Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-08

he knew only by the name Peg
+ The teacher summed up the
professional groups studies 0!
Lenin's State and Revolution" at
the meeting, the witness said
Passages emphasized IN the
study OF this book. ne added. said
the aim OF the proletariat revolu-
ton was action planned not for
perfecting the machinery Of the
state but breaking UP and ami
hilating it
Mr.. Philbrick said another pas
sage stressed at the meeting
stated that the working class can
not simply lay hold of the state
machinery and WELD IL for its own
use. but must shatter. break up,
blow up. the whole state ma
chinery.'
Used Current Events.
Prof. Struik used current events
to illustrate points in the study.
the witness said, and "dwelt upon
the Dutch East Indies as an ex-
ample Of a peoples socialist rev.
/ olution. in which armed workers
carry out armed revolution against
the rulers"
Mr.. Philbrick. 33-year- old sd-
vertising man who did propa-
ganda work for the party. also
told of a meeting of a five-man
unit in the professional group at
which he said the discussion was
conducted by group leader
known as Martha"
He had testified earlier that the
group split into small units for
security reasons and that only
first names were used by most
members.
After a discussion concerning
the possibility and feasibility OF
/ turning a war into a civil war
through the medium of civil dis
obedience" Mr.. Philbrick said
Martha declared. We must arm
the workers for the struggle
against the capitalists.
Talking About United States.
A government attorney asked
what country Martha was talking
about
She was talking about the
United States, sir" Mr.. Philbrick
replied.
The witness said the doctrines
OF violent revolution were taught
not only at meetings of the pro-
fessional group but at sessions Of
party clubs in Maiden, Wakefield
and Melrose. all Massachusetts
communities near Boston.
Asked If he knew the names OF
the teachers at these meetings.
the witness said they were "a girl
named Helen" jackie Dick.
Henry" and Butch"
Defense attorneys objected Wig
orously to the testimony. asserting
1T simply means that someone
outside this courtroom will suffer.
SNS aohU = A&bs s@h NV
The General Electric Company's
jet airplane engine plant at Lynn,
Mass, was q special target OF q
communist organizing campaign
in l947. Mr.. Philbrick told the
jury yesterday at the trial of nthe1
IL party leaders. Ef.- p,
The Daily Worker printed
scathing personal attack on Mr..
Philbrick yesterday. The Com
munist newspaper also assailed his
testimony backing charges that
the defendants conspired to teach
and advocate forcible overthrow
of the Government. ,..a |
Mr.. Philbrick's declarations fol- !
lowed previous Government tes-
timony that a postwar "colonizing"
program was started by the Amer
lean Communist = Politburo on
orders from Moscow. The alleged
purpose was to develop political"
strikes into armed revolt when the
time was ripe.
The witness said he had to go
underground" when he shifted to
the party's professional group.
because 1t is made up Of business
men. teachers. lawyers and others
whose membership the party wants
to keep secret.
In the last year. ne added, most
party members have gone under
ground"
Armed With Diary.
Armed with little black diary
and q stack of communist litera-
ture, Mr.. Philbrick told of his
work as educational director in
the Eighth Congressional district
of Massachusetts,. which takes In
communities around Boston.
Mr.. Philbrick identified party !
documents showing a postwar re-
Fl