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Oakland Tribune, Thursday, Dec. 3, 1953 S.F. 1500 At Velde Hearing Longshoremen Mass 4 -J. Ui Cargoes in Eastbay Hit By-'Protest Cargo-handling slowed to a near-standstill along the Bay area waterfroit today as more than 1500 longshoremen massed at the San Francisco City Hall in what was billed as a "protest" FBI Aide Tells Oakland Red Infiltration A mild mannered Oakland radio-television technician, who in 1944 went into the communist underground on Federal Bureau of Investigation directions, yesterday documented the red conspiracy's infiltration into Oakland and Alameda County as he saw it. Appearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee hearing in San Francisco, Dickson (Dick) Hill, of 6549 Snake Road, told how he and his wife, Sylvia, joined the.

party and remained for nearly four years as FBI observers. And he named names backing them up with recollections of their activities within the party and his issuance, as membership director of the 16th Assembly Distriet communist club against the House Committee on Un-American Activities hearings under way there. 7 But it was in a holiday atmosphere, with no disorder. The longshoremen, dressed in Sunday Dickson P. HilL 40, Oak best, smoking cigars, and appar- land radio shop owner.

to union leaders who spoke who gave the Velde committee a report as a red undercover agent a public address system. The meeting lasted about an hour, and the crowd then dispersed. Among these were Germain 30 Listed as 'in the Montclair district, of party i Bujcke, vice-presiden of the ILWU; Charles (Chili) Duarte, president of Warehouse Local and Paul Johns, field represent- ative of the United Electrical! Workers. lAlameda Reds They drew applause and som cards to many of them. FIRST CONTACT Hill, 49, father of three children, testified they made their first party contact my writing to its county headquarters and asking for literature.

Instead of the literature being mailed, however, they were vis- Tribane Continued from Page 1 cheers as they denounced the Velde Committee. GATHER IN PLAZA The longshoremen gathered in the City Hall plaza, across the street from the City Hall. There David Blodgett told the Un-American Activities Committee today of communist clubs in Alameda. Club; Lehman, and his vife, Mrs Fannie Lehman. bv two party workers he Blodgett said one of his close ited he did not belong to the Mont- identified as Katrina Manley and 1 if was no massing in the street or associates in the party was ion the City Hall steps.

Bulcke Marie Phillips who with Jacklclair group. When he inquired Manlev. Katrina's husband, even- as to why Chown did not attend Wayne Hultgrcn. who had been plans to set up a picket line Ex-Red Tells of Divine 'Smear' his classmate a college and who dually recruited tnem into com-! the meetings. Hill said he was called off informed that Chown belonged! a council of the munism.

Chief i later headed i San Francisco Police jMichael Gaffey assigned 50 uni- Alameda clubs. He testified that! Their first assignment was to 'formed policemen, 30 inspectors he recruited Clarence Davis, the North Oakland communist land 50 reserves to the City Hall: member of the AFL Laborers'; club, he said. Officers of that imeetine. Union, into the party, and said organization during his allilia PLANNED FOR WEEK Davis succeeded him as chair man ol the uiud. He said that wives of those Arrangements for the mass meeting were completed a week i two men, Ruth Hultgren and ago, on the claim the ILWU had I advance information that the Chellie Davis, also were club members.

tion included one George Edwards, a party organizer; Eugene Toopeekoff, a draftsman; William Creaque and his wife, Rosalie; a Frances Tandy; and Bill Rutter, organizer of a railroad workers cell in Alameda County. JOINS SECOND CLUB Later, he said, the party re- ihe union. Righwing member BLODGETT WELL KNOWN of the union claimed the demon- Blodgett was well known in decision was fostered bv Oakland in 1947 when he cov-UriH nf Harrv RriHpp Wt- ered City Hall activities for the wii PeoDle's World, communist line PeoDle's World, communist line orcanized in the county for A communist-inspired attack on Oakland Police Chief Lester Divine, and a phony "lynching" story both of which he was induced to write helped to turn Charles David Blodgett, former Oakland newspaperman, from communism, he tqld the House Committee on Un-American Activities today. Blodgett was recounting his experiences while he was a reporter for the People's World, covering Oakland, in 1947 to 1949. The newspaper had been featuring stories about police brutality, he said.

