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January 18, 1931

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FISH REPORT ASKS OUTLAWING OF REDS AS NATIONAL MENACE; House Is Told That 500,000 Communists Agitate for Political and Economic Overturn. 14 REMEDIES PROPOSED Suppression of Party Is Sought by Canceling of Citizenship and Deporting Aliens. AMTORG LINK NOT PROVED But Labor Inspection in Russia is Urged--Minority View Warns of "Hysteria"--First Bill Put in. First Bill Against Reds Offered. "Financing World Revolution." Fish Committee's Conclusions on the Communist Inquiry Test of the Recommendations. Would Send Agents to Russia. For Outlawing of Party. "Party" Termed a "Misnomer." Extent of Red Movement Purposes and Measures. Centring In New York City. Districts and Leaders Listed. "Some Success" Despite A.F. of L. School, College and Negro Work. Agitators Whipped at Army Posts. Undecided on Amtorg's Status. Financial Structure of Amtorg. Praise for New York Police. Goal of "Economic Freedom."

By Special to The New York Times

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Chun Doo-hwan

1931Chun Doo-hwan, South Korean general and politician, 5th President of South Korea (died 2021)[†]

Chun Doo-hwan was a South Korean army general who served as the fifth president of South Korea from 1980 to 1988. A member of the Democratic Justice Party, he ruled the country as a military dictator following a successful coup in December 1979. The period encompassing his presidency is known as the Fifth Republic of Korea.