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. O’CONNELL. That might be your conclusion but there were
certainly no awards or grants made to these organizations from the
point of view of being beneficial in any respect to the Communist Party.
Mr. TAVENNER. Do you recall grants having been made of $6,000
to U. S. Week?
Mr. O’CONNELL. Yes; I think I can recall that. Wasn’t that
young Bill Dodd (William E. Dodd, Jr.), son of the former Ambassador to
Germany?
Mr. TAVENNER. Young Bill Dodd was the son of the former United
States Ambassador to Germany, but I don’t know who applied to you.
Mr. O’CONNELL. I think that was the magazine he was interested
in, if I remember.
Mr. TAVENNER. It was cited on March 29, 1949, by this
committee as a Communist front which received funds from your Robert
Marshall Foundation.
Mr. O’CONNELL. When was the grant made to U. S. Week?
Mr. TAVENNER. 1941. Were grants made to American Youth for
Democracy in the amount of $5,000?
Mr. O’CONNELL. Was it grants or grant?
Mr. TAVENNER. I am not sure whether that is the total grant or
whether that is one grant.
Mr. O’CONNELL. I am not, either. I recollect a considerable
amount of discussion about that grant when it came up.
Mr. TAVENNER. What was the nature of the discussion?
Mr. O’CONNELL. There was some discussion about what kind of
a job they were doing and what organization it was, and so on. I am
pretty sure the grant was not continued.
Mr. TAVENNER. It was cited as subversive and Communist by
Attorney General Tom Clark on December 4, 1947, and the citation by
the Special Committee on Un-American Activities report March 29, 1944,
reads as follows:
Cited as the new name under which the Young Communist League
operates and which also largely absorbed the American Youth
Congress.
Mr. O’CONNELL. Do you know when the grant was made?
Mr. TAVENNER. No; I do not. It would be between 1942 and 1951,
but I don’t know the specific date.
Mr. O’CONNELL. I can remember a discussion about the grant,
and I think you will find--I could be wrong, but I think there was only
one grant made, and it was discontinued.
Mr. TAVENNER. Were grants totaling $6,500 made to the
California Labor School?
Mr. O’CONNELL. Yes; I don’t know whether that total amount is
correct, but I know a grant was made to the California Labor School.
Mr. TAVENNER. This organization was cited by Attorney General
Tom Clark on June 1, 1948, as a subversive and Communist organization.
Mr. O’CONNELL. Do you know when the grant was made?
Mr. TAVENNER. No, sir. Grants totaling $8,000 were made to the
Council for Pan-American Democracy. Do you recall those grants?
Mr. O’CONNELL. I can remember that a grant was made, or
grants, to that organization, but I can’t remember who the people were
that were involved.
Mr. TAVENNER. The organization was cited by Attorney General
Tom Clark on June 1, 1948, as subversive and Communist and by the
Special Committee on Un-American Activities report on March 29, 1944,
and again on June 25, 1942.
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