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"Daily Worker"of 12/23/h reportedt.h.at_ ROBESONwas one of Negro leaders who .cabled greetings to Premier s'1',u.IH.._ "Daily, Works! of 2/15/S0 reported ALP-1sponsored"Rally forFEPC" on2/13/50 at'uh:-.011ROBESONwas one of the speakers.

_repor1;6donpthat PAULROBE-SON-mended the Stu-vi Convention of the

Progressive Party of Maryland at Baltimore,Maryland, atwhich time he criticized theTruman Doctrine, the Tait-Hartley Law, theU.S. foreign olic and the Maryland OberLaw.On advisedthataoaesouspoke at a meeing sponsoredb the Harlem

TradeUnionCouncil.013* advised.that PAUL ROBESON was a concealed member

the Patvtsr. _ n-grlsedcon:-1+,PAULROBESONspogeat a.meetingsponsored

by the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee.On 5/1/50 PAULmaroon was observedby agent-Ito have participated in the NewYork MarDay Parade, at which time he delivereda each at Union Square. Speech set out-Onbadvisedumnosrsonspokeata meelng sponsoredby the JewishPeople:Fraterna.1Order in Lee.5:-.ge1ee,I..!e1=speegset _Qutw7 ~ I- _ w 92

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GI8e'bi1'1gs onyuur seventiéth ann:iv&rsarY andear wishesrm-= gem;mmtinued gawcihealth and suacessful ae:~'v':i¢<eta. the peaplea of hm:3cvi.ei= Union. e e-grits:Amerieaiis fzwamdiiferant ps of the comm? emssf many differventé palitical helievfa and affiliations. We are alarm, howesvmin hailing and ugmvting natimnal iiiB.cr5.min<aki0nma. nstinnal oppressinn fmm

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The abmre article reflected that PAW» EGBESBH wasans sf thesigners at the abave message-.~ _A

0n Cor1ii~den1:ia1 I.nfom&:1t -,mi? knownraliahilitgg, advi sec} that V_P.§T.1 ROBESQEsang at has ..&.cadem;<;"Qi .I,¬921.sic,Ermolilgil,Kev: Xork on Jana-My 35, 1950 Accorsiing ta the irinmmt, the nrogtram hadbeen spnnserediby the vwkizrn 1fhEa;_§;¬3;Qss £3:>::mni;i;'i;ee;_w§1is:h1a.turn-.had"vbee

sponsm-ed bythe AmericanLabor Party. The infn:<mant a.1s0acivised thattheBrooklyn TheaterArts Gemnmitteaspecieglises inpmsenting iaxrarite Gonmmzist3?arty artistsand enwrtinersta thep~ubI1.ic. Q,»1'15 53;, _

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efforts to capture the entire AmericanLabor Party throughoutNewYorkState. They succeededin capturing the Manhattanand BI0Ok_1,3msections or the AmericanLabor Party, but outside of NewYork City they havebeen unable -to win control." V '

._ The"DailyWorker"tissue,of FebruaryI0,1950,page5, columnl, reported that the Wnerican Labor Party would sponsora "Rally for F.E.P.C."at the ManhattanCenter; 314Street and Eighth Avenue,NewYork City. Thearticle reected that PKLLROBESDNwould be one of the speakers at themeeting.- '

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_ "TheW'orker"issue of February 12, 191-">0,section 1, page 3,column1;, reported that the Progressive Party wasmaking lens for the'NationalConventiontobeheldin ChicagofromFebruary2ito26,1950.This article reflected that PAULROBESONwould "play a leading part in the contiono ' -. ____ /'> '92-_ _- - -

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reliability, advised that the Progressive Party, at its Chicago convention,planned to set up a new draft program designed to showto thepublic that"the Progressive Party is not a radical party, and not connected with theCommunistParty."-

According to the Informant, the new plan of the ProgressiveParty would be madepublic at the convention. Informant reported that theprogramof the ProgressivePartywoulddeal vriththe following: »

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.' "3. A coalition of all left-of-center forces and those who

placed humanrights first.

