Mr. CROUCH. Yes, sir. In addition, at that time under directions of the district bureau he was beginning his activities in Hawaii, organizing the dockworkers in Honolulu as part of this effort to obtain Communist control over the maritime industry in the Pacific. Senator WELKER. You testified against Harry Bridges in his last trial, did you not? Mr. CROUCH. Yes, sir; in December 1949 and January 1950. Senator WELKER. And he was convicted, and his case has been on appeal for several years? Mr. CROUCH. Yes, sir. Senator WELKER. Did you engage in any activities with respect to printing presses and mimeograph machines or other means of communication in the State of California? Mr. CROUCH. Yes, sir. Senator WELKER Tell us about that. Mr. CROUCH. When I arrived in Alameda County, which, incidentally, had a membership of 400 party members in the county at the time of my arrival, 450 when I left, the Communist Party already had an elaborate underground apparatus, both organizationally and insofar as printing equipment was concerned. In the county at the time of my arrival there were 2 high-speed mimeograph machines in the office, 1 stored at a private residence in the country for reserve use under underground conditions. Shortly after I arrived, one of the machines was taken out of the office, leaving only one machine in the office. In addition, there were scores of hand mimeographs already distributed in all of the units in the county. As I arrived there, plans were being made for a county school in underground work which began about 1 week after my arrival. The instructors were Rudy Lambert, head of the underground apparatus of the district, the control and security commission; Steve Nelson, a fellow member of the district bureau, and then San Francisco County organizer; Kenneth May, educational director of the county at that time; and myself. This school was held on weekends, Saturday and Sunday, about 8 hours a day for 2 days with about 20 selected students from the county. They were given both political directives about the revolutionary aims of the party, the matter of turning the imperialist war into a civil war, and so on, and they were given a great deal of practical instructions in the use of these hand mimeographs. They were also taught how to make gelatin duplicating devices if they should not have hand mimeographs available, just by the simple process of Knox gelatin and duplicating typewriter ribbons, a very simple method. They were taught methods for distributing the leaflets without being detected, such as placing them in most frequently read library books in public libraries, and various other techniques were used. It was a very elaborate course and lasted from early in May until the invasion of the Soviet Union, and covered about all phases of underground activities, both in theory and in practice. In addition, at the district bureau I received reports on the general underground structure and preparations by Rudy Lambert, who stated in one of his reports that the Communist Party was prepared to continue publication of the Daily People's World, which corresponds to the Daily Worker in the East. He did not elaborate in detail, and I had no personal knowledge as to where the printing plants were located, or what their arrangements were. Senator WELKER. Did you receive that orally, or by mail? Mr. CROUCH. Orally, at a district bureau meeting. Outside of my own county I had no firsthand knowledge of the mechanism for the production of leaflets and so on. In addition to the equipment, that is, the mimeographs, the Communist Party at that time had a vast amount of paper, ink, and stencils stored away, and I recall that during a period of 6 weeks, about $500 was taken out of the regular funds of the Communist Party in Alameda County and used to purchase additional paper and supplies to be stored away at private homes for underground use. The Communist Party maintained at that time a reserve fund of about $2,000 in the names of several private individuals, which was not to be touched for any purpose until the Communist Party was in an illegal condition. That was a very rigid rule. After the June 22 invasion of the Soviet Union, the entire situation changed, as far as perspectives of the underground workers were concerned. In the latter part of July or early August 1941, I raised the question of the underground apparatus, and all this reserve supply with William Schneiderman in his office, and with William Z. Foster, national chairman of the party, present. Schneiderman immediately said that the underground apparatus must be maintained at status quo, that none of the reserve supplies was to be used, and Foster then went into detail politically, and explained to me that while there was no immediate perspective, so far as could be seen then, that the party must at all times remember that sooner or later the armed struggle between the capitalists and the Communist world was inevitable, and that no one could predict when it might come, that the party must always maintain itself in readiness, and even though the United States and the Soviet Union might be temporary allies, never to forget the inevitable struggle between them ahead, and to maintain the apparatus of the Communist Party intact. Section 7 of the Internal Security Act of 1950 contains the provisions relating to the registration requirements for Communist-action and Communist front organizations. The registration of each such organization must be accompanied by a registration statement which among other things must specify the name of the organization, the names and addresses of the officers, an accounting of the moneys received and expended, the names and addresses of the members of Communist-action organizations, and any aliases of such officers and members in certain cases. The amendment to the act contained in the instant bill adds the requirement that a Communist-action or a Communist-front organization which is required to register must include in its registration statement a list in detail of all its printing facilities used for printing matter or material for such organizations. RECOMMENDATIONS The committee, after consideration of all the facts in the case, is of the opinion that the bill (S. 2766), as amended, should be enacted. CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW In compliance with subsection (4) of rule XXIX of the Standing Rules of the Senate changes in existing law made by the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be admitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italics, existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman): INTERNAL SECURITY ACT OF 1950 (PUBLIC LAW 831, 81sT CONG., 2D SESS.) SEC. 7 * (d) The registration made under subsection (a) or (b) shall be accompanied by a registration statement, to be prepared and filed in such manner and form as the Attorney General shall by regulations prescribe, containing the following information: (1) The name of the organization and the address of its principal office. (2) The name and last-known address of each individual who is at the time of filing of such registration statement, and of each individual who was at any time during the period of twelve full calendar months next preceding the filing of such statement, an officer of the organization, with the designation or title of the office so held, and with a brief statement of the duties and functions of such individual as such officer. (3) An accounting, in such form and detail as the Attorney General shall by regulations prescribe, of all moneys received and expended (including the sources from which received and the purposes for which expended) by the organizatior during the period of twelve full calendar months next preceding the filing of such statement. (4) In the case of a Communist-action organization, the name and last-known address of each individual who was a member of the organization at any time during the period of tweleve full calendar months preceding the filing of such statement. 