Evening star., 1940-01-03
on Americans Accused Of Subvesve Activities in Dies Report

organizations in drawing innocent
and earnest people into activities
cooperative with the Communist
party. We fully realize that the
vast majority Of the membership of
the league consists of people that
simply believe in peace and democ-
racy, and we find it difficult to un-
derstand why this majority has not
asserted itself with greater vigor in
connection with the activities of the
league.
THE PROBLEM OF THE LABOR
MOVEMENT.
Up until the year 1884 the Com
munist party pursued the policy Of
dual unionism, setting up rival la
Dor organizations in the same in
dustries as were organized by affil-
iates of the American Federation Of
Labor In that year, however, this
policy was dropped and the attempt
was made by Communists to bore
from within the American Fedora
ton of Labor. On the whole this
effort met with but slight success.
With the formation of the C. I. o.
the principal efforts of the Com
munists were turned in the direc-
ton of that organization. 1t Is
Enthusiastically clear that the over
whelming majority of the members
of the c. I. O. as we'll as the presi-
dent are not Communists or CON-
munist sympathizers, but sincere
American workers seeking to i'm
prove their lot in life in perfectly
legitimate American fashion. The
evidence before the committee indi-
Gates, however, that the leadership
of some 10 or II of the constituent
unions of the C. 1. o. out of total
of some 43 unions Is more than
tinged with Communism. 1t shows
that some of their leaders are either
card-holding members of the Com
munist party or subservient follow
ers Of that partys line" In the
rank and file membership of these
unions, on the contrary, the pro-
portion of Communists and Com
munist sympathizers is very small
indeed. There is encouraging evi-
dence of an attempt on the part OF
the C. I. o. leadership to remove
this Communist influence and it is
a matter of record that most of its
largest organizations are free OF any
Communist control, domination, or
even serious influence. 1t is plain
to this committee that the situation
which does pertain in the organiza-
tions listed below is the most serious
one. both from the standpoint OF
American industries and from the
standpoint of the organized labor
movement itself.
On the basis of the evidence SUBJ
mitted, we find Communist leader
ship intrenched in the following
organizations: National Maritime
Union. United Cannery, Packing
and Allied Workers; Federation OF
Architects, Chemists and Technl-
clans. Fur Workers international
Union, International Longshore-
mems and Warehousemens Union,
Transport Workers Union, United
Office and Professional Workers
Union, American Communications
Association, United Electrical Radio
and Mechanical Workers of America
and the United Furniture Workers
of America.
American labor has borne the
brunt of the Communist efforts to
pursue the policy of penetration OF
mass organizations in the past four
years and, to the degree that that
effort has been successful, American
labor has task of great seriousness
and importance on its hands. The
serious factor in the situation from
the standpoint of the Nation as .
whole lies, not so much in the purely
economic views which the members
of labor organizations may hold, a.
in the foreign control over Com
munist party members. which might
in time of stress lead to sabotage
and to espionage, and in the Com
munist rule-or-ruin policy so dis
ruptive to the labor organizations
| themselves.
The committee believes that the
American labor movement must,
and will, as speedily as possible free
itself of Communist leadership anc
control wherever it exists.
The committee is emphatic in Its
belief that a strong and vigorous
labor movement is an element OF
strength in the life of our de-
mocracy But the committee must
assert that the Communist party is
interested in trade unions primarily
for the purpose of attempting to
utilize those labor organizations for
the benefit of the Russian Dictator
ship and its foreign policies.
NAZI-FAsCIsT ORGANIZATIONS.
The committee heard numerous
witnesses and received a large
volume of documentary evidence
concerning the extent, nature and
activities of number Of Nazi-
Fascist groups. individuals and Or
ganizations which are presently op-
Grating in the United States. or
which have recently been active in
this country. Some of the principal
witnesses who testified before the
committee regarding such activities
were:
James E. Campbell, captain, Engi-
neer Corps, U. S. Army Reserve:
commander, Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post, Owensboro, KY; Ameri-
canism chairman of the Depart
ment of Kentucky of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars.
George E. Deatherage, national
commander, Knights of the White
Camellia
Dudley Pierrepont Gilbert, organ
izer and leader OF the American Ma
tionalists, Inc.
Felix McWhirter, treasurer, In
diana Republican State Committee:
president. Peoples Bank, Indianapo-
lis, Ind.
Gen. George Van Horn Mosely, U.
s. Army, retired.
Henry D. Allen, former member Of
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