Show PRESS INfLUENCED POST COMPLAINS Labor Secretary DeI Defends ends Action Ac t tion in Alien Deportations Deportations Deportations De De- De- De Washington May ay 8 Continuing his defense of or hl hi his conduct In alien deportations deportations deportations Assistant Secretary of Labor Post told the House rules committee today that In many cases exorbitant ball bail was demanded b by the department o of justice By placing the amount at 1000 Instead of he said tho the government was able to obtain the thc appearance appearance ap ap- ap- ap of the aliens when they were wanted Deportation cases presented before the thc rules committee as the thc 1 basis hasis ba ha- sis of or attacks against Mr lr Post were reviewed b by him The rhe whole matter maller has been prejUdged pro pro- judged for newspaper use In the last si six weeks he declared Ho lie testified that he canceled the thc deportation warrant arrant against a Flores Mason Magon a Mexican l because the thc evidence showed Magon did not be believe be- be lieve In anarchism m In any accepted sense of or the term although he lie admittedly admit admit- te dl was WOos a communist anarchist Mr Post interpreted th the evidence in the thc case to mean that a 1 Magon on believed ed in changing in a form of ot government co only I by a a. majority vote Referring to tho the release In New York last fall of several members of or the IV I. I W. W SV W on all their own recognizance Mr 1 Post said Raid this action was taken be because because because be- be cause a trial Judge had informed tho the department of or labor that he would be bo compelled to free the thc men through I I habeas corpus proceedings A A. A 1 P 1 ro r u ui UL v U V bell boll the assistant secretary explained I further that some newspaper men were influenced In their writings s regarding deportations by reason of salaries received received re received re- re from sources other than their n newspapers Ho He told the committee that he ho spoke entirely tr from 1 here ay and that his I references had been to publicity men who work worle under the guise of or newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper men Mr Post named Thomas r F. F Logan a former fonner Washington ton correspondent as one newspaper man who he said Bald had I received etl pay from outside 2 sources Mr Logan Loc the thc witness said paid n n. few years cars I ago o received money from meat puckers packers while white getting much moro than his legitimate salar salary from his views news paper Mr r. Post told tho tivo committee that contrary to newspaper reports the thc Im Immigration un- un migration authorities had no connection with the thc detention of or Andreas Andrea who ho committed suicide In Now New York lust last week |