Tells House Committee he is a member of American Legion and Communist Party. Washington, D.C., Oct. 26. Appearing before the House Committee investigating Un-American activities. Joseph F. Hannon, San Francisco, testified he is a member of the American Legion and of the Communist Party. He said he j

Maritime Labor leader a communist charged before House Committee. Washington, D.C., Oct. 24. Harper Knowles, Oakland, Calif., Chairman of the radical research committee of the American Legion, today told the House Committee investigating Un-American activities, that Harry Bridges, West Coast labor l

Appears before Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Oct. 21. Herman Lukrs, Chairman of the Joint Americanism Committee of the American Legion of Flint, Mich. who testified to Red activities in the recent strikes in the auto plants of Flint and vicinity, 10/21/38

American Legion Head testifies before Un-American committee. Washington, D.C., Aug. 18. "Sinister forces are expending greater effort than ever before to wreck this nation" Homer L. Chaillaux, Americanism director of the American Legion told the Dies Un-American Committee today, 8/18/38

Tells Dies group youth congress is communist front organization. Washington, D.C., Nov. 29. William G. Ryan, of Milwaukee today told the Dies Committee that Communist Party members regard it as a generally accepted fact that the American Youth Congress is controlled by the Communist Party. Ryan, a f

DIES COMMITTEE HEARS O'SHEA. Thomas Humphrey O'Shea, former New York subway worker, told the Dies committee today that Communist leaders in the transport worker's union have "absolute power" to paralyze the industry and maintain "gun clubs" for regular target practice.

Terrorism witness before Senate. Washington, D.C. Jan. 15. Yelverton Cowherd, of Birmingham, Ala. testified today before La Follette's Committee on Civil Liberties that he was retained as Chairman of a "Special Americanization Committee" of the American Legion. He also testified that Walter J. Hanna

First sit down strike in U.S. traced to Reds. Washington, D.C., Oct. 19. Clyde Morrow, an employee of the Ford Motor Co. in Detroit, told the House Committee on Un-American Activities that Communists engineered the first sit-down strike in Michigan--at the Midland Steel Co. Plant in 1936. Morrow, wh

Charges Communist originated "sit-down" strike. Washington, D.C., Oct. 18. Jacob Spolansky, Detroit, Sheriff's Investigator, today told the House Committee investigating Un-American activities that Joseph Kowalski, described as a Communist representative, was the man "who conceived" in Michigan. Bec