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NY 65-16659 ; a . no 7 Party today, was present. at. some of PARKS* discussions with me; ate ‘phe’ was ase: “ “ ' not present at all of them, by any means. So far as-I know, only ny wife, ile S83. «a? SYLVIA, also has knowledge of HOWARD LEE's membership in the Young Communist League and Communist.Party, although it is quite likely that HOWARD CUSHICRE, who was a national YCL official in the mid-thirtigs, has knowledge ." ate doe. ay CROUCH added that he was in aft @ at closed Communist Party steering committee meetings with ALTO Ce, DOBBS, GELDERS, and.-: . ere at HOWARD LEE both at Birmingham) Jabama in November, 1938 and at Chattanooga, 45. Tennessee in the winter of. 19h0 € gaid that all indications are that: ALTON Pe LAWRENCE ip today one of the leading Communists of the:South. “According to "2! °# CROUCH, LAWRENCE is and has been for many years a paid official of the Mine, Mill and Smelters Union and has offices in Birmingham, Alabama. : The statement contimues: "ALTON LAWRENCE, in about 1936, , veceived money from time to time, some of it in my presence, fron Je FETERS +: ti and V. J SEROME for the purpose of buying a printing press to install ‘in - : ee a room behind the Intimate Bookstore at Chapel Hill, North Carolina. .° ‘This -. ile press was to be used in such emergencies as underground existence due “to a war between America and the Soviet Union or for cther-reasons. This was‘ the ° a subject of testimony and a published report by the U. S. Senate Subcommittee = on Internal Security released in the fall of 1953. "Testimony by me to the U. S. Subcommittee on Immigration and Naturalization on the Senate Judiciary Committee given in 199 was released and published ‘about March of 1950. It includes identification of GILBERT L. « . . PARKS, JOSEPH S. GELDERS and MALCOLM COTTON. DOBBS as very. ‘mportent mader: up. , ° cover Communists. — ; rare te, ; . we 7 CROUCH concluded his statenent as follows: RT would like to point out that due to the many years that have passed ~ more than 12 years in all cases, and in some cases going back alnost 20 years - I cannot, for the most part, recall exact language used or information nentioned when it was of a detailed character, but when I heard such references made over a period of time regarding various bits of information acquired and passed on to the apparatus headed by J. PETERS, that my knowledge and recollection is absolutely positive that the individuals mentioned were all gathering information using their ability to contact the White House and people high in the government and pass on information they reparded as important to the Soviet Goverment. Most of this information, s° T have pointed out, was of personnel and policy level but correct infor- mation on that was absolutely essential for the Compunist movement and the Soviet Government. a, 7 ‘ LUE ” as , Ce Re Sp PRI " ire oe . Mt ee afer - x ES ae ee