"14. In an attemptto movethe ProgressiveParty in the right d.'i.rection an invitation will be extendedto all true liberals who have shunned the Party because of its Communisttinge. ,

"5. The Progressive Party shall not align itself with either the Republicanor DemocraticParties. _ ._.

' "6. The differences between the Gonummist Party and the

Progressive Partyarenot sosherpthet a little flexibility onthe part of the Communist Party cannotsettle the issues, but onthe other hand if the Gomzmmist Party choosesto fight the adoptionof the program,and attemptto split the Progressive Party, thenthe Progressive Partywould take the stand that a united front with the Cormmmist Party is impossible."

The Communist Forty has been declared by the Attorney Generalas coming within the purviewoi:ExecutiveOrder9835.

The"DailyWorker"issue of February15, 1950,page8,column 2, reportedthat the American Labor Party sponsored e Rally.for 1iEEP.C." on February 13, 1950 at the ManhattanCenter. Accordingto the article PAULROBESON was one of the speakersat this rally andwas reportedto havesaid that "Full rights for anypeopleare onthe orderof the day, andwe'll keeponfighting anddyingfor themuntil democracy is a reality in this country." - n1

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column1, containedan article entitled "Robeson Blasts againstAfrican ,sorkers." In this article it wasreportedthat PaulRobeson,of the Council on.£;frioensifnirs yesterday denouncedthe terror against African Workers in Liberia and South Af:rica;_I.!= '

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rulers ofAfrica are employing inAmerioen end European investmente.!

Affairs hasbeen declaredhr the _purview ofExecutive Order 9535.

" T Confidential Informant: of1:no:*mrelie.bility,adviseri thatonFebruary 19, 1950 he attended the State Convention ofthe ProgressiveParty ofMaryland which had been held at the Odd Fellows Hall,He Culloughand Lanville Streets, Baltimore, Maryland.

According tothe informant, PAUL ROBESON attendedthis meeting

and delivered a speech tothe membersinformant stated thet RDBESON, inhis

attending this convention. Thespeech, "demanded full citizenship

priVi1E5¬$ for all Negro and Jewish people inthe United States; thathe pointed out how both races are not accepted inAmerica and he wasdedicating his wholelife openly tothe causeofoppressed peeple."

The informant said that ROBESOT also criticized the

nepuolicen anu Democratic Parties, the Tronen.Eeetrine, the TefteertleyLaw, the United States foreigr policy end the herylend Ober Law.

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According tothe informant, ROEESONalso urged thepeople "to fight for the eleven Communist Party leaders because theCommunist Party fights for someofthe same rights that the Progressive

Party does."

The "Daily Worker" issue ofFebrue1§'2T,1950, page 1,column 1, reported that the Progressive Party ended its Second AnnualConvuntion in Chicago onFebruery 26, 1950. The article reflected that

PAUL BOBESOHhad been named a5 CoChairman ofthe Progressive Party atthis convention.

The "Daily orker" issue of March 12; 1950, section 1,page 3, column 1, reported that PAUL ROBESONwas a sponsor ofthe HeyDay Committee. Inthis article it was reported that the May Day Committeewas tobe incharge ofthe plahs for the may Day celebration tobe heldonHay 1, 1956. 92 .

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It was announcedthatthejoncert had beenentitled "Shoulder-to-Shoulder" and would be held on March 26 at the Manhattan Center.

on? ConfidentialInformant.advisedthat Bon Herch 23 he he at ended a meeting sponsored by the Harlem Trade UnionSouncil at the Golden Gate Bell Room, lh2 Street and Lenox Avenue, New YorkCity.The informant stated that the meeting was called "Labor solutes theNegro People Rally." According to the informant, RGBESON had been aspeaker at the rally and, according to the informant, HOBEON, in hisspeech, called for the liberation of the eleven convicted Communists and asked for full support of the Harlem Trade Union Council and its fight fore place in labor for Negropeople. .-

The NewYork "Daily Hirror" issue of March Eh, 1950 reportedthat "Federal Judge G01-IGERyesterday restrained PAUL _ROBESOl*I,the CivilRights Congress, and others from proceeding with their $2,000,000 damage

suit against Westchester officials until the Grand Jury the-re has completedits investigation of the riots near Peekskilll last summer. .

