Evening star., 1954-04-13
Association With Party Men,
$50 Monthly Gifts Charged


Russian Institute Of San Fran,
cisco and the California Labor
School have been cited by th'
Attorney General as Communis
organizations within the purviev
of Executive Order 1885 and Elk.
ecutive Order 10450.
It was reported that you Lave
associated with members and Of
ficials Of the Communist Party
including Isaac Folkoff. Steve
Nelson, Rudy Lambert, Kenneth
May, Jack Manley and Thoma.
Adds.
It was reported that you were
a subscriber to The Daily Peo.
pies World. a West Coast Gem.
munist paper, in 194l and l942
It was reported in 1850 thai
you stated to an agent of the
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
that you had in the past made
contributions to Communist
front organizations. although al
the time you did not know oi
Communist Party control or ex-
tent of infiltration Of these
groups. You further stated to an
agent of the Federal Bureau OF
Investigation that some of these
contributions were made through
Isaac Folkoff, whom you knew
to be a leading Communist Party
functionary. because you had
been told that this was the lnost
effective and direct way Of help
ing these groups.
Two Named as Soviet Agents.
It was reported that you at
tended a housewarming party at
the home of Kenneth and Ruth
May on September 20, l941, for
which there was an admission
charge for the. benefit of the
Peoples World. and that at this
party you were in the company
of Joseph w. Weinberg and
Clarence Hiskey. who were al
legged to be members Of the
Communist Party and to have
in espionage on behalf
of the Soviet Union.
It was further reported that
you informed officials of the
United State s Department Of
Justice in 1852 that you had no
recollection that you had at
tended such a party, but that
since it would have been in char
acter for you to have attended
such a party. you would not deny
that you were there.
It was reported that you at
tended a closed meeting of the
professional section of the Com
munist Party of Alameda County,
California, which was held in
the latter part Of July or early
August. 1941. at your residence
10 Kenilworth court, Berkeley
Calf, for the purpose of hearing
an explanation of a change in
Communist Party policy. 1t was
further reported that you denied
that you attended such a meet
ing and that such a meeting was
held in your home.
Party Host Called Red.
It was reported that you stated
to an agent Of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation in 1850.
that you attended a meeting in
1910 or 1941, which may have
taken place at the home of
Haakon Chevalier, which was
addressed by William Schneider
man. whom you knew to be a
leading functionary of the Com
munist party.
In testimony in 1850 before the
California State Senate Commit
tee on Un-American Activities.
Haakon Chevalier was identified
as a member of the Communist
party in the San Francisco area
in the early 1940's.
It was reported that you have
consistently denied that you have
ever been a member of the Com
party. It was further re-
ported that you stated to a rep
resertative of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation in 1946 that you
had a change of mind regarding
the policies and politics of the
Soviet Union about the time of
the signing of the Soviet German
pact in 1899.
It was further reported that
during 1850 you stated to a rep
resentative of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation that you
had never attended a closed
of the Communist party;
and that at the time of the
RuSso-Finnish war and the sub
sequent break between Germany
and Russia in 1941, you realized
the Communist party infiltration
tactics into the alleged anti
Fascist groups and became fed
up with the whole thing and lost
what little interest you had, It
was further reported, however
that:
Prior to April, 1912, you had
contributed $50 per month to
the Communist party in the San
Francisco area, and that the last
such payment was apparently
made in April, 1912, Immediately
before your entry into the atomic
bomb project.
During the period 1942-45 va
rious officials of the Communist
party. including DR.. Hannah
Peters, organizer of the Profess
sional Section of the Communist
party. Alameda County. Cali
fornia; Bernadette Doyle, secre-
tary Of the Alameda County
Communist party Steve Nelson,
David Addison, Paul Pinsky, Jack
Manley and Katrina Sandow are
reported to have made state
ments indicating that you were
then a member of the Commu-