◆ SpookStack

Allegation by Senator McCarthy "Case Number 13: This individual is a foreign reserve officer under the information and cultural program. He was appointed to this position in September 1947, and assigned to Milan, Italy, where he took part in the educational program, This individual spent time in Soviet Russia in 1927 as a member of the trade-unions delegation to Soviet Russia, which delega~ tion was repudiated by William Green, president of the A. F. of Le He was the sponsor, organizer, and member, respectively, of various Communist- front organizations, He has been cited by the Daily Worker a mimber of times for his work, The records of the industrial detail of the Chicago police department list him as ea Communist as early as 1930. This man's file shows that members of the churches in Italy and high officials of the National Catholic Welfare Council objected to his being assigned to educational duties in Italy, basing this objection upon his communistic activities. Ite Col, Gayre, of the British Army, who was this individual's supervisor in Italy, indicated that he was a twild leftist theorist, ® who would veer entirely to the left if given the opportunity. This individual is described as a pedantic, tedious, conceited, impractical, pompous man, and this applies to so many of them, a man who would enjoy the pleasures of tne right, but popularity with the left." Possible Identification This individual is apparently Bureau Files reflect an yalty o vernment loyees investigation from March 4, 1948, to May 18, 1946, gn bid » be