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Rh If you want the names I think Mr. Kay will give them to you.

The. The Chair will order that that list be made a part of the subcommittee's files.

Mr. . All right, sir, and Mr. Kay will furnish it here.

(The information referred to was received at a later date, marked "Exhibit No, 28," and is on file with the subcommittee.)

Mr. . There is still fear of retribution?

Mr. . We are continuously being threatened.

Mr. . With what?

Mr. . Being cut off, no tellng what is going to happen.

A. couple of years ago our attorney, Mr. Richter, advised us that if we don’t want to carry the Daily Werker—and we refused to handle it and most of our members don’t, we had threats for lawsuits

The. This subcommittee can understand that. We are occasionally threatened, ourselves.

Mr. . We have threais and we are people, most of us ant at the newsstand, most of ns are disabled velerans, sick peaple, and we don’t look for trouble and we are tickled to death to be left alune. We don’t want to put up with any threats. We are a little careful, There are a few of ug that are not afraid, but you can’t fight all the people all the time.

Mr. . Have there been threats of physical violence?

Mr. . There is a way of hurting you. If a distributer cuts off a certain item il means he has to lay some help off. I will give you one little angle.

Let us say he loses a certain amount of magazines that he is not going to deliver, He lays off two men, Fle tells these two men “De- cause these newsdealers refuse ta handle these books, I have to lry you people off.”

You figure out the rest. They have a union; you think what is going to happen ta us.

The. You do not have to worry if you are right.

Mr. . I am one of these that is not worried. T would rather die than be afraid, but not all of them feel that way.

Mr. . You said some time ago there was a cutting off by the newsdealers of receipts of the Daily Worker. Was there any retribu- tion that you knew of?

Mr. . We were threatened, our counsel was threatened, but most of us just don’t carry it and people just don’t ask for it. Some of them do, but the majority don’t.

Mr. . But the distributor did nat cut down on magazines, or don't vou know?

Mr. . Well, the distributor that handles the Daily Worker is u newspaper «distributor. They don’t handle magazines.

Mr. . Was there cutting off of the newspapers?

Mr. . No, there was just a little talk and threats, but it went over pretty good.

Mr. . Was there any delay in deliveries?

Mr. . No, not in that respect.

Mr. . I have no further questions. Mr. Chairman,

The. Mr. Freedman, how many members do you have in your association?

Mr. . We have about a thousand members.