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-If ;:;_;:.DATE; +. J-/_L5:_05, A ATTENTION "'',J--..,_,_:_--=-» -92--'.. - F; --T=-V--i -.-~._=,---_-_;=-"J-4-'-1--W-_-s-.; _- __-7 , - ~- .__ *7 _;._,_,=,_,,__,____ ._. -/3 w Fo_|:m3. - _No. .':.92_92 F-I -. ._D-I W "92 FD-ZDZ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVEST1 "-AT-ION K fsactnsszaiar or 5 THISCASE ORIGINATEDAT -am FRANCISCOCALIFORNIAC J A%L¬%;"""'C;-C? /T /.15J ' I-ET-PORTIIMADEAT . DATE WHEN MADE PERIOD FIOR REPORT MADE BY -- I 92 " WHICH MQDE hm gA}~J"_FRANCISC0,ouzoc aue 271952 /L;-7,l§/52j | 1'|'r|.: connotes or can bJ 5_:{ESSICAmw meLUCY Jessica _§eman- ' WI gomillv,Mitford, Jessica Mrs.Robert uc _omil1y E'ZiTreuhaf't Ivirjs.__.EsDeco?-Treuhaft on_d"" mmRITE SECURITY _ -~ G I , i. I i _ J55§.r<.d;_¬?9Y.i'Z3;?i5f..*T5-5l'924»MA_RY.5}?--' SEAREVERSEFORH i SIDE REP<>R1"' a....;.»..a. J11/11>:-*-~'-*~ , zdz,,,,, , AM ~ea»~»i»»- . lea /m,/ 7 " " , "" "" §3QqEllT=_I.§'Q3_1@1IQHA: WT " '-- 068/ _ PF, TB.EUt1iLFjT resides"at T30 59th 5t., Qakland, andis employedas Director, QEast BayChapter, CRC,700 21st 3t., Qakland,Calif. A nativeof England, QQTREUHAFTthe joined CPin January 191:1; SanatFrancisco, Calif. immediately . xafter receiving United States citizenship through naturalization. In 'l9l16-1:7was she employ'ed_as Financial Director, CP, SanFrancisco County and; in19146 wasPresident ofthe TwinPeaks Club, CP, San FranciscoCounty. 92.f She has also beenia paid official of such CPfront organizations as the _ "v- California Labor School, and the Joint Anti II g Fascist Refu ee Committee, In 92_ '''>92%.9h7he <3 16th A D transferred Club, : CP of AlamedaCPCounty, membershipwherefromshe held Francisco herTREUHAFT the positionSan of J Countyto Educational Director in19h8. 5heremained activein CP affairs asa mem _ berof variousCP clubsin Alameda County until 1950, when shedropped it,,3 n -1.; mostoi herCP activitiesto accept a full--time positionas Executive I ii;/,5 '5, Secretaryattended oiWest theEast the Bay -Oakland SectionChapter, CRO.However, Convention, CP, Decemberin Alameda County, 1950, shein92 in and $9 L09/51%,~ #1-_January _' 1951 attended both.sessions ofthe CPRegional Conventionsfor 2 11" .5; :3 EAlameda Contraand CostaCounties, whereshe gavea report to the CP q'_g!§~"' 2-._~; - delegates concerningactivities theof CBC.In herpresent positionas 6} * Director, East Bay Chapter, CRO, shehas been reported in attendance at ' numerous ExecutiveBoard and Chapter meetings of that organization. In " "19li6 TREUHAFTis reported to have stated that "The ultimate goal of the I I ;__"form ofParty will be government." the overthrow ofhas monopoly TBEUHAFT appeared capita'Li'smasa speaker theat various democratic and C _ . rag ix/" A ' '1!'e1'etadCopySent"'. E. ___ |-gag M on];i "i_]I,;,1',; 1c,13o'.-.;%-2Lu: :15 ______tter T. erFOIPAReque§~§ Datedta I "o_1.-*;-.;~1~. ass"__ 77 7 K V s- - V E V E-- - 7 V ._ , e i =5-V -V Q . :;g92e:§gED':D cu; n: ~ no NOT wR|'|'Em "rues:spaces ... , . .- __ ' _ - _ , K ii comesor nusanon? "hm; i 1* Ci E" M20 1 3|..-K it ghai - '- may N 2 -, - i _5 ' - Q-» -92 i B.-veal' ??-2?T03! REG-!in I- £ '~4 .i ,~ ~"~""*"4@i rs» 11" I 1I -.5.- I . *. , h - San Francisco 00-211160!~*~** - "-a.._, 7'_ ?'~< ~ .9 _ _ _ , . 'r__.,,§"; v '7 . . M. -. .6. -.! . PROPERTYx OFFBI» Thisconfidential agencyreportand itscontents to arewhich loanedIoaned. toyou by_the FBI'and arenot tobe distributedoatside' ll// of 1 -92! 6 *6 K '92

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A; B11?.THDATA B. CITIZENSHIP DATA c. EDUCATION D. MARITAL STATUS F. ca1Au;92:AL RECORD G. EMPLOETAEENT H. RESIDENCES

II. CONNECTIONSWITH TIECOMMUNIST PARTYAID RELATED GROUPS h

A. ]192TFORMATION.CONCEl?.NING ADMISSION TO - THE RETIOLUTIONARY GROUP h

B. HISTORY OF ACTIVITY IN; ATTENDANCEAT MEETINGS OF,AND POSITIONSHELD IN THE SUBVERSIVE MOVEEAIINTWITH WHICH THE SUBJECT IS IDENTIFIED h

III. REVOLUTIONARY STATEMENTS BY SUBJECT SHOWDIG ADVOCACY OFTHE OVERTHROWOF 511-IEGOVERNMENT BY FORCE on vxomucm » 15

A. STATEMENTS MADE 15

B. STATEMENTS MADE BY THE SUBJECT SHOWING ADHERENCE TO THE IPRINCIPT.-ES OF MARXISM- _ _LENINISM OR OTHERREVOLUTIONARY DOCTRINES ESPOUSED BY IHE CIDMEJRJNIST PARTY 16

Iv. ALL omma ACTIVITIES OF mm smmcw ]192iDICAT1192IG FURTHEBANCE op" THE meow OF THE 01» AND RELATED snows . ' 17 A. s1-moans .1 /1'] B. vmnmes ¢ c. PERTINENT oomcws BETWEEN THE susazcmmn '18 IEADERS or THE PARTY D» ATTENDANCE AT TRAINING SCHOOIS OF THE CP 19 19

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A. BIRTH DATA ' Petition for Naturalization No,75206 maintainedby the Clerk of the United States District Court, San Francisco, reflected the subject was born September 11, 1917, at Morton, Marsh, England. '

_ t In March19113 | D r knownr 119 8. bilit Y " fur-t7 0"; nished informationreflectingJESSICA that was ROMILLYNovember born fU/ 9,[ 1917, at Glos, England, the daughter of Lord Redesdalea -

It is noted that birth dates and birthplacee in the preceding two paragraphs do not agree,

B. CITIZENSHIPSTATUS _ Gertificate of Arrival No. it-3l&289 reflectedthat JESSICA LUCY ROMILLYentered the Port of New York on March 2, 1939 on board the .U,! SS AURANIA»

- Petition for Naturalization No. 75206 maintained by the Clerk of the United $tatesDistrict Court, San Francisco,reflected that the subject was admitted to United States citizenship in that court on Janu- cry 3; 19-ll-lo . -

Co EDUCATION "92 . _ another governmentalfurnished agency, in- 92' J formationfrom toreflecting 1933 193b,receiving that,TREUHAFT diploma attendedDecember thea Sorbonne, inParis, France, 193b,/7 L! _ In March 191:3,records ofthe StrayerCollege, 13thand F356., NW, Washington,D. Ga,reflected subjectthe attendedthat school, study-T U! ing shorthand and typing from 5eptember15, 19112to February 26, 191131» 92

1!. naarra stratus 92 . In Septemberl9hl1,Sfurnished I _ reflectinginformation. 92 M] that ROBERT__-___. TREIII-Ila§',T_andthe subject were married on June21, 19b3, at Guerneville, Oalifornieu Q

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//ii Inna CRIMNALIniIuu=_:.-ow RECORD 'an-= . files of the In Metropolitan March l9h3, Police no record Department, of the sebject Washington, was located D. C. in the kw! No criminal re i t was located on March 3, 1952, by Special Employee in the files of the Oakland, California, Police Departmen q

