"HAIRMAN. The witness is directed to answer the question. witness conferred with his counsel.) OFSY. I would answer that in the following way: I have seen ication many times; and as to any further knowledge of the on, I would decline to answer that question on the grounds y stated. HAIRMAN. Have you contributed anything to the magazine? OFSY. I would decline to answer that question on the grounds y stated. EALE. In the May 1950 issue of Challenge appears an article Peace Can Be Won Only If We Fight for It Now." On the e appears a picture, and under the picture the name of It is apparent that Wofsy was the author of this article. look at this photostatic copy and tell the committee whether picture appearing there is a reasonable likeness of yourself? FSY. I decline to answer that on the same grounds previously ALE. Does not that article appear on that page of Challenge, that I previously mentioned? AIRMAN. Offer in evidence the article. The article is the best Mr. Counsel. otostatic copy of the article appearing in the May 1950 issue ge was made a part of the record.) ALE. According to information in the files of the committee, ational convention of the Labor Youth League was held in City on November 23-26, 1950. A report of that convens the names of those elected to a national council of the 1th League. Among those names appears that of Leon ional chairman. Were you elected to the national council or Youth League in November 1950? SY. The same answer. LE. According to an article in the Daily Worker of July 5, was a meeting held at Park Palace on 110th Street and , by the Committee to Defend Roosevelt Ward, Jr. Among ed speakers were Claudia Jones and Leon Wofsy, national f the Labor Youth League. Are you the Leon Wofsy there? SY. The same answer. E. Did you speak at that meeting? SY. The same answer. LE. The Daily Worker of August 26, 1952, carries an Leon Wofsy's new 15-cent pamphlet entitled, "Youth ts Future," is now available for distribution. Were you -f such a pamphlet? SY. The same answer. E. I show you a photostatic copy of that issue of the er and ask you if you can recognize the picture on there of yourself. Y. The same answer. E. According to an article in the Daily Worker of March s reported that I stated the Labor Youth League's fraternal relations with the rty, as well as the fact that he personally is a Communist. Were you correctly reported in that article? Mr. WOFSY. The same answer. The CHAIRMAN. When was that, Mr. Beale? Mr. BEALE. March 22, 1954. The CHAIRMAN. Do you know anything about a petition which was circulated among teen-agers having to do with peace? Mr. WoFsY. The same answer. The CHAIRMAN. I think, Mr. Beale, that this is of terrific importance. When 50,000 gullible children were prevailed upon by obvi ously Communist leaders to become enmeshed in this international conspiracy, it calls for further investigation. I would like to know who circulated the petition, what means were used to induce these unsuspecting children to sign, how many signed, and who is responsible for the actual circulation. Mr. BEALE. I will have it looked into. The CHAIRMAN. All right. Mr. WoFSY. That was not a question? The CHAIRMAN. I was making a speech for your benefit. Mr. WoFsY. I wish we had the same opportunity. The CHAIRMAN. I know it would make no impression, any more than yours would make on me. Proceed, Mr. Beale. Mr. BEALE. What are the fraternal relations existing between the Labor Youth League and the Communist Party? Mr. WOFSY. The same answer; the same three grounds as previously indicated. Mr. BEALE. The September 1954 issue of Political Affairs is entitled, "Reports and Documents, National Election Conference of the Communist Party, New York City, August 7-8, 1954." This issue carried an article entitled, "For Democratic Youth Unity," by Leon Wofsy, and has a footnote that it was a speech made at the conference. Did you attend the national election conference of the Communist Party held in New York City in August 1954? Mr. WoFSY. The same answer. Mr. BEALE. Did you make that report at the conference? Mr. WoFSY. The same answer. Mr. BEALE. Mr. Wofsy, how long have you been a member of the Communist Party? Mr. WoFSY. The same answer. Mr. BEALE. Are you now a member of the Communist Party? Mr. WOFSY. The same answer. Mr. BEALE. I have no further questions of this witness. The CHAIRMAN. Any questions, Mr. Willis? Mr. WILLIS. No. The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Jackson? Mr. JACKSON. I have no questions, Mr. Chairman, but I certainly hope that the transcript of this witness' testimony will be read by every educator in the country, in order that the Labor Youth League may be adequately evaluated for what it is. Nothing further. Mr. GRUBER. May I address the Chair and ask one question? The CHAIRMAN. Yes. Mr. GRUBER. Are these exhibits mentioned by the examiner to be made a part of the record? The CHAIRMAN. We will determine that. Mr. GRUBER. Except the one that you indicated was to be? The CHAIRMAN. We will determine which of those we will make a part of the record for the purpose of bringing home to decent Americans just what this is. Mr. GRUBER. I just wanted to know which The CHAIRMAN. We are not concerned so much with the witness' testimony as the use of it in connection with information we have. Mr. GRUBER. I was just inquiring whether all of the exhibits that were read from are to be made a part of the record, and you have indicated that the committee will decide which of them. The CHAIRMAN. That is right. Mr. GRUBER. Thank you. Mr. Worsy. If I may say so, this is so obviously unfair that I don't believe it will make much of an impression on young peopleThe CHAIRMAN. It won't on some people. Mr. WoFSY. Who know that they can hear everything the Labor Youth League has to say and judge it for themselves, if they go to the Labor Youth League office, I would imagine. (Whereupon the witness was excused.) The CHAIRMAN. Call another witness. Mr. BEALE. Joseph Bucholt. The CHAIRMAN. Will you hold up your right hand? Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Mr. BUCHOLT. I do. TESTIMONY OF JOSEPH BUCHOLT, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS Mr. BEALE. Will you state your name for the record, please? Mr. BEALE. Are you represented by counsel? Mr. BUCHOLT. I am. Mr. BEALE. May the record show that the same counsel is representing Mr. Bucholt as represented the preceding witness? The CHAIRMAN. Yes. Mr. BEALE. When and where were you born? Mr. BUCHOLT. I was born in the Bronx, N. Y., on April 25, 1920. Mr. BEALE. Where do you now reside? Mr. BUCHOLT. I now reside in the Bronx, N. Y., at 109 West Burnside Avenue. Mr. BEALE. What has been your educational training? Mr. BUCHOLT. I went to several public schools in Bronx and Manhattan. I was graduated from Tilden High School in Brooklyn. Mr. BEALE. What year? Mr. BUCHOLT. In 1936. Mr. BEALE. Did that complete your formal education? Mr. BUCHOLT. I had about half a year in engineering school at City College, New York. Mr. BEALE. What has been your record of employment? Mr. BUCHOLT. Upon graduating from high school, for several years I had a job in a hardware establishment and in two real estate offices. I spent 31⁄2 years in the United States Army; and in relation to my 61438-55- -3 employment after that, I decline to answer on the basis of my rights under the first and fifth amendments to the United States Constitution. Mr. BEALE. I don't want to mispronounce your name. How did you pronounce it? Mr. BUCHOLT. Bucholt. Mr. BEALE. One "h" or two? Mr. BUCHOLT. One. Mr. BEALE. Did you ever hear of a publication called the Weekly Review? (The witness conferred with his counsel.) Mr. BUCHOLT. I decline to answer that question on the basis of my rights guaranteed under the first and fifth amendments. Mr. BEALE. Mr. Chairman, there has been no identification of the publication so far. The CHAIRMAN. He probably knows all about it. That is why he has invoked the Constitution. Mr. BEALE. Undoubtedly he does. The CHAIRMAN. That is why. Mr. BEALE. Wasn't the Weekly Review the publication of the Young Communist League? Mr. BUCHOLT. I decline to answer on the same constitutional grounds. Mr. BEALE. Let me call your attention to an item appearing in the January 27, 1942, issue of the Weekly Review: As Comrade Max Weiss, national chairman of the Weekly Review circulation drive, has said, it requires the entire energy of our league members to overcome this weakness, and increase the Review circulation. There is no single question before our YCL that comes before this task, and if our members realize this fundamental truth then we will achieve any and all tasks before us. Therefore we, the section organizers of the New York State YCL, assume personal responsibility for organizing and leading the Review circulation drive from February 1 to May 1 to gain a stable circulation of 18,000 weekly in New York State. Going then to the March 31, 1942, issue of the Weekly Review, concerning this drive, there appears the following article: BRONX VERSUS BROOKLYN From our corner of Brooklyn-Brownsville, East New York, and the 18th Assembly District-we're taking this opportunity of making public our challenge to three brother sections from the Bronx-East Bronx, West Bronx, and North Bronx. Skipping further down it discloses this article, it is signed by Ruth Osherow, Herb Malibow, and Joe Bucholt, 18th A. D.-S. O. Are you the Joe Bucholt mentioned in that article? Mr. BUCHOLT. My answer is the same as previously stated. Mr. BEALE. That is, you decline under the privilege of the fifth amendment? Mr. BUCHOLT. On the basis of my privileges under the first and the fifth amendments. Mr. BEALE. The Daily Worker of April 9, 1946, contains an article calling attention to special meetings of 300 Communist Party clubs in New York in which the people are urged to hear the outstanding leaders of the Communist Party speak on the subject, The Struggle for Peace and the Building of the Communist Party. Scheduled among the speakers for Bronx County appear Robert Thompson, Alexander Trachtenberg, Joe Bucholt, and others. Are you the Joe Bucholt mentioned in that article? UCHOLT. My answer is the same. EALE. Were you on April 9, 1946, a member of the Communist UCHOLT. My answer is the same. EALE. Did you speak at any of these Communist Party during that week? UCHOLT. My answer is the same. EALE. According to the information in the files of the comhe American Youth for Democracy held its second annual on in New York City, June 13-16, 1946, and in the report oceedings of that convention, one Joe Bucholt was a member ew York State National Council of the AYD. Are you the olt mentioned? CHOLT. My answer is the same. CALE. Were you at any time a member of the American - Democracy? CHOLT. My answer is the same. ALE. According to the Daily Worker of September 20, 1948, of the Federal Building at Foley Square, New York City, gin the next day, the purpose being to demand the dismissal ctments against the 12 Communist Party leaders. This was auspices of the New York State division of the Civil Rights ng to the article, those scheduled to lead the pickets were, ers, Joseph Bucholt, executive secretary, New York State Youth for Democracy. Are you the Joseph Bucholt menhe article? CHOLT. I decline to answer that on the basis of my rights first and fifth amendments. ALE. Did you participate in the picketing of the Federal HOLT. My answer is the same. LE. The Daily Worker of March 31, 1949, carries a news effect that Joseph Bucholt, assistant New York State youth the Communist Party, told United States District Judge dina's law assistant yesterday, young men and women in unist Party charge the judge is unjustly permitting the Ets program to be placed on trial and condemned without the jury to hear testimony of the main defense witness, Foster. Are you the Joseph Bucholt mentioned in that HOLT. My answer is the same. E. The Daily Worker of July 15, 1949, carries a picture t the Reunion Dance of Former YCL'ers." Under the ears the following: holt and Julian Lowitt, leaders of the organizing conference for h League, sell honorary memberships in the league to four Comleaders at a reunion dance of former Young Communist League Joseph Bucholt mentioned in that article? OLT. I decline to answer that on the basis of my rights rst and fifth amendments of the United States Constitu E. Were you a member of the organizing conference for a 1 League? |