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1 2200 COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT world peace. Airmail copy telegram to Washington office for use at hearings. Plan to come regardless of his answer. Hospitality provided for you and children. Letter following. Then I believe in the letter you have urged the women to come with their babies. I am quite sure, Mrs. Wilson, it will please you to know that in response to your telegram Mr. Walter has received a large number of telegrams and letters Mrs. Wilson. Yes, I know. Mr. NiTTLE. —protesting the committee hearings. I might add, incidentally, that this is a further indication that, despite the claims of Women Strike for Peace, they are pretty well ''organized." Mrs. Wilson. Well, they are here to tell. I mean here you see them. Mr. NiTTLE. However, one thing that impresses the committee is the fact that a considerable number of these communications have come from persons who have been publicly identified in testimony before this committee and other agencies as members of the Communist Party. Was the list of persons to whom your telegram was to be sent prepared, in part or in whole, by the New York office of the Mrs. Wilson. No, it wasn't. This one was prepared by us. Mr. NiTTLE. —Women Strike for Peace? Mrs. Wilson. No. It was prepared by us. I was there. Incidentally, I think it is very brave of these women if they had been here before to offer to come and testify again. Mr. NiTTLE. I am about to conclude the staff interrogation, with the permission of the Chau-, and I would like to pose a few remaining questions in concluding. I think you have observed during the course of your attendance at these hearings that numerous Communist directives, and evidence produced in these hearings, indicate that a present major objective of the Communist Party is the infiltration of peace groups. I would like to ask whether you would knowingly permit or encourage a Communist Party member to occupy a leadership position in Women Strike for Peace? Mrs. Wilson. Well, m}^ dear sir, I have absolutely no way of controlling, do not desire to control, who wishes to join in the demonstrations and the efforts that the women strikers have made for peace. In fact I would also like to go even further. I would like to say that unless everybody in the whole world joins us in this fight, then God help us. Mr. NiTTLE. Would you knowingly permit or welcome Nazis or Fascists to occupy leadership positions in Women Strike for Peace? Mrs. Wilson. Whether we could get them or not, I don't think we could. Mr. NiTTLE. Am I correct, then, in assuming that you plan to take no action designed to prevent Communists from assuming positions of leadership in the movement or to eliminate Communists who may have already obtained such positions? Mrs. Wilson. Certainly not. Mr. NiTTLE. The staff has no further questions, Mr. Chau-man. Mr. Doyle. Any questions, Governor? 1 Despite the fact that this is the response recorded by tne official reporter for the hearings, newspapermen covering the hearings reported—and members of the committee and its staff distinctly recall—that Mrs. Wilson's actual reply to the preceding question was: "If only we could get them on our side."
COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT 2201 Mr. Tuck. I have no questions. Mr. Doyle. An}^ questions, Mr. Bruce? Mr. Bruce. No questions at all. Mr. Doyle. I have no questions. I want to thank you on behalf of the committee and the U.S. Congress for appearing and being so helpful to us. I want to emphasize that the committee recognizes that there are many, many, many women, in fact a great, great majority of women, in this peace movement who are absolutely patriotic and absolutely adverse to everything the Communist rarty stands for. We recognize that you are one of them. We compliment you on vour leadership and on your helpfulness to us this mornino-. Mr. Nittle, is that all? Mrs. Wilson. I do hope that you live to thank us when we have achieved our goal. Mr. Doyle. Well, we will. Mr. Nittle. Mr. Chairman, we have no further witnesses at this time. Mr. Doyle. The committee will stand adjourned. (Whereupon, at 12:28 p.m., Thursday, December 13, 1962, the committee adjourned, subject to the call of the Chair.) S.3.367—
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