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9-111-112 to 2-15-h3 Cffice of Price Stabilization

'19h1 _ Wrote articlegfor the "Washington Post

7-hO to 12-b0 ' Wendenberger, Washington, D. C- _ Notfurther identified! 19uo ' I Royal Air Force Delegation, 1139 Connecticut Aves, N. w, Washington, D. 9. ,

9.39 to 6-no Part owner of a restaurant on Bay Shore Drive, Miami, Florida 5-39 to 9-39 _ - Salesgirl at Worlds Fair " -/

6F37 to 1-39 , J-Walter Thompson, Strand Advertising Agency, London, England 4

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been, Inowner part Marchof the Roma l.9h3,and ar thatRestaurant dvisedin Miami, EIREUHAFTinFlorida; 1939 and had 19140 C San Francisco CountyRetailers CreditAssociation -recordsrei1eote,! thatoffices mmof the January Joint 19141,to »Anti-FascistJune of 19Lh,Refugee TREUHAFT Committee emploJAFRC!!r was edinSan the {in C Francisco» The JAFRChas beendeclared by the Attorney Generalto be . within thepurview Executiveoi Crder9835.

i statedf On that TREUII1JT Septemberwas employed19-L,-1oa 20 O roa12, way, ofakland, known asreliability, Financiall D Directorof the Oakland Branchof the California I-aborSchool C18!-ofk San Francisco. . GeneralbeThe CLS withinto of Santhe Francisco purview of Executivehas been declared Order bythe Attorney9835-KM!

On A ril 26 1 of known reliabilit said that TREUHAFT received an n e 1. e eave of absence from the 0 ak- . thelandSpanish Democracy Branchof theCLS Committee. order t in in establishingthatthis organization 9aid the Friends" wasof establishing a West Coast Branch. or e purpose of lobbying at Conference against recognition cf the Franco Governmentin Spain. _ furnished information reflecting that the principal individuals who established this committee in San Francisco were members of the Communist Party. . TREUHAFTCnbeen 19,May hadnamed'Exeou 1950, fknown ecre ary0 ve the East reliability, BayChapter of . said the Civil Rights Congress cac!._ » -p the purviewTheof Executive CRChas beenOrder declared 9835.by the Attorney General to be within. '9292 / h 0n April 23,1952, of knownreliability, ad» visedthe that THEUHAFTCRCwith headquarters was employsat 700. as 21st rec or Oakland;512., o the East Bay Chapter__of/ California.KI H. RESIDENCES . ' '/ The records ofthe San FranciscoCounty Retailers Credit asc- ciation reflectedthat in191414 TREU'HJ92.FTresidedat 956 Clayton St"san V? I Francisco» _

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0 'Tne PacificTelephone and Telegraph Germany telephone directggr E J dated January l9h5 reflected that subject resided at 956 Clayton Sta, 3 M, Francisco. ' In January l9h9 of'knownreliability, ad-' . vised that necce uzeuetrr res ded a een t 0, Oakland , California O U! The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company 3treet-Address Directory 59thSte, Oakland. dated February 1951 reflected aessrct TREUHAFT residekd at 730 ! The PacificTelephone and Telegraph Street-Address Directory ' dated July 1952 reflected DECCA TREUHAFT resided at 730 59th St», Oakland California. ' 4 1 - I ."' ~_'{J_ ' II. oomxtecrxorts em: um COMMUNIST mart b2 £a*192ilD_Rlj1E-eIE_Il;i1?.2*Ji'1??*,____,ir__. I at _. 1373 At INFORMATION CONCERNING ADMISSION TO |:__J-I:-:r* THE REVOLUTIONARY -an-I-- ' ' 41__i- GROUP' ' "Q, ___,:;__' 1.--**1

LJA potewmxsr PARTY or! I advised that On DEGCATREUHAFT January 15, 19th, had reccme a mem er o t s knownreliability, ide Club - Professional Group, OP, San Francisco. According to TREUHAFT ha previously been active in GP affairs and was known to ave recruited new members into the GP, but waited until she had received her citizenship papers before Joining. _ 92 The or has been declared by the Attorney General as coming _7 within the purview of Executive Order 9835. /, . _»

B. HISTORY OF ACTIVITY IN, ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS OF, AND POSITIONS HEID IN THE SUBVERSIVE MOVEMENT WITH 92 WHIUH THE SUBJECT IS *1:-1IDENTIFIED , .~ _--"*~*§*~ Wt -1-4-_---_|-4--4" . On September 9, 19kb,! Iboth of ' - _pknovm reliability, said that me end'her husband-had-been awarded.

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furnished informationOn 16,ram reflec ing 19na at the ounty Qf ommittee,am CE, Sanreliability,W! Francisco County,had decidedto ask 'lREUHAFTresign toas Financial Director because she allegedly did not account for certain funds-, and if. she refused to resign, it was decided to dismiss her- TREUHAFT,1:03 according refusedto resign, taking ! the position that since she had been elected by the membership of the ,- GP theExecutive Boardhad no authority todismiss her. ' - ~ On March21, 92 19I;6, saidthat TREUHAFThad re-been M instated inthe goodgraces o e and retainedin the employ the of Q92/U San Francisco County GPby. a vote of 8 to 5 in a committee hearing.

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Y/the/ In 16th A. D. FebruaryClub washel on 1. 1 ruary 19h8 , at tated TREUHAFTthatC "as residencemeeting of H at Oakland, at which TREUHAFT waselected to the position of Press Direc- tor of the club andwas alsonominated asEducational Directorbut had declined the latter nomination. / . ,, / If Qof that/ year i ladvisedin TREUHAFTwasregular in 19119 atjte_ndance'atmeetingsduring that first the half _ _ A, D, Club, CP of Alameda County. In July 19149, according t d 7 |

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' b '1" K1 Eastand BayChapterW leftthe of CRO thelclubFund Driye.become to 3ecretary Financialthe j of On March31, l9h7 of known reliability, GPUSA,advised that Greenwich TREUHAFT 11100 waspresenSanon larc Francisco. 5t., According , 7, at g the of thes to-U! ject gave a lecture at this meeting telling the group that al branch members should be warned that they might expect a visit from the FBI*a.t any-moment. Each member mustbe told they are not to so much as speak -to the FBI without first consulting GP Headquartersfor advice." statedonTHHIPLQFT August that31, 19148,the r Alamedaknovm attendedCounty Convention GP reliability, July L/! on 3 and h, 19ha, in Oakland, California. ~ stated- - OnthatI'R.EUE-IAFT 27,Hay acting19h8, irectoras or was a offund raising known drive reliability, in IJ Alameda County for the benefit of the GP and DEW. _ On September19h9, 2, urnished informationindicating V1! that DECCA TREITHAFTwould relinquish her P duties to go into the CRO shortly after Labor Day 19119. - ~ said thatDEGCAOn August9, TREUHAFTatten 19118, of t ed. e rs sess ofon known the East Oakland -reliability, L/I] Sectiondence ' ofi A unty, i At the onsecond June"2S,session held 19lu3, at thethe follow- resi- inga delegate daya theto resfdencetheAlameda cg , a cording |TREUHAFTt Onof k;1ow§_:92;eli February16,bility, 19149,saa.a * a en e U I aan,on!GP anuary , 1:9. functionaries at Hall,BRO3-12th held 2t. _J___,-1* ff .On fg;'£§1gga;;'§§| July 10,1g5o,| |was eld lstatedonthat June , P£U!a - I an was attended by DECCATREUHAFT U statedOnduring that April13, of 19119, L {Zwith known reliabilit' u92E -JI" , includingmeetings ofthe Wes Oakland Seotion,| | GP, Alameda0ou.nty- /.' . {-2 X on Narch1951, 2, .'known reliability,ad-Lb!! vised that the GP would spons at Norway Hall, 2839 Piedmont Ave Oakland onMarch-L», 1951.

