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Show CIO Directors To Probe 10 Red Unions CUEVZLAND. Nov. S UPV-The CIO, executive board Saturday set up committees to investigate chsrgee of proeommunlsm against 10 left wing anions and nine of their leaders. ' CIO President Philip Murray at a news conference that all C I O otticm will now sign the aoa-(See aoa-(See story sa page f.) Communist affidavits required by the Taft-Hartley , ., to gala access ac-cess to the national labor relations board processes. The officers now. M months after the Taft-Hartley act went into effect will corse late compliance com-pliance for the first time. Murray said the move eras taken because the officers era responsible respon-sible for the welfare of certain industrial in-dustrial union councils not part of International nms, The actioa against the unions and individuals was aken af a posteoBvention sssslon or tha board. The nine union presidents under fire were allowed to take their seats as members of the axso-utive axso-utive board pending the outcome of bearings by the committees. The 10th leader, Bea Gold, of the For aad Leather Workers, eras ruled ineligible Friday to ait oa the board, under a change to the CIO constitution barring Communist Com-munist party members and sympathisers. sym-pathisers. The charges were that the individuals indi-viduals and the unions they direct di-rect "consistently pursue policies and activities directed toward the achievement of the program or the purposes of the Communist party rather than the objectives and pol-Idss pol-Idss set forth in the constitution of the CIO." The charges were brought by William Steinberg, president of the American Radio Aaaa, and a member of the board. Murray said there bad beea other right wing board mem ben who wanted to file the same charges, |