gratulations and best wishes from someone very happy to have become a naturalized citizen." The maker of the cake, Mr. Anton B. Voss, is due the thanks of the committee, and they are hereby transmitted to him. Inasmuch as Mr. Doyle and I are the only two that remain behind and can't possibly eat the cake, it has been sent to the Children's Hospital with the best regards of the committee members, and we hope the youngsters enjoy it. Is there anything else, Mr. Counsel ? Mr. TAVENNER. No; Í have nothing else at this time, except, Mr. Chairman, as to whether or not we meet on Tuesday of next week. Mr. JACKSON. We will have to decide that later. The hearings next week, with the exception of several witnesses which the committee desires to hear in executive session at this stage of their testimony, will be open to the public, and of course to the working press and press photographers. There will not be television or radio coverage of those hearings which will commence on either April the 6th or on April the 7th, the date not having been definitely decided at this time. I think there is a parting note which sums up the feeling of the committee as far as this work is concerned. I would like to read a very brief statement by a young Czech who escaped from Czchoslovakia and became again a freeman. I think his words are apropos to our situation here today in the United States. He said: The same conditions exist in America today that preceded the downfall of my country. Everybody took it for granted that because we were a freedom-loving people, we could never lose our freedom. We paid no attention to repeated warnings that the Communists were infiltrating into the heart of everything that affected our destiny. The majority of us went on living in our smug little worlds, too busy with business, parties, ski trips and the rest to realize the frightful penalty we were soon to pay for our neglect. One morning our bitter fate came upon us like a shot out of hell. Machine guns lined the streets. The Government, the army, the schools, communications, everything had been taken over by the Communists overnight. Our money isn't worth 2 cents on the dollar now. Will we ever get a second chance? Only a few like myself escaped and our one ambition is to warn you Americans not to make the same mistake. The session is adjourned. (Whereupon, at 12:25 p. m., the hearing was adojurned sine die.) Nichol, Edda (Communist Party name for Edith Macia). 633, 702, 703, 705 703 649 613-623 (testimony) 632, 702, 703 704 633, 669-678 (testimony) 643-655 (testimony) 703 703 703 668-669 (testimony) 701 641 622, 623 641 677, 678 688 710 687 701 641 707 632, 639, 670, 671, 702, 703 711 633 697, 703 697, 703 633, 697, 702, 703 620 697, 703 660 625 689, 690, 704, 705 701 708 620 Page Cheremoya Street School, Hollywood-- Citizens' Committee for Freedom in Education__. Citizens' Inquiry Committee-- Clarence Barker Fellowship_. Cleveland Playhouse__ Columbia Broadcasting System.. Columbia University -- -Committee for Good Schools---. Congress of Industrial Organizations_ Dawson's Book Shop---- Federal Bureau of Investigation____. Federal Communications Commission___ Federal theater project--- Fisk University_ Humanists Hall. Immigration Appeals Board---- International Publishers, New York-- Los Angeles Bar Association. Los Angeles Board of Education__. Los Angeles County School System__. National Broadcasting Co-~--- Peabody College__ Red Cross___ Save Our Schools Committee_. 621 620 619 619, 620, 621 687 644 670 625 644, 646-648 667 683 642 640, 696, 705, 706, 709 697 650, 651, 653, 654 621 641 691 657 685 619 622 622 710 614 703 700, 701 654 634, 635, 688 667 William S. Hart Union High School, Newhall, Calif. Communist Party of the USA, Its History Role and Organization__. History of the Communist Movement of the Soviet Union___. 702 688 707 History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Bolsheviks-- 690, 691, 695 |