42. Committee for the Election of McManus. 43. Committee for Pan American Democracy. 44. Communist Party. 45. Communist Party. 46. Communist Party. 47. Communist Party. 48. Consumers Union. 49. Council for Peace and Civil Liberties. 50. Dance Congress and Festival. 51. Defense Committee for Civil Rights for Communists. 52. East Side Committee of American-Soviet Friendship. 53. Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. 54. Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. 55. Friends of the Garibaldi Brigade. 56. German-American Emergency Conference, Inc. 57. Harlem Employment Committee. 58. In Defense of the Bill of Rights. 61. International Women's Day. 62. International Youth Commission. 65. Jewish Peoples Committee. 66. Jewish Peoples Committee. 67. Joint Peace Conference of Philadelphia, 68. Labor Audit Bureau. 69. Lawyers Committee to Keep the United States Out of War. 70. Lawyers Security League. 71. Lower West Side Committee of Russian War Relief. 72. Maryland Association for Democratic Rights. 73. Massachusetts Council of American-Soviet Friendship. 74. Minnesota Defense Committee for Civil Rights for Communists. 75. Morning Freiheit Association. 76. Motion Picture Artists Committee. 77. Musicians Committeee to Aid Spanish Democracy. 78. National Council of Negro Youth. 79. National Mooney Council of Action. 80. National Negro Congress. 81. New Dance Group Studio. 82. New Theater Group. 83. New York Jewish Peoples Committee. 84. New York State Conference of Negro Youth. 85. Prisoners Relief Fund. 86. R. Saltzman Jubilee Committee. 87. Saturday Forum Luncheon Group. 88. Sculptors Guild. 89. Sunnyside Discussion Group. 90. Supporters of Anti-Nazi Seamen. 91. Tallentire Jubilee Committee. 92. Teachers Non-Partisan Committee for the Election of Isidore Begun. 93. Teachers Union Arts Committee. 94. Tom Mooney Assistance Committee. 95. Twentieth Anniversary Committee, Daily Worker, and The Worker. 96. United Lubliner Relief (bearing union label 209). Rt. Honorable Lord Marley George Gordon Battle, Acting President Max Levin, Chairman, Board of Direc- J. M. Budish, Chairman, Administrative EXHIBIT No. 19. PROTEST BRUTAL NAZI PERSECUTIONS MASS RALLY AT MASTERS INSTITUTE, 103 ST. AND RIVERSIDE DRIVE, SPEAKERS Dr. Howard D. McGrath, Minister, Grace Methodist Church Prof. Joseph Campbell, Fordham University Rabbi Joseph Zeitlin, Temple Ansche Chesed Eugene P. Connelly, Transport Workers Union Samuel M. Blinken, Chairman, A. L. P. 11th A. D. SPONSORS Paul J. Kern, President, Civil Service Prof. Bernhard J. Stern, Columbia Commission Dorothy Kenyon James Waterman Wise, Editor of Charles Belous, City Councilman "OPINION" Michael J. Quill, City Councilman University Prof. Reinhold Neibuhr, Union Theological Seminary Rabbi Israel Goldstein Barnaby O'Leary, Transport Workers Auspices: AMERICAN LABOR PARTY 11TH A. D., 2824 Broadway (110 St.) EXHIBIT No. 20 AMERICAN LAW STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION Woolworth Building, Room 530; New York, New York [Excerpts from Hearings of Special Committee on Un-American Activities, pp. 7036–7041] INVESTIGATION OF UN-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED STATES HEARINGS BEFORE A SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION, ON H. RES. 282, TO INVESTIGATE (1) THE EXTENT, CHARACTER, AND OBJECTS OF UN-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, (2) THE DIFFUSION WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OF SUBVERSIVE AND UN-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA THAT IS INSTIGATED FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES OR OF A DOMESTIC ORIGIN AND ATTACKS THE PRINCIPLE OF THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT AS GUARANTEED BY OUR CONSTITUTION, AND (3) ALL OTHER QUESTIONS IN RELATION THERETO THAT WOULD AID CONGRESS IN ANY NECESSARY REMEDIAL LEGISLATION Volume 11 OCTOBER 28, 30, 31, NOVEMBER 1, 2, 3, 27, 29, AND 30, AND DECEMBER 1, 2, AND 3, 1939, AT WASHINGTON, D. c. Printed for the use of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities STATEMENT OF WILLIAM W. HINCKLEY, FORMER EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE AMERICAN YOUTH CONGRESS (The witness was duly sworn.) Mr. HINCKLEY. I would like to ask, Mr. Chairman, if I could have the assistance of Mr. McMichael and Mr. Cadden. Mr. STARNES. If you will identify them for the record. Mr. HINCKLEY. I was formerly chairman of the American Youth Congress, until July of this year. Mr. McMichael is chairman of the American Youth Congress at present, and Mr. Cadden is executive secretary of the American Youth Congress and has been executive secretary for the past 2 years. Mr. STARNES. Later on they can furnish the reporter with their full names. Proceed with the examination. Mr. WHITLEY. Mr. Hinckley, will you state your full name for the record? Mr. HINCKLEY. William W. Hinckley. Mr. WHITLEY. What is your present address? Mr. HINCKLEY. 