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LaFollott Civil Libortios Committeo had compilod a list of detoc- tivo agencics which had dono strike-breaklng work and tho name of the dotoctivo agoncy for yhich HAThArAy allcgedly workod appoarod on this list. By infiltrating tho Lafollott Civil Libortios Con-. mittoo, tho Communist Party had boon ablo to compilo a list of tho eoaagod gopds oq o pogoddns oao oy oodood oog oo souou dotoctivos, striko broakors,ctc. Rowovor, HATnAyAy's nano did not appoar on this list and nothing over rosultod from tho invosti-- gationconductod by LEON J03EPHS0N in 1939-1940. DENNI3 thon statod that in 1943, HATHAWAy abocondod with somo monoy and.ran off to Arizonn wlth somo woman. It was at that tino that HATHAWAy was oxpoliod from tho Conmunist Party. DENNIS said that tho.Party londorship was of tho,opinion at,thnt time that thore was somothing wrong with.HAThArAy and.that porhapa thore should havo bcon a follow-through on tho old chargos against him. GUs nALL askod, Why doos tho Cpsu ralgo this problem. now? They havo givon us a, "hot, potato" and we cannot 1gnoro it. Ho thcn ashed, Didn't wo publicizo HAThAnAy's name whon ho was takon back into tho, Communist Party s fow yoars ago? Denis said thnt thoro had boen no publicity whon HATHAwAy's momborship wa3 roinstatod. Thus, whon ho was nimod to tho National Coamlttoe of thc CpusA tho cpsu must.havo chockcd its rocordg on him. HALl and DenIs agrood that thoy will havo to try to kcop HATnAnAy from gaining memborship on -tho NationalExecutivo Committoe' HALL snid that ho will havo to talk to HATHAyAy. Ho may.toll HArnAnAy thnt somo forty peoplo havo complainod that HATHAWAY may bo a spy for tho-FBI. If only a couplo of poople had made this allogatlon, thon.it night bo ignorcd.. But some forty poople cannot bo ignorod. Both HALL and DeNNis agrcod that wh1ie thoy will havo to put a stop to HATHAyAy's clinb to tho loadorship of tho Party, thoy yili havo to lay tho ground work for a chango-over in tho loadorship .of' tho Now York District. Moanwhilo, an offort wili bo mado to rostrain HAThAwAy. At about this.point in tho discussion, DEnNis exclaimod, "I am sick" CHILDS stated ho ronerborod that IRvING HERMAN hnd quostionod thc solcction of CLARENCE HATHAHAY as a mombor of the National Committoo and as Chairman of tho New York District in viow of the circumstancos surrounding the expulsion ot HATHAyAY from tho Party. ChILDs.said.he had montioned HenuAn's commonts to PHIL-BART. HALL stated, I know this, BART told mO. It wag