The jurist refused to interfere with the Grand Jury"s .inqui.ryinto the riots which developed when ROBE-SON triedto Bing at aleftist-sponsored rally." - ' -

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_0n ConiidentialInformantlof knmreliability, advis .a. e attended the PAUL ROBESON concertfor thevictims of Peekskill," which bed been held at the Eerlhatte Center, 3h thStreet and Eighth Avenue, New York City on this date.The informant statedthat the concert has been sponsored by the Westchester Peekskill Committee.

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In April 1950 Condential Informant advised that the

Westchester Peekskill Committeewas a. CommunistParty front organization.

OnAprilI4,1950ConfidentialInformantT-6,oiknown /l._reliability, advised thatPAUL ROBESONwasl eonoealedember .o£<1.neConnnmis

'OnApril12,1950ConfidentialInformant'dvisedthathe had attended a "FreedomRally" sponsored by the Joint Anti-Fascist RefugeeCommittee at the Manhattan Center on this date. ' q -

According to the informant PAUL ROBESONhadbeen one of the

speakers at this rally and, in his speech, had said that "The U.S. judiciaryand other powers are trying to bring back world Fascism." _

The informant stated that ROBESONQin. his speech, also madethe following comments:- .

"He was in Europe one year ago, he saw the Marshall Plangoing from worse to worse. The people of Europe will not allow ia.seismtoput its foot backthere. TheUS oa.n__;_1ottrifle with the peopleftheydidnot trifle with the miners and would nothave trifled with iron and steel ifnot for some stool pigeons, but they will not trifle with the negro gieople,there are15 million of themin this country and they might not be willingto die so easily, they night prove unhealthy. Theywant to take overAfrica but they are afraid, it -migzt also prove unhealthy. The US has ~brought freedom to miners in Chile as the fredom loving m-anfrom Chile, now

visiting us tel_l_us. In 1=.irica.there areB million negroesagainst2 millionwhites and8 millions throwingrocksto2 millions canget awful rough.First 10, ll and 25, and they are talking of jailing thousandsof amerieans.Deniswill bejailed like the manyothers. Wegmericansshouldfeel ashamedto stmdby doing nothing.I work hard, butI still feel ashamed,I can notdo more. Whereare the million voters we gota couple of years ago. '-

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. - The "Daily Worker" issue of April 23, 1950, page 8,column 3,reported that PAUL ROBESONmould attend the 20th mmiverosazy celebration ofthe Jewish People's FraternalOrder, Intemational Workers Order, at MadisonSquare Garden, New York City, on Kay 20, 1950. '-

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"Friends-we are all proud to be here today--to bepart ofthis demonstration for peace, and for apeop1es'world. We know that-".-the understanding that thi America must he e different lend. ThisAmerica must beone which sta.nds...The Communist Party will fight for _

the privilege. Here in America, but throughout the Iorld....end this day is an American day-this is an international day-it means that we lookfor a ohmging world. We are e part oi that. We artists, we scientists,we workers, we Negroes. We are committed to build anew world, and we .must take our common st:-ength...Iho wait for us to come and help us in

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aren'tfrightened, they srent steppingback any more than you are steppingback here tonight, andI wants thank you for this feeling of courage thatyou give to m, and I am.sure to those others who come into your mdst. It&#39nice, going about this America, ghting as the song said, for our kind of America, not a reactionary America but an America of the people that kindof an America thatI said before thatI love to the depth of my being, but

