Opinion ID: 1149221
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: False or Incomplete Affidavits re New York Waterfront Employment

Text: Jolles admitted at the hearing in answer to a direct question that he knowingly and deliberately gave false or incomplete information under oath to the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor and the United States Coast Guard regarding his membership in the Communist Party [in order] to obtain access to the New York waterfront area to further the Party's cause. A dock pass from the Waterfront Commission and a Coast Guard permit were required by law in order to obtain such employment. The Coast Guard requirement was a part of the internal security program during the Korean War to keep Communists out of critical waterfront areas. False answers were necessary for Jolles to gain access to the waterfront. In his application to the Waterfront Commission, Jolles answered `No' to the following question. `Do you knowingly or wilfully advocate the desirability of overthrowing or destroying the Government of the United States by force or violence, or are you a member of a group which advocates such desirability, knowing the purposes of such group include such advocacy?' The Coast Guard refused as a matter of policy to disclose any information to the Board, although authorized to do so by Jolles. [] That Jolles' Coast Guard application was false in part was admitted and accepted by Jolles and his counsel throughout the February-March hearings.