Show Friction Over Deportation C C OU efforts were verc ere made in January b by bythe bythe the tho department of justice to rid the country of or the revolutionary re menace by trial and imprisonment of those reds who are American citizens and by deportation tion of those who arc are aliens Thousands of aliens were handed over O to tho the department of labor labor which it seems alone has power to decide whether r the law authorizes their deportation Since the sailing ailing of the Buford or II Soviet Ark z there has not been a single ono one of or these aliens deported and it is now reported that immigration officials frankly frank frank- ly declare there is no po possibility t of general deportations deportations leporta- leporta Hans within three mouths and admit there may be none at all The majority of the or more communists arrested arrested ar or- rested in tho the spectacular up round-up have hate been released cd under bonds hundreds have been freed while a scattering scattering scat seat few arc are held at various immigration stations pending conclusions of their hearings There is no reasonable do doubt bt that friction exists between the departments of justice and labor on the subject of these deportations with committees of or both houses bouses of Congress attempting attempting- to intervene eno on the side of the department of justice The raid by ly Representatives Albert Johnson Raker and Vaile of tho the House immigration committee on tho the department of labor and anti their seizure of records s in deportation cases form a n. startling illustration of th lack of harmony as to the policy of ridding the country of tho the undesirables The consequence is that when Attorney General Palmer catches a red Assistant Secretary of Labor Post turns him loose and Congress Cong gnashes its iLs teeth in impotent im jm- jm potent despair Tho The Portland Oregonian nn commenting on the situation says I It The The government continues to function rather I through the force forc of its own momentum than through the tho direction of its head It is rather by good luck and the instinctive loyalty of 99 93 per cent of or the tho citizens that the reds are prevented from destroying ing it A resumption of cabinet binet meetings to beget administration administration administration adminis adminis- work team-work is a a. a crying need Many teachers are aro reported going into the chorus to escape low ow wages Still parents will continue to to urge the growing youth to love lo their teachers more and anti the show girls less It begins to look as if we will have hate to fight to get any peace Annexing Cuba is isa a subject of much very sober dis din |