OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF JOHNSTOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MARCH 12, 1936 TO NOVEMBER, 1936, ELECTED AT REORGANIZATION MEETING President. Herman G. Wilhelm, Pennsylvania Electric Co. Treasurer. Francis C. Martin, United States National Bank. DIRECTORS Nelson Elsasser, Nathan Realty Co.; Sidney Evans, Bethlehem Steel Co.; B. F. Faunce, Brown-Fayro Co.; James Foster, Foster's (department store); Geo. Fiig, Woolf & Reynolds (men's furnishings); Walter W. Krebs, Johnstown Tribune; Carl E. Geis, Geis Furniture Store; David Glosser, Glosser Bros. (department store); W. S. Gray, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation; James Harris, Harris-Boyer Co. (bread and pastries); P. H. Harris, Pennsylvania Electric Co.; S. H. Heckman, Penn Traffic Co. (department store); Francis C. Martin, United States National Bank; W. H. Patterson, Johnstown Office & Supply Co.; R. B. Porter, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation; D. T. Price, Cambria-Lochrie Coal Co.; Albert W. Walters, John W. Walters Lumber Co.; H. G. Wilhelm, Pennsylvania Electric Co. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF JOHNSTOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR 1936-37 DIRECTORS One-year term.-James M. Foster, Foster's (department store); Albert W. Walters, J. W. Walters Lumber Co.; A. M. Custer, Penn Traffic Co. (department store); George L. Brown, Cambria Equipment Co.; R. E. Hough, Bethlehem Steel Co. Two-year term.-Francis C. Martin, United States National Bank; P. H. Harris, Pennsylvania Electric Co.; Harry Zieme, Pennsylvania Electric Co.; W. S. Gray, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation; B. F. Faunce, Brown-Fayro Co. Three-year term.-S. H. Heckman, Penn Traffic Co. (department store'; George Fiig, Jr., Wolf & Reynolds (men's furnishings); David Glosser, Glosser Bros. (department store); Carl E. Geis, Geis Furniture Store; Sidney D. Evans, Bethlehem Steel Co. EXHIBIT 3787-R UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO CHESTER A. HANSON, 42 Church Street, New Haven, Conn., personally and as executive secretary of the Constitutional Educational League, New HaveL, Conn., and Constitutional Educational League, Inc., greeting: Pursuant to lawful authority, you are hereby commanded to appear before the subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor of the Senate of the United States, on November 15, 1937, at 10 o'clock a. m., at their committee room, 247-C, Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C., then and there to testify what you may know relative to the subject matters under consideration by said committee, and not to depart without leave of said committee, and bring with you the following records of the Constitutional Educational League, New Haven, Conn., and the Constitutional Educational League, Inc., New Haven. Conn., both hereinafter referred to as "the association." 1. Certified copies of your constitution, bylaws, and declaration of principles. 2. A certified copy of the form of your membership agreement, and all records showing the names and addresses of your members and the dues or other contributions made by them, from January 1, 1933 to the date hereof. 3. All documents, minutes, or records, showing the names and addresses and dates of appointment, or election of all officers, directors, and all members of all committees, and the chairman and officers thereof, from January 1, 1933 to the date hereof. 4. All minute books, resolutions, or other records of the proceedings of any meeting of the membership, or of any committee of the association, and all pamphlets, books, brochures, literature, circular or form letters, or other printed matter distributed through the mails or otherwise at the expense of or in behalf of the association, and copies of all press releases, advertisements, articles, speeches, or radio programs, prepared by or at the expense of the association or any officer or employee thereof from January 1, 1933, to the date hereof, having reference to any of the following subjects: (a) The organization or enrolling of members in any labor union or association of employees, or the activities of any labor union, trade union or association of employees. (b) The creation, organization, establishment or maintenance by an employer, or group of employers, or by any person on the behalf or at the expense or under the direction of, any such employer or employers, of any association, union or plan of representation of employees for the purpose of collective bargaining. (c) The organization, establishment, or maintenance during an industrial dispute or in contemplation of an industrial dispute or union organizing campaign, of any association of nonstriking or so-called loyal employees or of any so-called loyalty committee, or back-to-work movement. (d) The organization, establishment or maintenance of any committee of citizens, citizens welfare committee, law and order league, or any other organization, for the purpose of influencing the outcome of any industrial dispute, strike, or labor controversy, or influencing or participating in negotiations between any employer and his employees, or influencing any employee with reference to joining or participating in the activities of any trade union or other organization or association of employees. (e) Any enacted or proposed State or national legislation or local ordinances pertaining to industrial relations, collective bargaining or the organization of labor, or the administration of any such legislation or ordinance. 5. All contracts, agreements, correspondence, telegrams, or memoranda and all vouchers, books of account, and other records of payments, from January 1, 1933, to the date hereof, with relation to the employment of any private detective, or private detective agency, or any other person by the association, or by any other person in its behalf, or at its expense, for the performance of any of the following services, cr services of a similar character, and all correspondence, reports, papers, dictaphone reccrds, and memoranda relating to, or resulting from the performance of such services: (a) The investigation of the affiliation or association of any person with any labor or political organization or any officer or representative thereof, and/or of the activities of any such person in organizing or enrolling persons into a labor or political organization, or of the personal life or habits of such persons. (b) The investigation of the activities of any person known to be or suspected of being engaged in trade union organizing activities. (c) The investigation of the activities of any labor or political organization or of any existing or threatened labor dispute. 