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*•*o'clock Ikst night. It is as follows: |rContlitnnd on P««fp Blffht.1:tIfulATTACK ON ALLEGEDREDS FEAREDO-.s-l'sTgo~St,^e,edrnil-heReports reached# Police Chief Voll-mer today that American citizens of Finnish birth in West5 Berkeley are quietly planning to exercise ‘‘direct action in ridding llie city of certain unnaturalized, niCii and women ; who are alleged to plottig against the government. Fearing that there may be a -repetition of the Rev. Joshua Sykes episode, the police chief has ordered officcfrs to watch closely- in the neighborhood.Meetings in the FinntsJi tohgue heldin Finnish hall and Holtz’ hall within thcN^ist three, weeks attended/by persons ;’;jyvjth:;;kno\yn ^radica:l;::tendcncies have resulted in a report beinp. spread In the‘ wCsterii end of the~city~ 111 at anarchists have been meeting there.Word that the recent bomb* outrage jh New York had been commented upon in an uri-American manner 'some of/ those attending these meetings were even brought to the atten-tion of the department of Justice.According jo pne. American citizen of Finnish birth; the cause of the Bol-sheviki was espoused openly in ameeting held in Finnish Cpmradfthall, and lie heard more than one person advocate the overthrow of the American government. This man has suggested to thc'Fintfish 'EducationalWorkers Society officers, under whoseauspice j::opei/pfjthesmfet in g^~was^I held, tliat in the future all discussion of political' questibhs should 1e m English.tf
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Berkeley Daily Gazette
Berkeley, California, US
Sat, Oct 02, 1920
Page 8
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Matthew S.
IA, USA 01 Apr 2021
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