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ao C) + arp arp : | “< SGILDERS also ‘reported that he had net Justice. ‘puack: See Ee, av aot we “had planned,’ and had ‘obtained an agreement from Justice BLACK to’ adéept 2 , the award and to be the second featured speaker. "On another occasion after a return from Washington, D. C., JOSE CLLDERS quoted VIRGINIA FOSTER DURR as having said that Justice HUGO “TBLACK had described in conversation with her the "New South", edited by ." the Communist Party of the Southern States, as “the best publication thatiy.+) «2. * D: L-- ever came out of the South." “He also quoted’ VIRGINIA FOSTER DURR.to the ee ehhh effect that the Justice often did not receive the copies sent ‘him through’ VE na ; his office and suggested that a copy be sent to the office of CLIFFORD DURR, ~. - who would be then responsible for delivering the paper to the Justice. | FO hp Mey ee ROS Ff. HALL, who was present at this time, spoke highly of CLIFFORD DURR, referring to him in such terms that it was clear that HALL knew DURR to be either a member of the Party or one who worked under its . *, it: 7 Ne» a I man, . oh directions. And I recall a term like "reliable comrade” being used. on sone Tpeas. ¢ -:° occasion in the course of the conversations. thene Wiese. lak * > Ke eae Aik Adnan Pao Se Le TP wey’, *T first knew of som¥tis by 7 yeading his revolutionary. articles a ie" ae in a magazine called "Revolt" somewhere around 1932 or 1933. LASH was one So of the editors of "Revolt", which was ostensibly. a left-wing Socialist maga- zine. About the middle of the 1930's, around 193) or 1935, HENRY WINSTON and GILBERT GREEN referred to LASH as a member of the Young Communist League, and my wife, SYLVIA-GROUCH,” “an the ‘same period between the summer of 1934——~ a and the end of 1937, in conversations on her return from National Committee ao ou “AN «meetings of the Young Communist League, referred to the e presence of JOE rea , ,*0n at least one or two” occasions, and possibly more, JOE LASH was pointed = “ong oo out to me by my wife, SYLVIA, at Plenums of the Central Committee of the - ane Comnunist Party. I am unable to recall whether J personally engaged in : '\ conversation with him or not. I have a distinct impression of having talked ~ with him and GIL GRE EEN together on at least one_occasion, but I know ny memory i somewhat hazy on that. ¢./- at be a + 1. a ” "At meetings of the Politburo members and District Organizers connected with plans for the American touth Congress in the mid' 1930's, EARL BROWDER referred to the role that JOB LASH was playing and spoke highly vo of JOE LASH and, also in the same period, spoke of reports given by JOE ot - LASH regarding information received from high Government sources and White ¢ House circles. Various other Party leaders in the 1930's, including GILDERS, ROB Fe HALL, and JOHN P. DAVIS, referred to LASH and to his work with them in optaining information on high Government levels. ‘ . "In connection with Mrs. DURR, when I arrived at Birminghas, _. oo a ee ” Alabama, to take over ny duties as editor of the “New South" about March 10.' ares te rs | ie Pt PLT aes ay Poet! Bers ee ee