The radical revolutionary unions have secured a very firm foothold in the clothing industry at Rochester, and there is but one concern, the Michael Stern Company, which is running a 100 per cent American shop; that is, a shop in which all the employees are American citizens and members of the American Federation of Labor.

There are a number of members of the Union of Russian Workers in Rochester, and records in the possession of the Committee indicate that 150 copies of "Khlieb-y-Volya," the anarchist paper of Peter Bianki, were regularly sent to Rochester.

There are several towns in Zone B in which there was found some evidence of radical activity, these towns being, in addition to Rochester, Mt. Hope, Pittsford, Palmyra, Lyons, Geneva, Batavia and Geneseo, but with the exception of Rochester there is no organized radical activity in any of these places.

ZONE C

The

Zone C comprises Cattaraugus and Allegany Counties. principal city in this zone is Olean. There was found an Ukrainian branch of the Communist Party, which went out of existence some six months ago. The towns in this zone in which there was found some evidence of radical activity are Olean, Allegany, Salamanca, Onoville, Little Valley, Gowanda, Franklinville, Angelica, Wellsville, Allentown and Bolivar.

The radical activity in this zone also is practically negligible.

ZONE E

This zone includes the following counties: Oswego, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Madison, and evidences of radical activity were found in the following cities and towns: Syracuse, Hamilton, Cazenovia, Manlius, Sherwood, Union Springs, Auburn, Westbury, Fulton, Oswego, Oneida, and Solvay.

In Syracuse there were found Russian, Ukrainian, Polish and Italian branches of the Communist Party. There were found about 150 paid-up members of the Communist Party in Syracuse. The Central branch, which is a Communist Labor Party branch, was composed in large measure of American citizens. No headquarters of the I. W. W. were found, although there was an organizer for the I. W. W. named Phillip Pherry, who was acting as literary agent and soliciting membership for the I. W. W., but apparently with very little success. One J. G. Baldenkoff, residing at 808 South State Street, Syracuse, was acting as the

literary agent for the Union of Russian Workers, and in one communication he signed himself as follows: "I remain, in the struggle for the ideals of anarchist Communism."

Most of the activities of the revolutionary radicals in this section are centered around the factories and the industrial plants. In Auburn was found an Ukrainian branch of the Communist Party, very well organized and with a membership of eighty odd, holding its meetings on the third floor of the Auditorium Building on Water Street, in what is known as Woodmen's Hall. John Malyso, of 672 South Division Street, was the organizer of the Ukrainian branch of the Communist Party in Auburn, and Michael Bazar, address unknown, was the financial secretary.

In Syracuse, a radical newspaper, known as "Hard Times," was published by one M. L. Tourtellot, but this went out of existence several months ago. A letter in possession of the Committes and signed by this man Tourtellot closes with the following words: "Fraternally yours, for Communism." Considerable I. W. W. literature was being circulated in Syracuse by one Phillip Pherry, of 1306 Carbon Street, Syracuse, and a letter in possession of the Committee indicates that he was busily engaged in promulgating the idea of the O. B. U., the One Big Union.

ZONE G

Zone G includes the Counties of Broome, Chenango, and Otsego, and evidences of revolutionary radical activity were found in the following towns: Binghamton, Norwich, Endicott, Oneonta and Morris. The largest city in this zone is Binghamton.

In Binghamton there was a branch of the Communist Party, known as the Lithuanian Communist Party, with a membership of seventy-two. The leader of this branch was one Joseph Klekunas, who lived on Clinton Street, Binghamton. The meetings of this local were held at Lithuanian Hall, 267 Clinton Street. There was also an Ukrainian branch of the Communist Party in Binghamton, comprising some fifteen members, and having as it> secretary one Frank Lakoduk, who resided at 7 Judson Avenue. The organizer was one Harajchuk, living on Hazel Street, and another was one Tkachuk, also living on Hazel Street. One of the most active members was Harry Saroka, living on Hazel Street, and John Valchuk, a resident of New York City, who lived in Binghamton for awhile and was a violent agitator.

The Slovak branch of the Socialist Party, comprising some seventy-two members, met in Slovak Hall on Star Avenue, Binghamton. It had as its secretary Joe Horvatt, and the other officers were John Poliachuk, of 192 Murray Street, and Matthew J. Maxian. Maxian organized the cigarmakers' strike in Binghamton in the summer of 1919, and had previously taken a correspondence course at the Rand School of Social Science.

In Endicott there was a Russian branch of the Communist Party, with a membership of 150, with headquarters formerly at 24 Squires Avenue, Endicott, and later at 18 Odell Avenue. The leaders in that organization were Peter Kleskoniv, Wasyl Nosiak, Peter Ilnitsky and W. Pawlosky.

ZONE H

Zone H comprises the following counties: Lewis, Oneida, Herkimer, Hamilton, Fulton and Montgomery. The cities and towns in which evidences of radical revolutionary activities were discovered by the agents of this Committee are Utica, Clinton, Vernon, Rome, Glenfield, Gloversville, Tribes Hill, Amsterdam, Johnstown, St. Johnsville, Dolgeville, Little Falls, Ilion and Frankfort.

