Agnes Reynolds and Joseph P Lash 1939

Agnes Reynolds and Joseph P Lash 1939 (cropped)

Before Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. The Dies Committee Investigating un-American activities today questioned Joseph P. Lash, Executive Secretary of the American Students' Union, and Miss Agnes Reynolds, College Secretary of the Union. Lash testified that he was a member of the Socialist

American Youth Congress Leaders 1939

Husband and wife occupy morning's testimony of Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 29. Mr. and Mrs. William G. Ryan, former members of the Communist Party, each took the stand before the Dies Committee to tell of their experiences here and in the Spanish Loyalist Army as communists. They are show

Representatives of American Youth Congress testify at Dies hearing. Washington, D.C., Nov. 30. Three members of the American Youth Congress, left to right: Jack R. McMichael, Chairman of the Congress; William W. Hinckley, former Chairman; and Joseph Cadden, Executive Secretary, testified before the

Civil Service hearing. Mrs. Josephine Smithers, who was made center of a storm of protests over her raise from $1740 to $2300 yearly, and Jessie Donaldson, Director of Personnel of the Post Office Department who backed the raise. 3-29-39

Lee Pressman testifying

Tells Dies group of experiences in Spain with husband in loyalist army. Washington, D.C., Nov. 29. Mrs. William G. Ryan, who followed her husband on the stand before the Dies Committee today, told the committee of how she and her husband joined the Loyalist cause in Spain under the direction of the