58003°-55 S. Repts., 83-2, vol. 3—————44 (5) In the case of any officer or member whose name is required to be shown in such statement, and who uses or has used or who is or has been known by mor than one name, each name which such officer or member uses or has used or by which he is known or has been known. (6) A listing, in such form and detail as the Attorney General shall by regulation prescribe, of all printing presses and machines including but not limited to rotary presses, flatbed cylinder presses, platen presses, lithographs, offsets, photo-offsets mimeograph machines, multigraph machines, multilith machines, duplicating ma chines, ditto machines, linotype machines, intertype machines, monotype machines and all other types of printing presses, typesetting machines or any mechanical devices used or intended to be used, or capable of being used to produce or publish printed matter or material, which are in the possession, custody, ownership, or control of the Communist-action or Communist-front organization or its officers, members, affiliates associates, group, or groups in which the Communist-action or Communist-fron organization, its officers or members have an interest. HERMAN WELKEB, MAY 27 (legislative day, MAY 13), 1954.-Ordered to be printed Mr. WILEY (for Mr. LANGER), from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 44] The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the bill (S. 44) to provide for the appointment of deputy United States marshals without regard to the provisions of the civil-service laws and regulations, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon, without amendment, and recommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE The purpose of the proposed legislation is to amend sections 541 and 542 of title 28, United States Code, so as to allow a United States marshal to appoint deputies with the approval of the Attorney General without regard to the provisions of the civil-service laws and regulations, but subject to a civil-service test of fitness, and to further provide for their removal with the approval of the Attorney General. Section 2 of the bill is to provide for the restoration to the position of deputy marshal of any United States marshal appointed as such from the position of deputy marshal and whose term as marshal has expired. STATEMENT S. 35 and S. 3390 of the Eighty-second Congress were similar bills. S. 35 was reported by the Committee on the Judiciary to the Senate and failed of passage. S. 44 of the Eighty-third Congress contains changes therein which are designed to meet the objections raised to S. 35. S. 35 provided for the appointment and removal of deputy United States marshals with the approval of the Attorney General, without regard to the provisions of the civil-service laws and regulations. S. 44 provides for the appointment of deputy United States marshals after the proposed appointee shall become eligible for such appointment upon passing a noncompetitive examination, as may be prescribed by the Civil Service Commission, to determine his fitness. The bill further provides that deputy marshals shall be subject to removal by the marshal pursuant to civil-service regulations except that with the approval of the Attorney General and without regard to the provisions of Civil Service laws and regulations a deputy marshal may be removed by the marshal under whom he serves at any time within 60 days after such marshal has taken the oath of office and entered upon his duties. A further addition which did not appear in S. 35 relates to marshals who have been appointed marshal from the position of deputy marshal. This provision will allow a marshal, within 30 days after the expiration of his term as marshal, upon application, to be restored to the position of deputy marshal. The committee believes the bill to be meritorious. Section 542, title 28, United States Code, provides that the Attorney General may authorize any United States marshal to appoint deputies and clerical assistants. Deputy marshals shall be subject to removal by the marshals pursuant to civil-service regulations. Under present law and civil-service regulations, the marshals upon authorization from the Attorney General must make their selections from the list of eligibles furnished them by the regional director of the Civil Service Commission (sec. 102.03, United States Marshals' Manual). The bill would allow a marshal to appoint such deputy as he desires provided the appointee is able to pass a suitable noncompetitive examination, as may be prescribed by the Civil Service Commission, and thus a marshal will not be limited to employment of only those persons certified to him by the regional director of the Civil Service Commission. Subsection (b) of the bill, as stated before, allows the marshal after the enactment of this act to remove deputy marshals at any time prior to the expiration of 60 days after the date of enactment of this act with the approval of the Attorney General and without regard to the provisions of the civil-service laws and regulations; and in section 2 of the bill protection is afforded a marshal who was serving as a deputy marshal upon the expiration of his term by restoring him to the position that he held prior to entering upon his duties as marshal. By the act of November 26, 1940 (54 Stat. 1211), the President was given broad authority to cover positions in the executive departments and agencies into the classified civil service. Section 1 of the act (5 U. S. C., sec. 631 (a)), provides: Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the President is authorized by Executive order to cover into the classified civil service any offices or positions in or under an executive department, independent establishment, or other agency of the Government: Provided, That in the case of any federally owned and controlled corporation organized under the laws of any State, Territory, or possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, the President is authorized to direct that such action be taken as will permit appointments to offices or positions in any such corporation to be made in accordance with the civil-service laws consistently with the laws of any such State, Territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, or with the charter or articles of incorporation of any such corporation: Provided further, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to offices or positions in the Tennessee Valley Authority or to any positions in the Work Projects Administration or to any position to which |