Commissioner Whalen, the head of the New York police, recently addressing the League of Politics Education, declared that some of his secret service men had joined the Communist Party and were closely watching and forestalling the movements of the Reds.
He stated that there were 9,567 Communists, mostly propagandists and agitators, in New York City. Many were not United States citizens, and only 25 per cent. were able to' speak English. He added that. many alien Reds had. already been deported, including all aliens released from prison.
Following Commissioner Whalen's revelations, the Chamber of Commerce has launched a campaign for the deportation of alien Communists on the ground that their activities are detrimental to business prosperity. A committee has been appointed to induce concerns to discharge employees with radical tendene-
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