Evening star., 1954-12-17

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The testimony ,last spring was
not the first time Mr.. Miller had
limited of his concern along such
lines. There was a published
report: soon after Mr. Miller left
the Labor Department. that ne
was prepared to charge that
there were persons with Com
munist sympathies among Amer
ican labor attaches and among
the AFL's employees abroad.
Denies Insinuation.
BY telephone to New York, The
Star today asked Mr.. Lovestone
about Mr.. Miller's allegations.
He denied them all. AS to the
insinuation that he had some
thing to do with Mr. Miller's
forced resignation, Mr. Loyestone
called it "a lie." He explained
that he has had only two words
of conversation with Secretary
Mitchell-"hello" and goodbye"
when introduced to him In
Miami last February.
The former Communist leader
was indignant over the charge
he has tried to get Federal jobs
for candidates of his own
choosing.
II have never tried to place
anybody in the Government" he
snapped. Il don't want to try.
I am not interested in doing so."
Mr., Loyestone chuckled at the
suggestion that he had. influence
reaching to the White House.
would Feel Flattered."
"I would feel hattered if did
have. but unfortunately it isn't
true" he said. IF it were we
would have a much stronger poll
icy toward Red China than we
do and we never would have lost
China in the first place."
He said he would regard it as
q pleasure If any congressional
committee would go over his
record since 1929 as closely as it
wished. 9TH stack up my record
of patriotism and anti-commu-
nism-against all shades of COM
munism, including Titoism--
alongside that of any man in
Congress-" he asserted.
Mr.. Lovestone freely acknowl-
edges that the Free Trade Union
Committee has contacts all over
the world, and that individuals
In many countries report intelli-
gence to him. But he insists this
information is used only to help
his organization wage its un-
ceasing battle against commu-
nism. .
Mr.. Lovestone, who testified
before the House committee in
1899 that he had given up try
ing to reorganize the American
Reds in 1896, has been con-
: suited by several Government in
telligence organizations from
time to time. He has lectured at
Army and Navy intelligence
schools and at the National War
College.
Called a Top Anti-Red.
Last month, Mr.. Lovestone was
named by Pageant Magazine as
one of the six real top anti
Communists" in the United
States. The article said:
Another favorite Communist
target IS organized labor, and
there they have time and again
failed to gain ground because
they ran INTO Jay Lovestone s.. i.
His strategy: To help union
leaders fight Reds in their own
locals by teaching them to rec
ognize Red tactics and defeat
them"
In 1889, Mr.. Lovestone headed
group known as the Independ-
ent Labor League of America. He
told the House committee at that
time that at the last preceding
convention his organization had
passed resolution on Socialist
unity, which is an attempt to
create a united Socialist move
ment in America, in this coun-
try. as totally opposed to and dis
tinct from the Stain movement"
Describes Own Group.
While calling for a free and
democratic labor movement. he
described his own group as
follows:
I'VE are a radical Socialist
constructive force"
He added In that 1899 testi-
mony, that the league had con-
nection, with labor organizations
in Britain anc France and with
an underground unit in Nazi
Germany.
Asked about the Labor League
today. Mr. Lovestone said it was
abolished in 1910 because cit
had outliyed its usefulness
thsre was no need for It,"
He added that the league had
never been declared to be sub
versive by the Government and
that he had never belonged to
an organization so designated
since he left the Communist
Party in 1929.
Mr.. Lcvestone said that in
1910 he had dropped all efforts
to promote a united Socialist
movement. and had no interest
in any such project today.
Mr.. Lovestone, a grey-haired
man of SIS years, with light blue
eyes, a long nose and jutting
lower lip. has largely remained
In the background in connection
with his AFL work.
Lists Accomplishments.
But he has written many Of
the major, hard-hitting anti