One man owned an automobile. two persons owned a home. nearly paid for. while two others owned grocery businesses worth $2.000 and $7.000. respectively. Another man referred to his having lost $1.700 in a business enterprise. The prison investigations showed similarly a considerable range in economic status. " Four men stated that they had lost all they had since being arrested . one of these had given power of attorney to a fellow countryman who had taken all the money and disappeared. "A personal testimony: It may be added that in some cases. both In the prison investigations and in the examination of the records. employers. socialservice agents. pastors. and even a deputy sheriff. immigration inspectors. and Department of Justice agents spoke well of the men. In the case of four persons. a representative of the Ford plant in Detroit. where they had been employed. stated that lie had always considered the men good workmen. An official physician at a certain detention station in a letter to the author. dated May 11. 1920. sums up the opinion of many persons who came into personal contact with the alleged radicals. This physician had had personal charge of all the aliens while they were being held pending their hearing or their deportation. I quote from his letter: " Most of them impressed me as rather ordinary foreign workmen. a grade above altogether unskilled labor. of fair intelligence. A few had more intelligence and some were quite pleasant.
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