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. 92bTD On Marchh, 1951, i known reliability, meeting.made available meeting the-The following opened was orma MIG on by* co JA,.0rganiser,er ng the aboveCommunist public wasParty, East the Bayunder Region, auspices of actingthe Gommunis as ChairmP I Hend statedgiven the meeting com1eotion- in withpolicy of theHistoryNegro bipartisan governmentAccording Week. oi e ni edLIMA States t dictated"Present. stated, by Wall Street monopolists is the policy of aggression, a policy designed and aimed at enslaving the people and robbing them for these same trusts- It is a policy oi aggression and war. It is criminal to follow a policy of aggression against the -independence of nations, big and small. We do not believe the United States is in danger of being attacked in any quarter or by any force and that the danger that arises among any people and throughout the world, arises only because of the expansionist imperialist aggressive practices of Wall Street, We are against all war- measures that out the living standards of the American people, that deny the Constitution and the rights that are guaranteed by it and we are against the militarization of our youth." . According tonext LI192A introducedDscca nmmmrr 54 as Executive Director o e in the East Bay and followed by intro- ducing WILLIAMTAYLOR, LaborSecretary, GP, Los AngelesCounty. a formermember0n April the 30, 1951; cDl11l111JI1lS of ery, a_ vise , ot unknownin19143 reliability, 1911b,-. and DECO-A TREUHAFTand her husband, Attorney ROBER WHAFT, were present at several Communist Partymeetings in San Fr oisco which were composed principally of lawyers and those connected with the legal profession. On September6, 1951, oif mm reliability furnished a signed statement iden 1 ing I T as a member of the Ben Davis Cluba GP2 Alameda Bounty in 191:7_ or} ~ - "" oi known reliability, has advised that period December , 1 F to be present at a. minimum91¢?hay of five CP'1950,to 2h, meetingsin Alamedawas TREUHAFT observl/1 Goun y . On $eptember ll, 195O_ tated that a meeting of the West 0 aklan d tSec ion Gounci '1 dan eld J A 29, 1950, at of . -// Accordin to at s mee 1 it was de eassi mem ersof the g defunc E. D. Club to other clubs; aw said that DEGGA TREUHAFTwas assigned to the Ben Davis Club and adde aeB D is Club wasstocked withtop CommunistPar-typersom1el,_,includiné I |mem erof e AlamedaOP committee -and Ia long-time Q15-l1!8El1b8Ic

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On December7, 1950 said that a meeting of the West Oakland Section Conn d on ingNovemb SO t this at Ace meetingwasfor held purposethe drawingup aord-of heldschedue ofirst thee followed weekend inat theDecemberproposed 1950. W d Conventionta1'-ed thatto beTBEUHAFT j y was present at the above meeting and was ee ec e o give a report on the GRG at the proposed convention. . On December13, 1950 said that the WesL- --'-- -- ' -1 A is -~ r '' ' 'H'II was presen a - URC.-s meetin and_ statsd made,athat reportTREUHAFT to the talked delegatesbigger on the of activities forprojects oi the the ORG durng e coming year and complained that in the past the GP had not cooperated with CRO to the fullest extent and on the GP to

TREUPIAFTfurnish topwaspresentcat the leadership this in convention GRCactivities. as a represen ative oi thatsaid the Bei ' Davis Club, GP, AlamedaCounty and was electedto serveas a delegate92 to the Alameda County GP Convention. 0n January21;, 1951,dvised thatthe Regional GP Convention for Alameda and Contra os a ounties woul in two sessions onJanuary 2?-28,1951. QnFebruary 7,1951 said that 'January 27, ofsession the1951.above conventionAccordingwasto was a heldx in a en ce at ' ' the first see iss n a s dalea g ate om r e _Je st 0 ak land K J Section, UP, East Bay Region; The convention was addressed SGHNEIDERMAN, Chairman,District No. 13, GPUSA,according t oecca TREUHAFTwas observedto leav UD

1.1;? said that the second session of the regional convention b6 wasfornia. Accordingon heldt TREUHAFT ganuary" 2002 San was also Avenue, present atPablo Cerrito, the second . ] E1 Cali-!92 E3751 session and read a repor on e past work and future aspirations of the / E3711 ORG. Sheclaimed theORG hadgrown toS00 members.' // TREUHAFT wasobserved to enter 2002 San.- - 1 - =- I - ' on thedate ofthe aboveconvention Specialby Agents .= =..- ..~ ~o v .-- - :- -o- 1lk=L=1I1IlJl!4l!!!.92El'j'92 pecia gen s

-9.- ~ G k,92/ SF 100-21h8o 9292bb '26 OnE, May l95l, dvisedthata meeti at Wb'*CI av as on held April 7, 1951 at a deeis ached to re-orga ze Squadsecon into1 squads. under No.the According direction too { + HAFTwas assignedto I4! On April 15, 1952, of known reliability, ' advised that s meeting would beheld on pr , 1952 , D visadero, WILLIAMSan Francisco,address SGHNEIDERMAN,Chairman,the of California 13thLabor GP, District,woul School.e present aid and L0 - admission to this meeting would he by written invitation only and would be closed to all but GP U1G!!lb¬ISo. , advisedOnDEGGA April 20,that 1952,was TRETUHAFT observedto enter at, approximately the time the above meeting was sche u e o cg ne AttorneyThe toCivilGeneral Rightsbewithin Congress purview the sac! hasExecutivebeen oi declared by9835, Qrderthe K U! ExecutiveOn May19, of 1950, the SecretaryChapter, tated that THEUHAFTat CRO, meeting a_ hadbeen namedthat of organization held May 9, 1950 at 17110 University Avee, Berkeley. The DPWissue Augustof 1950, 25,page 2, columnscarried 3-5, J an articleidentifying TREUHAFTas Directorof the East BayChapter, CRO.M On April23, ,1952 said that IREUHAFTwas employedas Director, East Bay Chapter,C , 21st Stu; Oakland, California. advisedohtheo ctoberlocally16, one 19h9that e m. a1 e1ee r known . reliability,_ OP - * K/M leadersI on trial in NewYorl: with another 551,000.00promisede indicated em msT was in chargeof this ilznde an article The which set of out theDPW September following6, information: 1951, page 8, columns and carried] 2, 'l The BurnsUn-American Galifornia CommitteeLegislature! State 5 / been movedalmost today tothe grab some exclusive ofproperty the witch Federal hunting headlines of that have agencies recently/f ' 09/ The State Legislative Group formerly headedby SenatorJACK s. - ENNEY serveda subpoenaon DEGCATREUHAFT, 33:Lrectorof the. East BayCivil Rights Gong:-eee ordering her to appear at San Francisco City Hallpn september ll, 1951. The article quoted TREUHAFT inher testimony as follows: ' ' .

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_ R "It is quite understandable with Progressives being arrested 92 throughout the United States and its territories under the notorious i Smith Act and with mounting Government inspired violence against the Negr - people that the next-organization slated for destruction would be the Civil Rights Congress. .

"It is little wonder that the vicious forces behind the Burn's Committee regard ORB as a threat to their program of Fascism and war, but all their attempts to smash the people's organization are doomed to failure. _ "CRO members and their progressive friends will demonstrate their determination to fight by packing the Patterson mass meeting at 92 "the Oakland Auditorium on the night of September 13." A - The DPW issue of September l7, 1951, page 3, column h, carried the following article: . b 2 "Oakland, September 16 b7 D

head of . the more Civil than Rights L100 Congress, persons gave a standing WILLLAl1I L. ovation PATTERSON, following national his K L} v speech here Thursday night.

PATTERSON's talk climaxed a program which included Dr, HOLLAND p oceans, Director of the California Labor School and moo. DEGCA monomer, East Bay CBC Director. Both appeared before the State Senate Un-American Committee last week and are now facing possible 'contempt' citations be- cause they stood on their constitutional rights and refused to answer some of the committee's questions." u _ | of known reliability, furnished informati reflecting that THEU _ was in attendance at approximately six meetings of '_b_1'_1§._Q1_1§ in the East Bay Area from February lh, 1959 to June 27, 1950. ___,- On June 2 o,195o,|;|ooio that on that date AUBREY/J GROSSMAN,-a representative of the ational Office of the ORG " outlined [- t statedo ESCA that TREUHAFT there th isepo a definite li' I cyo th" agreemente GRG.- A thatccor the di ng CRO t o _,s e the OSSMAN-de- 92 fence organization for the Foley Square case, the Dennis case and similar rs cases; that the CRO will not do all the work but will coordinate and " establish the basic program with which the OP is to work in particular p areas; that ii the CRO is going to be the defense organization there must, be a national plan; and that the responsibility for the campaign would not rest primarily upon the GP; ' ' _. - ""' 1" _,- ._.--"F"; _,;""'-'

