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instead hurled epithets at the COM
mittee.
"You cannot answer charges or
contradict convincing evidence by at
tempting to belittle and ridicule the
work of the Dies Committee" Mr..
Green declared at press conference
following the adoption of the resolu-
ton by the Executive Council. "Merely
shouting liar, renegade or traitor is no
answer"
Pointing out that the historic pol
icy of the American Federation of La
Dor has been to bar Communists from
it's organizing staff and from repre-
sentation in central and state bodies,
Mr.. Green indicated that the question
of Communist officials in C. |. 0.
unions would be a problem in any
formula for setting the controversy
of the American Federation of Labor
with the Committee for Industrial Or
ganization.
The resolution adopted by the Ex-
ecutive Council expressing it's support
of the investigation was intended tc
block efforts by c. |. 0. leaders ano
others to minimize the work Of the
Dies Committee and to represent il
as an enemy, rather than a friend, OF
democracy, Mr.. Green said.
c. |. O. Refused to Answer Frey's
| Charges
1t was significant, he. added, that c
T 4,
answer the charges against then
made by John P. Frey, president o1
the Metal Trades Department of the
American Federation of Labor, in hi:
testimony before the House Commit
tee. Mr.. Frey stated that according
the c. |. o. was opposed to Com
munism, but that Communists ant
their supporters filled important po
sitions in many c. |. 0. unions an(
controlled their actions and policies.
Communism, Nazism and Fascism
Oppose Labor
Mr.. Green classified ,Nazism, Fas
cism and Communism as equally hos
tile to the interests of labor, but sait
he would not favor depriving adher
ence of these philosophers of thei
right to vote The best defense of de
mocracy, he declared, lay in expos
ing the fallacies of dictatorial rule.
He said the evidence thus far hearC
by the Dies Committee indicated tina
un-American activities in the Unitet
States had their inspiration Sin Mos
COW and also in the high councils o
the Fascist and Nazi movement il
Berlin and Rome"
Executive Councils Statement
The resolution adopted by the FIX
ecutive Council supporting the worl
Of the Dies Committee said:
"The Executive Council views thi
inquiry and the service thus far rem
dered of extreme Importance in bring
ing to light the treacherous propa
| ganda and nefarous activities engage,
in by those who would suppress ou
liberties, destroy our democratic insti
tutons and substitute therefor tn
, autocratic and repressive principle
and practices that characterize tn
totalitarian governments abroad"
"The evidence thus far presente
indicates clearly that, under guise o
freedom and democracy, these sub
| versive moments would subjugate, con
troll and dominate our free trad
unions; mislead our religious institu
tions; direct our welfare societies
shape our educational institutions an
invade every other form of group ac
tvities to the end that these demo
cratic institutions and forces may b
used to promote some form Of auto
cratic ism from abroad.
at is the hope of the Executiv
, Council that the Dies committee vii
carry on it's work diligently and fear
lessly until the full dangers surround
ing our democratic institutions may b
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