Who?

People Attorney General Mitchel Palmer John Edgar Hoover Louis Post

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Attorney General Alexander Mitchel Palmer

• His house was bombed by a socialist affiliated man on June 2, 1919.
               > That was a prediction of a "May Day" attack by socialists
                     >> Palmer's response to both of these was to remove all of the socialists and communists from the country
• He began by seizing suspected anarchists and communists and held them for deportation on November 7, 1919
• He showed no regard for due process law.
• When news of unlawful arrests angered many law makers and Palmer had to explain his actions to the House Rules Committee
               > He denied that any violence or unlawful actions had taken place.
• In 1921 Palmer was questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee. 
• Palmer was founded guilty of misappriating government founds for his actions.
• Read Palmer's case against the reds 

John Edgar Hoover

• He was head of the newly formed Anti-Radical Division
• As soon as investigation began he had 150,000 names on the list, including about 30,000 names from American Communist movement, the Communist Labor Party and Communist Party of America, who were all rivals.

• Secretary of Labor
• He was one of Palmer's colleagues who had to question him.