Hearings Regarding Communism in Labor Unions in the United States: Hearings

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1947 - Broj stranica: 231
 

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Stranica 140 - No testimony given by a witness before either House or before any committee of either House of Congress shall be used as evidence in any criminal proceeding against him in any court, except in a prosecution for perjury committed in giving such testimony. But an official paper or record produced by him is not within the said privilege.
Stranica 173 - Do you solemnly swear the testimony you are about to give shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Stranica 93 - Convened in St. Nicholas Arena, New York City, on September 29, 1933 * * * it was completely under the control of the Communist Party. Earl Browder was a leading figure in all its deliberations. In his report to the Communist International. Browder stated : 'The Congress from the beginning was led by our party quite openly.
Stranica 93 - During the Christmas holidays of 1932, the Student Congress Against War was convened at the University of Chicago. This gathering was held at the direct instigation of the (Amsterdam) World Congress Against War. The Chicago Congress was completely controlled by the Communists of the National Student League. * * * The gathering ended its sessions by adopting the program of the (Amsterdam) World Congress Against War which, as has been pointed out, called for 'the turning of imperialist war into civil...
Stranica 94 - ... American Writers, League for Mutual Aid. National Emergency Conference for Democratic Rights, New York State Conference on National Unity, Champion of Youth and Social Workers Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy. Charles S. Johnson has been affiliated with the following Communist front organizations: American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born, National Federation for Constitutional Liberties, and Southern Conference for Human Welfare. Alfred Baker Lewis has been affiliated with the following...
Stranica 93 - ... p. 94.) WORLD COMMITTEE AGAINST WAR 1. The above came out of the World Congress Against War in 1932 in Amsterdam; in 1933 the above gave birth to the American Committee for the Struggle Against War. (California Committee on Un-American Activities, Report, 1943, p. 93.) WORLD CONGRESS AGAINST WAR 1. "In August 1932 the Communist International sponsored an international gathering at Amsterdam which was known as the World Congress Against War. That gathering called upon the proletariat of the world...
Stranica 36 - It has been estimated that the strike delayed the completion and outfitting of destroyers, submarines, mine sweepers, transports, net tenders, repair ships, and fleet tugs for periods ranging up to 6 months. The effects of the delay caused by...
Stranica 129 - ... Representatives. I personally conducted the questioning of DeMaio when he was on the witness stand before the Special Committee on Un-American Activities. As to DeMaio's identity as a member of the Communist Party, the following questions and answers appear in the printed record of the above date : Mr. MATTHEWS. Were you ever a member of the Communist Party? Mr. DEMAIO. I was. Mr. MATTHEWS. When did you join the Communist Party? Mr. DEMAIO. I don't recall the exact date. It was when I returned...
Stranica 187 - FEBRUARY 6, 1947 • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES, Washington, DC The committee met at 10 am, Hon. J. Parnell Thomas (chairman) presiding. All members present. Staff members present: Robert E. Stripling, chief investigator; Louis J. Russell, investigator. The
Stranica 110 - ... Chairman, if I may submit for the consideration of the chairman, the courts have repeatedly said the state of a man's mind is as much fact as a state of digestion. The thing that I am undertaking to develop with this witness in this proceeding is that while he has declined to answer whether or not he is now or has ever been a member of the Communist Party while he is under oath, he, like many other witnesses, may, when he leaves this courtroom, say to the press and to the world, "I am not a Communist...

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