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"Though I would tell you of the strength thet I find goingabout this America of ours an to remind you that all around the worldtodaythe people are on the mcrch. he are winning this struggle and nothing canset the world hack'butupon our shoulders in this great lend is a very

very deep responsibility, a responsibility to live up to what we mustin ourtimes, and it isn'teasy. It meansworking everzgsy, broadeningthis baseamongmillions and millions of .£~_meri¢8n5_ tho wait to hear. our message,having the c-urage to stand and fight andnever give eround. That is ourresponsibility which we oust carry on to our children yet unborn.I ansure that those responsibilities we shall accept. That battle we can winand I wants thank you for being part of that vanguard in this greathistoric time."' '

The "Daily Worker"issue of May28, 1950, page1, column1,ccntsined a picture which reflected PAULROBESONpicketing the White Housein Washington, D.C. This picture reflected that RCBESUN1uescarrying asign which called for "enact FEPC, anti-lynch lsw, abolish Poll Tax, amend

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6. Is individual still active or sympathetic-towardParty.

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8. Did you ever hear that he had attended any of the training schools in Russia? ;

9,Did this subject appear to have entree to the Buosion Consulate or did ho_reco£vo special conridoration and attention from known RussianAgents or GomwunistGfficials in U.S.?

10. Is the subjeot wwzking for the U.S. Government or is he affiliated inany way in COHfiiP45j&l Gorernment work at this time?

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12. was this individual employed in vital industry?

13. Do you knowany other momkmrs of his family whoare Communists?

14. Do you know of an other activity on the part of the individual whichwould indicate that the individual is a concealed Communist?

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ThecaptionedindividualisthewifeofP.AOBESOlI,thenotedeomesinger. Sheresides at 1221 Enfield 812., eld, Gomecticut. Infern-ticn available to thisoffice reects that her husband, PAULBDEESOH,is not frequently st home in Connecticut.

L closed file is presently maintained on the captioned individual. Thelest report submittedby this attics was the closing report or S1

nds at newHaven,Gonmcticut,12/26/la,withnewElvenas origin. This report reected activity in the Peoples Party of

'Connecticut but no c ivit in the GP I _o cticut. The People!Party,accordingw ee_n andcontinutobeinabiltrated am do e tin GP 0 onneoticnt.

The People:Party of Connecticuton8/5/50 hade convemionat whichtime EQANIIL ROBESONus selected as candidate for Congresswomanat Large

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Unlesssomereasonexists to the contraryit is believedthat an SI Ce:-dshouldbe maintained on the captioned Subject. Therefoioe,Pom FD-122 isbeing transmitted herewith. The case in the New Haven Office is beingreopened I0 that e current report anybe submitted and the HearYork Officeis requested to zfumish the NewEwen Office with emr info contained in itsIilee oomerningSubjectwhich maybe OI interelt to this office.

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"Hrs. aoeeeonhad reached China, comingfrom Russiavia the Trans»-Siberia Railway and, before going nope, had travelled by rail to -Nanking and Shanghai, and than returned the sameroute - Trans-siberian Railway- through Russia.

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Ilb-e. Robeson said, twenty yearsago, Russia encouraged American travelto Rlzaeia throughthe IRTOURIST Bureauetc.; but, ahen aha tommilo ll}Lnericane not reporting the truth, she had to clanp doll:the lid. V

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urn.at a nominating convention of the Peoples Party of Connecticut in NewHaveheld on August6, 1950 stated the the United Nations is an instrument of wandpraisedSovietdekateJABOEEELLIKfortryingtobringpeacetothew"Wemust applaud Malik for so di igently pursuing the cause of internationalpeace, and for being so chin end stete=~......~*..i1~;em the UH deliberations. Q}is e. wonderful man". "We as the peeceeparty in this country cannot supporUN action in Korea. We condemn it."

