Evening star., 1949-12-18
FbI Informant
Te||sof Red Plan
ToSabotageU.S.
Describes Wartime
Drive to Gain Hold
On industrial Areas

Drive TO 0QIn 0OI0
On Industrial Areas
The Communist Party high
command aimed its organizing
drive at industrial areas in 1914
As to pave the way for sabotaging
this country in any war with Rus
sia. a Senate subcommittee has
been told by man who said he
belonged to the party almost nine
years at the request of the FBI.
The Committee released its re-
port last night.
John j. Huber of Mt. Vernon,
NY. was the witness who ap-
peared in closed session with the
Senate Judiciary Committees i'm
migration subcommittee Septem-
Partial Text DiseIoses Witness Stories Of
Subversive Lite. Page AS
ber 8 and 9. Committee Chair
man McCarran, Democrat Of
Nevada, released Part I of Mr..
Huber's testimony and said the
remainder will come out later.
The subcommittee, presided
over at the time by Senator DON
nell, Republican, of Missouri, is
studying proposals to keep subver-
sives out of the United States and
'deport any already here.
Joined Party in 1898.
Relating that he Joined tho
party in 1888 to help the FBI and
ended his undercover activities in
the middle of 1947 on my own
volition," Mr.. Huber declared that
while the war was still going on
and Russia was an ally of the
United States the Communist
Party in America concentrated on
foreign language groups in indus
trial sections.
"As we were told" he continued,
"the purpose of this concentration
was to get Communist Party units
and Communist Party fronts set
up in industrial sections of the
country. The purpose. of course,
was to have a powerful party hold
where they could do the most
damage to the United States. They
could lead very damaging strikes,
strikes that could ruin us.
Then. in case of war with
Russia, they could break down
our war production, our ability
to make armaments, both by
strikes or slowdowns and by sabo-
tage. 1t is very dangerous situ-
alton which has to be controlled or
there will be serious trouble for
U.S."
| FBI Refuses to- Comment.
| An FBI spokesman last night
refused to comment on Mr.. HUI
ber's references to the bureau.
The witness testified the FBI asked
him to report Communist party
matters" after he informed the
FBI that some of his fellow
workers in the old WPA were
Communists.
The story given out by the SUBJ
committee covered a vast range
of meetings, names. policies.
speeches, organizational set-ups
and other activities that Mr.. HUI
ber asserted were Communist in
spired, directed or associated. AL
most all of them were in New
York.
The witness gave the commit
tee a continuous diary of more
than 1000 typewriter pages, he
said he kept while a party men,
ber. His verbal testimony includ-
ed many excerpts or complete
texts of statements he said he
heard at secret meetings or ben
eft parties" 1t also bristled with
personal comments such as:
| ..'The Communist Party in the
United States is the most danger
Gus and vicious organization that
has ever existed within the bor-
ders of this country. It will
stop at no lengths to achieve its
avowed purpose of overthrowing
our existing Government by force
or otherwise in order to establish
a communistic regime. The party
will use its best weapon, that Of
boring from within, joining DEM
ocratic coalitions. until the Com
munist members gain control Of
the leadership and by getting
large numbers of Communists
elected or appointed to Govern
ment agencies. There Is no
doubt in my mind that in a war
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