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bill and you should know if there
had been such a stipulation, | would
not have voted for this measure.
g. Your reference to the provision
that disruption of trade and com
merce' would result in Jail sentences
up to ten years for striking workers
whether on Butte hill, on the rails
or in the coal mines" is absolutely
untrue because the only paragraph
which contained that particular Ian
guage was eliminated from the bill
by a vote of the House. This Ian
guage is not included anywhere in
the bill as passed, and had it been in
Guided, l would have voted against
this measure.
Z. You state the bill "can be used
to give legal status to the infamous
guilt by association doctrine laid
down in Truman's loyalty directive.
Solar as 1 know, and l have read the
bill and testimony many times, there
is no guilt by association contained
in the measure. If you are referring to
the thought control" provisions which
the original bill contained, they have
been eliminated through deleting all
references to believing, or having
reasonable cause for knowing or be-
lieving' wherever these words ap-
peared in the bill. Mr.. Rankin OF
Mississippi did offer an amendment
ioI1 1rn1Y1d Communist /
front organizations give the name and |
last known address of each individual |
who was a member of the Organiza-
ton at any time during the period
of twelve calendar months preceding
the filing of such statements. This, Il
in my opinion, would have been tan
tamount to guilt by association" and
could have very likely involved inno-
cent people. The House voted the
Rankin amendment down. In my
opinion no, one could possibly be
Ouched by this bill unless he was
connected with an organization which
S attempting to overthrow the Amer
can government or seeking to set up
totalitarian dictatorship in the 1
United States if such a dictatorship
5 under foreign control.
s. The bill could not be interpreted
to make it a criminal offense to
ntertain beliefs or thoughts in favor
f peace, opposition to UNIT, or the !
foreign policy of our
Vail Street-militarist crowd? These
uestioDs and many others covering &
lch things as freedom OF speech, b
ress. religion, and assembly, the right y
trial by jury, the advocacy or sup
ort of public housing, public power, 4
,cialized medicine, minimum wage, n
lti-roll tax, anti-lynch laws, etc. were =
Used during the debate and the re- Il
les were all contrary to the inter q
citations you have given. n
The only organizations required to 4
gister would be those which were
oven to be controlled by a foreign q
,wer The Attorney General would n
scide which organizations would b
I've to register after a full investiga- b
On and hearings. The hearings con- n
lcted by the attorney general must 4
public and the accused organiZa-
IN shall have the right to present
) case by oral and documentary
-idence, TO submit rebuttal evidence,
Id to conduct such cross examina-
On as may be required for full and 3
ue disclosure of the facts" This /.
ellis out the administrative proceed
g before the Attorney General with
arity so there can be no question
to how this procedure will be con-