Every incident was played up, and some were made up, he declared. DIVINE BLAMED There were some instances of brutality, Blodgett declared, but they were all due to inexperience Trikaa As the Velde committee Iiitened to testimony of communist party members and their cctivities tn the Ray area today. ILWU Longshoremen and others massed outside the San Francisco City Kail In a "protest" demonstration against the hearing. Eight Witnesses Refuse to Testify at Senate Committee Un-American Quiz newspaper. reasons" and he trans- He told the committee today jferred to the 16th Assembly that he was born at Northfield, District club.

and attended schools and Persons active ln that group Carlton College there. While membership rons fluc The stop-work order was invoked after Lo is Rosser. former communist and first witness before the committee Tuesday, had named Louis Goldblatt, secre- to a "special group" and had other party assignments. Another married couple in the club, Hill declared, was Gene and Jean Lein. They were transferred in from Southern California and Gene Lein "had something to do with the U.C.

atomic energy laboratory." Also in the group was Earl Phillips, husband of Marie Phillips who first visited the Hills on behalf of the party. Phillips, the witness stated, worked for Shell Development Company in Emeryville where he was a party organizer. HIGHER ECHELON Hill said he also attended several higher eehelon meetings of section and county membership directors and state party functionaries. A speaker at one of those sessions he identified as a Frank Parsons while others he met included Bill Lowe, affiliated with a Berkeley communist group, and Lela Thompson, a county functionary. County communist officials while he was in the party Hill named as Steve Nelson, a top national communist who was subsequently convicted under the Smith Act largely on the testimony of Hill's wife, Sylvia; Clarence Tobey, and Lloyd Lehman, all of whom were county chairman at various times.

Others were Mary Sherwood. he college, he said. tuated from five to persons helped or-the Young tary-treasurer of the ILWU; of ganue a Drancn according to Hill were 1 y- i j'" i i t- a. a. 1 Bradhear.

read by i ment. Kunzig commentea.i L-naries inin uuane, presiaeni Communist League and was a -itiee r-n which named Frederick as a "Those who used it went to jail." of Warehousemen's Local merriber from 1941 to 1943. Arw; ir communist, the witness replied: He again asked Wood about party 1 Richard Lyndon, secretary-treas-1 "i was interested in social "Ij the commttee going to an-, membership. urer of Local Paul Heide, 'problems and I thought I saw in i a a. A IT 1 1 i Katrina Manley; James Wood; Emma Stanley, "a commie functionary" who also was the party's county treasurer; Bill Clifford, a plasterer; Dr.

Eugene Eagle, a San Francisco optometrist, and his wife, Godine; Al Stanley, my questions on causing declines to answer. Me Dusmess agent; ana jacK vjison, tne answer to T.e to loe rr.y job' Are there refused again when asked if Hill former publicity man for the! I wanted to make over the two one for congressmen was correct in naming him a union, as communists. I world." T- rr r.r rrmmn -i w-t mAmkAr alcn t- i jl i i After Koirc in tKp servirfl frnm i the part of young officers. on trt a fir. that brujht W'T'i ard t-wie in c- "rr suItc Rp (R Calif a i.

the The communist line was to blame He h. dIir.rd to answer dismissed from the stand. Honolulu, have been sub- 1943 to 1946. Blodgett said hewha. ifc'-on thp Hnoiit.on I a rt onnsr Kofnra tH came to me tsav area ana en- in me aeposumn.i Russian to Eugene Toopeekoff, penaed appear rolled in the cainornia- L.aDor,JO"" wer.t cn to add that a'ter born, now livine at 1050 Moun- committee.

