W.. and so forth. He refused to buy. bonds or to contribute to the various war funds. In June. 1917. the Department of Justice. in a raid. found and seized circulars which he had for distribution entitled " It is unlawful to request anyone to register." and "Will yon act as a man on June 5?" To him. as he expressed it. " citizenship in America was a disgrace." Finally. after two years had passed. in March of 1919. tho Department of Labor acted and he was held to await deportation proceedings. The evidence disclosed the above and his advocacy of the overthrow by force of our Government. In a meeting on May 12. 1919. he said in an address entitled. "Terrorism versus Bolshevism." after a brief reference to the efforts of Minneapolis citizens to have him deported. that "he would rather be living in Russia under the conditions existing there now than he would in the United States and that there were many others who felt as he did." He then compared the action of our Government in deporting alien aarchists to the action of the Russian Government alleged to have been taken in 1860. when certain peasants. workers. and students were. as he said. deported. and resulting eventually in the revolution in Russia of 1917. He then went on to advocate a revolution and. the application of Bolshevist principles in this country. saying that " there was greater need of a revolution and the enactment of Bolshevist principles in this country than there was in Rus. sia preceding the revolution." This speech was made after his hearing upon deportation and while he was out on bail awaiting the decision of the Secretary. of Labor.. The following is a. sample of some of the publications seized and offered in evidence at the deportation hearings: The Rebel Worker. . .W. W. Song Book.
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