Evening star., 1947-01-31

member of the commission asked
Lunan.
Correct"
Either as a disbursement to cover
expenses or otherwise?"
THAT is correct"
"What was their motive to do what
they did?"
Their motives would be idealistic or
political"
What do you mean by political?"
THAT they felt they were serving .
valid political motive in doing this -"
Party sympathy"
Eyes, that would be fair"
when we say party there is only
one party that is meant, the Com
,nunist Party?"
THAT is correct"
But the Russians persisted in try
ing to compel the recruits to take "ex-
pense money" at least. It was pressed
into their hands, or, on at least one
occasion, was stuck in bottle of whisky
presented to one scientist Dr. Allan
Num- May, atomic physicist.
moral Corruption" Planned.
zone purpose of the directors of the
network" the commission asserts, "in'
insisting on paying money, even rela-
lively small sums, to recruits would be
to further the moral corruption Of the
Canadians caught in the net and thus
to assist in their further development
Receipts were obtained whenever pos
sible, the commission commenting that
such receipts could, If necessary, pre-
sumably be used for blackmail pur-
poses if the agents enthusiasm for the
cause should wane."
In section titled 1.-THE Development
of theological Motivation the COM
mission reveals that "the evidence be-
fore us shows that in the great major
ity Of cases the motivation was in
extricably linked with courses Of psyche
logical development carried on under
the guise Of activities Of secret sec
ton Of what Is ostensibly Canadian
political movement, the Labor Progress
sive Party, or Communist Party of
Canada; that these secret development
courses are very much more widespread
than the espionage network itself; and
chat the Canadian members Of the
espionage network themselves took an
active part in directing and further
ing such courses for other Canadians
which were calculated to allow them to
draw suitably developed persons later
into active participation and thus to
expand the network itself. 80
THE inquiry revealed the names OF
a number of Canadians employed in
various agencies and departments OF
the government who, while presumably
quite ignorant of the espionage network
and certainly innocent Of implication In
such illegal activities, we're being sub
Jected to development by the same
means for use in the future"
The report says that 'it seems to be
the general policy of the Communist
Party to discourage certain selected
sympathizers among certain categories
OF the population from joining that
political party openly. Instead, these
synpathizers are invited to join secret
cells or study groups, and to take pains
to keep their adherence to the party
from the knowledge of their acquaint-
ances who are not members Of the
party"
Government Employees Preferred.
These Selected categories include
students, teachers, scientific workers,
office and business employees, execu-
tlVeS and ANY group likely to obtain
H..
Although the reason. given for this
secrecy was to avoid discrimination in
obtaining positions" stne commission
concluded that this party technique"
mad far different objectives.
"One objective" the report states, sis
that this technique facilitates the
achievement of basic policy of the
Communist Party, to get control,
through the election of secret mem
bers to the directing committees, of
as many types OF functional organiza-
tions as possible, including trade unions,
professional associations and broad
nonparty organizations such as youth
movements and civil liberties unions. "
The "cells" or study groups seemed
to have q particular appeal to certain
types OF lntellectuals and students" A
strong factor was belief that the study
groups could do something about 1.-THE
social evils of anti-Semitism and racial
intolerance" Others, like Prof. Boyer,
said they were seeking to advance 'in-
ternational scientific collaboration" In
some cases 1t was "a desire for COM
panionship and intellectual discussion,
or "a sense of adventure inherent in
the conspiratorial methods and pur-
posive activity Of the groups"
THE jndoctrination courses in the
study groups" the report comments,
ARE apparently calculated not only to
inculcate high degree of loyalty to
the party and obedience to the party,
but to instill in the mind Of the ad-
herent the view that loyalty and obedi-
ence to the leadership of this organi-
zation take precedence over his loyalty
to. Canada, entities him to disregard
his oaths of allegiance and secrecy and
thus destroys his integrity as q citi-
zen.'
Tomorrow: Conclusions and Recon-
mendations of the Royal Commission