued TIo IIo o has been en held responsible for what Is 13 called a friendly and lenient l policy polley of at tho the Tabor labor department to toward toward toward to- to ward these radicals Tho committee on Immigration and naturalization after a n long Investigation allon Is gradually reaching this conclusion and Is la collecting collectinG collecting col col- evidence to provo prove the charges Auk Amin Prompt l Removal I 1 believe tho time limo has como come when It is time to make mako an nn open Investigation tion of ot Mr Posts Post's actions and If It the charges are arc true ho iho should bo be promptly prompt prompt- ly removed Tho procedure I 1 propose should b be followed Is exactly tho the same samo as In other impeachment proceedings that have been boen started In Congress particularly particularly In the tho case caso of or Charles Francis Adams then ambassador to Great Britain Representative Hoch Koch planned to In- In his resolution when the House convened today and had arranged with Speaker Gillett to bo recognized At the tho request of or P Republican Leader der Mondell however Mr Koch Hoch agreed to withhold it Il temporarily Later in the the- day Speaker Gillett tt Mr Mondell members of ot the tho Republican steering committee the tho Judiciary committee com com- and tho the Immigration committee commit commit- tee tco conferred with tho the Kan Kansas lS member member mem mem- ber bar and after suggesting minor changes approved of or its introduction and assured him of oC their support Resolution Referred The Tha resolution was referred to the tile rules committee which it I Is understood understood under under- stood will report it favorably within a tow few days If It the tho House Hous adopts it it the Judiciary committee will make an nn Investigation Then If It tho the Judiciary committee reports out a a. resolution of oC Imp Impeachment and the tho House adopts it It tho Senate will bo be directed to hold tho the trial Only n a majority vote Is necessary to pass tho the resolution In the tho House HO Two-thirds Two majority Is necessary for tor forthe tho the Senate to sustain tho the impeach impeach- ment menta Representative Davey Democrat of oC Ohio who bitterly assailed Mr Post PostIn In to a n speech in tho the yesterday esterday announced that ho would support tho Hoch resolution Instead of ot ing a 1 similar measure himself as he had U planned Many Ian other Democrats have havo signified an intention to support tho Impeachment I OIL PA U C IX IN SONORA Nogales Arl Ariz April 16 l Famine In oil at the great copper mines of ot the Cananea Consolidated Copper company today forced a n delegation from the Sonora chamber chamber of oC commerce to proceed to Hermosillo Sonora for tor fora a n. conference with Governor Do La Ll of oC the Mexican state In an effort to relieve tho the condition |
