Mr. Read. describing his qualifications in his application for employment. stated: "I developed a style of newswriting which contrived to present.fairly subtle ideas in simple language." Mr. Read also submitted the fact that he had for 5 years. on a voluntary basis. prepared publicity material for the Joint AntiFascist Refugee Committee at 68 Post Street in San Francisco. Calif. This group. with which Mr. Read stated he was officially associated. has been certified by the Attorney General of the United States as subversive. in his report in the loyalty investigation. The House UnAmerican Activities Committee reports on the organization in part as follows: "The Joint AntiFascist Refugee Committen was cited as a Communist front organization by the Special Committee on UnAmerican Activities in Report No. 1311. dated March 29. 1944. Attorney General Clark included the group on his list of subversive organizations furnished for use of the Loyalty Review Board. The executive secretary and members of the executive board of the Joinb AntiFascist Refugee Committee were cited April 16. 1948. for contempt of Congress. they were indicted April 1. 1947. and convicted Mr. Read is still on the Bureau pay roll and Mr. Boke testified that he.