A. Mitchell Palmer person
· born in Pocono Mountains
also: A Mitchell Palmer, Assistant Secretary Post, Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer, Attorney General Palmer, Mr Palmer, Palmer, Post
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Claims (16)
A. Mitchell Palmer ordered_assassination_of
Palmer Raids documented
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“Shortly after the war the Justice Department and the Bureau of Investigation jointly planned the notorious 'Palmer Raids' named for Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer who ordered the overnight round-up and detention of some 10,000 persons..…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.37
A. Mitchell Palmer headed
U.S. Department of Justice documented
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“Attorney General Palmer authorized two major revisions in Justice Department intelligence operations in 1919…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.388
A. Mitchell Palmer founded
General Intelligence Division documented
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“First he established a General Intelligence Division in the Justice Department headed by J Edgar Hoover…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.388
A. Mitchell Palmer appointed
William J. Flynn documented
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“Palmer appointed William J Flynn former head of the Secret Service as Director of the Bureau of Investigation…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.389
A. Mitchell Palmer worked_for
William B. Wilson documented
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“Historians have documented fully the tremendous pressures placed on Attorney General Palmer not just by his subordinates but by public opinion other members of President Wilson's cabinet…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.389
United States Senate met_with
A. Mitchell Palmer documented
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“The Senate unanimously passed a resolution demanding that Palmer inform it whether he had yet begun legal proceedings against those who preached anarchy and sedition…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.389
J. Edgar Hoover worked_for
A. Mitchell Palmer documented
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“Hoover assured Baldwin that he had played an "unwilling part in the activities of Palmer Daugherty and Burns…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.395
A. Mitchell Palmer headed
FBI documented
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“Attorneys General ... A Mitchell Palmer (1919-21)…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.100
A. Mitchell Palmer born_in
Pocono Mountains documented
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“A Mitchell Palmer (a Pennsylvania lawyer and corporation director who became Alien Property Custodian and was soon to become Attorney General o,f the United States)…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.102
A. Mitchell Palmer worked_for
U.S. Department of Justice documented
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“A Mitchell Palmer ... was soon to become Attorney General o,f the United States…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.102
A. Mitchell Palmer relationship_with
Boies Penrose documented
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“The disclosure came as an indirect consequence of a political quarrel between ex-Congressman A Mitchell Palmer ... and United States Senator Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.102
A. Mitchell Palmer exposed
Boies Penrose reported
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“Mr Palmer had accused the Senator of receiving political support from the brewers and of being a tool for their anti-prohibition propaganda…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.102
A. Mitchell Palmer headed
U.S. Department of Justice documented
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“Official interest in the services of the A.P.L waned with the arrival of Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer in the spring of 1919…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.112
A. Mitchell Palmer headed
Office of Alien Property Custodian documented
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“A Mitchell Palmer held the Custodian's position until he became Attorney General in 1919…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.117
Francis P. Garvan succeeded
A. Mitchell Palmer documented
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“A Mitchell Palmer held the Custodian's position until he became Attorney General in 1919 and Francis P Garvan took over the duties of the office…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.117
A. Mitchell Palmer worked_for
U.S. Department of Justice documented
document
“These details may seem academic But one factor which led in the end to Congressional hearings and an aroused public interest was a collision between the Attorney General's policy of mass arrests and Post's policy of judging cases on an indi…”
source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book VI: Supplementary Reports on Intelligence Activities · p.120
Mentions (3)
▶ 32:28
And that's really what these people do with this fifth column type stuff. They infiltrate, they bribe, they find people in other countries that are willing to do anything for power. They put those people in the positions of power. They use …
▶ 33:33
These are basically civilian vigilante spies and former provocateurs. They were set loose on unions, radicals, civil rights advocates. The American people absolutely could not stand it. They were very upset about this. And the Palmer Raids …
▶ 34:27
He had something called a fidelity chapter, which is basically the militant arm of the FBI that was probably dealing with the descendants of today. That was basically descendants of the KKK. Another fun part of this story was under FDR, a g…