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Show SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE IS GIVEN IN "RED" INQUIRY FORMER 0. S. OFFICIAL IS UNDER CLOUD Evidence Showing Sympathy Sym-pathy by Howe for Radicals Introduced in Ellis Island Probe. Unexpected Disclosures Indicate Lenient Program Pro-gram in Dealing With Undesirable Aliens. ( XEW YORK. Nov. iS. T-:-.:ers showing !i sympathetic attitude 0:1 the part of J lyrederic C Howe, formerly commissioner ; of immigration at Ellis Island, toward radicals who had been ordered deported, i? Kera read today at an inquiry by the Eon taunifrration committee. They were produced a: c testimony by Byron H. t ! THO, now act.!-.t nniESioner at the liiar.d, tiiat ' conditions under Howe's regime tended to make the island a I "forum of Bolshevism, a bawdy house and i gambling house." Tae correspondence, taken by tlie com- -. mittte from files at the island, included r'.'.ers written by Howe to George An-inytehine. An-inytehine. a radical, whose deportation order was cancelled: Elizabeth G. Flynn anfe Louis F. Post, assistant secretary of .stor; one received by him from Emma Gokiman and one from Dante Barton, rice chairman of ihe committee on in- - dnstrlal relations to Miss Helen Marot 1 j in care of "The Masses," a radical New : : publication. M 5i Goldman urged Howe to send "to rare ueath" in France Joseph Goldberg, a white slaver and a friend of defendants In Los Angeles dynamiting cases. Off!-records Off!-records read by the committee 3 showei Goldberg had been allowed to go - to Spain at his own expense after being wdered deported. HOWE IS THANKED FOR OFFICIAL ACTION. .".-ireytchine. an I. WW. riotor. wiote I Hoxe upon cancellation of an order of : tfcrportation: -' I have no words to thank you for your vpration and sunrior:, Your; us cver for the emancipation of mankind." li reply Howo vrote: I was immensely gratified to receive ;. your letter advising me that Acting Sec-retary Sec-retary Densmorc had cancelled your or-ler or-ler for deport: Hon." Elizabeth G. Flynn wrote Howe in 're-, BWd to Andreytchine: "I count you among the firi to see f ".hat this young rebel is not sent to certain Hone replied with a formal review of the ease, and added the postscript: ' This is a very official letter, I know."' Ho-a-e wrote to Louis F. Post. ii.vFlstant secretary of labor, in regard to t'ie An- pytchine case: "The young man i.; a e'ean. whole.-ome, Jks young fellow, and Mrs. J. S. Cram 'A E58 telephoned me several times about A letter from Dante liar? on to Helen , narot in regard to Andreytchine said: IRE THAT HOWE WOULD BE LENIENT. 1 think we can feel preitv sure that "M Howe will continue his parole. That "iu give us a longer time to make a stir J the help o' the -.vhoie raciicp! ' " Densmorc's opinion that he he deported is a rotten legalistic 'J.eyed reincarnation of attorneyism; . Possibly we can scare Secretary illson." '', vi' ' f"'n' testified that in dpar;m--nt:t) m, "altera Howe had gone over the head of ''Kertor, Anthon- Caminetti, enmmb.-Jr enmmb.-Jr genera ' of InimiKi-;. do::. ;m.i ile.-.H Hff1 officials of the department of labor. - j B! "a.f deals with Caminetti. he tesli- J . J'r. Caminetti was at the island to- no: ::Ue:.o -J.o h.-;.rlncs. "". j B. j the committee vaa conducting 'f En 5 ,Ilto i;'e former administr.i- Bt hunger strike and a "sllcnco" ,i E?-?,D' more than three score radicals at ' Th eontinued. " .f fc. eommittce announced that some of C K would be brought before it examination Friday, 1.5 force if neces- y JHREE RADICALS DROP y.. THEIR HUNGER STRIKE. ii:;'f radicals wcie so Inner: today! ' loom ljev. answered the :'! to do.- : V ",c others totilpht inoi had no ,.; tor forty-eight hours. t'.;'"""5s'"ncr Uhl planned to break the ;;JSr strike by holding deporta'lon .' V)v' "Ss "-iforo immigration inspectors ' WKU. tne, P'sence of the radicals after wnially notifying them to :.poear. 8 iVS?1- th" "Mir.iiiM 'ieclded to call! . ..:"'::--ls to testify, this strike-break-Was dI:ii'ed. By the hunger and W" f 'kes the radicals seek to have ! Wtto vi ut" iron harrier separating them' ''' t It ro ! 8 reaiives. Rt"d th to furthcr questions. Uhl ad-' ad-' u'a:- Pi' vious to the resignation ' fcrnin ""we last s, pt.-n.ber. immoral i -INS l' l'""v" ai!"'A':'1 10 circulate; l! Other P.-lMOll. rr-. He ford, or , .. A OoaUnned. on Page 11, Column if.) i FORMER 1 5. OFFICI IS UNDER CLDUD (Continuea Ire--. Psrs Hue i I mltted that one Chinese crew had In-; In-; dulged in gambling to such an extent that a seaman had lost $3000. i After the arrival from Seattle of a j trainload of reds." he said anarchist j papers and literature had been circulated on island. Chairman Johnson Introduced into evidence evi-dence letters seized from Mr. Howe's file. One. dated October S, 1915. was addressed to "Kred Howe ' and signed '"Emma Goldman." Gold-man." Dealt With White Slavers. ' It dealt with the case of Joseph Goldberg, Gold-berg, alias Joseph Durant and "Petit I Joe," who. Mr. Johnson said, records of the department of labor showed had been engaged in white slave traffic for several years before his arrest In Los Angeles. Although ordered deported, he had been allowed to sail for Spain nt h'.s OWn expense ex-pense after several other countries had refused to receive him. Referring to Goldberg, who at that time, Mr. Johnson said, had ben ordered deported de-ported to France, the Goldman letter declared de-clared It "would be a terrible thing to turn him over to sure death." According to the letter, Goldberg