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  but two communists have been discovered in the enlisted personnel   Plfoceed to Put needed reform? into effect Sancly and $€I1SlblY,
of tim Army, mia that was in an Hawaiian Department in 1925.   without hate Or haste or hysteria-_ Freedem Should be tie rule m
i Since that time no other cases have been known. As regards the   Almmca rather than ¥`“SU`1‘2t1V° 1€g1Sl”·l?1Q¤»_*’·¤d W9 Should approach
2 Navy, an investigation covering a period of six months revealed the   Wllih YGSGFVG th6_COI1S1d€I‘&T»10I1 of any criminal statutes- that seek to
Q presence of but from 12 to 15 communists in the enlisted personnel Q.}? f€m’°I` th° Opemtlons of th° human mind ?I` te encroach m Fhe Slight'
fi , Of tha Nav com rising Some 85 OOO mem   est degree on those I'1ghl'S guaranteed in our Constitution to the
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i As regards Sl1l)V€1‘S1V€ activities in the schools of America, New i t gwées In 11 it in 2) m B _ A BS- 6 US HBH? GY urn down
g York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles were d€SC1`1b€d as the localities   t G am OY t HOW t G ba Y Out Wlth tht? bath-
; where this work was most active. In New York City, with its 810  ii
i . . . .   ISTING FEDERA s Urn · r .
i · schools, there had been noticeable activity 1n but 3 of them, and those — A < i EX L TAT SA;2;;§;;S APPLICABLE T0 GOMMUNIST
é located in neighborhoods with large foreign—born populations. In  
  Chlcago the evidence WFLS that th1“€€ @11195 timing $€P€€mb<’¤1`i 1929,   The following letter from the Department of Justice to the chair-
  radical literature was distributed among the pupils of one high ,j  mm of this gommittgg Sets forth Clearly and succinctly the Sub_
‘, school by members of another high School, but that HOHQ had b€€¤  "  stance of existing Federal statutes that might be invoked to curb
l distributed since that date. In Los Angeles out of their 31 high A   Commumst and other mdlwl activities.
{ - schools there had been known radical activities in but 4. -» till D
As regards organized labor, President William Green, of the ~‘ Wash/;2L’;*;2`LM}°)NTC °“;tggf”?g’E3930
i American Federation of Labor, estimated that in his organization   ,_ Hon. Hnnmron Finn, Jr., y ° " ' `
  of approximately 5,000,000 men there were but " several thousand " QR if Hwwe of Representatives.
g communists, a very small fraction of 1 per cent. Those combatting qi} MY DEAR CONGmss_sMAN: _The department is in receipt ot your letter of the
Y communist influences in the various localities and activities testified ·,  E?aj§;§?;1%lg€‘%gc;2§§i€ig§‘%i asu? ;;’1%?g*§1§£*?;’  €€?(?1`¤i éffimigal Sig?
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1 vvlth remarkable ulllfolmlty to the EHGCYQ that they had tht? $€V§i al gf; overthrow of the Government of the United States of America by force or vid
_ SIlZll8.lQ10IlS Welllln hand; SIHCB this COHlII11lZt€€ began its 1I1VeSflgH.- Fffé lence before the commission of the overt act. You state that you are particu-
t1On’ however, lmagmatwé Souls have uscmbgd to the communist I.G_ A larly interested in ascertaining whether there is any Federal criminal law which
. sponsibility for nearly every untoward event that has disturbed ·our E  ;vi%‘§§t0?‘:$;§htg;(§_%‘;g“\§’;?;’tt·1]?gV;1;$€}1’;°ii;3’i*;1“%‘€».t“:1 pgfcfed “g;i”$F FQFSODS
" 1HdUSl3I'1€ll _i\HCl SOCIZII 11fB, Including th? collapse of th? W`h€?}l? market,   tries, O1` who are engaged in the disseminatingndfe propaaggridla, Obrytiugwgoggugt
the food riot 1n Arkansas, and the failure of banks 1n various parts . mouth or in writing of the Third International.
_ of the country. i _ Yogi ire agyispddthirighme is no statute which makes it an olfense for a per- ,
· · L1 · · · · . son o ·e a ia e wi tie communist movement or to disseminate so-called
Commumsm IS me (mg lm mgnaqng headway m Amemca. and i communxstic propaganda, unless the activities of such a person come within the
never will so long as organized labor maintains its present attitude scope gf the statutes mentioned below
, toward American ideals and lnstitutions, and so long as the great ». A Section 6 of the Criminal Code of the United States (title 18, sec. 6, U. S. C.)
