Mr. MOLINA. And, consequently, well, that happened on November 23d;
my boss was very upset about it. He said that the vice president of
the company, Mr. Campbell, they didn't say anything to me, they didn't
come to me and say "Joe, we will stand by you, we don't believe it."
Nothing was said for about 10 days so I went in and told them, I said,
"You don't have to be afraid, I'm going to get this thing cleared. I
am going to find somebody to clear me of this." They said "You better
do it very fast because the president is very upset about it and we
have been getting a lot of calls and several people calling in and
saying he hires subversives" and so forth and so on. I saw one letter
did say that. It came to them from some fellow said he wasn't going to
do business with that book firm because they hired Communists. I knew
they were probably under pressure. Well, on December 13, they called
me in and said they wanted to talk with me and they told me that due
to automation I was going to have to be replaced. That happened in
December 13, about 3 weeks afterwards so I told them I said "I don't
really think that's the reason why you're letting me go, it's probably
because of this other thing." He said "No, we got automation here, we
are taking too much business in so we have to let you go." No news was
ever given to me there was no machines for replacement, nothing, so I
said--well, I didn't leave until December 30 and got all the routine
work I had been assigned was gradually shifted to another person. I was
there doing nothing. I finally left December 30 and I have received
a letter from a friend in California saying my name was in the paper
stating that I had been labeled as a communist and I got a call from
Florida, from a good friend of mine saying they labeled me a communist
and saying I was a friend of Oswald's.
Mr. BALL. Did you know him?
Mr. MOLINA. Oswald?
Mr. BALL. Yes.
Mr. MOLINA. No; I had seen him there in the building. I had seen him
but never talked with him or been introduced.
Mr. BALL. Where are you working now?
Mr. MOLINA. I am working over here--that's another thing. I couldn't
find a job. Who is going to hire me? So I called this friend of mine
he belonged to the Dads Club where I go to church, Holy Trinity. His
name is Mr. Redman, vice president at Neuhoff's. I called him about a
job and he said "No, I don't have anything in your line of work." I
happened to mention to him I used to do credit union work and at that
time they happened to be looking for a man and that's the reason I
found this particular job.
Mr. BALL. You are working at Neuhoff's Employees Credit Union?
Mr. MOLINA. Yes.
Mr. BALL. Are you a bookkeeper; is that what you usually do is
bookkeeping?
Mr. MOLINA. Yes.
Mr. BALL. Did you pursue it any further; did you file any actions of
any sort?
Mr. MOLINA. I have an attorney that is working towards something.