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ssetraTtree Fea THE 4 T pecans A Ao vn een Ceperea tcacken Pechie _ ie. . Nene. ‘a egro Ex-Communists Relate Details of Pen- etration; Legislative Committee Hearings _ To Continue “e is a ae ane wer 4 | roe . By ED CLINTON . Two Negro ex-Communists testi- fied today that Communist infil- . sation of Negro and other minority - groups started more than 25 years “ay . ® And one af them, Leonard Pat- terson of Jamaica, ie T's gaid exploitation of minor incidents ‘into full scale race tensions started! as early as 7899, when Communist! © ag italors " precipitated a riotous, stile strike in Gastonia, N. C. vibe testified before the, Joint wietative Committee on Segrega- me -thn which is Inoking into causes of ‘ ‘eacial unrest in the Soutb dine iS t sevies of public hearings. ¥ The other Negro, Mannings [Jchn- me Washington, D. Cy fo owed) ay tercon to the witness stand in, Court of Appeal room at the sale Capitol just before the nos | ecess and described his affilia- ion with the Communists, Committee Chairman Sen. Wil- -::gam Rainach said Jobnson's tes- ay mony would coptinue this after- Pie ba ‘and another witness may be tee ~ =~ the cause of racial wnrest, before the Jeint Legislative Committee on called if time permits. He said ati segregation was Leonard Patterson of Jamaica, LL The Negre teld arty and listed ex- Z be heard from before the a amples of its infiltration ef Mars cate preven athe Bie te feast three other witnesses are to the commitice he was active fs the Communist P. close. ; ¥ i -_ ready on is and I isn Lou slapa, Phole b = gnony W. Guy Eanister, New "J Orleans, assistant police superiff(iP CLIPPING = - a Fore . tendent nd iermer FBl ve Pir *“B. Joseph aps Kornfedder, Detr foe! 5-757 = mer C mmunist, FROM SIAre Ties, ” Work is Churches Yee ee Much of the infiltration of Neghor AKED FILE AND INITIALED . “. wciety by the Communists has. - 2 ectored churches, Pat- 1c Hanae tad the comes. ite} “ “The ‘egTo pop the hurthes abe « fon was inf 1 . 30 the - cra ad nen ene _ “STATE TH SES oer ae - BETCK ROUGE, LA. 3/8/57 | o <\Pare 1 Cols. 5 - DO APRI ‘asi 3 _ -- owes GT” Gurehes in the South, the N and all over the United States. q- - trated Negro and | other minority STAR R WITNESS—The’ slar witness at this morning's bearings on! And, he added, they have infll- groups in its ook UM “But,” tres, “the Negro as a er accepted, as eb ae In “Tn great detail, he related ius! personal experiences as @ member, af the Young Communist ist Les later as a member of the munist Party cent ae oe and as ap active parti “revolutionary plan for rerio ing. or govermnent and te ba - iF tbe eraduate ones the Lenin 138 MAn 26 195% => > *