This article stated that she criticised 11.5. delegate to the UJL, WARREAUSTIN,describing him as Mepoiled brat and a puppetof Wall Street-"

The September28,1950 issue of the DailyWorker stated that the Subjectta to be the featured speaker at a conference on the Unied Action oiaura anti m92§§.n 'DY92r92cv'|-92nl:92t:-Yarns:'|'_nha 1-:n'Ir1-in '|:ne§nn{Mn ¬n|"l"lnur- neeQnndmcr an-J-=v5¢u -cu---1-.-eu ...v§.. HUM...-vv vv uv U-.-..-. .-M Q-#92|rLJv92{a.l1.-V ...v.-.q,1.-|-.....-.-Qmus -.51,

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ElbeJune18; 1950 issue oiwe worker containede none itm cqationed,"PeoplesParty HopeState Peace Campaign". This article goes on to state,"Resolving to develop a concrete campaign around Peace as the paramountissue in the coming election campaign, Peoples Party oi Conn. delegatesat their third conventionpledged to secure 50,000 signatures on the WorldPeace Appealby Oct, 1- "$10,000 signatures were personally guaranteed by the 113 delegates present. "Underlocal issues, the platform calls for thereorganization and modernization of the state government,including provisfor referendum and recall, a revision of election laws to low freeraccesson the ballot by any party, the elimination of difficulties of ballot-gplittiand replacing oi the convention-caucus system by direct primaries. 9therissues stressed were expansion of unemploymentconpensation, effective rentcontrol, repeal of Taft-Hartley, revision of Iorkmen'scompensationlaws toinclude all illness whichkeeps workersfrombringinghomepay, 1 Connec

River Authority, o. State farmer: market," the repeal of the State Bales taxand adoption oi a graduated income tax. '1e convention ended with tidinnerforMrs.EslandaRobeson,Rev.Dudleg/qfu-randProf.Thoma rsoThe AugustZ,1950 issue of the NewHavenRegister said, "Mrs,PAIIL 129555wife oi the Negro baritone, was nominated by the Peoples Party of Connectias its candidatefor U. S. Representative-at-Largeat 0.conventionyesterdat the Towns House".

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orDemocratic Parties isnot going togive us peede."'I.'areworking4very hard for war".1

introduced Hrs. ROBESOIQwho stated that "she has never changed her mind and never will but will continue to fight for the better way of living",iA discussion was then held on the lhmdt-HoCa1-ranBill and it was urged thatmembers should send telegrams nottothePresident buttotheirCongressasking them to vote against it.-

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ROBESONspoke saying that the mistake we make is inder-eestimating 'ourselves. "The Republican andDemocraticParties are not. "The Democratici

Party has brought a Negro in from out of state to say they have a Negro £igh3ing for them." She stated that she was going to remind them that she has livehere for ten years and she was not brought in from another state. She said that becausemanypeople did not see her they think she is in llnseiee 1&#39informant stated that many members of the Comonist Party in Hartford and NewHaven were in attendance at this meeting.

92The Qctober25, 1950 issue of the Bridgeport Telegramsatesthat Dr. ESLJLN~ ROBESONwould speak that night at a Peoples Party rally at the B

'i Bridgeport andthat in a radio broadcastover Station NABat 7:15 P.lE.,ecedingthe rally shewoulddiscussthe status of the Negroin Bridgeport

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" " v "I say the Soviet Union's very existence, its exemple before the world of abolishing all discrimination based on colour or nationality, its fight in every arena of world conflict for genuine democracy and for peace, this has given us negroes the chance of achieving our complete liberation within our own _

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Y ' 7? "Thére are Ragrnes'1nthe viet nian, several hundreds at them, whose ancestors were braught aver from gfrica asslaves. Tudaythese ecendants'af slaves guvern aSeviet _ *village at Ahkhazia in the Georg1an.Repub11e. And there aremanymillions of brown and swarthy peogle, tau, who-in imerieawauld he called nagrees. But whether ans is arenowned poetor a peasant £armarqwb1aak*~br0wn, yellow at wh1ta~-Ghrlstian,iew oratheist, heanjoys {hesamehumanrights»! _. *

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I Kce1ebratiun.of the Jewish P80f.¢ V:a*erna~ rd¢r sf the -Iaternation workers Drdar, held at Madi on Square Garden, Haw *3

Yorkaity, anMayuth.,Aceurclingtug PAULRCIBE$tbguest af honor at this celebratibn an e1vere& aspeech.In his speech EQBESUWtold the audiemae, I have gong upand éawthe landsinging fbrthe JPFGIn thebattlefields ofSpainI saw manyJewish youths fighting for freQomJ we shall nutlet Fascismrise in Germany again."~kg?

