Mr. Tavenner. That organization was cited on March 29, 1944, by the Special Committee on Un-American Activities as a Communist-controlled organization financed by the American Fund for Public Service and the Robert Marshall Foundation, both principal sources of funds for Communist enterprises.
Mr. O’Connell. There are a lot of conclusions drawn there that need proof.
Mr. Tavenner. I think we are proceeding to prove it right now.
Mr. O’Connell. Federated Press was a press service that operated in the labor field. It supplied labor papers throughout the country with labor news, news about labor, and about things labor was doing and we thought certainly was entitled to a grant from the point of view of development and organization of trade unions.
Mr. Tavenner. It was a principal supplier of the Daily Worker and the Daily People’s World.
Mr. O’Connell. I wouldn’t know, but I would presume that they probably——
Mr. Tavenner. You didn’t inquire?
Mr. O’Connell. Probably did. As far as I was concerned the Federated Press was doing an excellent job in the labor field. As a Congressman, of course, I had excellent opportunity to get all of the labor newspapers and the labor newspapers particularly in my district, and they were getting news from the Federated Press that covered a want that was sorely needed as far as labor information was concerned.
Mr. Tavenner. Did you know that the American Youth Congress had been cited as a Communist-front organization at the time you acted upon——
Mr. O’Connell. By whom?