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A RESOLUTION TO INVESTIGATE VIOLATIONS OF THE RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH AND ASSEMBLY AND INTERFERENCE WITH THE RIGHT OF
LABOR TO ORGANIZE AND BAR- GAIN COLLECTIVELY
PART 16
"CITIZENS' " COMMITTEES
THE JOHNSTOWN (PA.) CITIZENS' COMMITTEE THE CITIZENS NATIONAL COMMITTEE
THE JOHNSTOWN (PA.) CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THE CONSTITUTIONAL EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE
NOVEMBER 19, 1937
Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Testimony of—
Lawrence W. Campbell, Johnstown, Pa.; secretary, Johnstown Cham-
ber of Commerce; secretary, Johnstown Citizens' Committee.
Testimony relating to the Johnstown Citizens' Committee. 7245-7253
Function_.
Page
97
7246
7247
7248
7249
7250-7252
7252
7253
7254
7255
7257
7259
7259-7262
7262-7269
7262
7263
7264
Testimony relating to the Citizens' National Committee_
Chester A. Hanson, Milford, Conn.; secretary-treasurer, Constitutional
Educational League, Inc..
Testimony relating to the Constitutional Educational League,
Inc..
Discussion of the Constitution of the United States, its function,
parts and their content and purpose..
Discussion of forms of government..
Communism...
The Brooks Farm Experiment..
Socialism....
JOHNSTOWN CITIZENS' COMMITTEE
Appendix..
7271-7368
Exhibit 3787-A (Exhibit JCC-1). A subpena served on Lawrence W.
Campbell, personally and as secretary-treasurer of
the Johnstown Citizens' Committee..
7271-7273
Exhibit 3787-B (Exhibit JCC-2). A telegram from the committee to
Mr. Campbell, dated November 11, 1937, extending
return date of subpenas to November 17, 1937__
Exhibit 3787-C (Exhibit JCC-3). A letter from the committee to Mr.
Campbell, dated November 12, 1937, confirming
exhibit JCC-2__
Exhibit 3787-D (Exhibit JCC-4). A letter from Mr. Campbell to the
committee, dated November 15, 1937, explaining why
he "cannot meet the detailed requirements of *
subpena," exhibit JCC-1...
Exhibit 3787-E (Exhibit JCC-5). Membership list, Johnstown Citi-
zens' Committee_-_
7273
7274
7274-7275
JOHNSTOWN CITIZENS' COMMITTEE-Continued
Appendix-Continued.
-).
7275-7329
Exhibit 3787-F (Exhibit JCC-6). Correspondence related to "solicit-
ing funds for, or descriptive of the purposes and aims
of, or the services rendered by" the Johnstown Citi-
zens' Committee (a list of these documents appears on
pp. -
Exhibit 3787-G (Exhibit JCC-7). A full-page advertisement from the
Johnstown, Pa., Democrat of June 17, 1937, signed
"Citizens Committee of Johnstown, headed "We Will
Keep Johnstown Safe for Johnstowners-We Will
Preserve Law and Order"; a full-page advertisement
from the same paper, similarly signed, dated June 16,
1937, headed "We Will Preserve Law and Order"; a
full-page advertisement from the Johnstown, Pa.,
Daily Tribune of June 24, 1937, signed by the Citizens'
Committee of Johnstown and by the Steel Workers'
Committee of the Citizens' Committee. (This adver-
tisement was also published nationally.) It was
headed "We Protest". 7329-7331
Exhibit 3787-H (Exhibit JCC-8). A pamphlet credited to the Citi-
zens' Committee Steel Workers' Committee, Johns-
town, Pa., dated July 2, 1937, headed "It Can't
Happen Here-It Did Happen Here-It Can Happen
in Your Town as Shown by the Lesson of Johns-
town".
7331-7333
Exhibit 3787-I (Exhibit JCC-9). Copies of radio speeches made under
the auspices of the Johnstown Citizens' Committee by:
Rev. John H. Stanton, on June 26, 1937.
George Boyd, on June 25, 1937__
7333
7335
George Griffith, on June 25, 1937.
Exhibit 3787-J (Exhibit JChC-10). A subpena, served on Lawrence
W. Campbell personally and as secretary of the Johns-
town Chamber of Commerce.
7346-7350
7344-7346
Exhibit 3787-K (Exhibit JChC-11). The bylaws of the Johnstown
Chamber of Commerce..
Exhibit 3787-L (Exhibit JChC-12). The membership roster of the
Johnstown Chamber of Commerce..
7350-7356
Exhibit 3787-M (Exhibit JChC-13). Financial statements of the Johnstown Chamber of Commerce covering the peri-
Johnstown Chamber of Commerce for the fiscal
year ending December 31, 1935..
7359
A letter from "R. A. Gallagher and staff" to H. G.
Wilhelm, president of the Johnstown Chamber of
Commerce, dated May 11, 1936, reporting on an
audit of the books of the Chamber of Commerce
for the year ended December 31, 1935..........
Exhibit 3787-N (Exhibit JChC-14). A letter from Lawrence W.
Campbell, as secretary of the Johnstown Chamber of
Commerce, to the committee, dated November 15,
1937, in response to committee subpenas.
7360
JOHNSTOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE-Continued
Exhibit 3787-0 (Exhibit JChC-15). A subpena served on Lawrence
W. Campbell personally and as secretary of the Citi-
zens' National Committee__.
7360-7362
Exhibit 3787-P (Exhibit JChC-16). A letter from Lawrence W.
Campbell to the committee, dated Nov. 15, 1937, in
response to exhibit JChC-15...
Exhibit 3787-Q (Exhibit JChC-17). Officers and directors of the Johnstown Chamber of Commerce for the periods: 1933-1934.
7362
1934-1935.
1935-1936.
1936-1937-
7363
7364
(These lists also show business connections of offi- cers and directors.)
Exhibit 3787-R (Exhibit CEL-18). A subpena served on Chester A.
Hanson personally and as executive secretary of the
Constitutional Educational League_
7364-7366
Exhibit 3787-S (Exhibit CEL-19). A telegram dated Nov. 11, 1937, from the committee to Chester A. Hanson, extending the return date of subpenas served on him until Nov. 19, 1937...
7366
Exhibit 3787-T (Exhibit CEL-20). A letter from the committee to
Chester A. Hanson, dated Nov. 15, 1937, confirming
exhibit CEL-19-
Exhibit 3787-U (Exhibit CEL-21). The articles of association of the
Constitutional Educational League_-
7367
Exhibit 3787-V (Exhibit CEL-22). A telegram from Joseph P. Kamp,
of the Constitutional Educational League, to Chester
A. Hanson, dated Nov. 17, 1937-
7368