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been affiliated with Communist
front organizations.
g. The significance of the deci-
sion of the Communist party in the
United States to dissolve as such
is that during the 1874 elections
Communists will throw their entire
weight into the CIO political ac-
ton committee"
The special report, signed by
Chairman Martin Dies, CD, Tex,
and other members of his commit
tee, denounced as "tyrannical tax
alton" the assessments. levied by
the political action committee on
the CIO membership to amass ST.
100000 for expenditure in the 1914
elections.
The Dies report said its fincing
that a majority of the unions
affiliated with the CIO had a
Communist leadership" justified
a remark by John L. Lewis, whose
United Mine Workers union was
once affiliated with the CIO, that
Hillman and CIO President Philip
Murray have got to play pall with
the Communists now, or die
-. Sidney HilIman mas entered
! into a coalition with Communists
for the purpose OF building the C1O
political action committee" the re-
! port said. This is not the first time
/ in his career that Hillman has
! been found in league with the Com
munists but it is by far the most
sinister of all his Communist coali-
| tons
While linking Hillman with Com
munistS, the report did not brand
him directly as a Communist, not
] ing that at times he was actively
and effectively anti-Communist." !"
DEFINES COMMITTEE
The Dies group defined the COM
mittee as simply the CIO function
ing as a political enemy and using
its coercive powers over its mem
bers to compel them to follow its
political dictates"
The 19 officials named were:
Lewis Alan Berne, president Of
the International Federation OF
Architects, Engineers, Chemists, and
Technicians; Donald Henderson,
general president of the United
Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and
Allied Workers, and Joseph P. Selly,
international president Of the A
merican Communications associa-
ton.
julius Emspack, secretary-treas-
urer of the United Electrical, Radio
and Machine Workers of America;
Grant w Oakes, president Of the
United Farm Equipment and Metal
Workers of America; Eleanor Nell
son, secretary-treasurer Of the Unit
ed Federal Workers of America,
and Joseph F. ZURICH, president,
International Union Of Fishermen
and Allied Workers of America.
Ben GOLD, president Of the Inter-
national Fur and Leather Workers
union; Morris Muster, president Of
the United Furniture Workers Of
America; Harry r. Bridges, presi-
dent Of the International Long
shoremen's and Warehousemen's
union: Ferdinand c. Smith, secre-
tary of the National Maritime un-
ion, and Lewis Merrill, president OF
] LIlt GI4LcQ O444NC diiO AOAOooAOA4@A
Workers Of America.
Abram FlaXer, president of the
State. County, and Municipal Work.
ers of America; Michael j. Quill,
president Of the Transport Work.
ers union; Joseph Curran, president
Of the National Maritime Union OF
America; Reid Robinson, president
Of the International Mine, Mill and
Smelter Workers union; E. F. Burke,
secretary, Marine Cooks and Stew
ards Association of the Pacific
Coast, and Frank r. McGrath,
president of the United Shoe Work.
ers Of America.
/ UNIONS MENTIONED
The committee charged that
/ Communist leadership is strongly
/ entrenched" in the following CIO
affiliated unions:
American Communications asso-
citation; international Federation of
Architects, Engineers, Chemists, and
Technicians; International Fur and
Leather Workers union; Interna-
/ tional Longshoremen's and Ware
/ housemen's union; International
Union of Fishermen and Allied
Workers of America; International
Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter
Workers; International Woodwork
ers of America; Marine Cooks and
Stewards Association of the Pacific
i Coast; National Maritime Union OF
America; State, County and NUM-
cipal Workers Of America; Trans
port Workers Union Of America;
United Cannery, Agricultural. Pack
ing. and Allied Workers Of Ameri-
ca; United Electrical, Radio, and