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AssistantAttorneyGeneral,ase paidlobbyistfor MarshallT1t°'$Yugoslavia. Theclashoccurredafter Rogge,a vicepresident of th e worldPeace Committee, offered a resolutionto the committees executivecommitteehere askingthat the ..YugoslavPeaceCommitteebereadmitted. 11:wasexpelledlest V Yera 13 months after Tito broke with Moscow." '.i

. "'tTheNewYorkworlTelegramad Sn"issueofJune2, 1950reportedthatPAULROBEsp§spokeat a UniteforggggettgaléigyonsgredbythePeaceInforgationCenterat1-.*»

a n en erY k Cit * 1 0 7 hi hjROBESONuredth, ewor y, onJune5 95- In sspee _8 _@ people at the rally to emand the outlawing-

of atomic we'epons and ve notice to the government here.that wewill fight rorepeaee." -; ; j. .- 7- '1 _ -i " '< _ __ .: ' -' J,

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Information Center and its officers were indicted on February ,~.?»1951byA FederalgrandJury-inWashington,D.C., $or_tai1urqto register ee agentsot_a foreign principal." to ~-- 'e

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Negro Rights hel_ih Chicago: . e .~ .

-' e_ »"- "And so, even today, as this National Labor .Conference for Negro Rights charts the course ahead for the .

'nho1e Negropeople and their sincere allies, it soundsa warningto American bigotry and reaction. For if fifteen million Negroes,led by their staunchest sons and daughters of labor, and joinedby the white working class, say thatthere shell be no more JimCrow in America, thenthere shall be no more Jim Crow;

' "If fifteen million Negroes say, and mean it no moreanti-Semitism, thenthere shall be nomore anti-Semitis

I1i If fifteen million Negroes, inspired bytheirtrue leaders in the labor movement, demand an end to the perse- geution of the foreign-born, then the persecution of the foreign-horn will eni a_ ~ _ 92f__," - __,' 92. .

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upon.a new star that rises i the Ea t~kthey have chosen as themade} far their cunduct the brave peuple and stalwart leaers sfthe new ?eep1e*s Bépbli of China. Ln they say tn aux atam-tating politicians, Send year guns an tanks and planas to nur0ppressors,.1£ you will! we will take them away tram them anéput them to our own usai we will be free in Spit-Qf~Y6, ifnot with you help$" 92 92 V

Your tasks, than are alsar. The Negrotraennianists mustinereasingly exer£their influenza 1n.every aspof the life at the Regro community, Ru church, no fraternal,civic 0r social organizatian anour communities must be §erm1tta&ta c0nt1nne"withcut the benafit at the knovieége and exyerienceiwhich yam have gained through.$our struggles in the great americanlabor movement. Emu are_cal1ed upsn to proviée tbs spirit, tpa dtermlnaticn, the_organ1zat1@n§l skill, the_firm steelof nnyielingmgéigancg tothe age-aidstrivings ofthe egrapeople ferequ&' "rae om. -

"Gm the shouléers at the Negro trae unianists theis the tremendous responsibility tn rally the power of tha whale

trade-union movement, white and black, to the hattle fur thaliheratian of our people, the tuture of aur wamenan chiléran.Anyone whe tails in this does the Regrapaepla Q great qiaserviee.

