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aed occasion he has endeavored to communicate with President Roosevelt relative to the Polish question through Wallace. It is to be noted that Lange is extremely pro-Soviet in his lectures and writings. On July 7, 1943, Eugene F. Connally, the New York Secretary of the American Labor Party and a key figure in Commmnist activities in the New York area, advised Ferdinand C. Smith, Secretary of the National Maritime Union, he had received a call from David Karr, then Assistant Chief of the Foreign Language Desk of the Office of War Information, that Harold g, Executive Assistant to Vice President Wallace, wanted to see a few pedple at the Hotel Essex House. Joseph Curran, "Blackie" Myers, and Ferdinand Smith were invited. It is to be noted that Harold Young is a known contact of~dgyt Haddt0tK, a reported Communist Party member employed by the National Maritime Union in Washington, D. C. On July 1, 1943, Haddock requested Harold Young to obtain confidential information from the Offic eof the Attorney.General as to why President Roosevelt withdrew his nomination of George Payne, Federal Communications Commission member whose appointment expired July 30, 1943. Young promised Haddock that he would obtain this information. David Karr is the subject of a Closed Hatch Act investigation. At the time he was interviewed by the Washington Field Division he stated he had formerly been connected with the Communist Party and had worked particularly on the Commnist publication, "The Daily Worker," and during that period of time was in intimate contact with all of the high authorities of the Commnist Party. An Impersonation investigation of David Karr in 1944 was conducted for allegedly representing himself as an employee of Vice President Wallace's office. At the time Karr was interviewed he stated he had been closely associated with Wallace since 1943 and had been with him when all his public appearances were made. Karr stated his expenses were paid by Harold Young, Wallace's Secretary. Wallace was interviewed to determine whether Karr was an employee of his office and stated he had known David Karr for a year and a half and held him in high regard. He stated he liked David Karr personally and frankly admired him be- cause of his continuous action in behalf of liberalism. However, he was not in his employ or attached to his staff. During the course of this interview Wallace advised Special Agent in Charge E. E. Kubnel that when the war was over "you. would likely see the President step out as Commander-in-Chief and go forward in the cause of liberalism." The National Maritime Union convention was held in New York City July 6 to 10, inclusive, 1943, and a telegram of greetings from Vice President Wallace was read. The Committee later passed a resolution favoring Wallace's position and condeming that of the then Secretary of Commerce, Jesse Jones. You will recall that Jones and Wallace received considerable notoriety at that time relative to their policy disagreements. ' During the course of a conversation on January 20, 1944, between Carl Winter, the Executive Secretary of the Los Angeles County Communi st Political Associa tion and a member of the National Committee of the Commmnist Political Association, end Philip M. Connelly, who at that time was Secretary of the Los Angeles