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fry! a4 were conducted at on October 26 or revering his connection with the Government was due to the extremely inccnsistent and uncomfortable position in which he found himself as a rember of the underground Communist group and a loyal Government employee. He stated at this time he desired to remain a Communist but alsofelt himself under pressure in living a life of deception. In this connection, he mentioned that he was rather outspoken in his | ou oninions and often exoressed his true feelings in discussions with Se in which he would advance arguments which were pro-Communist character during drinking sessio and other meetings with ‘le apain emphasiged that was not a wnis but stated a ware of his New York backeround. pe ae that he wen nd related his feelings, emphasizing the noint by showing that since he was a known Communist, he was — to the underground proup in Washington with the result that ton+ sented to his, ans. returning to New York. QI «223 02 5 ad sore idea of writing. Fe menticned that he had written for "New Republic" mapa- zine oreviously but stated his articles were so pro-Communist that he was unable to fet anything published at that time. He stated he remained in New York during the winter of 1934, living in single status in a roon in Greenwich Village and added that to an extent this period was rather ‘ wasted. He stated he joined a Comminist Party unit known as the Long- 4 shorerents Concentration "nit which consisted of a group of ten to twenty . Party rembers and was engared in organizing and working among longshore- ~ men along the docks, although the membership did not consist of lonp- shorenen. Ue insisted’ that he could not recall the names of the mem- bers of this group and indicated that he did not do a great deal of work vas LOZ, “ATs bh /lm Joo - G/OI5-Gb ee Oe US . am . ae ve SN EE SO nak Pet ie eS Las « ; pS icky ene eae ee sy Ses wget ‘s SS sa FR TRIPE SSE ee a a re EA han tit