DIES WITNESS. The latest witness to be heard before the Dies Committee on Un-American Activities was Dr. Harry F. Ward, National Chairman of the American League for Peace and Democracy. He told the committee that its chief investigator knows more about the League's inception than he does because the

CHAIRMAN OF COMMUNIST PARTY QUESTIONED BY DIES COMMITTEE. William Zebulon Foster, chairman of the Communist Party of the United States, told the Dies committee today that Soviet Russia was justified "100 per cent" in occupying Poland because "it means establishment of a free government." He denied t

DENIES THAT ORDER HE HEADS IS COMMUNIST CONTROLLED BUT ADMITS HE IS RED. Max Bedacht told the Dies committee that the international workers order of which he is general secretary is not Communist controlled, even though he himself is a member of the Communist Party. He said that the group is a "frat

Appears before Dies Un-American Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. Dr. J.D. Matthews, former 'fellow traveler' in the Communist United Front who told the Dies Committee investigating un-American activities that, Earl Browder, sought to obtain from the State Dept. 'diplomatic immunity' for funds to

UAWU President appears before Dies committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. After declaring he was only appearing because he was subpoenaed, Homer Martin, President of the United Automobile Works Union, told the Dies Committee Investigating Un-American Activities that communists are active in both the C

Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. Henry G. Alsberg, Director of the Federal Writers' Project, today told the House Committee Investigating Un- American Activities that he experienced some difficulty with communists on the New York Project, but added that the trouble had been eliminated and the program now w

Before Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. Frederick C. Phillips, whom National Maritime Union officials say was suspended from their union in May 1939, described to the Dies Committee today what he alleged to be communistic actions in the NMU. Phillips was formerly Secretary of the Atlantic D

Before Senate Civil Liberties Committee. Washington, D.C., April 15. Testifying before the Senate Civil Liberties Committee today, George S. Ward, Secretary of the Harlan County, Ky., Coal Operators Association, said his organiziation had doubled its assessment on member coal companies three times i

SOCIALIST LEADER BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE. Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for the presidency, today told the Senate Military Affairs Committee that the Burke-Wadsworth compulsory training bill is "fascist" in nature. "Unquestionably we live in a world of risks" Thomas said, "but for our American