Evening star., 1943-05-14
Island Official Held
Unfit for Position by
House Committee
Unit Votes to Ban Pay
or Robert IA. Lovett and
Two FEC Aides

Two FEC Aides
The House Appropriations
Committee today approved a
subcommittee recommended
ton finding Robert Morss Lovett,
secretary of the Virgin Islands,
unfit to hold Government Office
and authorized the subcommit-
tee to offer legislation barring
payment of salaries to Mr.. Low
EFT and two Federal Commune
cations Commission officials.
The two FEC men. DR.. Goodwin
B. Watson and DR.. William E. Dodd.
jr., previously had been held unfit
for the public office by the commit
tee. but the FEC refused to dismiss
them.
The battle between the FEC and
Congress was further complicated
today by charges by Representative
Cox, Democrat, of Georgia that FEC
Member Clifford J. Durr was at
tempting to smear Mr.. Cox and
belittle his investigation of the COM
mission.
Removal From Committee Asked.
His accusation was a response to a
petition filed with Speaker Rayburn
by Mr.. Durr asking Mr.. Cox's re-
movel from the committee formed
to investigate charges that the FEC
was seeking to curb free speech
Mr.. Rayburn said he would probably
refer the petition to the House
Judiciary Committee.
The Appropriations Committee
ordered Chairman Kerr of the sub
committee investigating Govern
ment employees suspected of sub
versive affiliations to offer an
amendment to the pending def
cheney appropriation bill denying
funds for the payment of the
salafy>of the three men.
Mr.. Coxett. DR.. Watson and Dr..
Dodd were among the Government
employees accused by Chairman Dies
of the House Committee CT On
American Activities of having been
affiliated with subversive organiza-
tions. The Kerr subcommittee was
set up to investigate the three cases
and those OF more than a score Of
other employees named by Mr. Dies.
The committees report today
cleared Arthur Edward Goldschmidt
and Jack Bradley Fahy, Interior De-
partment employees, holding that the
committee had insufficient evidence
to support recommendation of un-
fitness for Federal service.
Previously it had cleared Frederick
l.. Schuman, FEC employe.
Graduate of Harvard.
Regarding Mr.. Lovett, the COM
mlttee said he was born in Boston
December 25. 1870: was graduated
from Harvard University with an
A. B. degree in 1892
Prior to his appointment as Gov
ernmont secretary of the Virgin
Islands on July Is, 1889, he had
been employed as professor of
English by the University of Chi
cago for period of As years The
position he now holds is under the
Department of the Interior at a
salary Of $4,000 per annum.
"Dr. Lovett appeared before your
committee and testified under oath.
He admitted either membership or
association or affiliation with many
organiza tions including six organi-
zations found to be within the scope
OF the mandate of public laws 135
and 644 of the Seventy-seventh Con-
eress, as follows:
American Peace Mobilization later
known as the American Peoples Mo-
hilization; American Youth Con-
sress, League of American Writers.
National Committee for Peoples
Rights, National Fedora ton for Con-
stitutional Liberties and Interna-
tlonal Labor Defense
Report Analyzed
The report. analyzing these or
Eanizations said
DIR. Lovett admitted the follow
Ing remarks, made in an address in
Chicago, Ill. on March 20, 1886: Il
shall vote for Norman Thomas for
President because he is the only man
who will take the control of this
country away from the capitalists
and place that control in the hands
of the people.
"The Socialist party is a party
of poor and working classes. The
Communist party is also a party
of the labOring or working classes
and their candidate Earl Browder,
stands for the same things as does
Norman Thomas. but I believe the
Socialist party has the best ap-
uroach to the problem that con-
fronts us today. The worker
today must either be Communist
or Socialist for neither of the
older parties offer any hope. Presi-
dent Roosevelt has been in power
for four years and has done nothing.
It is still the same old system under
which the workers are taxed to
help the capitalists get more money
and more power. Vote for Norman
Thomas and through him you will
for yourselves!
He sponsored >aain4s wrote variouss
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