HEARINGS BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 1 OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. R. 226, H. R. 3398, H. R. 5941, H. R. 6877, H. R. 6943, H. R. 8363, H. R. 8483, H. R. 8489, H. R. 8912, H. R. 8948, H. R. 8749, H. R. 9021, H. R. 9023, H. J. Res. 527, H. J. Res. 528, H. R. 9502, 46150 MARCH 18, APRIL 5, 7, 8, 12, JUNE 2, 9, 23, 25, 30, 1954 U.S. Congress. House; Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary. Serial No. 14 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1954 RUTH THOMPSON, Michigan EMANUEL CELLER, New York WALTER M. BESTERMAN, Legislative Assistant 1 Serving temporarily on Subcommittee No. 1. II Text of bills, H. R. 226, H. R. 3398, H. R. 5941, H. R. 6877, H. R. 6943, Hon. Francis E. Walter, a Representative in Congress from the State Hon. Martin Dies, a Representative in Congress from the State of Hon. J. Frank Wilson, a Representative in Congress from the State Hon. Harlev O. Staggers, a Representative in Congress from the Thomas Sumner appearing in behalf of Hon. Kit Clardy, a Repre- Hon. Leo W. O'Brien, a Representative in Congress from the State of Hon. Hale Boggs, a Representative in Congress from the State of Hon. Cecil R. King, a Representative in Congress from the State of Hon. John W. McCormack, a Representative in Congress from the Hon. Charles E. Bennett, a Representative in Congress from the State Norman Thomas, representing the American Civil Liberties Union. Hon. Paul A. Fino, a Representative in Congress from the State of House Report No. 153 of the 74th Congress, 1st session, Investigation of Nazi and Other Propaganda, report introduced by Mr. McCormack of 38 Hon. Harlan Hagen, a Representative in Congress from the State of 131 Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., the Attorney General of the United J. Walter Yeagley, first assistant to the Assistant Attorney General, Brief submitted by Hon. Herbert Brownell, Jr., Attorney General of the United States entitled "Immunity from Prosecution versus Privilege Text of bills, H. R. 8749, H. R. 8912, H. R. 8948, H. R. 9021, H. R. 9023, Emergency Civil Liberties Committee.. Royal W. France, representative of the National Lawyers Guild__ - - Hon. Herman P. Eberharter, a Representative in Congress from the Joseph P. Selly, president, American Communications Association... Victor Rabinowitz, counsel, American Communications Association. Herbert Kurzer, international executive board member, International Fur and Leather Workers Union of the United States and Canada__ INTERNAL SECURITY LEGISLATION THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1954 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE No. 1 OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a. m. in room 346, Old House Office Building, the Honorable Louis E. Graham (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: The Honorable Messrs. Graham, Celler, Walter, and Hyde; and the Honorable Ruth Thompson. Also present: Walter M. Besterman, legislative assistant, and William R. Foley, committee counsel. Mr. GRAHAM. The subcommittee will come to order. The subcommittee has before it for consideration a series of bills, H. R. 5941, H. R. 226, H. R. 3398, H. R. 5941, H. R. 6877, H. R. 6943, H. R. 7337, H. R. 7405, H. R. 7894, H. R. 7980, H. R. 8326, and H. R. 8363 all seeking to take action against the Communist Party. (The several bills are as follows:) [H. R. 226, 83d Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To provide for the detention and prosecution of Communists and former Communists, to provide that peacetime espionage may be punished by death, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Congress hereby finds and declares (1) that there exists a world Communist movement whose purpose it is, by armed aggression or threatened armed aggression from without, or by force or violence or any other means from within (including such means as terrorism, sabotage, espionage, infiltration, treachery, and deceit), to weaken and ultimately to overthrow and destroy all governments in the world which are not subservient to the foreign power which directs and controls the world Communist movement; and (2) that the Communist Party of the United States is an integral part of the world Communist movement, with each member of such party, and each participant in such world Communist movement, an agent who is available to the directing and controlling foreign power for its program of world-wide conquest and subjugation; and (3) that many of the former members of the Communist Party of the United States, and many of the former participants in the world Communist movement, have ceased to be members thereof, or admitted participants therein, solely for the purpose of expediency and to increease their value in carrying out the world Communist movement; and (4) that Communists and former Communists have abused the bail privileges granted them in Federal courts and, while released on bail, have continued to carry on activities which violate the laws of the United States; and (5) that the world Communist movement constitutes a clear and present danger to the Government of the United States, and to the governments of the several States, and that the enactment of this legislation is therefore necessary |