make some inquiry as to what the organization was and its purpose. Ambassador JESSUP. I would like to point out again, Senator, that here was a man, an eminent attorney in New York, attorney for one of the big banks, a fellow trustee with Senator Smith and myself in an organization of which Gen. Frank R. McCoy was the head, who later became chairman of the board of that organization. He tells me, “Here is an organization that I am interested in. We are getting up a dinner to discuss this." It is quite likely, or at least it is the customary practice in those cases, to say, "Here are some other people. We are asking them to get up a list of sponsors for this dinner." It seems to me, Senator, that it was quite natural that in view of those circumstances, and whatever other knowledge he may have supplied me or may have been in my general knowledge about the organization in 1944 and 1946, I would have said, "Yes," as I did again in 1946, when they were going to present this award for President Roosevelt. OFFICER OF THE AMERICAN-RUSSIAN INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK Senator SMITH of New Jersey. Let me just ask this question. I don't see William Lancaster's name on this list. Was he on the 1946 list? Ambassador JESSUP. Wasn't he shown on the board of directors on that photostat? Senator SMITH of New Jersey. Senator Sparkman calls my attention to the fact that his name is on the board of directors of the institute. Ambassador JESSUP. He being a director, sir, I suppose his name was not repeated among the sponsors of the dinner. Senator SMITH of New Jersey. That answer my question. I did not see it on the list furnished by Senator McCarthy, and therefore I was not clear on it.. Senator SPARKMAN. All of us have not seen these copies. I have. But let me see if this is right, now. Mr. Lancaster was an officer in the American-Russian Institute of New York? Ambassador JESSUP. That is correct, sir. SPONSOR OF DINNER BUT NOT A MEMBER Senator SPARKMAN. You were not an officer at any time? Senator SPARKMAN. And you were never a member? Ambassador JESSUP. Correct, sir. Senator SPARKMAN. Your sole connection was to consent to use your name as one of the sponsors of a dinner upon a request by Mr. Lancaster, who was an official? Ambassador JESSUP. That is right, sir. Senator SPARKMAN. That was true both in 1944 and in 1946? Ambassador JESSUP. That is correct, sir. Senator SPARKMAN. Did you attend the dinner in 1944? Ambassador JESSUP. I did not. Senator SPARKMAN. Was that the dinner in which Mr. William McChesney Martin, present Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, was the speaker? Ambassador JESSUP. That is correct. Senator SPARKMAN. And then in 1948 you were requested again, but you declined? Ambassador JESSUP. That is correct, sir. Senator SPARK MAN. And the same thing is true in 1949? Senator SPARKMAN. Was it true in 1950, likewise? Ambassador JESSUP. I have no record of being asked again. In 1948 and 1949 I was invited. At that time I had heard that there was some question about the citation, whether it was the California report at that time, or not, I do not remember. But I had heard that there was some question about this organization and I felt that I did not wish to lend my name or to attend a dinner by the organization at that time. Senator SPARKMAN. That was the first time that you had heard that there was an question as to the loyalty of the organization? Ambassador JESSUP. That is my recollection, yes, sir. Senator SPARKMAN. That was in connection with the 1948 and 1949 invitation? Senator FULBRIGHT. I did not think it was clear, Mr. Jessup, what you thought the purpose of this organization or the dinner was. Was it to promote, as you said, more friendly relations with Russia? Ambassador JESSUP. I find here, sir, in the photostat which Senator McCarthy submitted: The American-Russian Institute cordially invites you to attend a dinner dedicated to American-Soviet postwar relations. That was, I believe, the 1944 dinner. The 1946 dinner was a dinner for the purpose of conferring an award, a posthumous award, on Franklin Delano Roosevelt. SENATE RESOLUTION AFFIRMING FRIENDSHIP FOR RUSSIAN PEOPLE Senator FULBRIGHT. I was wondering if you felt the significance of that was somewhat similar to the resolution which I believe was passed unanimously by the Senate recently, affirming a friendship for the American people with the Russian people. There still is a feeling among some circles, I would say, that is evidenced even in the Senate, that it would be beneficial to this country to have more friendly relations with the Russian people. It made a distinction, I think, between the people and the Kremlin organization. Was that, do you think, in the