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__ Burning the foundations of America __ In April, the postal service intercepted more than 30 parcels containing homemade bombs addressed to prominent Americans. In May many union members, socialists, and communists organized a parade in Cleveland to protest the jailing of American Socialist Party Eugene Debs. The parade sooner turned into a series of riots. By the time police got the riots under control, two people were dead and 40 were injured. In June eight bombs in eight cities exploded within minutes of another, suggesting a nationwide conspiracy. Most people believed the bombings were the work of radicals trying to destroy the America way of life. In September 1920, an even larger bomb exploded in New York. The United States Government then created a new federal agency to protect the American people. Herbert Hoover later headed the FBI. In 2002 the Government created the Department of Homeland Security.