The nations are supposed to have been freed and the world made safe for democracy. How a nation can be free while the men and women who compose it are to be robbed of their elementary rights the statesmen fail to tell us. One of the noble bits of legislation of this Congress was the law permitting the deportation of aliens who are anarchists. aliens who advocate the overthrow by force or violence the Government of the United States. or of all forms of law. aliens who are members of or affiliated with any organization that entertains a belief in. teaches. or advocates the overthrow by force or violence of the Government of the United States. and so forth. I pointed out at the time the bill was before the House that a law which would deprive a person charged with a serious offense of a trial by jury. of an opportunity tobe confronted by his accusers. and to crossexamine them. was vicious and was violative of the fundamental rights guaranteed to every human being. The newspapers report that thousands of radicals are to be deported. and really all that is necessary under this law to deport one who has not become a fullfledged citizen. and this. no matter how long he has lived in this country. is to charge him with being an anarchist or with belonging to an organization Which advocates or teaches. and so forth. It Is enough to convince an employee of the Labor Department that there is a basis for the charge. and the accused is helpless. The mere threat to deport can have only one effect. and that is to reduce the resistance of the masses of workers to economic oppression.
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