6. Copies of all contracts or agreements from January 1, 1933, to the date hereof, employing the services of any person, firm, or corporation to prepare distribute, or publish any of the material described in paragraph 4 hereof, or to solicit funds to defray the expense of such preparation, distribution, or publication. 7. All ledgers, balance sheets, books of account, bank books or statements, Vouchers, canceled checks, receipts, journals, or other records showing all expenditures made by the association, or by any person on its behalf, from January 1, 1933, to the date hereof in connection with any of the subjects described in paragraphs 4 (a) to 4 (e) hereof, inclusive. 8. All correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, and transcripts of conversations from January 1, 1933, to the date hereof in the possession of the association with reference to any of the subjects enumerated in paragraph 4 hereof, and particularly any and all such correspondence, memoranda, and telegrams or copies thereof sent to or received from the Citizens National Committee; the National Civic Federation; the Chamber of Commerce of Johnstown, Pa.; and the Steel Workers Committee of Johnstown, Pa.; or any officer, representative or employee thereof. Hereof fail not, as you will answer your default under the pains and penalties in such cases made and provided. To Charles E. Clift to serve and return. Given under my hand, by order of the committee, this 14th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven. ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE, Jr., Chairman, Subcommittee of Committee on Education and Labor [Endorsement on back:] OCTOBER 28, 1937. I made service of the within subpena by handing it personally to the withinnamed person, Chester A. Hanson, secretary-treasurer, Constitutional Educational League, at room 305-6, 42 Church Street, New Haven, Conn., at 11:45 o'clock a. m., on the day of October 28, 1937. CHARLES E. CLIFT. EXHIBIT 3787-S Mr. CHESTER A. HANSON, [Formerly EXHIBIT CEL-19] Constitutional Educational League, WASHINGTON, D. C., November 11, 1937. First National Bank Building, New Haven, Conn.: At the direction of the chairman of this subcommittee, Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., I wish to inform you that the return date of the subpenas heretofore served on you and the Constitutional Educational League has been extended to November 19, 1937. ROBERT WOHLFORTH, Secretary, Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor EXHIBIT 3787-T NOVEMBER 15, 1937. Mr. CHESTER A. HANSON, Constitutional Educational League, First National Bank, New Haven, Conn. MY DEAR MR. HANSON: At the direction of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., chairman of the subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor under Senate Resolution 266, Seventy-fourth Congress, and pursuant to the telegram sent you on November 11, 1937, I wish to inform you in accordance with the subpena no. 1083, previously served upon you, you are required to appear before this subcommittee on Friday, November 19, 1937, at 10 o'clock, a. m., room 247-C, Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C., and bring with you all the records called for, without exception, in the said subpena. It will not be necessary for any other employees or officials of your organization to appear on the above-mentioned date. The return date of the subpenas nos. 1081 and 1092, addressed to the Constitutional Educational League and served upon Joseph P. Kamp and Wm. H. Rush, Jr., respectively, is hereby, at the direction of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr. extended to December 15, 1937. Very truly yours, ROBERT WOHLFORTH, Under Senate Resolution 266. Secretary, Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor, EXHIBIT 3787-U [Formerly EXHIBIT CEL-21] CONSTITUTIONAL EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE, INC. ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION Be it known, that we, the subscribers, do hereby associate ourselves as a body olitic and corporate, pursuant to the Statute laws of the State of Connecticut, egulating the formation and organization of corporations without capital stock, and the following are our articles of association: ARTICLE 1. The name of said corporation shall be Constitutional Educational League, Inc. ART. 2. The purposes for which said corporation is formed, are the following, o wit: The object of the association is to bring about a more complete undertanding of the functions of our Government, and the guarantees and provisions of its basic instrument, the Constitution of the United States; to inculcate patrioism and love of country; to investigate and expose the subversive elements which are seeking to undermine the faith of the American people in their institutions, and, to foster this general program through the medium of the printed and spoken word. ART. 3. The said corporation is located in the town of New Haven, county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, and the location of the principal office is at 42 Church Street. The name of the agent on whom service of process may be served, is Chester A. Hanson. Dated at New Haven, this 20th day of April, A. D. 1937. JOSEPH P. KAMP, STATE OF CONNECTICUT, County of New Haven, ss: NEW HAVEN, April 20, 1937. Then and there personally appeared before me, Joseph P. Kamp, Chester A. Hanson, and W. Byron Swartz, signers and sealers of the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged the same to be their free act and deed before me. The foregoing is a true copy of a certificate filed in this office and of the endorsement of approval thereon. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said State, at Hartford, this twentieth day of April, A. D. 1937. [SEAL] [Endorsement on back:] C. JOHN SATTI, Secretary. ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE, INC. 89562-38-pt. 16- -9 EXHIBIT 3787-V [Formerly EXHIBIT CEL-22] BA 190 57 DL Wooster, Ohio, 17 938A. First National Bank Bldg., N. Hvn. 1937 Nov. 17 AM 10 32. Subpoena served on me also calls for production of papers and records. Feel because of prior service responsibility rests with me and I intend to take material Washington personally. În meantime will have time to make inspection and copies. Because postponement my appearance will make western trip now Chicago weekend St. Louis next week, regards. X JOSEPH P. KAMP. |