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(ee ne eee WETTER, . . , ——— ’ Witness Declares 4 “Reds Have Illegal Party In U.S. 3{ SAN FRANCISCO, March 2.— +](UP)—The Communist Party main- tains an “underground illegal” or- anization in the United States. A ortiand, Ore. policeman who joined the party to get information about it, gave this testimony today -jat the deportation hearing of Nate anish, 38, advertising manager for 2jthe Daily People’s World. a, Merriel R.Bacon, who- said he Wallsce-Sapporters ~ File 482,499 Names . FRANCISCO, Feb, 24- inet Wallace supporters today filed 482,499 names with count 2. clerks in 52 counties of the fu ate jin an effort to qualify the Progressiv' . Pen pout 300,600 valid signatures ot voters are necessary to place as party and Wallace on the ballot. : ElinorsKahn, state secretary 2 the party, said the state figure ps cludes 278,500 names filed in Los Angeles County, and 56,668 in San . . Are Filed With State first certified petitions wuality the Henry Wallace Inde - endent Progressive Party for une primary election reache cretary of state's office today. Charies: J. Hagerty, .deputy sem retary of state, announced coun y clerks have certified signatures ar follows; San Luis Obispo, . Inyo, 118; Mariposa, 40. . . : ur .|first few months in the + arty.” he yitestified. “You have. to be in the jy;party a year before you can be a t|delegate to the national convention. You have to be a member five years to be a member of the underground illegal” =. ences Te | Yanish, an admitted member of, jthe Communist Party, faces depor- tation to his native Russia if the jimmigration department finds ‘he Lt Immigration Inspector. Lioyd: ¥. owan overruled Gladstein’s mo- »4on to disqualify Bacon's testimany {Epcause it was gathered 18 | ayo. Gladstein also lest in an eff jt. prove Bacon “habitually” ass wed over.a ‘period of years wi ti labor and union busting @#- ganizations” and was “entirely un- reliable” as a witness. .. |”. re eee ap) REFORREAT:ON CONTAINED guddnedt noe WS Sek - nr. Demioorat of Idaho (left), and Henry “Baylor, Democrat of * last nig eet en in Washington, D. C., after Payer Mar ty _ Wallace oe oe the No. 2 position on Wallaces "NE Ro a osg) : announced Jor Os e button, Wallace 48. (AP. | The senator woe ea et : (SteryoRr rege 5 ae les SN ENCLOSURE . oc] a, ee EET