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b713 - . . |_ 'I'R.EU'HAFT- in atendance approxcimately ofat imownreliability, was ORG eight meetings that instated the iJEGCA East Bay area Fecruaifr 1, 1951 to May 18, 1951,, _ said thataOn regular 1,Jonemeeting 1951; known, e oxa an rem: ofthe -reliability, ORGwas held on may 10, 1951 at Mwlymonds High, School, Oakland, which we tten by DECGA'IREUIiAFT at andwhich :1 speech was given by one Accordingat to: theconclusion the 'rne,e_ting, of fairstated, "We emplogrmente will fight1"-"'e for freedomstop of speech;we until won't what get do awaymi want we 1mwhat row; and [ Ly we are fighting for; do away vdth big business and establish a government , for the peoples" _ _

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On June 30 1951 urnished a flyer announcing that a massat NorwayHall, meeting Oakland, protest This hyflyer statedORG ;.'18 thatsponsoredbe OLETA on O'CONNORJuneheldwouldYATES29,= 4O 19516! State Oommitteeuomen, OP of California, would speak on the subject, "Say No To Fascism in -hnerica-1" Ml"S~s DEOCATFE£IHAFT, ExecutiveSecre- tary of the East Bay CRO was also listed as a [email protected]@I'o

On June 30;, 1951, aid that the above described meet- ing was held as scheduled 'CCA _TRI~TIHAFT wasin attendance and ingave herthespeech ca'.iJ.er.=:ion in stated part, speech,We for ontinuedare the Eleven that OLETAwithl OPCONNORmenall our YATES ! might; and don": worry the Party W111build an organizations No law - on earth, no one is going to stop us no matter what they C100 We are here to .-my and by the end of 1952 weW111 havean organization that none can touch because the Party has big plans aheade" stop mti attatedwe that worlzing YATESare furtherasaid, progressive for,"Weare government not going to U! ! with a solid foundation» The USA is trying tr. demand one thing, we are going to demand what we Want and are going to get it; The price will not be cheap but we are willing to payw" O On February6, 1952, 'urnishedinformation reflecting that in addition to her duties as Hector of the East Bay Chapter, CRO, TREUIL-AFT hadbeen nominated anokelecte ber-at-large of the

Executiveto this post at'aOaklandmeeting ofBoard, the Oakla-'JRO., Branch, , ORGTRHIPIAFT at ticlymonds. elected .dHigh O / was 5choo1, Oakland,on January3, 1952. V . '

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_ be SF 100-211180 we 92-_ 92- b7b _ dvised that TREUHAFTwasattendance in approximately at 31 meetings o e" R0 in ay area during the period 5 of the 195 . 2- a anBranch said thesethemeetings Bay -andEast W includeer, Chap as K as reg ar mee ings of the Oakland Branch. ' 'On T,June 1951, stated thatDECCA was TREUHAFTat- in tendance at a meeting sponsors y he CRO in honor of PAUL ROBESON at Masoniccheda 3otndrive Hall,forMyrtle and membership Oakland,in Sm, theNegroon hay 13, Cmmcil Labor 1951.This which Qmeet- states was dominated to a great extent by the GP. Set belowout a 'is a speech by PAUL madeROBESON at this meeting"He as reported co-nmentedon theby statement madeNegroes thathe would never figltagainst the Soviet Uniona He said that statement was based upon his belief and not on any facts. Ho said that Negroes are asking themselves this question: Why should I fight against-the Koreans, Chinese or any other Power? Gan a Negro truthfully say that he is fighting for the preservation of freedom and democracy? You cannot give another that which you, yourself, do not possess. What does the Negro have at stake in this war? It is about time more Negroesstarted asking themselves this question. Why should I fight the Chinese people? Their problems are similar to ours - the Hg:-oes!in the United States. They arefighting for their liberation from foreign control. Here, we are fighting for our liberation. The p two of us can best realize ourobjectives by localizing our actions. We cannit win freedom for the Negro people by fighting the Chinese in China. Our fight is here, not there. Our enemiesare not the Chinese, but the ruthless characters in the Soum, such as R!92.NKI|l92Tand WRIGHT and/mpany. I believe before longthe Negropeople will realize whotheir real enemies are and when they do they will refuse enmass to be sent overseas to fight and kill innocent }300P1¬c I PAUL ROBESON! amnot going to fight an Imperialist war, nor is my songoing to fight." _ statedA on DECCA April 7 1952that w|as attendance esstrmec in o k ati LG |GRO_, on February2, 135?,, UH!Headquar- at 1 Brs OE-a-ndcis- On March6, 1952, erous situation had fornia.develops home said thatof 0 a rge ,6'i*owd of neigborsad San gatheredPablo, in Gali- front of e sidence on the evening of March 5, 1952, and had ' a threatened the famil because they had m to a previously all- white neighborhood. dvisod that the family were Negroes.

92 -135.-. 'V / sr 100-21u6o _ . 92 :. o repor CA IREUHAFTthe wasCRO throughM J or- 112giganizing pa role to guard the amily on a 211-hourbasis. b".fDu as described n e preceding advisedparagraph thepromote to use thatsec racialincident intolerancesuch that and jA as M to gain publicityforthe CRO' _ _ ~ b'F{W'" fleetingthat TRETII-IAFT During March'eeApril and oi 1952, Biurnishedthe as ayChapter, informationwas CRO,re- M! veryguards activein and assisting d obtainingthefamih,'publicity the for amily. , mentionebyorganizing Shewas policereported by author:ieso betomaintain especiaII.lyorder in critica theneighborhoode fiorts of the proper . _ ___ . . . .

I I C! __,-92,1.l |4> eve On Mayl952, 1, dvisedthat on April1952, 25, TBEUI-IAFT bl chaptervisitedof Stockton,theORGCalifornia,that in city. he or-. announced purpose' Lorganizing oi a.

iY?l:F%.5£i£§?i°~§3lE-iEl§a°9M!:iE?ErF+§. ..{~£="IR,Q!. withinpurviewThe JAFRGhasEbceoutive beenthedeclared Order 9835- by the Attorney of General asbeing _ 92 The January 17, 191414,issue oi: the DPWcontained an article ~/ stating thatTREUHAFT joined had thestaff oithe JAFRC. p f _ '

furnished informationOnAugust 23, reflecting 19501 that from anuary of 1, 19141;_know'nto March 15, {J reliability, 191m, oecce rmnmrr was a salaried employee of the JAFRG inSen Fren- cisco, California. ' '

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. kf?D . .hE§R;QiJ@QEE;'Ul9I.Ei¥°3e£l d _ [:;::::;]hasadvised the that inNLC theEast area Bay92"%HL! was dominated an eon rolled by GP members. ata meetingOnof theJanuaryNLC 3, December19S2,[:::::;:]advised on , 1951,atthat 7thand THEUHAFT wasCenter5ts., present Q{V0 Oaklan, California. 1

, III. REVOLUTIONARY STATEMENTSor stereos z ssowme ADVOCACY or was ovasrsnow or no:

& §@@B1_iiiF":?:E:§§I@1lG§*§r.§?F_.£I9§&§i°13:.eil.___..._."92 A. ggwggmwrs no on - i gue On Aut 2/ o, es , of- known reliability, advisedthatTP.11IHAF . = :>.. - - San FranciscoAugust--15, Gwotzr,A0002at 19,46.D - rig"I I'Mrepay3 3 B meeh-on . ing concerning a split within the Congress of Industrial Organizations , GIG! in California and stated that the leaders in Southern California ' have brought about the split but that the rank and file members of the ' CID in the southern part of the state were strong for the type of leader- ship expounded by HARRYBRIDGES. TREUHAFT reportedon the tarty and their position on Socialism. Sheofa toldSooialistic the club and that while classless the_Partysociety, is struggling Party the forthat at the establishment momentcouldL kl? not take that position and the Party at that moment was still revisionist She stated that the Party must recruit and irsoire people to work for immediate gains "for than the ultimate goal of the Party will be the overthrow of monopoly capitalism and democratic form of government that has failed up to this point." natamrrStated furtherthe that Partymust and planfor act the defeat of President TRUMAN andhis forces and those of imperialistic government. She stated that the United States is in the same position J, _ as Germanywas during the rise of the Hitler forces and that the Party must not make the mistakes that the Communists made in Germany and in , France. She said that only the controlling forces of the Communist Party prevendeda workers revolution in this country at that time. She stated, "Tie is not yet the time as dictated by the ultimate Party goal." ;

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' 4 s2 SF 100-21L;8o - . 92 s";-to In February 19h8, edvised that TREUHAFT was TREUH.AFT'spresent r at a - meeting of the l 5 th _,Oakland, A. D5 lub, on January CP 9,of Alameda 19748.County at According to a discussion was held concerning the importance o oer ain propose c ub work. In cxplarming her reluctance to perform a certain task, TREUHAFT stated, "I didn't think this was any emergency. I know in the event of a real Party emergency I would be right there working - such as a revolution."