minds of the sponsors of this dinner? Ambassador JESSUP. I think that very clearly would be a comparable situation, Senator. Senator FULBRIGHT. One other question: Is it clear that the second citation on page 4 of Senator McCarthy's exhibits refers to the American-Russian Institute of New York, or which one? I notice the title up there is the American-Russian Institute for Cultural Relations with the Soviet Union, without any notation regarding the city. CITATION OF MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE OF UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES Ambassador JESSUP. I frankly haven't any information on the California citation there, or the Massachusetts one. I do not know which organization they had in mind. Senator FULBRIGHT. You do not know? Ambassador JESSUP. I do not know. Senator FULBRIGHT. I think the record should show that, if it can be ascertained. Senator SPARKMAN. I believe I have it here. This is the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, House No. 2100. I won't read all of it; we will put it in the record. This is 1938: In Cambridge the Holyoke Book Shop at 19 Dunster Street, formerly at 61⁄2 Holpoke Street, is registered in the name of Margo T. Clark, living at Kendal Green. Incidentally, Kendal Green at one time was the official headquarters for the "American-Russian Institute for Cultural Relations with the Soviet Union," a Communist organization support by "intellectuals." That is all there is about it. Senator FULBRIGHT. Was there one in Boston, do you know? Senator SPARKMAN. This gives the address as Kendal Green, 612 Holyoke Street, in Cambridge, so apparently it is an entirely different organization. Senator GILLETTE. What were you reading from? Senator SPARKMAN. I am reading from an official document of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which is the citation referred to in Senator McCarthy's statement. Apparently it is another organization. WERE THERE TWO AMERICAN-RUSSIAN INSTITUTES I think we certainly can draw that inference from it, because it locates it in Cambridge, rather than in New York, and the name is "American-Russian Institute for Cultural Relations with the Soviet Union." Senator BREWSTER. It appears, I think, that that was also known as the American-Russian Institute. The same name was apparently used. Senator SPARKMAN. Attorney General Clark pointed that out in his letter. He was taken in by the similarity of the names when he issued his original citation and then he corrected himself a few days later by showing that there were many institutes, American-Russian Institute, and that qualifying word should be placed on them, and apparently that is how Senator McCarthy got this one erroneously in his list. Senator BREWSTER. I do not understand that we have any adequate evidence as to whether this was or was not the same agency as operated in New York. Senator SPARKMAN. Nothing more than the fact that the Attorney General, Mr. Clark, separated them according to location. This one is the American Institute, or the American-Russian Institute, according to the name given to us, whereas this the American-Russian Institute for Cultural Relations with the Soviet Union, located in Cambridge at 62 Holyoke Street. 89965-51-13 At any rate, regardless of what inference anyone may draw, I think that this would be pertinent to the record, and I offer it at this time. (The document referred to appears as follows:) House No. 2100 THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE THE ACTIVITIES WITHIN THIS COMMON WEATH OF COMMUNISTIC, FASCIST, NAZI, AND OTHER SUBVERSIVE ORGANIZATION, SO-CALLED UNDER CHAPTER 32, RESOLVES OF 1937 Revised edition printed under chapter 87 of the resolves of 1938, p. 279 Boston-Wright & Potter Printing Co., legislative printers, 32 Derne Street, 1938 In Cambridge the Holyoke Book Shop at 19 Dunster Street, formerly at 61⁄2 Holyoke Street, is registered in the name of Margo Clark, living at Kendal Green. Incidentally, Kendal Green at one time was the official headquarters for the "American Russian Institute* for Cultural Relations With the Soviet Union," a Communist organization supported by "intellectuals." The Holyoke Book Shop is strategically located to supply students with Marxist publications. It is also a central controlling point for Communist activity in and around Cambridge, and is a recruiting center for the Young Communist League, both in the college and in the secondary public schools of Cambridge. This was a distributing point from which mimeographed and printed publications were circulated through Cambridge public schools in the winter months of 1937 and 1938. The same address, 19 Dunster Street, Cambridge, is given as headquarters for the New England Labor Research Association and for the magazine Science and Society a Marxian Quarterly, each of which publication is herinafter further mentioned. Newspapers.