Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-24


tasks was that old workhorse Of
Communism action. the petition,
TINS one IN nenaa OF tne release oi
Earl SbroWoer, tne parry = natlonal
chairman. irom ms jan serM Oh
passport Irauo.
We blanketed Cambridge with
the petitions. I canvassed BUSH
ness houses, rang doorbells. solic-
|ited signatures on street corners.
We played upon the argument
that BroWder had been rail-
[roaded on Q charge that had
never been used before for prose.
Ecution OF q case. and we met with
an amazing response. Thirty
Thousand signatures were obtained
lh CaMDliuse aioue, more tiian
loale-qualesI y VIC vosal popu,a-
slol. AZ llcipcu W pl.ns IesuitS !.
N .ne INTERESTS " naelonai
unl1y broWusr was gwen nis No
ersy ny SIesioeht NooSevelt on
May TO- 1857.
Meets "CeIl" Member.
There was one meeting Of a
youth group in Cambridge
non-Communist group. / under
stood-which brought me into
contact with a girl / knew only as
Margot, the sister of JOY. my
Worker" peddler and a member of
my league cell. JOY was not present
and I did not know whether Mar
got shared her sisters enthusiasm
for Communism. The connection
nut me on the alert. although I
had no positive link between Mar
got and the Communism move
ment.
"Those damned Communists .
Margot suddenly blurted so that
every one could hear her. Some
one in the room snickered approx
lngly. but a danger signal went up
in my mind. Could 1t be that she
was anti-Communist. with a
hatred OF her sisters Affiliations?
Or, I thought, was it possible that
Margot was also a league or even
a party member who knew that !
had joined? Was 1t possible that
she suspected my true role and
was she trying to make me
reveal 1t?
Discreet inquiry revealed that
Margot's name was Margot Clark.
and that she had been for some
time in charge of a Communist
sponsored bookshop in Harvard
Square. furthermore she attended
meetings OF a Communist cell in
Cambridge.
Suspicious Confirmed.
When confirmed INV s,,sn,-
cions and realized that In foot
. tron hod haen set for mo re
con r. d;str,st NV i,ns aino+ion
and cow Comn,,nists everv-
where T turned snvino on me 7
crew s,,sn;cio,,s because 7 noticad
fhe cow Io;terers fror, dow ~ 40 !,
~ +ha saroa strset cor-,.rs mo- :.
NV ho,,,a Nv ofSce haaon +oS-
ing dev;o,,s uigNgsg routes ~ ard
fro,, ,yorL ard +ho,,ah+ he =
enco,,rtered some If tbase faces
onarv dov
too. = ,,r NTH, rp1 Aaeo+ no,
+ eorv ~ n,,r rext ,enda1uo,,e Ia
laughed. Don't worry about it. "
ne SAID ana tnen mmeoiately pc
game tnougnt1uA Couio pc tnat
some OF II Is your imagination:
BUT II SITUATIONS come anout' or II
tnere are any actlVNies along
tnose llnes' anytnlng OUT OF the
Ordinary we want 20 Know aDou.
Itnem. " might ne special
treatment.
FOR the nrst time, was ordered
70 report 10 the young Communlst
league neaoquaIters At - maya
zine street, flgne around the cor
ner from my apartment. Inc
place was 1oentlneo TO me as the
10 ea,-o s $3.50 has au AOA
oo,,nt.rad WIZ, raaohas IT,
80 $500 ~ 49,. 800. 80, ss.,er
,a r1, 0 ,,,,,o Sho,'IS onon ~ -.
,a..4 WY 49,. S.ou ss.. op11 s.e S 1 gool
=, uo ~ ~, To' Dio mresa i1eu -AoA AA"1
"A1' >oA4A e
Prominent Names ON List.
I was interrupted bv a league
,vo,.l>a,. r,ho hordad vs. : Iat+.,.