548 Riverside Drive, New York City. Mr. WHITLEY. Where were you born? Mr. HINCKLEY. Winton, S. Dak. Mr. WHITLEY. When were you born? Mr. HINCKLEY. March 20, 1910. Mr. WHITLEY. What is your present occupation? Mr. HINCKLEY. I am at present doing some research in preparation for a book about youth. Mr. WHITLEY. How long have you been active in the field of youth work? Mr. HINCKLEY. I was executive secretary of the American Youth Congress for a few months late in the year 1936, and elected its chairman in January of 1936. The executive-secretary year was 1935. Mr. WHITLEY. Have you held any other executive positions with the American Youth Congress? Mr. HINCKLEY. None. Mr. WHITLEY. In other words, you were the executive secretary for the year 1936? Mr. HINCKLEY. For a few months, yes; from July 1935 to January 1936. From January 1936 I was chairman. Mr. WHITLEY. For that one year? Mr. HINCKLEY. No; continuing up until July of this year. Mr. WHITLEY. In other words, from July 1936 until July 1939 you were chairman of the American Youth Congress? Mr. HINCKLEY. January 1936 to July 1939. Mr. WHITLEY. Mr. Hinckley, will you describe for the committee when the American Youth Congress was organized, the date, and the individuals or organizations or groups that took part in its organization? Mr. HINCKLEY. That was before my connection with the Youth Congress. From information which I received from Miss Viola Ilma, who was the original organizer of the first American Youth Congress, held in 1934 at New York University, I understand that a group of her friends were primarily concerned with the calling together of a representative gathering of young people from as many organizations of young people as they could reach. New York University was the birthplace of the American Youth Congress. Mr. WHITLEY. And that first meeting, or the organization meeting, took place at New York University? Mr. HINCKLEY. Yes. Mr. WHITLEY. In 1934? Mr. HINCKLEY. Yes; in 1934. Mr. WHITLEY. And your first connection with the organization, you say, was in 1935, and then continuing from 1936 you were chairman? Mr. HINCKLEY. Yes. Mr. WHITLEY. Did you know what individuals or groups participated in the organization meeting of the American Youth Congress? Mr. HINCKLEY. I have those records and I could refer to them. If I had been given a little bit more notice of my opportunity to appear hear and answer some of the criticisms that have been made of the American Youth Congress before the committee. I would have had them here. I am sorry I haven't those documents with me. Mr. WHITTLEY. You don't have the record showing what organizations or groups participated? Mr. HINCKLEY. In the first congress. I haven't them. Mr. STARNES. Can you supply that for the record? Mr. HINCKLEY. I can. Mr. STARNES. If you can, we would be happy to include them with your statement. Go ahead. Mr. WHITLEY. Will you describe to the committee, in general at least, the nature or type of groups that participated in this organization meeting? Mr. HINCKLEY. Miss Viola Ilma and her group invited representatives from national youth organizations that reached all the way from the Boy Scouts to the Young Communist League. She invited every youth organization that could possibly be reached. I don't have the list with me. I am sorry. Mr. WHITLEY. But you will supply a list of the participating groups for the record later? Mr. HINCKLEY. I shall be glad to. Mr. WHITLEY. Do you know who the officers of the organization Mr. STARNES (interposing). I understand you have been ill, but could you speak just a bit louder? Mr. HINCKLEY. Yes; I will be glad to. Mr. WHITLEY. Do you know who the officers were who were elected at the convention, Mr. Hinckley? Mr. HINCKLEY. I am sorry, I don't know all of them. I know Mr. Waldo MacNutt was elected the chairman to continue. Mr. WHITLEY. Do you recall any of the others? Mr. HINCKLEY. Miss Elizabeth Scott was the secretary. Mr. WHITLEY. What organization did Mr. Waldo McNutt represent? Mr. HINCKLEY. He represented the Y. M. C. A. of the Rocky Mountain region; the student Y. M. C. A., Rocky Mountain region. Mr. WHITLEY. Do you know what organization or group Miss Elizabeth Scott represented? Mr. HINCKLEY. St. James Presbyterian Church, New York. Mr. WHITLEY. Again we realize you don't have the record with you, but do you know approximately how many groups participated in the organization meeting? Mr. HINCKLEY. Approximately 70. Mr. WHITLEY. Seventy. Mr. HINCKLEY. Yes. Mr. WHITLEY. Existing youth organizations which got together at that meeting Mr. HINCKLEY. New York University meeting. Mr. WHITLEY. To set up a congress. Mr. HINCKLEY. Yes. Mr. WHITLEY. Mr. Hinckley, does the American Youth Congress have an executive or national committee or controlling body? Mr. HINCKLEY. It does. It has a cabinet. I shall be very glad to provide you with the names of the officers of the American Youth Congress. Mr. WHITLEY. You mean the present officers? Mr. HINCKLEY. Yes. Mr. WHITLEY. If you will read those into the record. Mr. HINCKLEY. Yes. Mr. WHITLEY. The present officers and, of course, the cabinet. Mr. HINCKLEY. Mr. Jack McMichael, who sits at my right, is chairman, and he represents the National Intercollegiate Christian Council, which is the combined agency of the student Y. M. C. A. and student Y. W. C. A. in the country. Mr. J. Carrel Morris, who is chairman of the Christian Youth Council of North America, is a vice chairman. Mr. James B. Carey, president, United Electric, Radio and Machine Workers of America, is a vice chairman. Miss Mary Jeanne McKay, National Student Federation of America, is a vice chairman. Miss Louise Meyerovitz, an officer of Young Judea, is a vice chairman. |