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	Alexander Mitchell Palmer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alexander Mitchell Palmer (May 4, 1872 - May 11, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician, nicknamed The Fighting Quaker and later the "The Quaking Fighter." He directed the infamous Palmer Raids.
		Palmer was born near White Haven, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, on May 4 of 1872; he attended the public schools of his area and prepared for college at the Moravian Parochial School in Bethlehem.
		Palmer graduated from Swarthmore College in 1891 and was appointed official stenographer of the forty-third judicial district of Pennsylvania in 1892.
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	Palmer raids
		The Palmer Raids were a number of quasi-legal attacks on Socialists and Communists in the United States from 1918 to 1921.
		Palmer stated his belief that Communism was "eating its way into the homes of the American workman," and that American Communists were responsible for most of the country's social problems.
		Following this, Palmer and his assistant John Edgar Hoover orchestrated a series of well publicized raids against apparent radicals and leftists under the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918.
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	Palmer Raids - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1918 to 1921 Palmer Raids were a series of controversial raids on American citizens and resident and non-resident aliens in the United States, based on their assumed political beliefs.
		Palmer stated his belief that Communism was "eating its way into the homes of the American workman," and that Socialists were responsible for most of the country's social problems.
		Palmer announced that a Communist revolution was to take place on May 1 (May Day), 1920.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palmer_Raids (654 words)

	Alexender Mitchell Palmer Biography / Biography of Alexender Mitchell Palmer World of Criminal Justice Biography
		Palmer is regarded as one of the most controversial attorneys general in U.S. history, as he was responsible for a series of mass arrests of left-wing radicals after World War I that shocked many Americans.
		Palmer's aggressive tactics toward allegedly subversives destroyed his political future and triggered a new movement for the protection of civil liberties.
		Palmer was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1908.
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	Alexander Mitchell Palmer
		Alexander Mitchell Palmer was born on 4th May, 1872.
		Palmer recruited John Edgar Hoover as his special assistant and together they used the Espionage Act (1917) and the Sedition Act (1918) to launch a campaign against radicals and left-wing organizations.
		Palmer failed to win the nomination and although he helped Al Smith (1928) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (1932) in their campaigns, he was no longer an important force in the Democratic Party.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USApalmerA.htm (1011 words)

	Alexander Mitchell Palmer Biography / Biography of Alexander Mitchell Palmer Biography
		As U.S. attorney general, Alexander Mitchell Palmer (1872-1936) was instrumental in creating the "red scare" of internal Communist subversion after World War I and was responsible for the illegal arrest of thousands of aliens.
		In 1917 Palmer returned to government service as alien property custodian and was soon enveloped in controversy over his partisan appointments and loose construction of the law.
		Mitchell Palmer, Politician (1963), is a full and generally convincing account of Palmer's career.
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	We've Been Through This Movie Before: The 82nd Anniversary of the Palmer Raids
		Alexander Mitchell Palmer, exposed the nation to a quite similar experience some 82 years ago.
		Palmer's outstanding achievements in documenting, locating and harassing tens of thousands of "suspects", in a time long before computers and electronic databases were invented, were made possible by the talent and efforts of his number one assistant, J. Edgar Hoover, of which more discussion will follow.
		In August 1919, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer established the predecessor of the FBI, the "General Intelligence Division," of the Department of Justice.
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	AllRefer.com - Alexander Mitchell Palmer (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Alexander Mitchell Palmer[pA´mur] Pronunciation Key, 1872–1936, American politician, b.
		He was appointed (1913) judge of the U.S. Court of Claims and then (1917) alien-property custodian.
		As U.S. Attorney General (1919–21), he initiated the notorious "Palmer Raids," in which some 3,000 allegedly subversive aliens were rounded up for deportation.
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	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Palmer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Palmer, Alexander Mitchell (1872-1936) — also known as A.
		Palmer, Josiah Peckham (1828-1897) — of Rhode Island.
		Palmer, Lester — of Austin, Travis County, Tex.
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	Palmer, Alexander Mitchell on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		PALMER, ALEXANDER MITCHELL [Palmer, Alexander Mitchell], 1872-1936, American politician, b.
		Moosehead, Pa. Admitted (1893) to the bar, he built up a large law practice, became a leader in the state Democratic party, and served (1909-15) in Congress.
		As U.S. Attorney General (1919-21), he initiated the notorious "Palmer Raids," in which some 3,000 allegedly subversive aliens were rounded up for deportation.
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	Red Scare
		Mitchell Palmer claimed that Communist agents from Russia were planning to overthrow the American government.
		The vast majority were eventually released but Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, Mollie Steimer, and 245 other people, were deported to Russia.
		Palmer and Hoover found no evidence of a proposed revolution but large number of these suspects, many of them members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), continued to be held without trial.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAredscare.htm (1488 words)

	PALMER, Alexander Mitchell (1872-1936) Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		“The Political Career of A. Mitchell Palmer.” Ph.D. diss., Columbia University, 1961.
		Aims and purposes of the Chemical Foundation, Incorporated, and the reasons for its organization, as told by A. Mitchell Palmer...
		Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer on charges made against Department of Justice by Louis F. Post and others.
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	alexander mitchell - OneLook Dictionary Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
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	Seymour Stedman (1871-1948)
		The youthful J. Edgar Hoover rose to prominence as special assistant to both of Wilson’s attorney generals, Thomas Watt Gregory and Alexander Mitchell Palmer.
		[14] The president and his attorney general, A. Mitchell Palmer, flatly refused to show any mercy to the prisoner.
		In the winter of 1919-20, Palmer and J. Edgar Hoover arrested scores of immigrant radicals and American-born labor union activists in the infamous Palmer Raids.
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	Alexander Mitchell Palmer
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		BIOG FILE- GROUPS- Palmer, Alexander Mitchell 1872-1936 [item] [P&P] LC-USZ62-64729 (b&w film copy neg.)
		Ambassador Roland S. Morris, Secy Joseph Patrick Tumulty and Atty Gen. Alexander Mitchell Palmer posed on steps.
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