If that is the proper expression. taking the name of the Communist Party. the rank and file. as is usual ta such cases. following their leaders. as a rule. in remaining with then old or joining with the new party. Mr. Ingram read to the subcommittee the report of his revisory com"mittee. constituted as heretofore stated. in which was set out that it was illpressed with the fact that In the case of many (mostly young men still in their twenties) it was obvious they were of apparent simplicity andigood will. innocent of political or social bias of any kind. having no idea or only very vague ones regarding the Communist Party and its declarations. for membership in which they were sentenced to deportation. He added: " It would have excited the sympathies of this committee to have seen that so many of these young men were absolutely naive. They were entirely innocent of any political consciousness." And then lie tells of one of these young men who " went crazy." Further oil the report referred to says: " The men seemed to be of excellent physique. remarkably free from social or any other disease. simple. straightforward in manner. and with few exceptions they seemed to possess mechanical skill In trades much needed in this country.
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