The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-03
GIVEN DIES RATING
Congressional Group Ex. Onerates Him of COm-
 munistic Tendencies

washington, Jan. S-(uP)-The Dies committee in Q unanimous re port to Congress today exonerated John L. Lewis and the majority of members of the Congress of Indus trial Organizations of charges that they are Communists or Commun- lst sympathizers. but charged that the leadership of n of the aS CIO Unions lis more than tinged with Communism
 Tt is unmistakably clear" the committee said, that the over whelming majority of the members of the CIO, as well as its president, (Lewis), are not Communists or Communist syEnpathizers, but sine cere American Workers seeking to improve their lot In life in perfectly legitimate American fashion"
 The lB,000 word, report, the last official act of the committee unless the house extends It's life, made no legislative recommendations. It merely discussed the committees work and gave four reasons why It's members believe its investigation of n-American activities should be continued.
 The report appealed to govern ment agencies for an active cam paign of prosecution to "repel in- sidious forms of attack by foreign powers through organizations whose obvious objectives can be no other than to destroy the Amer. ican form of government"
 The committee foresaw that soon "subversive" organizations would "cease to be seriously regarded by anyone in the United States" be- cause of their loss of membership and prestige.
 In Q special section of the report designated, "tho problem of the la bor movement" the committee said:
 "There Is encouraging evidence of on attempt on the part of the CIO leadership to remove !, Communist influence and 1t Is Q matter of rec- ord that most of It's largest organ i2ations are free of any Com munist control, domination, or even serious influence ..
 "The evidence before the commit. tee indicates, however, that the leadership of some 10 or i2 of the constituent unions of the CIO, out of Q total Of some 46 unions, is more than tinged with Communism, Tn the rank and file member ship of these unions, on the con- trary, the proportion of Commun- ists and Communist sympathizers Is very small indeed"
 The committee said that 1t had found evidence of Communist leadership entrenched" in the fol- lowing CIO unions; National Mari- time Union; United Cannery, Pack ing and Allied Workers; Federation of architects; chemists and techni- nicians; Fur Workers International Union; International Longshore- mems and Warehousemen's Union; Transport Workers Union: United office and Professional Workers Union: American Communications Association; United Electrical Radio and Mechanical Workers of Amer lea; and the United Furniture WVTkGT0 VI <AAkAGSACWb
 Other highlights of the commit tees report were;
 Charges that the German -Amer- lean Bund and the Communist par- ty of the United States are sub- servient agents of Germany and Russia.
 The charge that Communist ac- tivities in this country constitute violation" of the treaty of recog- milton signed by the United States and Soviet Russia in 1883.
 Seven major accomplishments claimed by the committee including the assertions that conviction of Fritz Kuhn, German American Bund leader on embezzlement charges, and indictment of Earl Browder, Communist party secre- tary, on charges of falsifying pass ports were results of the commit- tees investigation.