Evening star., 1939-10-25
"It's too bad you didn't go on record
Yesterday"

yesterday"
Representative Voorhis, Democrat,
of California had previously objected
to release of the list in the absence
of Representative Dempsey, who he
said had expressed desire to make
a statement on the subject.
Representative Mason pulled out
his watch and snapped: We'll,
we've already waited until 10:30.'
Then he made motion that the
committee carry out" instructions
given it at the executive session
late yesterday that the list be made
public.
Mr.. Mason also moved that the
list be placed in the official record
of the committee proceedings to
make it privileged" This was done
as Mr.. Voorhis declared: Il can't
vote for that"
Mr.. Dempsey explained he had
arrived at the committee hearing
little late and said: You were
not sufficiently courteous to wait
three minutes"
At that particular time Chairman
Dies was not in the committee room
and Representative Starnes, Demo-
cfat, of Alabama, acting chairman,
raped the gavel in a futile effort
to restore order.
Representative Mason pointed out
the committees decision was by a
majority vote.
"A majority of those present." re-
piled Mr.. Dempsey.
The action was taken and that
settles it" retorted Mr.. Mason.
Abides by Decision.
Representative Voorhis remarked
at that point he was in accord with
Mr.. Dempsey's statement.
Il didn't feel yesterday that it was
the wise thing to do he said, but
I am going to abide by the decision
OF the majority of the committee. P"
Representative Dempsey then in
terrupted: my feeling is that Com
munists should not be employed in
the Government service at all"
He also declared that unless the
committee pointed out that some
persons whose names are included
in the league list definitely are not
Communists, the impression might
be created that all of those named
are members of the party.
I'm not smearing lot of Amer
ican citizens" he added.
Action Called Unjust.
Chairman Dies, in his statement,
deplored the fact that Government
employees had not resigned from the
league after the committee adopted
report January in which. he said,
the organization was branded as
Communist organization"
The league statement protested that
the committee had refused to permit
it to offer testimony giving details of
the leagues activities The league
said it is obviously unjust to re-
lease the names of the members
without releasing at the same time
the list of activities in which they
have participated as league men,
bers.
Its activities for the last year and
a half, the league said. included a
number of mass meetings, member
ship meetings, forums, picketings,
broadcasts, social affairs and CO.
operation with other organizations,
such as the Save Czecho-S -Slovakia
Committee, the Lift the Embargo
Committee, the Joint Citizens Com
mittee of Washington for Concert
ed Economic Action to Stop Hit
Ter, a Washington Committee to Re-
wise the Neutrality Act, the Com
mittee to Protect the Wagner Labor
Act and the Marian Anderson Citi-
zens' Committee.
Picketing activities listed by the
league included the German EN-
bassy as part of the stop Hitler"
movement and the Spanish En-
bassy protesting bloody reprisais in
Spain"
In addition, the league said, "the
league has had picket lines to Cx-
press sympathy with workers on
strike or to oppose the policies of
certain Washington business Or
ganizations."
Mason Made Demand.
The Dies committee decision to re-
lease the names on Mr.. Mason's de-
mand came after Mr.. Dies had read
excerpts from records the committee
recently subpoenaed at the local