Evening star., 1950-02-24
House Probers Study
FB| Tipster's Records
On 200 Communists
By Robert K. Walsh

House investigators today bored
into 80 pounds of documents that
an FBI undercover worker said
would identify about 200 Commu-
nists in "subversive activities in
this country.
Matthew Cvetic, who aided the
FBI by building himself up in
Communist Party circles, told the
House Committee on Un- -Ameri-
can Activities yesterday that re-
gional Communist officers ordered
him to prevent the material from
falling into the hands of the
FBI."
"On four of five occasions in
the last few weeks" he related,
Il was directed to remove those
| records from a Pittsburgh back
room Office where the Communists
kept them. The Communist re-
gional officers said they didn t
want the FBI to pick them up
Finally I picked them up last
Friday and brought them here" P"
Many Ledger Books.
The material will not be made
public until checked by the COM
mittee staff. 1t contains minute
books, bank statements, Com
munist campaign reports, scripts
of radio brodcastS engineered" by
Communists and records of Com
munist operations in various front
organizations, Mr.. Cvetic ex-
planned. Much of it is in ledger
books and filing cabinet folders.
Among organizations listed by
the witness were the Civil Rights
Congress and the American Slav
Congress. He disclosed also that
the material includes records of
Communist operations in the Pro-
gressive Party.
During his three days on the
stand at committee hearings this
week, Mr.. Cvetic named scores of
people he said were prominent
Communists active in trade
unions, foreign language organ
izations, radio programs and
front" groups. particularly in the
Pittsburgh area. He served on the
nationality committee of the
Communist Party and as an Off
Ger of several fronts" he said.
The records being studied by
the committee today, Mr.. Cvetic
told reporters, should link at least
another 200 persons with Com
munist Party operations through
out the country.
Called "Subversive."
The witness described those
Communist Party activities as
"subverslve"
After seven years member
ship in the Communist Party. and
after attending numerous instruc-
ton classes and party meetings" :"
he said, II can say the Communist
Party's only interest in trade
unions, veterans organizations,
ign-language organizations
and other fields is to try to use
them to further its aim to over
throw the United States Gov
ernment."
He related that, while working
for the United States Employ
ment Service in 1945, he was
asked by Roy Hudson, the Com
munist regional director in West
ern Pennsylvania, to obtain in
formation from USES files on the
number of employees in industry
in that area.
Il told the FBI, and they told
me to go ahead" he continued.
Il got some information from the
files. checked it with the FBI and
manipulated some of the figures
before giving it to Hudson. I
don't know what use he made of
the figures
The witness also described a
Communist meeting in Pittsburgh
three months ago when. he said,
he heard William Albertson,
regional secretary, instruct two
members to visit some clergymen.
Clergymen Used as Front.
| THE idea was to induce the
clergymen to front for peace Or
ganization," Mr. Cvetic explained
"Albertson said the clergymer