Mr. Tavenner. No, sir. Grants totaling $8,000 were made to the Council for Pan-American Democracy. Do you recall those grants?
Mr. O’Connell. I can remember that a grant was made, or grants, to that organization, but I can’t remember who the people were that were involved.
Mr. Tavenner. The organization was cited by Attorney General Tom Clark on June 1, 1948, as subversive and Communist and by the Special Committee on Un-American Activities report on March 29, 1944, and again on June 25, 1942.
$21,000 was granted to Farm Research, according to our information. Do you recall that?
Mr. O’Connell. Well, I don’t recall it, but I presume your information is correct.
Mr. Tavenner. Farm Research was cited by the Special Committee on Un-American Activities on March 29, 1944, as a Communist-front organization, receiving finances from the Robert Marshall Foundation.
Did the foundation make grants to the National Lawyers Guild in the amount of $15,250?
Mr. O’Connell. I am sure it did, although I don’t know whether the amount is correct?
Mr. Tavenner. What was the purpose of those grants?
Mr. O’Connell. The purpose of those grants was to assist the Lawyers Guild in getting out certain legal material as far as particular labor cases before the NLRB and the courts were concerned.