Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-21
'EXP0SER' OF REDS
GETS BODYGUARD
AFTER TEST|FY|NC
Mrs. Roosevelt Exploited
by Communists, Says
Teacher Writer.
WORLD YOUTH FARLEY
LINKED TO SUBVERSlON
League for Peace and Democracy
Is Party Front Group, He
Tells Probe.
BY JAMES E. CHINN.

BY JAMES E. CHM.
DR.. j. B. Matthews, who spent most
OF yesterday afternoon describing the
Inside workings" of the Communist
party in this country for the special
House committee investigating I'M
American activities, last night was as
signed special bodyguard by the COM
mittee after he reported receiving tele-
phoned threats of bodily harm.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt is among
a group of prominent Americans being
exploited by the Communists, DR..
Matthews, the star witness" of the
committee. declared yesterday. His
testimony was described by Repre-
sentative Starnes, Democrat, of Ala
bama as nothing short of astounding.
He is giving us testimony which shows
conclusively how the Communists are
boring from within-and he's doing the
whole country great public service "
After hearing from DR.. Matthews
again tomorrow, the committee plans
to leave Tuesday night or Wednesday
morning for tour that will include
Investigations probably in New York
City. Seattle and Hollywood. and
several industrial centers such as
Detroit.
DR.. Matthews testimony tomorrow,
committee members said, will be even
more startling" than that of yester-
day. when he charged that IS of the
so American delegates to the World
Youth Conference are Communists or
Fellow travellers" Of the Communist
party and listed the names of SO
prominent Americans as sponsors" of
the American Youth Conference, which
ne termed good example, of the
Communist united front" in the
United States.
Accuses League for Peace.
DR.. Matthews also asserted mo one
can seriously doubt" the League for
Peace and Democracy, of which sew
eral Government officials are men,
bers, lis Communist front group"
Declaring he was the first director
OF the league, formerly known as the
League Against War and Fascism, DR..
Matthews also testified he probably
had been more closely associated with
Communists in this country than any
other person between 1880 and 1885
He said he was known in Communist
circles as fellow traveller" person
who for strategic reasons does not hold
. membership card but who works
actively for Communist aims.
DR.. Matthews was introduced as an
educator and writer of Washington.
N. J. He told the committee he had
taught at Howard University here, at
Peabody College, Princeton Univer-
sity and the Y M. c. A. Graduate
School in Nashville, Tenn. He also
said he took prominent part in ar
ranging for the hunger march" on
Washington by Unemployed Councils
IN 1885. and said it was through his
efforts the Unemployed Councils and
the Workers Alliance were CONSOLE
dated.
DR.. Matthews yesterday gave the
committee list of alleged Communist
party front" organizations, and when
he returns to the witness stand he
plans to reveal the names of their
officers and their aims and purposes.
Prominent among the names he
mentioned as sponsors of the Ameri-
can Youth Conference were those Of
Senator Frazier, Republican, of North
Dakota: Representative Amlie, Pro-
OreSSiye of WISCONSIN,. p;cbop Dorol
S. Cushman Of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church; former Gov. Hoffman of
New Jersey; William Allen White, edi-
tor OF the Emporia (Kans.) Gazette:
DR.. Henry Noble McCracken, president
OF Vassar College; Gov. Benson of Min
nesota; Mayor Hoan of Milwaukee;
Mary E. Woolley, president of Mount
Holyoke College; Bruce Bliven, an edi-
tor OF The New Republic; Archibald
MacLeish, editor of Fortune, and Harry
Elmer Barnes, columnist for Scripps-
Howard newspapers.
Some Not Reds, He Says.
DR.. Matthews pointed out that he
personally knew that number of the
sponsors were not Communists. but
had "carelessly" allowed their names
to be used.
He said that after he told former
Gov. Moore he had aligned himself
with the Communist party, he resigned
as sponsor for the congress.
When DR.. Matthews finished read.
lns. the list of SO names, Representa-
tive Mason, Republican, of Illinois
asked:
All these are sponsors either indi-
rectly or otherwise who, through the
use OF their names, advanced the
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