| Show SECRETARY WILSON RULES IN FAVOR FAVORa a Membership in Party Held Insufficient Ground for Deportation WASHINGTON May 6 Immediate amendment of the immigration laws was today at a special meetIng meet- meet f i ing ng of the senate immigration n committee commit committee commit commit- tee tee- called as a result of the ruling yesterday by Secretary Wilson that membership 11 in the Communist Labor party ia is alone Insufficient cause for deportation o of aliens WASHINGTON May 6 Secretary G.-Secretary of Labor Wilson Vilson ruled yesterday that membership membership membership mem mem- In the Communist Labor party does not of or itself constitute sufficient ground for deportation of aliens allens In ordering cancellation of a a warrant under which Carl Miller a a. G German wa was waft held because of such membership the secretary declared that while extracts from the tue organizations organization's platform Indicated Indi gated a an extremely radical objective there was Vas no evidence of intention to use force or violence toward organized government gov goy P PALMER AIDE Albe OBJECTS The The department t of Justice frankly deplored de de the labor s secretary's decision Assistant Assistant As As- Attorney General assert assent asserting ing that because of it all undesirable allen aliens could enter the fold of the Communist Communist Com Corn party an and be tree free from g govern vern ment interference Excerpts from the Communist Labor Jabor party platform and program an extremely radical objective said Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary Wilson In a review of the case but there Is nothing jit them that discloses an intention to use force or violence or that is incompatible with the use of parliamentary parliamentary parliamentary par par- machinery to at attain aln the radiI radiCal radi radi- I I cal view that is expressed PROPOSALS NOT ILLEGAL The belief in teaching teaching- and nd advocacy of ot the class struggle mass action the conquest of political power the th dictatorship dictatorship dictatorship dictator dictator- ship of the proletariat Socialism communism com com- corn com the one big union shop committees com corn shop stewards s and other other social Industrial economic and political changes mentioned in the Communist Labor party pl platform torm and program however hOwever however how hOw- ever repulsive they ma may be to the minds of any or all of our people do not bring the organization within the purview o othe of the act as long as ps It does not propose to use use forc force or violence v ole ce to accomplish the purpose purpose- TRUST PEOPLES PEOPLE'S S 'S INTELLIGENCE I If the American people are left free freeto freeto to discuss an 1 decide the questions presenting presenting pre pre- seating themselves consideration for from day to day uninfluenced by the threat of force of ot violence the they can be relied upon to protect themselves against any false philosophies wild eyed revolutions or dictatorships die dic dic- dic of an any kind kindt 4 t Commenting on 1 Secret Secretary ry Wilsons Wilson's labor la Ia- Ia bor ruling Assistant Attorney General Garvan said it meant that all all aliens can enter the fold of f the Communist Labor party and the government cannot touch them thern He added that they could advocate II revolution and keep on advocating vioLence violence vio vio- lence with perfect impunity unless congress con i con I. i gress changes the law Mr Garvan said t that until tl Attorney W i ers j G General r Palmer had d had a ah opportunity p I to bo study the opinion in the case the de deI department departments department's de- de I s course as to future action nS radicals could not o be determined TO MEMBERS I The department of Justice raIds of last January disclosed membership of of the Communist Labor Laboi party to o be between 50 and CO Mr Garvan said eaid But Buthe Butle Bute he le e did not believe these figures Indicated the he actual strength of the group nor he he- hes he's s said id did t ey reveal an anything as to the number of ot Bolsheviks which will flock to toWe the We haven created b b the latest ruling Mi alt Garvan declared the department of labor boz already had released about 1600 members of the Communist Labor party part who sho were taken in the January raids and that hat warrants in fri the cases calles of about others would be canceled as a result of the he ruling |
