Show Dies Witness Declares Maritime Union Heads Take Orders From Communist Party I WASHINGTON May 6 INS UNS- INS Principal leaders o of maritime unions on both the east and west coasts were charged with taking orders from the communist party Monday by a man who said he personally personally personally per per- transmitted these orders Peter J. J Innis Bridgeport Conn seaman told the Dies committee he was sent to the west coast by the communists in 1936 to help prepare for the water front strike in San Francisco He named as communists Harry Bridges ridges west vest coast C CIO I 1 0 leader Joseph Curran head of the C I 0 O 1 maritime union Mervin Rath- Rath bourne president of American American American Ameri Ameri- I can Communications association and Tommy Ray whom he identified identified identified fied as head of the maritime f fr fac faction c- c tion of the communist party How do you know t they ey are communists Representative n t tat a t I v e Voorhis D. D Cal asked I 1 attended fraction meetings I with them and they took orders from the communists he said I know they took these orders because because because be be- cause I transmitted them Innis said he gave Bridges a 1 I message from Ray ordering him to attend a a. communist meeting in Madison Square Garden Gardenin in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Or on December 14 1936 Bridges did not want to go but go-but but after I receiving those orders he went Innis said Questioned by Representative Thomas R. R N. N J J. Innis corroborated corroborated corroborated rated testimony of previous witnesses witnesses witnesses wit wit- nesses that illegal radio messages were received by marine radio op op- op- op He said on the S. S S. S President President President Pres Pres- ident Taft he secured information about union elections through the radio operator |