Show I CONGRESS BEGINS PROBE AS TO 10 POST House Committee Hears Charges of Favoritism in inI I Deportation Cases Washington ashington April 27 Illegal al ac actions actions actions ac- ac of Louis F. F Post assistant secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary of the department of or labor Jabor re resulted resulted re- re suIted in the failure to deport alien radicals members of oC the thc House de declared declared de- de dared today before beCore the tho rules committee commit commit- tee The responsibility lies lles at the door of ot Secretary Wilson for not recommending recommending mending removal of ot such a man if Jt these charges are true Representative Rodenburg Republican Illinois member member mem mem- ber bet of ot the committee declared during the hearing which Inaugurated Investigation Investigation of or Mr r. Posts Post's official conduct tOO C lU H Cited Representative Johnson Republican 1 tl House House- immigration committee presented a report re report report re- re port b by committee investigators on more than cases in which it was said id Mr Ir Post had cancelled or stayed deportations recommended b by Immigration immigration gration authorities C Counsel for Mr I Post interrupted to assert Commission Commission- I er General Caminetti of or the immigration ra Immig-ra- I tion bureau was without legal regal author author- Ity Sty to make male any Ln recommendation re regarding regarding re- re re-I re garding deportation warrants Representative Siegel Republican I New cw York accused Mr Post of or bringing bringing bring brIng- I ing the deportation la law Into disrepute and making deportation pro proceedings a a. I farce and a Joke He added there haa baa been man many plain violations of or the law but Representative ReI Republican Republican Re Re- I I publican Kansas another witness de deI declared de- de I cIa dared red he doubted whether Mr oIl Post had hadI violated tho law although he contended contended contended con con- I tended the assistant secretary had unquestionably unquestionably un un- un- un questionably abused his discretionary authority Summary nel Thirty eight cases were cited by Representative Hoch Republican Kansas author of or the resolution that led lel to tho the investigation in which Mr Ir Post was alleged to have released ac accused accused aeI ae- ae cUBed agitators ag without awaiting to I review the evi evidence ence on which the I charges were predicated With ith Mr fr I i Johm Johnson on Ho h also charged Mr 1 Post I for a time line accepted a a. decision of or Secretary Sec Sec- that mere membership In n the communist party was sufficient ground round for deportation but that later Post changed chang his mind and did not follow this thiH ruling Mr Johnson charged that Mr Ir Post called for fOI as many as lS a hundred cases casesa a da day to release accused aliens alfens While the thc lloch Hoch resolution looks to a ap p possible oss Ibi lo o Impeachment m p ca c h in e n t p proceeding roe e ed I n g a against Mr 11 Post Republican leaders plan for Cor a a. complete preliminary inquiry in inquiry in- in h by tho the rules committee and In event of an adverse or c finding to propose propose propose pro pro- pose a resolution calling Mr r. r Po Pot Poat's ts t's removal Jemo |