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2196 COMIVIUNIST ACTIVITIES EST THE PEACE MOVEMENT Mr. NiTTLE. And is a member of, or affiliated with, the New York group? Mrs. Wilson. Yes, sure, yes. Mr. NiTTLE. Of Women Strike for Peace? Mrs. Wilson. Yes; we are all affiliated with each other, yes. Would you be interested, by the way, in knowing why she was selected to do this? Mr. NiTTLE. I am just interested in determining Mrs. Wilson. You see, it really came from California. That's the funny part about it. Mr. NiTTLE. Mrs. Wilson, I hand you a copy of the Moscow News of June 30, 1962, a weekly publication which emanates from Gorky Street, Moscow, published in the English language. I direct your attention to page 7, an article titled "Delegations from Over a Hundred Countries to Attend Moscow Congress" which reports that the American Women Strike for Peace decided to send representatives and observers to the World Congress for General Disarmament and Peace. It was to be held in Moscow commencing July 9, 1962. I would like to know whether you participated in the decision, if one was made by American Women Strike for Peace, to send representatives and observers to the World Congress for General Disarmament and Peace? Mrs. Wilson. Yes, I did. (Document marked "Wilson Exhibit No. 4" and retained in committee files.) Mr. NiTTLE. Did you originally conceive this idea, or was it a suggestion from some other source? Mrs. Wilson. This is an idea I have always had myself. Others have had it, too, that it would be very important for Women Strike for Peace to participate in as many international peace conferences as we possibly could. Mr. NiTTLE. Newspaper accounts indicate that the first national demonstration was held November 1, 1961, by Women Strike for Peace in 58 cities and that about 2,000 women marched at the United Nations. Did you coordinate the action for demonstrations in 58 cities? Mrs. Wilson. Is this something that Mr. NiTTLE. I ask you to answer that yes or no. Mrs. Wilson. That I find very hard to explain to the masculine mind. I can't answer that yes or no. It was my initiative that resulted in, yes, all of these demonstrations that took place on that day. By the way, there were 60, not just 58. Mr. Doyle. I think the masculine mind can understand that. Mrs. Wilson. I thought that you would be able to, Mr. Doyle, because I have been watching your face. Mr. NiTTLE. Now, Mrs. Wilson, the People's World, the West Coast Communist Party newspaper, the issue of September 15, 1962, reported—and I am quoting this because I assume you don't read the People's World Mrs. Wilson. Oh, you do? Mr. NiTTLE. The report said: A grass roots, votes-for-peace activity by many hundreds of women in Pacific Coast states has added a new dimension to congressional and state election campaigns, which go into high gear in the remaining seven weeks before Nov. 6.
COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT 2197 I would like to ask whether this political activity was conceived at your Washington office of Women Strike for Peace, or by some other group. Mrs. Wilson. I think this was our baby, I am proud to say, yes. You know, this was a national campaign, by the way. I mean it wasn't just local. Mr. NiTTLE. That article in the People's World, at page 2, entitled, "Women busy in elections. It's politics for peace," which appeared under the byhne of Peggy Dennis, widow of the late Eugene Dennis, who, until his death in January 1961, was general secretary of the United States Communist Party, also stated, in part: At their first national conference last June at Ann Arbor, Mich., Women for Peace (in some cities called Women's Strike for Peace, also Women's Intl. Strike for Peace) discussed at some length the question of political action. Did you attend the national conference last June at Ann Arbor? Mrs. Wilson. Yes, I did. Mr. NiTTLE. Who made the decision to hold the conference at Ann Arbor, rather than in Washington? Mrs. Wilson. This was Ann Arbor's idea, so they invited us. Mr. NiTTLE. I see. So that the pohtical conference then was called at the request of the Ann Arbor group and it was their idea? Mrs. Wilson. This wasn't a political conference. In fact, I am not even sure this particular thing was discussed there, but many things were discussed and this may well have been one of them, yes. Yes; "Come to the WISPUREE." That is what we called it. Mr. NiTTLE. During the past 2 days, Mrs. Wilson, the following persons from the Metropolitan New York, New Jersey, Connecticut Women Strike for Peace have testified before the committee : Blanche Posner, Ruth Meyers, Lyla Hoffman, Iris Freed, and Anna Mackenzie. Have you at any time consulted with them with the view toward directing what activities the New York group of Women Strike for Peace would undertake? Mrs. Wilson. Have constant communication of these activities, you know. Mr. NiTTLE. Have you exercised any direction or control? Mrs. Wilson, Never any direction or control, only suggestions. These suggestions, you know, shuttle back and forth across the country aU the time. Mr. NiTTLE. It is the committee's information that a Selma Rein has participated, in the past, in the activities of the Washington group of Women Strike for Peace. Do you know Selma Rein? That is S-e-1-m-a R-e-i-n? Mrs. Wilson. WeU, I will tell you something. I don't think that you can really expect me to name names or women who have participated in the Women Strike for Peace. Mr. NiTTLE. Now, Mrs. Wilson, I, of course, have named some names, and you have responded affirmatively or otherwise with respect to those names of women who are active in Women Strike for Peace, and I am frankly a little surprised that you pause while I ask you about the activities of Selma Rein in the Washington group of Women Strike for Peace. It is the committee's information that Mrs. Rein has had possession of a key to the Washington office of Women Strike for Peace, and it is also the committee's information that in March 1962 Mrs. Sehna
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