Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-11-22 | Page 15 | Communists Are Forced under Ground

COMMUNISTS ARE FORCED UNDER UNDERGROUND GROUND Prosecution Has Driven P Party to Adopt Meas Measures Measures Mea Mea- s for Secrecy r CHICAGO Nov ov 22 22 The The first underground under I ground party that tho the United o States aces has ever seen Is now belie believed to be op operating op- op according to Edward r J. J Brennan Bren- Bren rennan ren- ren nan crating nan division superintendent of the bu bureau bu- bu reau of oC investigation of the department of justice hereIt here It appears he said that the members members mem mem- of or th the bers or a great majority of or them communist parties have gone gono over seems to a do united communist party part that that seems to 10 tobe be maintaining a secrecy never before attempted at attempted at- at tempted by an American Americ radical These people appear to be holding meetings with the utmost secrecy be y with which the they can surround them Names used app appear ar fictitious which form formea e ethe The fhe Russian element ich the backbone of or the original communist party appears to be In control and to have the bulk of or the j membership of ot the new secret organization CARE IN MAILING Literature Is frequently distributed without an any Indication as to where ere I 1 H comes from In order to escape detection detection detection detec detec- tion It appears that the party members take unusual precautions Literature when mailed Is done in small quantities three or f four letters e eor or packages packagE's in n a b box In n one corner of a orb a or fourn city and three or four In a box ox in another an other section The party has Us its largest membership In Chicago and New York In Chicago Chicago meetings have been made extra difficult by the tho Illinois ln is law which forbids renting property y to an outlaw organization of this character Property ow own owners rs who become be become be- be come suspicions often orten call us to make sure on this point It Is my Individual conviction that the united communist party the old communist communist com com- party an and kindred associations of ot this nature are unlawful in that they advocate advocate advocate ad ad- the overthrow of the government by force and violence The original communist party which was organized here a year car ago took a stand against participating In elections This It held to be of no use and it urged a bolshevik ik program ACTION AT T ELECTION I have no knowledge myself of or literature literature literature litera litera- ture being recently distributed d urging against taking part in the presidential election as was reported in press dispatches dispatches dispatches dis dis- patches from the East at the time mu nut if f this was the case It was In line lino with what the party app appears e to stand for forIt It will be recalled that pamphlets literature and circular letters were sent out broadcast to members of the Communist Communist Communist Com Com- party and that lecturers gave Instructions In- In in instructions t at their meetings that if it at atI any Ime a member was interviewed or I attempted to be interviewed by any person person per per- son son particularly by a federal or state officer to answer no questions and tell I them nothing and in the event of a member being arrested to say nothing and that as soon as possible he would be provided with a defense Evidence adduced In the trial of John and J. T Juodis before Judge Landis here last week disclosed how se secretly secretly secretly se- se they were working i