-The daily and weekly press of the Communist Party achieves a large circulation in the Commonwealth. The chief news organ is the Daily Worker which also publishes a Sunday edition. We have no reliable figures as to its circulation in the Commonwealth, but, considering the testimony before us that the Freiheit, published in a foreign language and reaching only one section of our Communist population, has a daily circulation in Massachusetts of 2,900, there can be no doubt that the daily circulation of the Daily Worker is greatly in excess of that figure. Earl Browder, head of the Communist Party, U. S. A., was asked to produce a list of the Party's foreign language newspapers. The requested list was forwarded to Frankfeld in the form of a letter from "OrgEducation Commission of the Central Committee" of the Communist Party of the United States of America. * * * LOCATION OF ORGANIZATIONS Senator FULBRIGHT. I think it is important, because this citation on the bottom of page 4 obviously is intended to lead this committee to believe that this is the same institute that held a dinner in New York. If it is not, I think it is deliberately misleading. This is presented here as evidence that this one was cited, not one in Boston which is in no way concerned at all in this hearing, and I think it should be ascertained. If it is, it is a proper citation. If it is not, it is a highly improper one, and I think deliberately misleading. Senator BREWSTER. I agree with the Senator from Arkansas completely, and perhaps that can be verified before the hearing concludes. Senator FULBRIGHT. I think it should be. Senator SPARKMAN. Before we move from this point, I think we should check the California citation at the same time. I have it here. Senator GILLETTE. I have one more question I want to ask in connection with this very point that we have been discussing. There is some confusion in the record, and I think in fairness to Dr. Jessup and to us it should be cleared up. At least there is confusion in my mind. There were two dinners. One was the dinner to which our attention was called by Senator McCarthy. The other is the photostat that you have presented to us, Dr. Jessup. One was in 1944. The photostat that you presented to us was the Franklin D. Roosevelt dinner in 1946. On that invitation the name of your friend Mr. Lancaster appears as a member of the board of directors. His name does not appear on the invitation or the photostat that has been presented to the committee relative to the 1944 dinner. Do you know whether or not he was a member of the board of directors at that time? Senator SPARKMAN. It is on both. Ambassador JESSUP. If I may say, Senator, in the photostat I submitted, the second page begins with a statement from Eric Johnston and lists the board of directors, and has the name "Lancaster" included. Senator GILLETTE. Dr. Jessup, let me ask you this. My fellow Senators here have called my attention to the fact that the photostat you presented to us did in fact cover both the 1944 and 1946 dinners. Ambassador JESSUP. That is right. Senator GILLETTE. The photostat presented to us by Senator McCarthy did not include the board of directors. Ambassador JESSUP. That is correct. WHERE WAS THE PHOTOSTAT COPY FOUND Senator GILLETTE. Which was the one I was looking at. Now I want to ask you, where did you get that photostat copy of your 1944 dinner invitation? Ambassador JESSUP. The 1944 cover sheet is the same as Senator McCarthy's. I think the additional sheets which are not included now may have been in one of his previous photostatic exhibits. Senator GILLETTE. Who took this photostatic picture, and when? Ambassador JESSUP. I will have to vertify that, Senator. I have been trying to get together various material for presentation to this committee, and I have searched my files and had other people search them to see what they could find. Whether this particular one was found in my files and photostated, or whether we tried to get it from someone else and did get it from somebody else I do not know. I will ascertain that, if you would like to know. Senator GILLETTE. You do not know whether you kept the invitation for 5 years in your files to this particular dinner? Ambassador JESSUP. I do not happen to recall; no sir. I can find out and let you know if you wish, sir. Senator BREWSTER. Would you be sure that you did not secure a photostat from the offices of the society? Ambassador JESSUP. To the best of my knowledge I did not, but I can ascertain that, Senator, and put it in the record later, and report to you, if I may. |