had been recommended recom-mended to the writer by "David Kaplan" and a man named Schmidt, of whom you have heard from Lincoln Steffens." Goldberg, according to the department of labor's records, had brought women into the United States and France from i AfHcm, Mr. Johnson said. Members of the committee also introduced intro-duced a letter alleged to have been written writ-ten by Howe to George Andreytchine. Records of the department showed, according ac-cording to Mr. Johnson, that Andreytchine Andreyt-chine had been arrested In Duluth on the charge of being an L W. W. rioter. The Howe letter congratulated the alleged L W. W. that his deporLatlon warrant had been canceled by Acting Secretary J. E. Densmore. Coming of Golden Age. Andreytchine's answer also was read. He assured Howe he would do all he could "to further the coming of the golden Then tnls fellow seems to have been turned loos to spread tbe doi-trln rs o! Bolshevism." remarked KepresentaUvt Raker of California at this point. Another letter, which Howe ts said tc lave wrltttn to Kiizabsth Gurley Flynn In connection with Andreytchine's case, also was read Into the record. In this letter Howe declared "Mrs. J. M. Cram had. Interested herself In the radicals Case. Mr. Johnson also read a letter from Howe to Commissioner Get.eral of 1mm.-mtiofl 1mm.-mtiofl Camhielt! suggesting that John de Luca be released, "as Honry Kord ha ! offered to hire nuch aliens." According j to Mr. Johnson, the department's ree:rle I show De I.uca wan arrested in Cleveland for engaging In white slave traffic. I Mr. Camlnettl replied thut De Duca sitould be held, but Mr. Johnson said records rec-ords at the Island showed he had been released on his own recognizance.. Mr. Vhl said that he always had dealt with Washington through his superior officer. Mr. Camlnettl, but thai he knew Howe had communicated direct with the department of labor over Cuminetti's head. Martens Is Witness. Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, self-styled ambassador of soviet Russia to tne United States, and Dudley Field Malone, former collector of the port of New York, whose name was Introduced at the hearing yesterday yes-terday by Martens, were witnesses today before the Lusk committee investigating Bolshevism. Malon- admitted he had received $1000 from Martens. This, he said, had been paid for professional services rendered when he examined contracts placed by the "embassy" with American concerns for goods to b c shipped to Russia. Ho said he was glad of this "employment, especially as his fee had been paid quickly, quick-ly, and that he saw nothing wrong In it." "It Is a fine state of affairs." he said, "when the chief law officer of the state J so far forgets the constltutiou of the I United States thai he doe.- not remem- ber it permits every man. whether alien or clt.zen. to employ counsel." j Attorney General Newton, counsel for ; the committee, urged it not to listen to I any "unwarranted, improper and indecent" attack upon its activities. Malone then was ordered to leave the stand, but he protested and did not step down until the sergeant-at-arms reached his side. The portion of testimony to which Mr. Malone took exception concerned questioning question-ing of Martens by Attorney General Newton New-ton regarding the $1000 paid the former collector. Spoke in Soviets' Behalf. "Do you know as a fact that Mr. Malone Ma-lone he is an orator, isn't he? has been speaking for the recognition of soviet Russia?" asked the attorney general. After Martens had replied in the affirmative. af-firmative. Mr. Newton continued: "Wasn't that $1000 paid to him for that service?" Martens replied. "No." adding: "I would prefer Mr. Malone to answer that himself, but. anyway, it was not expressly ex-pressly mentioned." CLARKSBURG. V. Va.. Nov. 26. Seven persons, alleged to be radical leaders, were today arrested by agents of the department depart-ment of Justice at Wendel, a mining settlement set-tlement in Taylor county. near here. Large quantities of literature said to be revolutionary were seized. The government agents, who went to Wendel from Fairmont in a special train, were still at work this afternoon in a search which. It was said, would include every home in the village. We-nde' has been known in northern West Vfrginla as a center of radicalism. In touring the island the committee discovered what it regarded as evidence of easy opportunity for undesirables to enter the country. A Canadian farmer and his wife on their way from England left the Adriatic on Monday, they testified, testi-fied, without hindrance, although their passports had not been properly vised. Fearing there would be some difficulty about entering Canada, they returned to the Island voluntarily and were held until the department of labor waived the passport pass-port requirements and ordered their release. re-lease. , After Representative Johnson had announced an-nounced today he had learned from the bureau of immigration that the department depart-ment of labor had dented the application of Alexander Berkman for permission to go to Mexico Instead of being deported to Russia. Harry Weinberger, counsel for Berkman and Kmma Goldman, stated he had received assurances from the department depart-ment that neither Berkman nor any other Russians would be deported to the white guards of Russia. Weinberger said Miss Goldman's case also had been closed, adding that he had refused to file a brief In her behalf, as he had not been granted sufficient time to prove her American citizenship. |