Speech #660233534

I consider it an outrage that Martens has been. allowed! to remain in this country as long as he has. His presence here is an act of effrontery. an insult to the people of this country. In my opinion. he should have been long: ago. deported.. and I think. he should now be deported without delay or ado. If I. had. my way he would be given punishment much more severe than. deportation. I think the least he merits is imprisonment at hard. labor for life. Such creatures should be made to work instead of being allowed to scatter broadcast insidious poison. The Departient of Justice started deportation proceedings against him. but I understand they are held up by the Department of Labor.. and that meantime Martens has been by the lastnamed. department released on his own recognizance. I am not satisfied with the handling of the matter by the .Department of Labor. but know of no remedy. I think it !flagrant. I do not believe. however. Martens 4vill. be deported. I think the Department of Labor will permit him to remain here and brazenly continue his nefarious work. The despots of Russia are doing their best to spread their vile system of anarchy to the entire world. They boast of it. Their minions have invaded this. fair country and their seed sown here Is bearing fruit. In the last few months 3.000 arrests of radical Reds. agitators. and undesirable aliens have been made by agents of the: Department of Justice. with a view to their deportation. -I have no doubt all of them are highly undesirable and are guilty of disloyal activities. I have no doubt this country would be better .off if all of them were deported to the countries from which they came or tied in bags and dumped Into the middle of the ocean. The Department of Justice claims to have adequate evidence against all of them and claims- all of them are just subjects: of deportation. A recent statement issued by the Department of Labor. which by an anomalous arrangement of law is given. the power of passing judgment in deportation cases. shows that of the 3.000 persons arrested only 390 have been ordered deported. while 933 have been dismissed. The remainder doubtless are out on ball or have had their cases otherwise disposed of without any penalty. That less than 400 of 3.000 have been ordered deported. after months pf Investigation and resistance of the processes of the law.. it seems to me is an unsatisfactory condition of affairs.. That. the Department of Justice would. cause to be arrested twentysix hundred people in a few months. with. a view to their deportation. with no adequate evidence against them. is to me unbelievable. The. Department of Justice gets the evidence before making arrests There appears to be in the Department of Labor a marked. reluctance to deport these disturbers. of the5 Government which I think lamentable and alarming.