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CLARENck nATnAwAy was being considered Tor ths Nationai Executive Committee! HALL said that it,may be necessary to change the invitations to this neeting of the Secretariat. or to postpone a discusslon of the solections for the National Executivo, Committee.. HALl thon stated that in a recent convorsation with ELIZABETH GURLEY FLYNN, sho said that recently the wife ofARNOLD JOHNSON said to.her: You have named CLARENCE HATHAWAy as the leader Of- the New, York District.. Do you know that he was. once. accused Of being an agent of' the FBi? FLynn said that she told Mrs. Jomnson notto say this toanyone else or she would accuse: her of spreading rumors about HAThAWAy. HALl, said. that after his conversation with FLyn, he attended an anniversary party for CLAReNCE HATHAwAy. At this party, HATHAWAy toole a drink, supposodly for.tho first time in sixteen years. HALL, said that in the prosence of HATHAyAy's wife, VeRA, he told CLARence that the other day someone had said that HATAHNAy isan.agent of the FBI.. HALL.said he now recalis that neither CLARENCE nor VERA HATHAWAy reacted in any mannor to this statoment. That is, that neither hecame indignant nor laughed it. Of as a. joke: In writing, DENNIs said, te are in a hell of a fix. He. have to use a cloayer, but we cannot use it now. Should wo chop Off his hoad now, and lose tho Now York District? It looks.like the. Loft has not giyen up on the New York District.* HALL agreed. with tho last statemont by DENNIs. HALl sald that despite the fact that DAvis was persuaded not to fight to ba reolected Chair- man of the New York District,. the other day DAvis walked into the National Office and announcod that heis now the Chairman of the Harlen Section of the Now York District. HALl. asked,.Can you. imagine, DAvrs going down to a. Section to be. elected Chairman? DENnis then stated that he now recalled that. in about 1939 or 1940.LE0N. J0sEpHsON was assigned to conduct an 1nyestiga tion of CLARENCE HATHAWAy. At 'that time, the charges against HAThAnAy were 'drunkenness, carousing with women; and a story that in 1919-1920 HATHAWAy was a private detective. That is, in 1919-. 1920, HAThAwAy hnd worked for a detective agency and during this period most detcctive agencios did strike breaking investigations. DENnis said that during this investigation, someone. had talked to. HATHAWAy's first wife, and she vorified that HATHAWAy had yorked. Tor a detoctive agency and she gave the nams of tho agoncy. An effort was,made to verify the information wlth the detective agency, but by this time it had gono out of existence. However., the.