There are two branches of the Socialist Party in Utica, the largest city in this zone: the Jewish branch, which meets at its headquarters at 130 Washington Street, and whose organizer is one Max Meyers, and the American branch, the active members of which are John Lattimer and Harvey Brucke. Lattimer is also a member of the I. W. W. The Communist Party has several branches in Utica, the names of which here follow: The Ukrainian branch, which met at 704 Bleeker Street and of which the secretary was Theodore Talley of 406 Millgate Street; Demytno Pastuch, of 1901 Broad Street, was the literature agent, and one Wosyhreczam, whose address was not procurable, acted as financity secretary. Dentryo Choptinay, of 442 Wilkesbarre Street, acted as treasurer. The recording secretary was one Mike Zlepko, who lived in the suburb of Clarkmills.

The Russian branch of the Communist Party in Utica met at 704 Bleeker Street, and one John Korolinok, of 1127 Schuiler Street, was the organizer. One of the most active members was Alex Kruchka.

The Polish branch of the Communist Party met at the same premises, 704 Bleeker Street, and its officers were Joe Gregoros,

411 Mills Street, its organizer, and Joe Skulsky, of Lincoln Avenue, recording secretary.

In the same premises were held the meetings of the Lithuanian branch of the Communist Party. There was an Italian branch of the party, but this group was more or less independent.

At 704 Bleecker street various radical groups meet, of which some 200 are active revolutionary radicals. The investigator of the Committee reported that they were anarchists, syndicalists, cammorists, blackhanders and others.

There is an I. W. W. organization in Utica, which meets in the hall of the Sons of Italy, on Third avenue, and the most active members of which were, at the time of our investigation, Frank Cisirian, Joe Adden, Patsy Urino and one Amandola.

It was customary for the radicals to conduct a sort of open forum at 704 Bleeker street on Saturday nights. The radicals gathered together and discussed various phases of what to them. is the most important subject in life, revolutionary radicalism.

To these meetings and these organizations may be traced in a large measure the recent strike in the textile industries in Utica. Testimony given before the Committee by Captain John A. Wright of the Utica Police Force, indicated that in the latter part of August, 1919, a strike was called by the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers of America, composed practically of all foreigners, mostly Poles, Italians, and Syrians. He testified that most of the employees out on strike went out more through fear than through dissatisfaction, threats being made against those who wished to continue their employment, by the strike agitators, who made threats of violent bodily harm and in one instance carried out their threat by setting fire to a building in the night time. Several riots took place, one on Kossuth avenue, near the entrance of the Oneida mill. A number of police officers were injured by being struck by stones.

The strikers compelled merchants in the city to post placards in their windows, reading, "Close in protest to Police Cossacks," and if the merchant refused to put this placard in his window the plate glass was broken by the strikers. Officer John B. Grande of the Utica Police Force testified that one Joseph Gramaldi, a member of the Communist Party in Utica, lead a movement to compel the closing of the stores. As an example of the sort of appeal that was made to the strikers by their leaders, we quote from a speech made by Antonio Carvelli to the Amalagamated

Textile strikers, in a garage on Mary street east of Third avenue, Utica, on October 24, 1919. Carvelli was an organizer of the Amalagamated Clothing and Textile Workers of America:

"We will open their eyes. They call us anarchists, but as long as we give our wives to the priests and the capitalists we are all right, but when we don't they call us Bolsheviki. We are Bolsheviki. This is the first time that I have spoken between three flags. The Italian flag stands for peace, although they did take it into the war of France. The American flag, the one with the stars in it, the one that Washington and Lincoln fought for, now stands for Wall Street and the fleecers. The best flag of all is the Red flag. I kiss it. It stands for liberty. (Here he held up the Red flag and cried, 'Hurrah for the Bolsheviki.') critical period, not for you, but for the bosses. For you it is victory. They are insulting the Amalgamated, but every knock is a boost. If we don't win, when we go back the bosses will realize you have no prestige, and if we do go back we will strike in a month or two."

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We give here a few excerpts from a speech of another organizer, William H. Derrick, made in Polish Hall, Jay and Nichols streets, on October 3, 1919:

"If I could get in, I would go back to work, but because I am a Socialist and an agitator they will not employ me. I am a Socialist, and I am not ashamed of it. I am running in the Seventh District of Jersey for the Assembly, and the people respect me and they know that Derrick will fight to wipe out the wrongs. When some one picks your pocket and you holler 'stop thief,' you know who hollers the loudest. It is always the thief. It is the same now with the manufacturers. They are the damndest thieves on the face of the earth. They are not as good as a jack-ass, and they understand less. I wish that they did have the same sense as a jack-ass, even if they did not have the long ears, because even a jack-ass when he gets enough knows enough to stop. They told you that we were Bolsheviki. I wonder if Utica is the only country in the United States that is infested. with this Bolshevism. There are at present 2,000 strikes in the United States. Does that look as though you were