Moron Daskevitch
Deported to Russia February 1921. No further information found.
Included on list of deported radicals in INS file 54325/36G
William Daynega (Wasily; Denega)
Born Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Russia (present-day Ukraine), 1893. Migrated to US 1913; tire maker. Joined the Communist Party in Detroit, December 1919. Arrested January 1920; deported to Russia February 26, 1921.
INS file 54859/576
Vincenzo de Lecce (aka Ebreo Errante)
Born 1882, Italy. Laborer. Only two years of formal schooling in Italy, but taught himself to read. Migrated to US 1905. Joined Federazione Socialista Italiana (Italian Socialist Federation) some time after its formation in 1906, and left it in 1911. By 1909 contributing money to Cronaca Sovversiva, and became a founding member of the anarchist Gruppo Autonomo of East Boston (along with Sacco and Vanzetti); distributor of Cronaca Sovversiva. Arrested at home in Athol, Massachusetts. Authorities found “several hundred dollars worth of drills which the alien had stolen form his employers, together with a quantity of dum dum bullets and 38 caliber cartridges,” a copy of Luigi Galleani’s bomb-making manual, La Salute è in voi!, and correspondence with many members of Galleani’s inner circle. Deported with Galleani in June 1919. Not placed under surveillance by Italian authorities; subsequent activities unknown.
INS file 54379/403; FBI file OG 266288
See also: Paul Avrich, Sacco and Vanzetti: The Anarchist Background
Andrey Dediushka (Andrew; Andy; Giguska; Diguska)
Born 1899, Grodno, Russia (present-day Belarus). Laborer. Migrated to US 1913. Wife and two children in Russia. Joined Union of Russian Workers in 1919. Youngstown, Ohio. Arrested during first Palmer Raids, November 1919. Deported on the Buford. Subsequent activities unknown.
INS file 54709/203
Mikhail Degtyarev (Михаил Дегтярев, Michael Deitktirow; Diaktarow)
Born 1889, Russia. Laborer. Migrated to US 1913. Joined Socialist Party of America in Pittsburgh, then joined Union of Russian Workers branch in Universal, Pennsylvania, in 1917. Acting secretary of his URW branch, and in possession of a large amount of anarchist literature. Arrested during first Palmer Raids, November 1919. Told authorities he wished to return to Soviet Russia because “The work is exceptionally hard here and we are not given the opportunity to learn the English language and customs and therefore I find myself very inconvenient in this country.” Deported on the Buford. Subsequent activities unknown.
INS file 54709/217
Kalistrat Demco (Калистрат Демко; Demes)
Born Brest, Russia (present-day Belarus), 1892. Migrated to US 1914; waiter. Joined the Communist Party in Detroit. Arrested January 1920. Deported to Russia, February 26, 1921. No further information found.
INS file 54859/560
Ivan Denczyk (John)
Born 1884, Russia. Laborer. Migrated to US 1912 (via Canada). Wife and child in Russia. Member of the Union of Russian Workers in Philadelphia, then in Ansonia, Connecticut. Arrested during first Palmer Raids, November 1919. Deported on the Buford.
INS file 54709/325; FBI file OG 8000-383591
Yakim Denisyuk (Яким Денисюк; Yakim Denisuk; Jack Denison)
Born 1896, Russia. Toolmaker; weaver. Wife and three children in Russia. Joined the Chester, Pennsylvania branch of the Union of Russian Workers in 1918. Appointed the branch’s delegate to “Soviet of Deputies” in Philadelphia. Arrested during first Palmer Raids, November 1919. Wished to remain in US; said of Russian government, “before it was dominated by the Germans and now it is ruled by the Jews.” Provided information on other members of the URW to authorities in hopes of leniency; nevertheless deported on the Buford. Subsequent activities unknown.
INS file 54709/451
Alexandr Derkach (Александр Деркач; Alexander Derkatch)
Born 1885, Grodno, Russia (present-day Belarus). Printer. In Russia, arrested for belonging to the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (unclear if Bolsheviks or Mensheviks); became anarchist in 1911; migrated to Austria where arrested for unspecified reasons; migrated to US 1913. Joined the Union of Russian Workers 1915; arrested 1918 for publishing Russian anarchist newspaper Kolokol, edited by Adolf Schnabel. Quit URW in 1918, but still outspoken anarchist in 1919, when arrested in New York. Told authorities “all governments are based on violence, and supported by an institution of slavery and bayonets.” Deported on the Buford.
1920 joined Union of Russian Anarchist Workers Repatriated from America, formed by Hyman Perkus, which critically supported the Bolshevik dictatorship as a temporary necessity.
INS file 54709/674
See also: Victor Serge, Anarchists Never Surrender: Essays, Polemics, and Correspondence on Anarchism, 1908–1938
Nello di Ciuccio (Nalia Desiuccio)
Born 1892, Italy. Migrated to US 1912. Tailor. Anarchist; IWW member. Arrested San Francisco, 1919. Deported May 5, 1920.
In 1941, Italian authorities noted no political activities since his return.
INS file 54379/517; CPC busta 1778
Frank Diarkovsky (Franz Dzerkovskie)
A member of the revolutionary movement in Russia. Migrated to US 1904, then to Canada, 1912, then back to US c.1915. Laborer. Joined the Union of Russian Workers in Seattle. When asked his nationality, replied: “I belong to the world. I deny all nationality.” Also declared: “Only ignorant people don’t believe in anarchy…I believe in taking a big cannon and busting up all governments. They are no good.” Deported to Russia, February 26, 1921.
INS file 54860/406
