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Show DISLOYALTY IS TO BE CHECKED I WASHINGTON. April 10. Federal co-operation in suppressing disloyalty and disorder In Illinois was promised yesterdav by Attorney General Gregory Greg-ory in response to a request Irom Governor Lowden Special agents of the department of justice will be assigned as-signed to advise with state officials and aid in investigations. In announcingjhe attorney general's decision, department officials let it be known that they were prepared to lend similar assistance to other states desiring it. Without new legislation, officials say, they are nlmost powerless power-less to deal with disloyal utterances, the suppression of which they think is essential to the prevention of disonl- ers, but the federal agents are expected expect-ed to accomplish something in co-op-eratidn With state authorities. Lieut, cov John G. Oglesby of Illinois, Illi-nois, told Mr Gregory and John Lord O'Brien, special assistant to the attorney attor-ney general for war work, that federal aid was imperative to check increasing increas-ing instances of mob violence against disloyalists particularly in the mining districts of southern Illinois. While the recent lynching of a (Jer-man (Jer-man al Collinsylile, ill . probably has tened the decision of the Illinois officials offic-ials to seek federal support. 11 is understood un-derstood that any part the department depart-ment of justice aqents may play in investigating in-vestigating this particular case will be onl incidental to a general plan of co-opera co-opera 1 on The attorney general's representatives representa-tives will report to (pernor Lowden at Springfield for preliminary confer- ences before undertaking their work. |