Evening star., 1943-05-13
Kerr Inquiry Finds
Three More Unfit
For Federal Jobs
Names Not Revealed BY
Group Thut Accused
Watson and Dodd
By JAMES E. CHINN.

The special subcommittee of
the House Appropriations Com
mittee investigating Government
employees accused of having con-
nections with alleged subversive
organizations has found three
more it will recommend as "un-
fit" to continue their work, it
was disclosed this afternoon by
Chairman Kerr.
The subcommittee in a report to
the full committee April 81 held
that DR.. Goodwin B. Watson, chief
analyst of the foreign broadcast in
telllgence service of the Federal
Communications Commission at a
salary of $500 a year, and DR..
William E. Dodd, jr., assistant news
editor Of the same agency who is
paid $4,000 a year, were unfit for
the present to continue in Govern
ment employment"
AS a result of it's continued in
vestigation, Representative Kerr
said the subcommittee would place
three other Federal workers in the
same category. He did not name
them, but explained he hoped the
subcommittee would have a report
on their activities ready for con-
sideration of the full Appropria- =
tlonS Committee tomorrow when it
meets to pass on the Navy and
urgent deficiency appropriation bills.
Will Seek Action on Salaries.
Coincident with Representative
Kerr's disclosure, Chairman Can
non Of the Appropriations Commit
tee announced he would ask the
House to adopt an amendment to
the deficiency bill to cut off the
salaries of Government workers
named by the investigating sub
committee.
The proposed amendment. it was
said, will specifically name the Gov
eminent employees whose salaries it
would stop.
MI. Watson's address is given in
the subcommittee report as 500
West l2lst street. New York. Dr..
Dodd. according to the report. lives
at 220 North Greenbrier street
Arlington. Va.
The report declared DR. Watson
admitted association or affiliation
with II or more organizations,
number Of which had been desig-
mated by the Justice Department
as front organizations" and others
as questionable" These organiza-
tlons, however. the report pointed
out, have not been adjudged by the
courts or by Congress as subversive. ="
The report added that the court
of public opinion of the United
States has passed Judgment upon
them and found them subversive
and American"
Report on Dodd.
With respect to DR.. Dodd, the
report said in part:
''Dr, Dodd openly, and in the
opinion Of the committee. definitely
admitted his long standing in the
Washington bookshop which he re-
talns 20 this day. This organization
has likewise been listed as a front
organization by the Department of
Justice. DR.. Dodd testified before
the committee that he knew the or
ganizatlon had been found to be
subversive. but that he did not feel
any obligation to resign his mem
berShlp in it.
AS to his association with Com
munists, DR.. Dodd testified to the
committee that he entertained
Harry Bridges, West Coast CIO
maritime labor leader. at a cock
tail, party in Dr. Dodd's apartment,
attended by 80 people. He stated to
the committee he knew deportation
charges were pending against Mr.
Bridges based upon membership in
the Communist party but claimed
he did not know who the people
were who attended the party or who
finally paid the bills, but thought
that a Miss Gardner, secretary of
the Harry Bridges Committee did
pay the bills"
The House ordered the Appropria-
tions Committee to make the in
vestigation several months ago.
after Chairman Dies of the COM
mittee which has been investigating
un-American activities for more
than three years charged in a
speech that there were 80 'bureau-
cratic crackpots' with Communistic
sympathies still in the Government
service. He named the 80, about 10
of which already have been ques-
toned by Representative Kerrs in
vestigating subcommittee.
The Dies committee has cooper
ated in furnishing information to
the Kerr Investigators. So has the
FBI.
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