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HW 53216. Doocld: 32397461--. - a 726 SUBYERSIVE INFLUNGS IN RIOTS, LOOTING, AND- BUPNENG Mayor Yorty was & o Member of Congres inl 1959 to 1954 and mayor of Los Angeles since 1581 ’ Bis tentre > the Califor’ Legslarare in the mid- 1930's 5 gove him an opportu ty to study ihe sabiecs OF jrrnonism 5 Since that time, dhe pwiimsss Thang maintained an inicrest in Communist activities In answer toa qrestion comerning bis opinion o2 ¢ nnderlying fectors which caused tha riots 19 2 “hs lag fen years, Mayor Yorty feplied: tT woud cextainly =ay that ore of the factors is the constant repetidona of subversive propegands, the sgiaton, ad propazesda conduc ced by rhe, Com- moni Parry wiinin ihe “te mepork OF theic Aisore objective to break ‘a€own ine  resvext for gureramess, cerninly for 2a 2-3 orGer, 2nd io personae as they alwars Go, Bsis objective e285 airy 1a the pelice ocer. Asked if he believed chose yiots have beet spontaneous or pl anned, the m2yor cad, “I thins “hat there are some o1 both.” He added: J think thet me propaganda over Phe veers bss rem 50 constany and at ime _ very efecdre 7 _ 7 elso thine these se ore some ices Where scp essive forces have actually Pieanci 7 7 = inciGents that ier womd bop: ould spats 4. -THOL Mevor Yorty introduced an exhibit inte ike record, 2 a pamphlet en- aed “Ths Big Lie? The pamphiet, predaced by the Los Augeles ciiv governmeDt, conisined a Snort Misory o7 the charge of police bratelity « over & period o ox 21 vears—or since 1926, by the > Commenist Low Party. - “* The witDess 5 stated ghat law enforremed cot has been hendicapped “by the reinterprei2fior, peally the rewridmg of the Constitution br the Crited Stsies Supreme Cours * = *> Hoe cited exampies OT tha ex- ' clusionary rie of evidence, the miss rom seirch 2 and seizure, and the pegisizeiion of brown criminals. Mayor Yorty vecalied thet Lenin, in bis writings, 28 early 25 1992, fed mode reference to police brutalizy and noted that he knew of no pericd _ in history weere the Ceqmpaiga against the police hes has been quites 2g effective es itis today The mayor wes osked if police pritality charges were made in is city during the Wars sot. He replied that a at tempt wes mace “to blams the police for tps richag.” and edded “This Jed io my un- pleasant conan zrontaiien witn Dr Miaraa Lather Ring ng, who— ersisie] in sTeag ome c the roavor noted that that ot chave were N22 many “peop! ple whom yoada charces OF polics brutality whose pachive Wes to. Giscredit the police deparcaent end io carry on ih he seep caliad Commenisss sizagglec arapaign to “bree Gown respect jor tha lew eniorcement ofci2is sand * * # eventvalls + + % break Gown.ine ability o: our Goveramen nt to operate? The Los Angeles mayor said est , - nr ee
# = : . . : 4 irrsd of 2r their lst in ef}: the Isck of ma eciz=d. So lorz a5 €é5on Wil) fait with the Smesen SSOOnd gnesdon Poss] br the cheirman is- “Wheth= sincereir hare the istere=s oF the Negro 2t beart eng X 2ccept them en@4 Work wiih = i j TiS Lo achiere coun htt.” . : In ever Gruaoy in which +h:: ‘ Dor snd downtrodden Eroup in tne. , Population, ibe Comm mists hg Bd ikeir SCePeth in thet Zz0uD. Ip everr f - cocniy that is bot the United Sia: Commnnicz Party bas spent pest enta) BE fime end efor In-FoOoine the Nezro Bopalation, ell to MO avail [? auythine Bi - its appeel to the Negro pornistion in the United States pes Len less then : H Nezro Etizens @o Lot went io Chanve fha 4 TTiC20 way of life. The whele i eh history o? Negro eForts to PACES? sonality is an indicstion thst Negro cittzens . : Ed -- desire, shore el) Ese, indosion on £2 egzal besis in American Soclebr ti °F There is Utde evidence ray: Communists hare « * Sieniiceat indgence on : oy the civil rizgms Movement Their recong is DOE cae which ingires trast among : & Nezro Ciizens, ang Nezro G Sctcepi them and do DOt Work with mo 5 The Netionei Crean Le2ne Welcomes this opportenite to CO=pir wirh e 3 3 request fer information br 2 committas Of the Unitag Ststes Corcress. The Hl _ “3 Nations! Cze5 Lreza2, Ine @ preiessional Community sevice organize tion : ‘ Committed to scones ecu2l OpLoranifies for Nezross ang other i ip all srees of Am<rican life Jy is nonpertig ng £od interracial in isi : . and sta. ‘ tt eee -- +. - ; “Fed to-cn p. TET fotiows:] -< - india - From: -Pebiie Relations Department. *etions) Usrtan league, 55 Fast o2nd Steet New Yor] No TOR? (232) TIO. B Contact: Guicherd Peri oe ; _ Ke -*_ The FMowing is ge Rirg, Jr, 4 PhD Benay 5 er JOY 26. S57, and rates ers phe 2 - Ri West 60:8 Street New Tore in ; a? Develomminis iq Newark, De ST clear thet the. Primary di ; coe Esve grere HMer2ences oF Jonestandin Schake for ni the riots herernge Coulzibited in ear Fobsientia) rss - Of these fost Complaints, is br now cbvicns tosiL . We ere Comident thet the overwhelmins mejority’ a? 2 Of life when the Peighporaesd sioxcs Bre Gestprea ena leoted ? Whee caReren CP a bretkaoen in ea it 2 : Who ere tha 6x, 8G pay ena par, 400 what for? ; : Bibling, a-son sn@ Josiin: . Equally EROS ere those <3 Tbere is no insasice whi mo - We who bere £: - Erve consis Pnective. Gi rigbts cans the naifcn * _ —- ~~. ie re ne ee TO ren eee - if a ee ee a ~ + . . . . . : Oo me ee a a a a y wee eee HW 53216 Docld:32397481 Page 4
TALE ler arent Fae es) 9 wee reeks para As OTLEY we wee hk domed Vomhaahed aed Cee beeen, Sam warn opi Ms a 45 i S2SLQR STAT may SEUSS end made that same charge. I f ‘cherges of brutality here keen mode against the police in Los ADyzes &s 1m the case of other cles. ight pice heving no aii braisli » Ceriginly the best in the world nm aginst the police. 