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
$21,000 was granted to Farm Research, according to our information. Do
you recall that?
Mr. O’CONNELL. Well, I don’t recall it, but I presume your
information is correct.
Mr. TAVENNER. Farm Research was cited by the Special Committee
on Un-American Activities on March 29, 1944, as a Communist-front
organization, receiving finances from the Robert Marshall Foundation.
Did the foundation make grants to the National Lawyers Guild in the
amount of $15,250?
Mr. O’CONNELL. I am sure it did, although I don’t know whether
the amount is correct?
Mr. TAVENNER. What was the purpose of those grants?
Mr. O’CONNELL. The purpose of those grants was to assist
the Lawyers Guild in getting out certain legal material as far as
particular labor cases before the NLRB and the courts were concerned.
Mr. TAVENNER. Was it furnished to assist the guild in getting
out any other work besides that?
Mr. O’CONNELL. No. They came in with a specific application to
do this particular kind of job or work that had to be done, and where
they were working particularly in representation of labor, in the labor
field.
Mr. TAVENNER. Total of $25,000 was granted, according to our
information, to the New World?
Mr. O’CONNELL. $25,000?
Mr. TAVENNER. Yes, sir.
Mr. O’CONNELL. I know grants were made, I think that paper
was originally called the Washington New Dealer. Isn’t that right?
And grants were made to it while it was the Washington New Dealer. It
was changed to the New World and grants were made both to it as the
Washington New Dealer and the New World.
But the minute it became a part of the People’s World which became a
Northwest edition of the People’s World, there were no further grants
made.
Mr. TAVENNER. Did you procure from the Robert Marshall
Foundation a grant to be used by any progressive causes in the
Northwest in May 1949?
Mr. O’CONNELL. Yes; I think a grant for the Seattle Labor
School.
Mr. TAVENNER. Was the amount of that $4,000?
Mr. O’CONNELL. Yes.
Mr. TAVENNER. You left Seattle in May 1949 to attend your
meeting in New York City of your trustees?
Mr. O’CONNELL. Yes. I don’t know whether it was May of 1949,
but some time----
Mr. TAVENNER. And returned with $4,000 for the Seattle Labor
School.
Mr. O’CONNELL. Yes; that is right.
Mr. TAVENNER. The Seattle Labor School, according to the
testimony of Barbara Hartle, is the same as the Pacific Northwest Labor
School. It was first known by the name of Seattle Labor School and then
later became known as the Pacific Northwest Labor School.
Mr. O’CONNELL. Wasn’t it the other way around?
Mr. TAVENNER. I may have it backward. You probably would know.
Mr. O’CONNELL. I don’t remember which was which, but I think
it was the other way around. But I can remember that grant; yes.
Mr. TAVENNER. Who was instrumental in soliciting the funds for
that labor school?
Mr. O’CONNELL. John Daschbach.
Mr. TAVENNER. The same person who used your name on the
catalogue of the school as an instructor of course 112?
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