' "And tn the white traauniunists present-~ aspecial challenge. Ebu must fight in the ranks afA1gbor far -the full equality at your Negro brQthers§_£or their right ta weratany jab; to receive aqual pay far equal work;fer an an taJim ¬rcw"un1uns; for real fair emplmyment praetieea within tnaunions as well as in all ntnerjphases at tha national life; furthe eliminatian at the rot of white supramacy nations which tneamployers use to poisqn tha mins~uf tha white warkers in arepto pit than against thei: staunchest allies, the Regxa §$Q§l&-~in short, for the unbraakabla unity of the working peup1e,_blackan white, without vniah there can beno free trae un1ons3'nreal grosperity no constitutianal rights nu peacefor anybeéx,whatever thecoior u$his skin. §c~aeeap§ Negroleadership ~~af men and women.and_yauth; ta accept the fact that the Regrowarkars have become apart of the vanguar sf thé whole Americanworking class. Tu fail the Negro people is to fail tha whaleAmerican peop1a¢ V

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place last week. It was_further eported that this was amongthe first public acts of BOBESONon his return from London iwhere he had attended an Executive Committee meeting or the or"WorldPeaceCongress-_ . ,--.- __,r_ _.-m92,, s¢e

4.! 'Confidential Informant-poiknown reliabilite vised that in his opinion the world Peace ongress hel in &#&#Paris, France, April 20-25, l9k9, was a fcllomeup on smaller Congresses held in wrccraw, Poland, and New York, New York,and that these Congresses were part of s world-wide Communist~|inspired peace propagenda campaign. " A "

C Confidential Informantcf known reliabil hat P UL ROBEb c de re Ae eale

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The "Daily Worker" issue of June 30, 1950,page 3, columnM, reported that the civil Rights Congress sponsored a meeting at Madison Square Garden, New York City,4

on June 28: She erticle reflected thet PAUL BOBESGH hen been a speaker at the meeting. ' " _,' ; . 4 . _ . .- . I V 92 ..

p x m Confidential Informant?furnished a copy _ c made by ROBESONat the a ove Civil Rights Congress meeting. In his speech ROBEBONcharged that, "Every meansof communication,every organ of prestige,beginning with the President himself has been telling usthese last two days that the future welfare of the American people is somehow tied to the fate of a corrupt clique of politicians south of the 36th parallel in Korea-- ,_

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has rutnlessly pursued w1tnraspect ad the coicnial péopleé atBB8Unfit! 0; _ -' u _ __»+- ~- ' 5 V -. ~

.I have said before an say it-again that theplace far tne Negrapeople ta fight for neir rr@eom1s nereat nnme»~1n Sasrgia, £1ss1ss1p§1, Alabama an T&3as»~in tn@Ghicaga gnetto anrignj mere in New Yark'sStuyvesant Town."

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tna warin Koreawas cause bywall Streetand thatall Streeplanneé ta grab tna rasaureés at all smallnations»

' ;Y Ehe ew Yark edition fthe "Pittsburgh Courierissue atJuly 5,1$5D répartadtnat t§aGivil EightsCnngressponsered arally atMadisen quare Garden on June 36; 1$S0.

The article reflected tnat PAUL ROBESDRwas one sf tne speakers atthe rally and that in his speech EOBE$0E stated, "Unless amer;can*interventmnn 1n.Karea and the rest at Aaxais steppe, Afrieawill be next in line. V ,

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- The New York "Daily News" issue of August h,1950 contained an.ertic1e entitled, "Rule Robeson Passport NG.;The article reported that the State Department had cance11ed"ROBESQH's passportto prevent his leaving the country. It was;reported that the State Department stamped ROBESON's passportrecord "nulland void"i weekago afterhe hadrefused to».*3

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On Coni'ident1a1Informant of known reliabili y a vse he attended a street meeting on

that date at 116th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, NewYork Citywhich had been sponsored bythe Harlem Trade Uhion'CouncileAccording to the informant, PAUL ROBESONhad been a speaker-atthe rally ad in his speech ROBESON charged, "capitalistic -.-.eImperialism is trying to impose on free people in Korea". '. Then he made a comparison between the U.S Civil war between theNorth andthe South,_w1ththat of Korea: :»*e # He" '~c<~

