Of the generality of them onere will be said later. But good or bad. they were not being proceeded against because they had committed any crime. They were simply charged with being illegally in the country because of their hembership in one or the other of the fsroscibed organizationis and therefore stibject to deportation. Whatever may have been its motives. Congress has vested the officers of the Department of Justice with no power whatever in connection with deportation proceedings. either in making coniplaints looking to the issuing of warrants or the issuing of the sane or in the conduct of te inquiry following. Andyet the hearings condlucted by your coiiinittee dlisclose that to :a very large extent the proceedings looking to and following the issuance of tihe six thousand and nlore wariants of arrest referred to were conducted by and under the direction of the Department of Justice. Its agents carried o an extensive campaign for the purpose of ferreting out those identified or alleged 10o be ideiitified with the Conimuinist Party or the Coin iiunist Labor "Party.
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