4 J am certain that ro 10,1258. Hesaid: Ata shy higher level, the neticns] Desdqrarters of ibe perty, on Atvzust 15, 1SS5, instracted the sonthern Californie Pary Cistrict to prenere ericles concern- ing the riots for ezr}e pobdlicstion in Tra Worker, an east coe Communist news to pt Teper. Special eforts Were to be >a Die¥ tp the “police brutality’ ancie, Major portions of sabdSgueor issn : The Worker eng People’s World. a West - o the uprising in Tos Angeles and its co2zst Communist Dew spe per, Were devoted ¢ €] the line cot by perry bea dgazrters, efiermath Each ardice faj-hesy) Mr. McNastazs Mayor Yorty, were police bruiality charges made ijn your city during tha Weits righi ee ne Mfayor Yorrr. Ves An atiempit was made, of course, to blame th police for the rioting. This Jaq to ny unpleasant confrontation with Dr. Afartin Luther Bing. We had alware welcomed him to our city on oO previous occasions and tried in work with bim in the Geld of civil nghts-But, during the aftermath of the noting, he rushed out to Los Angeles and‘in a Private meeting with come of his aides and our chie? of police, Mr. Wiliam Parker, he began to bleme the polce for the rioting. ~ I pointed ont to him that the police departmen: of Los Ange Tuo by a civilian commission: they are actually the head of the ceparti- ment. I also poiniad out to him fast three of the Bre members were mninority groups and. also, that one of the Persons at the mes Dr. Matiin Luiher Ring was the father of @ wember of { commission, --. Oo But he persisied in arguing that the police were io Blame for the rioting. Then he went ou and go: before the cameras and newspapers cit Decessary in ansswer that charge 2nd to tell him that it was very unsair for him to come out to Ios Angeles and try to blame the police for the noting. — Sir, McNascars. Your exhibit, Mayor, and Tarions dems that we have read in the Communist press orér ihe Years indicate ihai many wy - Will you tell the committee whether or not any police oScers in Los Angeles, since you hare been maror, have been dismissed for b: iabtr? Afeyor Yoxrr. T dont know of any case whee an ofcer hes hed is be dismissad for brutality. Wre, of course, investigate every charge that is made io: bruiality, Arsi within ibe cep b i hare civilian police commission pe are not. satis§ action of the Ceparimeni thai y can ask the commi: hearing, ; T think the best eximple of the big Jie lechnigue was cons of the newsparers in Los Ance 3, Dot a Commun but one that Clitulaics only in the Negro area, had a Lp na. HW 33216 “Docld: 32397481 “Page 5 + © _v
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HW 53216 -Docla:32397481- Page F- ~ - one | Bence: of the struggie’ This piretiction was . a a “yoede it clear toast che Wibing of 15-reer-oid Janes Powell bd cScer would not go waprerssied. ‘ 2 ae 2 . = 2 eo ee FT Tg . = rele of the cops in cresting to tiame the ricts on Commn- isin Harlem now—tut SPART4CIST, MAT-JOUNS 1285, Pls “kre UWasion of ‘pon-Tioleac’ = crining Of Diack reome 22d is cuss Of Ube power stvivere. Tee morecen: fv {tar} fy [wr] i f b ot o e ; a ? fr ¢ v ‘A is ° Met Cre ie Moan oe > 2 v7 SPSRTACIST, SEAY-JUNE 1357, PL St: “It is the uty of a TevOIno onary orzenizriion ta intervene where Possible to dive ihese ontbarsts [ots] pticet dineson” : - oe —_ : SPAATACIST, TANUSSY-YZ22CADT 15S, PPG, Ss Lite “On this basis Spastacisr sinied eal in J Prepares to Gzht openly in the <= : MOAR HOU hana dena aNs the Gays that followed 23 ure eter we Ozicirr: From the Ram Menifesto of s ofciely org “Ato Americans who fatord Robert FP. Wilkers ona ibe cep Figierce. * * = ONE PURPOSE —To tes block EvOpl om the universe! sare maser” * *. ONE AIM —To Geran biecS Pamls chroesh strvezle to the? attainment pessibie. ONE DESTINE—To icilo= fa the Spirit of black Toparies * * * and to cresie 8 new weld fee oF coloniziism, raciun, imne ism, exploitation, end natona) ompression” . mT . dn bearings before the soh- “fonse of Representadives, on F TOeiy 3G, 1Ss7. FT. te PBL, Cescribed the Rev) ucmary Aciisa XM ton * * * Geticeted to the overtoon of the Sistea, DF Violence if nesssery, end is omenied toward the Chirsse Commornis in tee on ADTropristions, ver, Director of Negro orseniza- mee of the C2G4NIZATION: - -- 7 eb of other ADO American = Teenage ganz schooled in coea. RAM bes anit in Phy 3 Detroit, and New York Tir. Shere ere three levels of men: arshin in th organizers, (2) active members, end (3) associate ; $