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“~the Committee's inquiry on whether he had discussed with both Wuchinich and himself were known Communist Party leaders in Pittsburgh. In addition, he stated that local Progressive Party leaders knew that they were Communist Party members. (HCUA Report - 100-372409-184) he Reference to Atomic Energy: Cuetic further testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in February, 1950, regarding ~ __ Steve Nelson, (Communist Party leader for the State of Pennsylvania) Russia's knowledge of atom secrets. Cuvetic reported: "In so far as the atom secret, I always thought tt was the better part of discretion not to ask any questions concerning espionage of the atomic bomb." However, he quoted Steve Welson as having stated after the announcement of the atomic bomb explosion in Russias "We have the atomic bomb now and the enemy won't be in such a hurry to start a war." Cvetic stated that the word "enemy" referred to the United States. The Pittsburgh Office advised that their files had failed toireflect that the above information had been previously reported by Cuvetic to their office during the time he was a Bureau informant. The testimony failed to indicate any other reference to atomic energy information. Re Leo Krzycki_ and C. B. Baldwin: Leo Krzycki ts a Security Index subject and presently resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (100-290733-378 ) C. Be. Baldwin was investigated under the caption “Internal Security, Hatch Act," in 1942, at which time. he was an administrator for the Farm Security Administration, Depart- ment of Agriculture. An investigation conducted in February, 1951, under the caption "Security Matter - C" revealed that he had been connected with numerous Communist Party fronts and