Investigation of Communist activities in Seattle, Wash., area. Hearings, Part 3United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
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Investigation of Communist activities in Seattle, Wash., area. Hearings, Part 3
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Communism -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
Mr. WILLIS. Yes, but you still have not given us a standard.
It is hard to put in words--I do not know how to describe it--as to
what is my standard, of what is a Communist. I would say that after a
trial by all our courts, including a refusal of relief from the Supreme
Court, refusal of appeals to two Presidents, with all the pressure
brought on them, the courts and executive officers (I suppose they must
have reviewed the record; they all seemed satisfied) but still you
are not satisfied. So that makes it indifferent to me as to what your
standard could be.
Mr. O’CONNELL. I do not want to go into all of the evidence
as I understand it, but as an attorney I am completely suspicious of
the testimony given by David Greenglass. He had real motives. He had
everything to gain by what he was doing. During the pleas for clemency
and since that time there has been other evidence produced that in my
mind raises a real question, the positions taken by Dr. Harold Urey and
by other scientists as to whether or not the so-called secret which was
transferred or alleged to have been transferred and so on was a secret
at all. These are the things that make me wonder about it. I am not
satisfied.
Mr. TAVENNER. Mr. O’Connell, you of course, noted from the
testimony that I read that Barbara Hartle, who has been qualified as an
expert in this field, stated that the Communist Party furnished the top
leadership in the State of Washington for the Progressive Party. She
also stated that the policy of the Progressive Party in that State was
controlled by the Communist Party.
Now in that connection I want to follow a little further along with her
testimony to support the extent to which the Communist Party was in a
position to control the Progressive Party. I made this statement to
Mrs. Hartle on page 6216:
Mrs. Hartle, the committee staff has procured from the secretary of
state of the State of Washington a photostatic copy of the reports
required to be made by law of the proceedings of the nominating
convention for the year 1952--
that was the nominating convention of the Progressive Party--
It is noted that the certificate is signed by Thomas C. Rabbitt,
permanent secretary of the Progressive Party. You have heretofore
identified him as a member of the Communist Party, have you not?
Mrs. HARTLE. Yes, I have.
Mr. TAVENNER. The document referred to contains a
certificate of attendance at the nominating convention of the
Progressive Party held on the 9th day of September 1952. Will you
please examine the list and read into the record the names of those
appearing thereon who are known to you to have been members of the
Communist Party?
(The witness then proceeded to read the names of those she had
identified.)
Mr. TAVENNER. Will you now count the number of those whose
signatures appear on the list?
Mrs. HARTLE. Yes; 33.
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