%'B'.#ST MADE BY iTS THE SUBJECT SHOWING ADHERENCE TO THE PRINCIPLES OF ?»:iARJ{ISM~LENINISM OR O1HER REVOLUTIONARY DOCTRINES WT -,-l-one ..92.;.,-~~-_;--1-,....¢,-,1 - ESPOUSIBD BY TIIE~ - - -1:,--A,-- CONE-JUNIST PARTY--_-e -3- ~ ._:l;_-...92 C - - __ ..,___-A-- _._-,,__

a public meeting Ofon April h, the 19L9, Alameda gun y tatedGPon that March manner 2§, 19h? was at present Nbrway atL4! Hen, Oakland. OnMarch 28, 19149] Fthe public meeting SCHNEJJJERMAN,mentioned Chairman, in the-prececfing CP, State of paragraph! Californ a, was !sa:|. e principal t. WILLIAMspeaker on the topic, "Who Are The Traitors?" and quoted SCH192IEIDERMAl92I as follows: "It Atlantic Pact! was a plan to send American soldiers, sailors and flyers abroad in a dozen counties to establish military bases so that arwthing that happens anywhere will involve the United States in war without the authority oi Congress. The Communist Party will not support any unjust war that is aimed against the worldng class or against the individuals of any nation." ' - He stated, "The Communist Party has been misquoted in the ids -t [*9 that it would support Russia in the event Russia should attack the Unite ' States. The Party really stated that first and foremost we must fight against any war; that the two forms oi government can exist side by side and war is not inevitable. FOSTER and DENNIS say that if in spite of the efforts of the Comnmnist Party, the men in Wall 5t. are able to plunge /' us into a war, we will oppose it as a capitalistic war and do everything to bring such e war to a speedy conclusion on the basis oi a democratic peace. In case we fail in the fight for peace, we will continue to struggle against war even if it breaks out. We have no blueprint as to howit can be done but nevertheless can state our position. We will express our political opposition to such a war and even as Lincoln and as other great Americans did who were not in theory Communists and s.evolu- "- tionaries in the sense that we Communists are."

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A. SPEECHES " On August 17, 19 of known reliability, stated that TREUHAFT appeared as a spe meeting at Norway Hall wasQakland, to protest on June the 29, 1951.Smith Act According convictions to of top P leaders. e theme saideting that OLETA OYCONNOR YATES was the principal speaker at this mee ing.

Secretary, , s a e of California. identifiedonnn oiconwon mes A as Qc'gani2.ational Z 9292,92 Lil The "Daily People's World" issue of January 31, 1951, page 6, bf columns 3 to S, carried the following article which is quoted in part: !92 "1-'£eso1utions calling on the government to drop Contempt of Con-Q1! gees charges against WILLIAM PAT'I'ERSON, national Civil Rights Congress leader and editor of We Charge Genocide were unanimously adopted by mass meetings in Seattle and Portland over the weekend. "At both meetings DECBA TREUHAFT, Oakland, Ualifornia CRO 1 92 leader who led a. delegation oi women to Mississippi on behalf of WILLIE McGEE, received a standing ovation. Mrs. TREUHAFT said the delegation} went into the South to challenge the rape myth and to expose those white supremacists who hide their crimes behind the skirts of white women. -

"Applause greeted Mrs. TREUHAFT again when she said that history A / will record WILLIAM PATTERSON as man of the year for 1951. " T On September lh, l95l_, of known reliability, 'LL]/ said TREUHAFT appeared as a speaker at a mass mee ing of the tember 13, 1951 at Qakland Auditorium, Oakland. According t WILLIAM PATTERSON, a national functionary of the CR0, was the ea ure speaker andmade the following statements: A . ' 1 A "If_there are any FBI agents in the audience and I am sure there are, I say this for their benefit. I hate the United States Government and all it stands for. I knowthat I and others will be arrested. We may

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! so 100-21'h8o his ' A b 7 D '.;»:> be arrested by twos or threes or in groups oi twelve or more, but when we are incarcerated there will be more here to take our places." Lu: 0n November5, l95l,Sdvised that TREUHAFTwas the principal speaker at a membership mee ing of" the Oakl CRC held Q! onin her speechOctober2, TREUHAFT 1951atmade Moclyhohoo an appealHigh for new membersOakland?-nSchool, in e . said that the ThirdAnnualOn March 5, 1952Conference of,:urnished theEast Chapter, Baya copy oi captioned,a CR9 CBC,report on LU! "A Fighting Program for Civil Righter" The report was published by the ' East Baycoo, 70021st St.,Oakland, California»p , This reportreflected the that conferencewas on held November 2h, 1951, was attendedby morethan sixty delegates andclaimedto be a o tremendous success, both organizationally and sociallyo The report set out that DECCAIREIJI-LET, Director,East BayChapter, CRC,chaired the confer- ence end acted as keynote speaker, devoting her speech largely to outlining the background and history of the CRO from its original organization to its present day activities- Oh March26, 1952, of known reliability, furnished information concerning a mee ng e y the California Emer- gency oorohoocohhittoo CEDC ihor s Temple, 7th andHenry 5ts., Qakland, onMarch 8, 1952. epor ed the meeting wascalled by the East Bay Division of the EIJC, whosepurpose was the defense ,oi the Act.fifte C0 aid 'sts thaton ~ violation aha momLIMA, of the smithof two_ the een ommunistson trial a'F1=os /Engeles,were featured speakerson *. 'am. DECCA TREUI-{AFT ted alsoappeared principallyof as a a speakersummary of and according CRCactivities to of a negro veteran who had purchased a home in an all-white ne g or oo 111 Rollingwood, San ?ablo, California- ghoo advisedthat coho the the in EastBay isArea dominated an con rolled by CommunistParty members» _,

Bo WRITQTE1-_S_____ availablea bulletin0n July21,entitled, l9h8, onve re ofon ecussion known reliability,Bulletin 3,"made No. Q4] issued by the Ga1if0r1'1iaState Committee or, 9&2 Market st., Son Francisco, 3 on July 10, 19hBo '

' This bulletin contains an article captioned, "Party'sTasks . ., Require Improvement in Financial Work" and is signed "DECCA"o DECCAis be- lieved to be identical with the subject of this case. , Lu!

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ozste ovocozoronmos, Chairman, Sen FranciscoCounty cP.- - . '-K: Jfi PETTI-SA e _ OnNat-i0U;.l MayPERRY, 1951 h chaima .1?!said 1'1. that' a celebration =I1cU} Mn! in ":=honor 1 or I U ! on April 21, the home of 'According inspeakers to a en nce PETTIS weremembers PEERwas thee _ea GP.of saide e er thatan mos DEC-GA "o i e 'IREUHAFT attendedthis celebration» On April3, 1952, of known reliability,ad-- vised that at a ublp is meetinge arc , , at "rmand HenrySoo., U! Oakland, TREUHAFTappeared on the speakers platform with LORETTA STARVUS' STACK andMICKEY L11/111.,two GP leaders on trialat that time in I-oer Angeles for violation of the Smi'bh1AO'tm '

-- 92 // 12. ATTENDANCEmmme AT SCHOOLS or THE _ &' On §Q;_W§N_@T__1°*i5ETZ__ ll, l9h6W_ _ __ 2, - 4dvised TIEUHAFT ' thata attended Leadership InstituteMarch sponsore y e at Redmen'sSan Hall, Francisco, on March 10, 191.16., . . ' OnMarch 22, 19118, or knownreliability, Um! said that TREUI-LIKFT attendeda 11> ea ' " 19148 ,3 gtl |home oi InMarch 191,8, said thatTREUHAFT a Club attended H? Leadership Instituteoomoro , 9&8 atNorway Hall,Oakland. - 92 ~ aeeeethe that omee.oonoe.a on Institute, later own as the mil Rabin Institute, was a school operated

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'-I 1-92 I0 I L./I in Alameda County for or p92J.1"p0seB of training in ! seconda TY P leadershi 0 advised that. the school started 01 in April 19149 and continued for approximately a year. In 19149 and l950, reportedthat THEUHAFT was in regular 1/I attendance at classes of the Marxist _ nstitute in Alameda County during that Pe1'iOd-0 ' Sadvised that during the period January 25, 1950 to March U! 29 en meet ' ' in Institute, all at ome of _ on April 13, 195o,|;|eav1éea that during 19u9, TREUHAFT was a student at the Marxist Ins 1. .u e which met principally at 263 12th Q 3t-, Qakland, California.

