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Joseph Lash — Part 6

46 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Mar 6, 1943 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Joseph Lash · 45 pages OCR'd
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Pond . : -r attached fo the party ony - ily 1 *- thing on earth must be Pee Ga bes = the :: political con & Mrs, Eleano i eer pen :. lion known. as*Amer for Demo- ' — EMllott ¢ is advertised in “. the unist press as a speaker ¢ under the auspices of the . opposing zo left wing organization, the; ‘ - i sive .Citizens of America. PCA does { uot ‘bar Communists, but welcomes * & them, end is under Suspicion of being line. : dames: velt is reported ill on > che West i vlitical. background includes a noney < making association with an organization which supported the ts ¥ | Communist party line and a more re-| Zens Committee of zeent job as Democratic state chair- = oman in California. . ® i BARRED COMMUNISTS ; Franklin D, Roosevelt Jr. is vice 3 chairman of Americans for Demo- «cratic Action. In a week-end meet- “ng here ADA voted to bar Com- ‘nunists from membership and to ' upport President Truman’s proposal “:0 aid Greece and Turkey - Billed .in the Communist press to speak Jas& night in a PCA mass meet- ‘ng in New York to protest Mr. Tru- “ “en's Greek-Turkish aid program ‘sere: former Commerce Secretary . denry Ad Wallace, Sculptor Jo David- of, Radid Commentator Frank King- «p—~and Elliott Roosevelt. The meet- ‘ng was billed as a “crisis rally.” Messrs, Kingdon and Davidson are . O-chairmen of PCA. The organiza- | ‘ion itself was created by merger of A ee ee or » Ma Reteenee e Thbse famous Roosevelt fam- ‘conversations about every- pretty. = hotly contested these days when clan gathers for informal velt and Frank- fe tn De Jesere Sparkplugs of the new fe ett-wing anti-Communist organiza- t. But his nace] Elliott Roosevelt was have ended his allegiance to the Inde- oN ee we ec MRS. ROOSEVELT Left and anti-Red the National Citizens Political Action | Committee and the“Tndependent Citi- the Arts, Sciences ‘and Professions. Mr. Kingdon had been chairman of the former; Mr. Davidson of the latter. Of the NCPAC, which Mr. King- don headed, the House Un-American Activities Committee had this to say in 1944: “It has been clearly established by overwhelming evidence that the Na- tional Citizens Politica) Action Com- mittee is the major Communist front Organization of the moment.” UNDER NEW TITLE The record ‘suggests Significant Communist infiltration of the © or- ganization under whose sponsorship billed to speak, ér that it is an old Communist front set up under a new title. . dames Roosevelt is understood to f, ra pendent Citizens Commit e was selected Democratic Party chair- Jaan in California. The ‘big splurge last March wii ment that Mr. Roosevelt would be di- |. rector of organization in its drive to round up the independent vote. He; pay roll at what his asso- Was on the | former Interior Secretary Harold. ciate, ode Tek _ Mr. Ickes was mittee big shot, jast November, apparently because the organization was FRANKLIN D. JR. Left and anti-Red —_ ‘. , a ELLIOTT Way to left es, described as “well paid.” an Independent Com- too, but he resigned the Communist party line. Mrs. Roosevelt's experience with the ee — tee when he Playing footie with } ICC made: a |: th announce- | | ,fellow travelers was about like that of | - ‘Mr. Icker-«jab, may. be why-she is |- ~ 180 active now dnc Sw anti-Com- Mr. “Quinn: Tana Mr. Nease._* ‘Mise Gaady - > ae wa!
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