Duarte and Heide are i them on Divine. He said he went to interview the chief. "I was impressed. He was a young, intelligent, very efficient, well-trained police administrator. He told me his plans Srhnol in San Francisco under Janei Mcnarg.

a universuy 01 three ear as a draftsman with tain Boulevard. Oakland, another Oakland residents the Rochtc! Corporation, he had draftsman, with the C. C. Moore Technically it the GI Bill of Rights educational California student who was a 'stop-, leader of "party songs." (R. the iy.rr was a but p- r.

rf Y. '-r. cr-m- tnuineers or san trannsco. was work meeting Longshore; T-r1 he taurhi' George Bratoff. a merchant called next He was accompanied Local 10, Representative replied by Atty.

Lawrence Speiser, members. which has some 5500 by Hon'and 'Roberts, 'whom he who ran a store next to the CIO 'said was a communist, and Jules Hall on Grand Avenue and who that th fact a man is subpenaed American Civil Liberties Union ILWU hadauarters promised rarnn a rradnate of the Lenin dealt with AMTORG. the Rus and discussed what he could do and what he could not do. I was convinced, even as a reporter for the People's World, that he was sincere." Blodgett said he reported his impressions to Lloyd Lehman, membership director; trading company in trading company in staff, counsel. that dock workers would be institute at Moscow sian xne -y Carol Barnes, People's World Ail a.

A 1 Dl I Jack Burris. a cousin of Tl Durrir ea --M icm uuins. -vuowi .1 a a auauic niuc inn- I iinpr inSirilClOrs. WIIUITI 'U "The CTnmitt'e regrets 1 dl tifv he was a communist but i iciijr t.oi.'-"..?, vwvaw if, riM 1 1 1 ill i in mi 1 1 ii irwu director; Ray Thompson, security commission member; and la'ie ar.d 2 rc- ia'e alicr- anv nurnarff nr invi.i employer di: rrrn over r-- ir.i p'-. f-r Jaricj- ql-1 c7Ti 5 ri ar rauruJ Iach'T.

bv tn have rp by pix. Six th ta ap7arel during the r.on QCESTTON POSED iciaimra ine nnvnere 01 reiute onH mail as communists, were Jean Alex- Oakland carpenter, and his wife, Hilda. because ne Was SUO- ivhAn Wesley; then Alameda County chairman The Pacific Maritime Associa-lander and Isobelle Cerney. Wayne Hultgren and Bodkin, functionaries. ADDITIONAL NAMES SSKed 11 ne nad ever Deen a nntifieH umrlmrt urnnlH rrnvnti rr'Tnc nTiimc I iGTrn pnad INSISTS ON ANSWER lor tne communist party.

He said Lehman, not the newspaper party member, or whether he quit Degmning at a.m. tooay th. Federal F.liraheth Aueustine Mavhewi Jackson insisted on an answer! was a member now or had been an(j be off for a full day's shift a At 4 it a i -m. i- 1 i a i 1 1 iif i ri rTi i Mill a rm I to the question of whether me past live years, or ine uaie an cHIPe Iv jt-v tunds, provided Dy xne taxpay-: MCMunin, a legai becreidry aim, paper. ers, were used under the GI bill former wife of Arthur he had known or heard i Lehman brushed aside Blod- when he left the party.

The f.rst ri Van Frederick. by his He ws R-bert a At the present time, there areito educate you in communism?" another member; her nis Pny activities gett-s opinions the witness said, some 80 commercial vessels mSasked Chairman Howard H. husband, Louis McMullin, tod nim tne story musi say the Bay area either working Velde. lOakland radiator repair man; None Lafferty, county Divine "had not acceded to i i i i i nir i ffl. rhairmnn' nornqatfa' chairman; was or was not a member oi tne communist party, after Frederick "invited" Jackson to talk to Bechtel to pel his job back.