,4 body of the communist movement 1S made up so preponderantly of i P*`§{"é‘gg§>t?S ;°u°WS§ If t' · i S
· --·- , iou· conspiracy: wo or more persons n any tate or Territory
S ml$Ii an(lh}l`O1{3‘3H Oftfereéen bgth and iilefl topigwv in llghofj alien _  or ln any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire td
  p 1 0SOp 1€S 18 Hit 1V€· 01`H _II}€11€i}H RKBS 1 6 S 00 · L 81t 1€I`   overthrow, put down, or_to destroy by force the Government of the United
M Call one_ Wl10 understands COl1<`l1t1OI1S III the South become very ap- W: States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof,
ii mhenslvé Of the S mad Of commumsm In that SQCUOD On 24 )I.O_   or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United
I p f 1 t P· 1 1- b h · I   States or by force to seize take or possess any property of the United St t
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ti ti;1‘,‘$§°,,i°3§‘Z‘°,§ti?,ii,‘?.i‘i-L"`0E“ii‘§‘l2%'.0i$i?¥O“§§i-$7 ia?§i“§ii§.°}iE§?fiEi§“§§ii   ;?,‘21it*y *0 mi     they than me be md M more me
E _ _ _ g _ _ . t ‘ , or impr soned not more than six years or both. (R. S., , 5336-
_ ii others numbered as communists are simply seeking to improve their .   March 4, 1909, c. 321, sec. 6, 35 Stat. 10S9.)" ’ Sec ’
'I own working conditions and know nothing and care nothing as to the  f QEQQE) §g“;;;S1;§’§C?6;‘; tggigmig tgflfhgctgs mt 8*; i1¤3i€<€ii¤t Og the offense of
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; theomes of MMX and Engels- _C0mmm}1Sm thrives durmg P‘°`m?dS  xi , under the seventh paragraph of the annotatiiins to isiilcii zectidiié fnlbfdlglgztil
; of economic depression and social suffering. We have been passing  ` ·. section 6, United States Code. `
' through such a period, have for some time been facing an industrial lm   1 Sections 2 and 3, title 12, espionage act of June 15, 1917 (title 18, secs 344
crisis accompamed by unemplofyment, hunger, and destitution—- . _ anjlgggg  5; ®2_%§]g;V'd(; as g’U°V;’S* d 1 d 1 bl
- _ · · - - _ ·   -· i a ioca ng reason ec are nonmai ;E · ltt
Nlml ilondltloéls for thi Serra}? Od communism thenehl Y€tl€°H{mu‘ pg writing, circular, postalpcard, picture, print, engraving, photdg1·;pli,h2x§sp;p;;;
nism as ma e no ma eria ea way among our peop e. s times · is .t_,   )- pamphlet, book, or other publication. matter, or thing, or any kind containing
improve the communist movement will lose much of its present im-   any ;natte§ élhdvngiatgnti: pp prging treason. insurrection, or forcible resistance to .
pBtuS_ _ tg.; any aw 0 _e n1 e< a es, is hereby declared to be nonmailable. (June 15,
p . . _ . . . . ·   1917, c. 30, Title XII, sec. 2, 40 Stat. 230.)"
@211; <=<>¤¤¤¤¤1S¤; r¤=St<·>¤f¤S n<;t1I§t¤i1t,¤¤t1<;1¤a1 thrgiti vet it is   "_Uslng im attempting m me mails im- transmission of matter amimd ,.0,,-
WOI;x1H¤ serious ant mos iegie a _e injury ere 1n_ merica, es- ,_; mailable by title; jurisdiction of oirensez Whoever shall use or attempt to use
i peclally to our fore1gn—born population, our school children of for-   the mails or Postal Service of the United States for the transmission of any
{ Gym extmctlona and Om, mdustmesi Public Welfare demands that We L 3 matter declared by sections 343 and 344 of this title to be nonmailable shall be ‘
{ tahe all (proper steps to curb and eradicate these evils. Communist i X `. med not more than $5000 or impriwned mt m°r° than me y°“"“· °" mth
[ mms an methods arouse our righteous indignation, yet we should i. 33739_H·R°Pt·2290·71‘3‘—7
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