President. the references made by these 12 lawyers were mostly. if not entirely. to incidents and arrests which occurred in the famous raids under Attorney General Palmer. I expect to show as I proceed that Mr. Hoover at that time was the assistant of the Attorney General. that he had charge of the raids. that reports in regard to them were made to him. and. although warrants of deportation all had to be signed by the Secretary of Labor. or the Immigration Bureau. I think there is no dispute that the Attorney Generals office instigated and planned the raids. They were raids designed to bring about the arrest and deportation of aliens who were guilty of subversive acts. or who belonged to indicted organizations. The raids took place. as I recall. on the 2d of January 1920. and. these lawyers say. under instructions from Washington. The instructions were that the raids and arrests were to take place between the hours of 7 p. m. and 7 a. m.. all the work to be done within those hours.
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