The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-22
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iaee voted Bishop g. Bromley
Oxaam ; clean bin 81 health earsy
fe6ay e far - any record Of Com.
mnnist party afiiliatiOn q con.
ed.
srueling. sometimes short.
lnsrsd hearing that dragged Of
ak midnight brought charges bs
ese members that the Methods
Giggeyman's real for social reform
as what one congressman
e1llsd s'muddled thinking -had
~ him into suspicious company
- Chairman velde (R.IIll sale
Vas impossible 70 make any
eel|nite conclusions until the
lsheD has submitted further infor.
nation be promised.
1As marathon affair, held IN 4
Deebed committee room mostly
flled with ready-to-demonstrate
Oman supporters, LEFT ID doubt
lie question the bishop asked Il TO
setlIe: Would the committee alter
~ lies % him og, better yet, halt
Ge practice d giving out unyerifIed
ard unsyaluated information on
anyona.
Veide did say that some Of the
tacso possibly should Be considered
80. with I view toward establish
Inc procedures enabling Us 10 con-
Nnte the search for subversiyes
aud provide more protection for
Individual"
Ranging far and vide II : dozen
dIreeaIons, the unusual afternoon
inlopmOrning session produced one
unexpected development -sworn
testimony from q previous secret
heerln9 that two clergymen once
n TIE public eye were active mem.
bers e The Communist party.
they were named by the COM.
mittee Is Dr.. Harry +. Ward, re-
tired member Of New York's Union
Theological Seminary faculty, and
jack McMiehael, said to be still
A Ne Methodist ministry a0me.I
Whege N the West.
10th have been mentioned bell
I1fe II connection with Red 'front.'
lnyestigations but Oman called
this rev testimony quite amaz.ll
ine."
ias promptly challenged the COM,
mlstee % put lts evidence before,
church courts which, be said, VIII
xp6l Them from the ministry hl
1emrAnnlnt Membership charges
ere proved.
IS cor himself, Oman said he'd
make 10 apologies 70 anybody for
working Ii good faith with now
suspect organizations he was asset
elaIsd with ID the belief they wefeE'
dekleated to human progress.
Il acknowledged, though. he'd
Investigate some Of them more
Eef.iliy ncwadays and maybe
x 1ridn't Join quite 30 many.
Cnain, gray.suited and portly,
se.tled. into the witness chair at
Us .. n. and launched into 9 (
issnlnnte statement accusing the
committee Of bearing false wit
nepsa against him.
The spectators later appIaudsd
some os his mid witticisms and
stirred Eeatiyely when the question:.
lna of The chuFchman seemed
aggressive. Velde once threatened
% have any further demonstrators
thrown out.
Il vas 1870 =. m, 90 hours
later, when the el.year-Old bishop,
per1plring but still iirm.voiced, !
called 4 quits.
A few minutes earlier the COM.
mlssee adopted without dissent o.
motion BY Rep. Doyle (D.Califl /
saying its files show mo record Of
any Communist party membership
o. afllIlation" BY the bishop.
IhA motion was seconded byI
gop. Donald L. Jackson tR-Califl /
lhe same man who helped pre-.
cirigAte the hearing BY saying on
fhe House floor that Oman had
ssaeKved God on Sunday and the
Communist front for The balance
~ ne week.
Asler the hearing velda told
repsxearD Ne eculdn't say, 1t least
untn Tie committee held an execu.
i've session, whether there would
D any Reconstruction" Of the
sllee.
0gnam, about 10 leave on 4 trip
d Europe, also held an impromplul
news conference.
ne said he thought individual
committee members had tried 20
% telr % him. But he stuck to his
earlier position that the commit.
tees way Of working especially
ils release Of unevaluated mater.
al about individuals can and does
hurt Innocent mems regulations.
oman declared at the outset Of
the hearing that he rejects COM
mnniam absolutely but Is dedicated
o concrete measures through
which the ideals Of religion may Be
translated into the realities 81
weird law and order. economic
Justice and racial brotherhood. !"
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