Evening star., 1953-08-17

the Government Printing Office
showing that at one time num-
ber of Federal agencies had
printing done in a private es-
tablishment here, the owners Of
which were identified by Mrs.
Markward as Communists.
Relating her experiences as an
undercover informant for the
FBI, Mrs. Markward told of hav-
ing met Mrs. Rothschild at three
places. namely:
A room above the Superior
Print Shop, the address OF Whlch
the former FBI worker gave as
the 600 block of Massachusetts
avenue NV. This is the shop
Senator Mccarthy said did some
Government work.
At the home of John and Rose
Anderson in Montgomery County
Md, whom Mrs. Markward also
described as members OF the
Thomas jefferson Club, a white
collar group in the party.
At the home of Tilla Minowitz
described by Mrs. Markward as
the wife of the owner OF the
Superior Print Shop.
A reporter who telephoned the
Superior Print Shop was told
that the present operator is
Jacob Hyams. Mr.. Hyams said
Solomon Minowitz died five years
ago and that Tilla MinowitZ now
is in Israel. He said he had NO
further comment, adding, Il
wouldn't want to say anything
at this time which might be
subject to misinterpretation."
Senator Mccarthy said the
subcommittee has tried, at the
request of the Rothschilds' law
yer, to subpoena Mr.. and Mrs.
Anderson but that "they appear
to have left the country"
Objects to Photographs.
Soon after Mrs. Markward
began testifying, Senator Dirk
sen, Republican. of Illinois asked
her if she could identify Mrs.
Rothschild. The Senator re-
uuested Mrs. RothSchild to step
forward.
Mr.. Ford informed the sub
committee that Mrs. Roths-
child objected to being pho
tographed or having her voice
recorded by newsreel cameras,
Chairman Mccarthy ordered the
cameramen not to photograph
Mrs. Rothschild as she came
forward and stood few feet
away from Mrs. Markward.
Senator Dirksen then request
ed Mrs. Rothschild to turn and
face Mrs. Markward. For a mo-
ment the two women stared at
each other.
Tells of Meetings.
Mrs. Markward told the COM
mittee Mrs. Rothschild most
definitely" is the person she met
as a member of the Thomas JEFF
ferson Club of the local Commu-
mist Political Association.
Mrs. Rothschild returned to
her seat in the audience as the
former FBI informant unfolded
in detail the meetings she said
she attended with Mrs. Roths-
child about 1945.
Mrs. Markward said she joined
the party in May. 1943, at the
request of the FBI and was
active until the fall of 1949.
She said she paid dues until
1850, but in February, 1851, she
read in newspapers that the
Communists had expelled her.
Mrs. Markward said that when
she first joined, she was as
signed to the Northeast Club of
the Communist Party, and held
various offices.
Describes Jefferson Club.
She told of the organization
of the District Communist Po-
litical Association in 1914, in
which she was treasurer and
membership director. In describ-
ing the Thomas Jefferson Club,
in which she said she met Mrs.
Rothschild, Mrs. Markward
called it a white-collar group.
She said the members of those
groups were not expected to go
out where they would become
known as Communists.
The witness said that in 1914,
under Earl Browder, the party
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