Washington, Jan. 9.
Mr. J. P. Frey, president of the Metal Trades Department of the American Federation of Labour, said here to-day that the Committee for Industrial Organization, A.F. of D. rival labour organization, was being used by -Communists as a "modus operandi seize control of the United States Government."
Mr. Frey displayed an alleged facsimile of a questionnaire which he claimed the Communist Central Committee was distributing to National district officers of the (Communist Party in America to learn their con-ions with various Government departments and their labour unio affiliations.
The Communist Party, Mr. Frey alleged, already is actively "developing political angles for the C.LO." He said the Communist Party was ce-operating with the C.LO. to form a Popular Front Party similar to that founded in France and Spain.
Mr. Frey said he did not believe Mr. John L. Lewis, head of the C.LO., was aware of the Communist "plot" io influence and direct the former OF. of L. unions.
A spokesman of the C.LO. scoffed at Mr. Frey's allegations, asserting that the statement of the Federation executive marked a renewal of Redbaiting—United Press,
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