The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-08-15
ALLEGED COMMUNISTS
ARE NAMED IN QUIZ
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mcnt for failure to deport the
AuStralian-born union leader.
The report said that it is pos
sible to obtain evidence that
Bridges attended top fraction"
meetings of the Communist party
and that he "received aid and adj
vice from officials Of the labor
department while patriotic citi-
zens were trying to have him de-
ported for his communistic activi-
ties"
witnesses can be produced
who can name the day and date
when an official of the mmigra-
ton service contacted Harry
Bridges and called him to his Of
flee, where he read to him con-
fidential letter of instructions on
his future behavior, written by an
outstanding official of the labor
department" the report said.
at is also possible to obtain the
statement of witnesses who know
of actual cases of attempted muir
der and kidnapping carried out by
those who surround Harry Bridges
and evidence can be obtained
which will prove that many men
who opposed the policies of
Bridges were among the missing,
having been called out of their
rooming houses and hotels in the
middle of the night, never to be
seen again, leaving all their per
sonal effects behind them"
Sullivan reported that commun-
istic activities are rampant
among California agricultural
workers because of the ease with
which agitators have been able to
obtain funds from "movie en-
ployes." He suggested that the
public be informed as to "thc in,
dividuals, both native and foreign
born, who use the large salaries
paid to them, in supplying the
radicals"
evidence tends to show" the
report said, THAT all phases of
radical and communistic activities
are rampant among the studios OF
Hollywood and although well
known, it is matter which the
movie moguls desire to keep from
the public. | might say . that
very large number of motion
picture stars are very strongly
opposed to all this subversive &C
tivity, but as one very prominent
star told me, if he spoke out loud
about the situation, he would
soon be ditched by the studios
and campaign of vilification
would be started against him to
ruin him with his public"
Sullivan named the Mort h
American Committee to Aid the
Spanish Democracy, its twin
BROTHER; the Medical Bureau, and
the Anti-Nazi League of Holly
wood, as among the alleged COM
munistic agencies receiving "mov-
lie aid" He suggested they be in
vestigated.
"The only evidence presented
regarding Nazi activities was the
picketing of a Jewish meeting at
the Ambassador hotel CLOS An
geles) by members of the Ger
man-American bund and the cir
culation of very vicious circular
attacking members of the Jewish
race" he said.
Sullivan asserted that police
and peace officers in southern
California informed him that
"nazi or fascist propaganda" were
being used by the communists to
draw red herring across the
trail" to cover up their own ac-
tivities.
"For the most part" he said,
"the law enforcement groups and
patriotic representative seem to
think that this great agitation
over the activities of the bund is
but a smoke screen to take the
peoples mind off the real men,
ace, communism and those affili-
ated with it."
Sullivan accused the Workers
Alliance of America of being a
subsidiary of the Communist par
ty and of. responsibility for pro-
noting on the west coast wide
spread demonstrations, picket
lines and rioting" in an effort to
"coerce and threaten" federal and
state relief agencies into grant
ing outrageous and impractical
demands for relief and Works
Progress administration workers.. "
He said that communist agita-
tors obtained jobs in the WPA to
promote agitation and "sit down"
strikes. The activities are being
furthered, he alleged, by Mexican
agricultural workers in southern
California through the Uniones
de Campesinos y Obreros Mexi-
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