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. The "San Francisco Examiner" in the American Weekly Section fo October 27 , - 191,6 , Q,carried the follcwi ~ we article concernin s the sub Ject and_{"| her family ' . l ' n0nce upon a time there lived in Englandya lord and lady who might have --been called the happiest parents in the land. ' t '"They were Lord and Lady Redesdale, surname FREEl:IAN-MI'IFORD- "There were six beautiful daughters in the MIIFORD home, bearing L six lovely names: UNITY, JESSICA, NANCY, PAI=JI3I.A, DIANA and D%0RAH "In addition there was one son, who -might have been called a special blessing in this tranquil household. , / | . "Then one day, politics crept down the chimney of this ideal home. Insidiously various 'isms' pried into the sanctity of the household and took hold of the lives of the uurroaos. - , ~ Q! If "The only son, who had great stability, apparently escaped the clutches of new doctrines, but he'1.ater_ gave his life in the war,

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"Fromunhappy that beginning,threethe of glamorous British Q4 sisters seem to have run the gamut from Communismto Fascism. L y f ' "JESSICA has only recently rocked the home foundations by con- tributing $2,000 to the London DailyWorker, ' a Communist paper. "NANGY, whois the wife of the Hon.'PETERRODD, sonof Lord and Lady REWLL, and a prominent British socialist, contributed her bit to the family eccentricity when she published a book lampooning the British aristocracy. W Pursuit of Happiness deals with a fictional family almost a impetuous as I92TANGY'sturned own out to be "Meanwhile PAMELA married the son oi a baronet in 1928. /. "DEBORAH, theyoungest, married Second Lieutenant Lord ANDREW CAVENDISH ofthe Coldstream Guards, and son_ of the Duke and Duchess of k Devonshire, early in the war, and lives as quietly as a Marchioness can. Q ! "It was DIANA, UNIT! and JESSICA who leaped out into the spot- lighttheir Victorian of politics andmother eccentricity,along with dragging them. UNITYtheir dignifiedstarted by it father luna?/ing and with a paper-hangernamed HIILERin Munichone summerafternoon ye 15 s ago.

92 "Not long after thatowxrr, whosemiddle was name miiizcrars, waf! seen everywhere with the Nazi bigwigs. Soon after, her elder sister, DIANA, who had been married to the son of Lord MOINE in as ornate a wedding as London's Mayfairever saw, but who divorced him later on grounds oi infidelity joined her in Berlin. _ "The twotall, beautiful, blond sisters were the toast of Berlin, each wearinghuge swastikassigned on the back by HITIER himself. They eveH persuaded their father and mother to attend the Nazi Congressat Nuremberg. DIANA was married secretly in the home of Propaganda Minister GOEBBELS to Sir OSWALDMOS@, of the British Union of Fascists. _ "Whenwar the broke out, LadyMOSLEY in England. was5he and MAT. her husbandwere detainedby British wartime regulations and lived, toget with her children, now three, in an apartmentin Holloway jail. "UNITY, however,stayed in Germany withher ideal, ADO.. 11115 so Journmar in her beloved ene s countr If was. out short however _. We by e - byterious HITLER's bullet. direct Though command. denyingThe all knowledge twowarring of it, governments the Nazissoon cared efterwerds for her !§ I .»- O J

er 10o-211,80 I .1 made arrangementsto getUNITY home. u Her father the met boat,took the>6 muffled figure in charge, and sent her to an isolatedcommunity in Scotland. 92 i 92 daughter's"Lordideas, asossoata, convincedpolitical returnedto Londonhis in mistakeof spite -in of the followingblitz. his "That leaves JESSICA. In 1937 she was the storm center of three F cotmtries, asmembers her of family,the consularservice, andreporters followed her trail. JESSICA had eloped with ESMONDROMILLY, whoalready herhad developedto way a reputationwar-tornSpain. as a 11ft-wing B warrior and WWwriter, and was£L~*"A on J Bayonne,' "The variousThereFrance. entourages JESSICA, in finallyanold caught hatand up with brown suit, the lovers was married in > i to ROMIIH, in the British consulate. The bride and groomtook off right » away for Dieppe, where they honeymoonedand ROMIILYwrote a book on Spain in two weeks. 1 . 92 uLatercame theyAmerica, to both wherejobs, gotlived and J l happily and quietly until the war. ROMILLY immediately joined the Royal CanadianAir Force, and was shot down over the North Sea. nJEsSIGAI5werea secret to whereaboutsstrangers until the strange bequestof moneymtothe Communistpaper wasrevealed. Thenit was 92 learned that she hadmarried ROBERTTREUHAFT, hadlived in the Greenwich MarshalVillage sectionof of NewYugoslavia. Tito York until '= 92/U two years ago and had a son named for u '"Noware they livingin 5anFrancisco, JESSICA beenwhere anhas QPA investigator. TREUHAFT, attorney,an is "a memberof a firm which repre- t sents OI0 unions. Both are active in the National Citizens Political Uommittee, which is somewhat more left that the GIO's PAC." Action} WILLIEiwas McGEknowna cgro you eldin Jackson, reliability,Mississippi adv:Le'd ha exe-Kawaiting ,924 , that cution after being, convicted of the crime of rape. On March1, l951_ of knownreliability, stated that DECGA 'IBEUI-IAFTwas one oi afour women delegation from the bll East Bay Area which would visit Jackson, Mississippi, to participate in an demonstration in behalf of WIILE McGEE.

Onep tem bs er . 20 1951 r known reli bilitylM furnished photographstwo the of subject when sheappeared a picket in line! 92 in front of ' ed States Poet Office, 5an Francisco, California, on that date. learned that the picketing occurred during the noon

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On November'3,1951, of known reliability, reported THEUHAFTparticipated in a.p1c e n ont of the U. S. Post Office, San Francisco, on September 20,1951. said this picket line was sponsored by the GP in protest of high ai or certain arrested GP leaders. ___; J 5*;s /ta y e nmrY"7??e:.1H»+F!"'D59?/°7'/; ' e9292 ,. *--""'"'""' VI. oasesLIPTIVE DATA [;::::::]anotheragency, government therurniehed following dog- criptive da a concerning TREUHAFT:

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Height Weight Female White Build September ll, 1917 Morton, Marsh, England Hair Naturalized, U. S. Iistrict Court, 5I II SanFrancisco, 3, January l9hh Eyes 120 pounds Complexion Slender - Dark brown Marital3tetus Broww5.wears shell-rimmedglasses Husband Fair Married" ~ ROBERT E. TREUHAFT

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FROM'D9292i¬SAC,. __ '=FRANCISCO . -, . _... -_. . SAN'- 92 _ -. __ioo-523,80! 71%'..'. - _. , - . ,h-.~ -, < U SUB-TE.°T=. JESSICA LUCY TREUHAFIA -" ATTENTION:FOREIGNLIAISON DESK _- - =- IS-C a . A 'A ' MEXICOLEGATS OFFICE

- ' . The following .infornation is "ngsubmit ed to the. Bureau for f _ - forwalrdingito MEX-LEGATS. - -~ - . i ,_ . ;< b6 ' H A w0HIen'shandbag, idehtiiiiedéasoi:ie;belo'ng1ng I l.UOY to_ bqc TREHBQFI' 'V aka"DEGC1A",q.Directoi*' of;;"CiviTl'Righi:s" * ,l953b1rfor tdngress f 'I V W 92...,,__an . citizen of A any, ~ _ who turned.it o92re_z-nofhe bany Fiofice DTepartmen_.. - - i _ . ._ . . _ ,- . . . . . _ , 7.. _ = ' . ._ aIXgente'ithe San of Francisoo 0_ffice:'werecalled and_investigated"_ _ the contenps_ of the handbag. Of possible interest" to the LEGA'1'S»0fficewas v a letter dated November26,;-1952*whic_11 follows: . : ~

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1 go-_ Q0.N_¥§§31I9iLS ..q9e?ie.eST Pa-WY of known reliability, advised * ' ! -I-» -C, ld on August 14, 1.952at H . The informant describe t is meeting as a i meeting, although it wes not identified as such. -

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s_1;.'_Gonne=3tions flith The n;;;i."|.;2,f15'5:.f§l&=@"'=§ neiigi * It is to be noted that the "Daily People's World" is a West Coast Ll! newspaper, published in San Francisco, which is controlled and dominated-by the OP 1 abilit advised that the subject 3+. U tended a ene 1 par y or ne j=!PV'.- at the Lake Merritt Boat House, Oakland, California, on August 9, l9S2. _. - IA ' known reliability, advised that the subject at- W tended a gathering sponsored by the DPh',,entertain1r1ent being furnished by the California Labor School Chorus, on September T, 1952. " It 9, is '-to be noted that the California Labor School has been declared by. L! the Attorney .. ;; Generalv'to_be _- within V the purview of Executive Order 9835 A __ ',_.2. / . tended t V e N :; _ nniversary of known Party reliability, held o'n,;Januaf1'y'JlO, advis_ed7»,that 1953 the at 3-82;? subjectPiedmont 'at- 92/0 Avenue Hort.-rayHall! Oakland, California. , _

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The California Labor School has been declared by the Attorney Ceneral¬!! to be Within the purview of Executive Grder 9535. member of a[::::::::::::::::::]0f panelof experts whioh_reviewed known reliability, and discussed V.advised that J. theJEROHE'ssubject book, was a F4! "A Lantern for JE_RE1%1Y, at the C-"LS in San Francisco on September 15, 1953.

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' .1. Committee. [;:::::::::::::::::]ofknown reliability, advised that the California {t4} Emergency efense Committee,in the East Bay Area is dominated and controlled by CF . members. . [:::::::::;:::;::::]ofknown.reliability, identified the subject as par @J! ticipeting in a piccet ine at the San Francisco Post Office, 7th & Mission, sponsored by the CEDC on September 20, 1951. The informant stated that this picke line was formed to demand reasonable bail for the California 15 "political priso- ners."

[:::::::::::::::::::]ofn .. know?reliabilit" -. i , advised that the subject at L1! tended a CEDC sponsored meeting at the Internatibnal Longshoremen & Warehousemen's principal Union Hall, speakers Oakland, were California, WIIJJAtISCHNEIhERMAN, on Decembm: 9, Chairman l9§2. According lthto District the CP, informant,and I [:;;:;:::]advised that on June 21, 1952the subject was in attendance at a.Q4! testimoni inner, honoring the Attorneys for the lb California Communists, at the Richelieu Casino, 1Ohl Geary Street, San Francisco, California. tioipat f in a mo.oroa e, oiuanised known and 1'el_iabi1.iGY.s sponsored by advised the CEDC that in the Oakland subject on Paw July 26, 1952 to agitate for the freedom of OLETA O'CONNOR YATES. Act in Les It Angeles, is to be California, noted that OLETAAugust OCONNCR 5,YATESl9;2;- was convicted under the 92j{}Smit lof known reliability, advised that the subject at; LA! 2016tended 7th a CEDC -Street, sponsoied Berkeley, meeting California. held on August 28, '- 1952 at HEBMANHS . Sons Hall, 92

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-3 "' 15 - -ta Io U _ b6 dvised thatthe subjectattended East anCBC Bay Chapterb';Din; on September, 1952. I ladvised that thesubject attendeda re ar meetingof theOanlam Branchat| CRG n September25, 1952- gadvised "thatthe subjectattended East an BayORG sponsoredmass meeting at H1-llil-§AI=II92ISHall, 2016 Sons - 7th Stree ey, California on /"tap-tember LTE_S_I_ 1952.' meeting, This - 26,to featured according NE5OR92Q'_4J tendeda CROmeeting on October of5, known 1952 reliability,at Fellowship advisedéthatHumanitythe U11subject Hall,26that- - Street, Oakland, California. dvised thatthe subjectattendeda ORG meeting Vallejo, at California on etober 27, 19520 according to the informant , the featured speaker was .*EILI=II-1l92IL» PATTERSON, National Ejxeoutive Secretary of the CRO. _- advised that the subject attendeda ORG massmeeting held at Cole' School, - -th Street,Oakland, October on 1952.29, Accordingto[:::::::] L4] F-'*l1,LI_Qi;iPATT'r'RSOl92I L. guest of honorwas and was featured speaker. attendedI lofjoint ameeting of theAmerican icnovrn reliability,3-Eexicanadvised National thatthe and subject AssociationCHOU] the at the CRO Headquarters, FOO - 21st Street, Oakland, California on November 19, 1952. According to the informant, the joinu meeting was held for the purpose of deciding what to do in a case of alleged police brutality, which charge was brought against the Oakland, California Police Department b_v the CRO and the ANT--IA. It is to be.. notedu thee acc ord mg t of knomi reli b2 bility, the American I-Iational Mexican Association is a Mexican organization in»- filtrated by CP members. . b7D 0 P ' '' ' r ' object bl attended a CRC meeting at n November 19, 1952. _

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' - attended anOakland Branchof the CR6 meeting' h e a n ebruaryF 26 , 19 5 3 ._g_ The followingarticle appearedin the new edition of Aug-zst 6,1952, page 8, columns 1-3: "East Bay ORG hbbilization - Mrs. DEOCA TREUHAFT,Direct of the East Bay ORG, pleged her organization today would step up the fight demanding the Smith Act be repealed. She said ORG is demanding that the Los Angeles Smith Act victims be released on reasonable bail while their case is bei In appealed. Sheevery urgedloving tofreedomto come CRCsperson theat%X{ office 700- 21st Street, Oakland,California at 6:00 pen.tomorrow Wednesday!to help distribute an emergency leaflet on the Bail Fight."

Z_J._~__T~"Ei.%2E}.1A;_N?9..;LL§. advisedthe that subject,on October8, 1952was activein pre&A!¢ paring F 1;. f PATTERSON's speaking engagements in the East Bay Area. indicated thatthe subject is studyiglarazhdna sheaxithat hasmad applicationeeruary on l953 to 13, the CaliforniaBar Association. §! advisedthe thatsubject,on Februaryll, 1953,uponhearing that,! JULIUS and ETHEL ROSENBERGwere denied executive clemency, registered great 'happiness 1 over this - November,that l?52 _ _lwth 1~e»e~e<1ieof the followingin- '' ktated~§hat%ti§difficult to determdnawhen_ Lr les:1§§Fss1ng in is telling theactivities. truth be"Communist ~ '- ~ v » ll

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smoeers: . W 0.3 --_.___. '?__ ,3»-_ Jessica Lucy Trgi t is on the_§eE§?Tti Index andw a key_figure. She is the subject of a pending inactive case. She is employed as Executive Secretary of the East Bay Civil Rights Congress, Oakland, California. Her husband, Robert Edward Treuhqft, is the subject of a closed Securit Hatter - 0 case. He is an attorney who handles Communist Party litigation in the sun Francisco Bay area. He is on the Security Index,» Files on subjects indicate considerable, Communist activity. Only espionage allegatio subjects was received in November, 1952,_when informants of known reliability-received informa on-.ron a 39

' Legal iortwo orAttache, threeerico weeks City, in June reveale or Jul reuhafts 1953. A weresearch in Eerieof - 05? jUT1ed-to revedI| Hipkxico City Legal # P 9 " 92 92- _ The espionage allegationiagainst the Treuhafts is not I specific and reliability of_informant furnishing such data is . quite_questionable. There is no allegation that con i' security information has been compromised. Further

92. fact that neither of the Treuhafts are employed in,theelectrica " ndustry tends to discredit the allegation against them. It

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The four-section file of the case on Jessica Lucy Treuhaft and her husband, Robert Edward Treuhaft, has been reviewed by the Espionage Section in view of the espionage allegationof sA| contained on page {dated ive of the April summary report16, 1953,at - San Francisco, which states: ' L l|;eliability_, Jboth in Jvovember,i95, thatreported0 i stated that it is di??icuIt I o determine when is tellingptheithuth iecause'|'1I."I5IIiI0iIclr.|lilIlIiI§ at times s e ewagoera_ I . . 5- --- 'T~ -- '- -'- |'l"l';i

re both of strong Communist sympathies; andthat | ' i Jessica Lucy Treuhaft is on the Security Index and is a key figure. She is presently employed in Oakland, California, where she resides, and is Executive Secretary of the East Bay Civil Rights Congress. Her ' legal husband,work Robert, on behalf is an of attorney the Communist who has been engaged HeParty. is onin QJC! the Security Index. The files on the Treuhafts show considerable Communist Party activity by these people; _ but the only indication connecting them with espionage appears in ' - + It is to he noted thatl I are subjects of '~ ' " a ' g supervised by SA ecnrityy letterdated Matter-"U case,January 22, the1953, Lealin thez Attache in |L

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aka Jessica Lucy Romilly, l"'5o EsmondRcmilly, INTERNAL SECURITY- G Mrs. Robert. E. Treuhaft, we. Decca Treuhaft. ' -

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1953 thef knowne su J66 presen ly resides reliability, at 571; - 61st Street, Oakland, advisedon April27,- 'U3 Cal iiornia- be B. nmgiw. snt _ ~ D mo, i known reliability, onadvised July8,. ! Gongressm1953 thatthesubject 2- Executive is of Secretary theEast Civil Bay Rights P

II» CONNECTIONSWITH THECCEWEUNIST PARTY GP! ' 'of known reliability,furnished£01101-:~ the ing informa ion on pIl , 953; ' DEGCA TREUHAFTwas seenat meetings of the GP byvjfrom a aboutregular the firstattendant part of GPl9hB through meetingsatand the firstan waspart active ofmember 1951. She the was CPofQ ! in Oakland, California. Some of these meetings were held .at the sub- jectls home, '

' The GP in Oakland, California had e. re»-reaistration of all n memberssubjectwasyear every she andelectedduringalways years!one the eas oJhe incvuals to goon and see sane oi the inactive members of the Party,and find out the reasons for their inactivity. This was in an attempt to re-register all those , persons who were eligible for re-registration, The sdoject was in this _ regard a member of the Committee on Re-Registration. She took the role oi a. minor official but ordinarily" played the role of a major official. /' 92 membersscribedunctions in theCPsubject and frontorganizations one asthe of themostactive hadGP that onGP the west Coast. Her knowledge of the GP is the same as any other 1eader- 92 ./ - ship in the CP. She understandsthe meaningsoi_ Piarxismand the Maricls' // line and carries it out. She definitely understands the Party poli ," and helps shape the Party policies. - '

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III» CONNECTIONS WITH GP FRONT GROUPS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES g. gights Congress C§C_!_ ' "

The CBC has been designated by the Attorney General of the 3 United States pursuant to Executive Oder 1oh5o.

_ of known reliability, advised on April 1, 1953 the 1 e su3e-c, a en ed the CRO meetingat Mo Clymonds HighSchool, Oakland, California, on March 12, 1953, == wt! advisedApril on1953 22, the that subject actedas ix chairman at an installation of officers dinner of the Oakland Branch of J the CROat 3655'west Street, Oakland, California, on April Lt, 1953, / advised on Has;6, 1953 4 s be t n ed meet- " and Branch of the CR6 at on April 30, 1953. at this meeting the subject atated the the CRC is esperate for money, zitore so not-;r_than everbeforea She said she is getting a leave of absence from the office with no other duties thanlto collect money fromanybody andeverybody shecan to help support to th-CR3. ' 6 .1.»- fl! dvisedthe April periodin1, 195} to August5, 19§3! tlhat the su J60 attended ten additional CRO meetings in the period _ March 2a, 1953 ta July 30, 1953 . n nay7, 1953 advised thatthe subjectattended "l 92- ' ' the Berkeley Branch of the CRO at 1'1 28,March 1953. | Iedtdeed on august3, 1953 that the_subjectatteaded a CBC meet g afl Ion July30, 1953. ta!

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Chapter1953 of thee SH theCBCJ60 at on ihe April East T, Bey 1 9530. C I ladvised on August12, 1953thet thesubject ett<1 bf the|>nEast Ahghet Chapter6, 1.953,Bay htthe this meetinga chc ofJ the ! subject presented s plan for merging the branches of the East Bay Chapter of the CRO» 1953 the.e s jestadvisedettended seventhe additionalperiodinApril 27 , 1953meetings toCRO September the 10,in !w period April 21, 1953 to -August 28, 1953.

oi known reliability, advised on June 1, 1953t " - " Va11ejo_Branch of the /| 1 C-RC at on I-lay 26, 1953. "

'1 1 advised inthe periodJuly1953 __22, September to 3, bf '}92 1953 the 'e su jest attended three additional CBC meetingsin the _: peridM, July 1953to August25;, 1953. , C! SadvisedJuly on1953 23, the subject thathad stated that the CRC is in bad shape financially»

Q. Calii'oI'n_i_alebor School , cn§1 'CLSbeen The has designatedby theAttorney er General the£11,} United States pursuant to Executive Order 10150. - - 19 red|:|ee class known reliability, on advised onAprilApril 15,28, 1953QI - at

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dvised onApril 28,1953 thatthe subjectattended. a M! C161953- ' sponsors0 assat 160 Grand Avenue,Oakland, California,on April22, K sponsorsassdvised160 cat on MayGrandAvenue, 5, 1953 that theCalifornia, Oaldand, subject attendedApril a GL5 on 29,

* advised on MayZ8, _,1$§53that the subject atterxied a OLS Bponsoreclass t a 1 160 GrandAvenue, Oakland,Oalifornia, onMay 20,1953- U! dvised on Play 21, 1953 ,l?hatthe subject attended a G15 19:13."sponsorsure lec at160 GrandAvenue,_ Oakland,California, ' May on 20, H! Sponsoredatdvised on160Grand Junelecture 8, 1953Oakland, thatAvenue, the s1bject attendedon California, a 27,CLSNay P 1953-J The "Daily People's world",March 31, 1953 issue, Page 3, Column 1, reflected that the first class in the series of the CLS classes on "EconomicProblems Capitalism of Socialism" and to bewas held at150 M ! 7 Grand Avenue, Oakland, California, at B p-mu April 1, 1953. 1953thatr known subjectthe theattended.. reliabilityaboveclass advised on,Apri1l, 1953.on i April13 , - , _ The "Daily People's World",April 7, 1953 issue, reflected that the secondlecture inthe'CI.S of lectures serieson "EconomicProblems of Capitalismand Socialism"would heldbe Wednesday,April 8,1953, at 160 GrandAvenue, Oaldand, California. above class on advisedApril8,1953. ' April on 23, 1953, thatthe subjectattended the sponsorsassa 160dvised c Grand May on 19536, Avenue,Oakland, thatthe subject California,attendedon Aprila cLs29, l953.c'i/ J dvised. onJune 5,1953 thatthe subjectattended a CLS j sponsors ecure on"Negro Liberationand theRacial Question"at 160 - _ J . Grand Avenue, Oakland,California, on May 2?,1953- '92' !of knownreliability, on advised April23, 1953symposium the ethe s Jec a "Economicen Problemse theon fourth Capitalism session of theoiSocialism" CLS sponsored and160 at

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2'eT"1"i?';l3_,P!31P1¬'Se_§i9¥}f11,1PYQ The DPH is a GP dominated and controlled T.-Jest Coast newspaper» LP 1' dvised on July 23, 1953 that the subject attended a DPW sponsored house party at July 11, 1953O l Ion ! advised on July 25, 1953 that the subject attended a L! DH? July sponsored 17, 1953: meeting at 2016 Seventh -Street, Berkeley, California, on Sdvised on July 23, 1953 th East Bay People's World Committee meeting at California, on July 1?, 1953.

fn _° y _ Natibnal _ Negro Labor _ Council _ _ ,4 __,_,,m92u.c!_ The NIJIOhas been designated by the Attorney General oi the United States pursuant to Executive Order 10150. 1953 that ge suggest attendee! of en known NNLC reliability,reception at Oakland, California, on June 10, 1953.

3- E,1%UL3QBE§9P[_E%°e1LtiQ1l . Concerning PAUL RCBESON, the IE-=-Fashington Times Herald", washing- ton, D. C. newspaper, in its is-sue dated July 15, 19119, carried an article , entitled "Probers Told Robeson is Veteran Red"; This article reveals ' that PAULMANNING RUBESGN JOHNSON, has been an aex-CF memberleader, of told theGP Congress for many on Julyyears. 111, JOHNSON Kl9ll9 , said he had met RQBESON frequently at OP Headquarters in New York when ROBESON held secret meetings with EARL BROHDER, T1-JILLIAI-I Z. FOSTER, JACK STACHEL and J. PETERS. .

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DE TAILS. Rnsen _c-_- Tracy __-_ it G¢arrv_i- Mohr__.___ '.mzenuw-d_., Tale. Rnom_ Hollomin - Sm» -= I Miss Glndf-. I 1 _ A review of the Attorney Genercil's denaturalization ' and deportation list 2-98134! dated jggg] 453 reflects that the subject is being considered under this program.

Jhe Internal Security section has interposed no objection to this action '0 /_ 1-

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