Deportation Cases of William T. and Amy Colyer; Hearings Before a Sucommitteee William T. and Amy Colyer - United States Naturalization

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920. Excerpt: ... Q. What number?--A. 14. Q. When did you join them?--A. In May, 1916, I think it was, as I-recollect. The officer took my card, I believe, when I was arrested. Q. How long after you joined the Socialist Party in Boston was it before it became a part of the Communist Party, or in whole, the Communist Party?--A. Well, that yould be rather more than three years, if I am right, it being the summer of last year, and I am practically sure it would be the summer of last year. Q. Then three years elapsed between the time you joined the Socialist Party and the time that you were taken over by the Communist Party. That would make it the summer of 1919?--A. Yes. Q. Do you know about what month?--A. I think it was June or July. Q. Do you know what took place that did away with the Socialist Party before formulating the Communist Party in the summer of 1919?--A. There was a majority vote of the members, after the Socialist Party of Massachusetts was expelled from the National Socialist Party. Q. What caused this to happen?--A. It beats me to know: we never had a proper investigation. Q. Do you know the teachings of the Communist Party?--A. Yes. Q. Have you read them?--A. Yes. Q. And you subscribe to them?--A. Yes. However, I don't regard the presentment of any verbally inspired document, but I render complete assent to the principles of the Communist Party as I understand them. Q. You having read the principles and appearing to understand them, can you name any part of the program of the party or the manifesto that you don't uphold or adhere to?--A. No; I was simply protecting myself from being trapped into a particular interpretation of some special phraseology. I mean if I was on the platform committee as an individual I might suggest variations in certain wordings, b..