He 'NO TO ONE QUERY Asked if he was a party mem- i Ge-irce 3 rr m- Richard rr by rt'1 the rf h-eer. rrrrur.it jber on December 2. 1948, he an- cargo or aDOUl io worK ll. ine ies, mi, diiwcn Diuugeti. ana marina mimuimi, uuuw r.

wc.wn. demands. the for aid he needed work tor his swercd "no." But when asked if daucht-r and his pregnant wife. was a member on November 30. employer group estimated about; Blodgett said that after 20 would need stevedore gangs graduated from the school neiMullin's first wile and a iormer siaie memoersnip direc- He said Lehman told him he Oakland Veterans Administra-tor; Florence Tobey, section Divine must he lahpfleri as "nartv Have vr.

He held steadfast in rm reiusai 1943 ne a(-ain claimed "privi- today. was recruited into ine communist, tion ciencat woreer. jtndn mejn ana wiie oi Clarence to the murdpr of innocent neo- the Fr a rre p-artV" "Mr C--u fn. "I fee be- Pete Matamami, an auto Tobey; Jim McFadden, section pie." worker at the East Oakland chairman; Frances Capele, sec- ASM WITU rnvcnrwrr Chevrolet plant; Emmett Teague.i tion membership director; her a sign painter recruited into the: husband, Rogert Capele: Annai was, Blodgett declared sim- and was dismissed from the other sources indicated as party by Lehman, and got a job chair He said he was a natural-' many as a dozen commercial reporting for the People's World. Ja-ix Fenton Wood.

35. of 975 ized citizen, giving May, 1934, as ships could be delayed for eight He said he became chairman Grove Street. San Francisco, was the date. But he claimed "privi- hours. jof the Encinal Club late in 1946.

He started are rrv wr. con- party by its county chairman, Mcintosh, organizer: Florence a clasn wUn my called next. He aDDeared with leee" on Questions on party mem- One ship arrived tnis morning, i was merany appointed oy Lehman to that post, Blodgett! Clarence Tobey; Rosalind Lind- Hutchinson, a functionary. science. He related another story the testified.

k. I smith, an Oakland public health Doris (Dobie) Roberson, an Attv Julius M. Keller. He also bership for each of the years at the Port of Oakland's Grove aid he was a draftsman with from 1944 to 1947. But he readily Street Pier.

This was the Rafael Rechtel and had been laid off answered all Questions on his Semmes. No personnel was on Blodgett said he became disil-: nurse who was active in an at- 'ha! he when app'aue br-e out the audience He wv directed by to the qje-stiop. "I de-'. to th: cinTit- rf ar. attorney and organizer; Mary case of a Vallejo man who was charged with attempted rape and i hand to care for carco.

lusioned with communism earlv! tempt to recruit other city-em- Elizabeth Bradshear; Robert when subpenaed. "You heard Dickson Hill tes in the East and on the coast from Most of the warehousemen em- iin 1948 and left the Bay area. He; ployed nurses into communism; jTreuhaft, Oakland attorney, reused the girl's father of America oy ine werc rcpjneudiu ne wen i iu i-nicdiio wnere a wile, Uecca, a branch and. 1 Vil rxnxv mninvi ae a caiocman i risen parmpnt worker Sis? Hesse. i I talked with the man ana rifth tifv you were a member of the the time he came to rotminit rvartv Kunntr said.

