When I saw these two men walking into the
restaurant, they stood out so different from the rest. Then, when a hand
was put on my shoulder, I looked at the man. He immediately showed me his
badge, his FBI badge, and said, "You've been indicted by a grand jury and
you have to come along with us." At the federal building, they handed me a
warrant that said when I received my citizenship, I falsely answered the
question, "Are you a member of an organization that disbelieves in
organized government and that advocates the overthrow of the government?"
I had just been elected to my third term in the Michigan State Senate. How
could I not believe in government when I was in government? So first I
laughed, but then I realized that they could take away my citizenship and
put me in jail for five years. They started to interrogate me about eight
that night and it went on until midnight. They questioned me continuously,
over and over. Then they came in with a written statement for me to sign.
It wasn't anything like what I had said. I refused to sign it. Finally,
they let me call my wife, Margaret. Then they put handcuffs on me and took
me to jail. The next morning I appeared in court.
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