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power are always ready to enslave his brothers. , =

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They are afraid of us, because they know howmany more millions of negroes are in Africa, South America andother parts of the world. They are afraid that some day, we will be so tired of being abused, that we will raise against thosewho abuses us. h , f -_ Hr ,; s _.» r r

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. On Confidentiel informafurnishedacopy o a s atementby NathanWitt, counselto t§1§Paul Robeson, concerning the invalidation of hr. Robeson: .passport." '

The statement charged the state Department neglectedto inform ROBESON why it cancelled his passport and that he,WITT, nsd addressed aletter to Secretary AuhESOh asking for anexplanation. The statement reflected that the letter was notenswered and that ewire would be sent to Mr. ACHESGN asking foraconferences s - i t _ A

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' - informant also furnished acopy of anews releasefrom tne Council on African Affairs dated August H, l950,e Thenews release was a"statement to the Council on African Affairsconcerning the invalidation of the passport of Paul Robeson."The Council charged that the invalidation of ROBE50N'spassport"is another blatant example of the Administration's efforts to

silence the demand of Negro Americans for their full rights ascitisens. we are confident that American Negroes and allfighters for human rights throughout the world will denounce thebanning or-raul Robeson from travelling abroad not only indefense of his personal rights as an American citizen but also indefense of the universal freedom of art and for the sake of thedemocratic rights or ali people against police state'tyranny.f'

eOn August 28, 1959 LEEPRESSMAH testifiedbefore the House Un-American Activities Committee that he and -NATHAN WITThad been members of the Communist Party in 193% and

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GILBERT, Jr. young-Negro officer condemned to death by Jim Crowcourtmartialin Korea.Thearticle reflectedthatthemeetinwas eponeoreo hr the Civil Rights Congres5,.tne arlen Trade pUnion Council and the Tenants council. 5- » ' '9-,'= F

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TheDailyworker"issueofNovember3, 1950,page 5, column 3, contained a reprint of a letter from theNewYorkCiiil RightsCongresswhereinPAULROBESONwaslistedas a National Vice-Chairman of the Civil Rights Congress.

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~'"~_The article reported that the meeting wouldcommemorate the 33rd anniversary of the founding of the-first Socialist state and 17 years of American diplomatic ~ _ relations with it. The National Council of American-Soviet "

Friendship has been declared by the Attorney General as comingwithin the purview of Executive order 9835., m.. .1 ._

The New York "Amsterdam News" issue of November18, 1950, page 4, column 3, contained a photograph of PAULROBESONshaking hands with "Soviet Foreign Gomissar Aqggqii

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This article reported the rally was sponsored bythe National Council of American-$oviet Friendship and was heldNovember 16 at the Riverside Plaza Hotel.

. ' The artiele further reported that "the theme ofthe meetingeommemoratingthe 33reanniversaryor.the RussianRevolution was peace based on American-Soviet cooperation.-

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The "Daily worker" issue of November 2? 1950,page 2, column 3,reported that PAUL ROBESONwas oneoi thespeakers at the Labor Youth League Convention which was held "at St. Nicholas Arena, New York city, on November 24. In hisspeech RGBESGEsai,I em proud to he with you, the organizationto which myson and daughter belonga? 1 _j ~'

ROBESON further stated, that "peace can be wonand fascism can be defeated by the united will or the young people." - _i ~

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-The "Daily worker issue of December 13 1950,page 5,column 1,contained anarticle entitled, 3,55OJam GoldenGate toHear Reportof world Peeee'Congressarticle reflected that on December11a meeting washQ1dat theGolden Gate Ballroom, New York City,to honor the 63 Americandelegates to the Second world Peace Congress which was held inwersaw, Poland. The delegates reported on the peace pointsdiscussed et the uersew congress end the following points wereoutlined at this meeting: .' - .

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