1928. bawd the t. he replied. "Are 'a u'Ta'C iedhavinKbeenincon-'-hoj 1' He that "Have vou ever been a member doring contractors. ipnman, inn rnmm si nanv svuucni v.

v. i irt uiiiiM tit 4 o--- with the Soviet Union or 1 jtt 1111c OV.1 1 Lr I tact A c-Msi -1 1 mAAfinff aHen4a i 1 rtalf lanH hranrh frnm II 1 A ln wrote blazing stories about the of the communist party?" CITES AMENDMENTS Nat Vanish, People's World of- its tw CfntT- and in 'about half of San Francisco Di- oon the People's World, who di- Los Angeles: Jean Headley, a the United bntea, and in i hmnewife- and Tda and Dorothv housewife; and Ida and Dorothy near lynching, even made up some facts. I went overboard." to ficial, and his wife, Ann; Doris Fogerty, of the North Oakland vision meinutjs ui Liutdi was reeled nis wruing oi siuries in would never hqt.ii Knowinj; Then came the trial. "I lis- branch; Bimbo Brown, who fe; rr party a political rr.aUer' a eve the Taws of th.M c- can be a jr. err.

be ri ary organ-iratin interrogated or ir.urr. dated. Frederick shct hack t-Miay4 o. 4Ua fi 1 1 c- 4trf I nevMW Mr Wood began. "It would had ever encaged in a disloval marked last niSht bv an epres-.

which the party was interested, be most decradine There he df- Ision of support for union officers, He said the People's World spoke before a communist panel; jr hppan ln havp douhts pretends that it is not an official chr.ed to anjwer further, refer Ion tatmnt that included this rctu said. "She told a story that he Wood. SPECIAL GROUP MENTIONED Another member of that group, Hill testified, was a housewife named Miriam Chown. He said that her husband, Paul Chown, was also a communist but that A meeting of the local's of the communist party, 'land Division is to be held at but "it was obvious to me that could not have made up." paragraph: "I have never been a spy nor ring to both the First and Fifth Amendments. "The Supreme Court settled 1 8 p.m.

today at the Oakland W.en akd aS-ut a d'rfi the party considers the newspaper as its own." Cob tinned Pare 3, CoL 1 Auditorium. tier, f.ven by a Elizabeth the question of the First Amend- Aubrey Grossman, attorney who spoke at a San Francisco party session; Gordon Williams; Edward and Elizabeth Barlow. Jessie Pedrick; John Hughes of Richmond; Buddy Green; Lily Bell; George Van Frederick, functionary at 1 Cordonices Village in Berkeley; Paul Heide, Eastbay Longshore Union offi- He said the Civil Rights Congress packed the courtroom in an effort to influence Jhe jury. His stories of the testimony were colored to help the defense. The case went through two THESE SIX HAD NOTHING TO SAY AT INQUIRY 'jury disagreements and was fi nally dismissed.

wire nuoy; Herb was praised highly," Blod ana oerneice ivaiman; David ett reported. "They told me I "iT (I t- II ZZT I II ivinncau juiui ijinasmiin. iu.j naa scored a great victory ior communist party and the "iiiieiimna iaugnery. a party ithe worker; Joseph Melia, an Inde Civil Rights Congress." The accused man then filed assault charges against the girl's father. When the case was called for trial, he did not even appear.

"There was nothing iri the People's World about this," Blodgett said. pendent Progressive party organizer in the communist party; Rudy Lambert, member of the county security commission; and Loretta Starvis and Celeste Stack, members of the communist state board. 4 Hurt in Raid on Longshore Office NEWARK, Dec. 3. (1P Waterfront violence broke out today in? Port Newark as 75 men in New? York autos raided the headquarters of Local 1235, International Longshoremen's Association Four men were injured in the melee, which brought 100 Newark and Port of New York Authority policemen to the scene.

van? Trlbaaa Rahxiin? to tlfy bior tha Houm Un-Axnicmi acfdilti commitrt In San Fran-dco sioa wr Uft lo right Roy Hadfton ol Van Frederick of ScrosaUte oxid Iaza F. Wood of San Fraztdaco. Among tha rfaictant witntitM bsion til Vld commItt wer Qefl to right) Dan Kw Man of FrMno: Eugn A. Toopkoil Russian-born Oakland draftsman, and Eugene Eagle, San Francisco optometrist They all took a constitutional. SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS.