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2194 COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT Mr. NiTTLE. Was your participation in that demonstration j^our own idea, or did you do that at the request of the New York group? Mrs. Wilson. They kindly invited me, and I felt very pleased. Mr. NiTTLE. Prior to that February 20 demonstration, had you at any time consulted wath the leadership of the New York group concerning the activities of Women Strike for Peace in that area? Mrs. Wilson. Again I would like to qualif}^ the word "leadership." We are all leaders. I had met vnth large numbers of ladies in New York before that, yes. Mr. NiTTLE. Had you at any time, prior to February 20, at least exercised any direction or control of the activities of the New York group? Mrs. Wilson. I think I already said that nobody controls anybody. Mr. NiTTLE. And since that time you have not directed or controlled any of the New York group's activity? Mrs. Wilson. No, but cooperated; cooperated, yes. Mr. NiTTLE. Mrs. Wilson, Vol. I, No. 1, of the Washington Newsletter just shown you, which was issued from the address at 1822 Massachusetts Avenue, indicates that the headquarters of Women's International Strike for Peace is in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Wilson. Is that what it says? "Headquarters"? Mr. NiTTLE. It does not say it specifically. I said that was the indication, so that I \\dll ask you, Is 1822 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, the headquarters of Women's International Strike for Peace? Mrs. Wilson. Well, we have no headquarters. This office has a special function which I would be glad to explain. Mr. NiTTLE. Yes. Women's International Strike for Peace has no headquarters, you state. Mrs. Wilson. Alas, no. We need one badly. There hasn't been anybody taking on the job so far. Mr. NiTTLE. That is a very interesting fact because I will hand you a magazine titled New World Review, dated October 1962. At page 37 an article appearing in that magazine, titled "Women Strike for Peace," by Helen Rand Miller, notes that the headquarters of Women's International Strike for Peace is 750 Third Avenue, New York City. Mrs. Wilson. Very interesting. Mr. NiTTLE. Is 750 Third Avenue, New York City, the headquarters of Women's International Strike for Peace? Mrs. Wilson. I sure wish it were. (Document marked "Wilson Exhibit No. 2" and retained in committee files.) Mr. NiTTLE. Mrs. Wilson, I now hand you a copy of the Moscowpublished New Times, No. 13, dated March 28, 1962, which declares that the Women's International Democratic Federation—an organization, by the way, which has been cited by this committee and other authorities as an international Communist front—was sponsoring a Women's World Assembly for Disarmament and that the Women's International Democratic Federation had established contact with "Women's Strike for Peace" in the United States for attendance at that Assembly. Do you have knowledge of any such contact being made with your organization prior to March 28, 1962, by the Moscowbased Women's International Democratic Federation?
COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT 2195 Mrs. Wilson. I can't tell you exactly when we made contact with this group. (Document marked "Wilson Exhibit No. 3" and retained in committee files.) Mr. NiTTLE. Who is "we"? Mrs. Wilson. "We"? Women. "Who is we?" I am one of them. Mr. NiTTLE. Let me put it this way, and be more specific. Did you personally make contact with the Women's International Democratic Federation on behalf of Women Strike for Peace? Mrs. Wilson. No, I think the initiative came from them. Oh, well, we probably contacted some of the members of the Women's whatever it is called, International Federation, in our attempt to affiliate with peace groups in other countries. That was described on January 15. Mr. NiTTLE. Whose idea was it to make contact with the Women's International Democratic Federation in Moscow to establish international contacts by Women Strike for Peace? Mrs. Wilson. This isn't the way it was done. You see, we just contacted all the peace leaders that we could find in other countries, and I suppose this was among them, you see. Mr. NiTTLE. What I would like to know is, Who conceived the idea? Did this idea originate with the Washington headquarters, or with some other group? Mrs. Wilson. This was all part of our attempt to make Women Strike for Peace into WISP, you see, and Mr. NiTTLE. An idea which I believe you stated originated with the New York headquarters through its international coordinator? Mrs. Wilson. I did not. I said nothing of the sort. I said I wish I had thought of it. Mr. NiTTLE. You indicated that it wasn't your idea. Mrs. Wilson. I think many of us had the idea of making this into an international movement. I loiow I certainly had personally. Mr. NiTTLE. I am not referring generally to, or talking generally about, an international movement. I am referring to a specific contact with an organization. I want to know whose idea it was to make that contact. Mrs. Wilson. Well, I am afraid it is impossible Mr. NiTTLE. Was this your idea, or was it suggested to you? Mrs. Wilson. You are trying to pin it down to one thing. We made contact at the same time, about the same time, with as many peace gi'oups in the other countries as we could find. Mr. NiTTLE. You say "we." I don't understand that. Mrs. Wilson. Yes, we. This was on our behalf. Mr. NiTTLE. Did you? Mrs. Wilson. No, I did not personally. Maybe it was referred to our international coordinator. She was then called—she did it on behalf of Mr. NiTTLE. Let's take our time. The international coordinator. Are you referring to the person who is international coordinator for the New York group? Mrs. Wilson. She is mternational coordmator for the national movement. She happens to reside in New York.
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