Even official records must be identified as such before they can be admitted in evidence. When one reflects on how easily. considering tile nrdor of partisan enthusiasts. particularly on the eve of a campaign. the nanme of t citizen may be mistakenly enrolled as a member of a Democratic club or t Republican club. the proposal to subject a man to perpetual exile. whatever may be his obligations to his family or others. on such evidence. is shocking. 4. Neither the law nor the Constitution guarantees to the individual proceeded against in deportation proceedings the right to counsel. though the result may be of graver Import to him than a conviction of crimae. The law makes no provision for counsel for the accused and the constitutional guaranty in that respect extends to criminal prosecutions only. But an Impelling sense of justice constrained the officials of the Department of Labor long since to establish a rule giving to the accused in deportation cases the right to be heard by counsel. Prior to December 30. 1919. and since March. 1919. the rule read as follows: "At the beginning of the hearing under the warrant of arrest the ailen shall be alliwed to inspect the warrant of arrest and all the evidence on which it was Issued. and shall be apprised that he may be represented by counsel. The alien shall be required then and there to state whether he desires counsel or waives the same. and his reply shall be entered on the record." (Hearings. p. 174.) On December 30. 1919. while the 3.000 warrants issued in contemplation of the raids of January 2 were outstanding. all of such warrants bearing date December 27. 1919. in the absence of the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary of Labor. the solicitor of the department. one John W.
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