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The JulyB, 1953 issueof the ewYork Times ,a daily LYnewspaper published in New York City, reflected that the sub-
" ject was called before the Senate Permanent Committeeon ;_Investigations, at which time she refused to state whether - -she wasa Communist.-_ :3;k-,_ J. 1'-'._ ; -., .
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- - The July8, 1953 issue of the "Hartfond CourantF; a daily H;newspaper published in Hartford, Connecticut, contained an _i,article which reflected that the subject appeared before theSenate Investigations Committeeheadedby senator JosephB.;;s
_ McCarthy. Ihile before this Committee,the subjectstated- she had never heardanybody anywhereunder any circumstancesT. advocate overthrow of the United States Government_byforce =
or violence. The subject stated she does not think the__;_;_ * Communist Party ii dedicatedto that aim. .i - ._i
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The subject testified before the Committeeof Government-1 g t _ ' Operations of the United States Senate on Jul 71953Y 3 ~
ss +~~awhichtimeSenator MeCarthyasked,4T< s;;'1a?"~,*a;Jeje,_ .' I ._*s. ,_. :,._,_,. _ * ',- .,.'.s..s: ;,- '"I am askingyou the simple question,do V __,:, M ,__.you feel that if you gave us an honest,
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- Mr.MQTTHEWS,of theInvestigatingCommittee, askedthesub-,'?" V ject if she had written any articles
forthe Communist presss such as the "Daily Worker". The subjectagain took refuge in=:
the fifth amendment. Mr. MATTHEHSthen asked the subject ifth,she has participated in the work of theCivil Rights Congress. _
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. The subject stated that she made a speech in Detroit a few ~ - eweeksago under the auspicesof the Civil Rights Congress. Thesubject stated that she doesnot believe that the Civil EightsCongress is a Communist organization. - .*w &;a.:ya=.,zj-'2 -_ _ . . -. . -. i J-. _."~_--.. .. _- __ . _ ll- _. ._ . ._-:_ _92 .. _ A __ _':. J ,_ _
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L.l 'sf Connecticut, nationa y knownas the Progressive Part3r,, __;;_r_j-_is infiltrated and dominatedby the Communist Partynin the,State of Connecticut._.- . '~- ;; 5 j 5< >,,v;;~:,
Confidential la-1for1nant 92thea PPC rally on Septemb , 1952 at Wilbur Cross High- -;.;;;1
. all the speakers spokeabout the same old issues, which in-__"eludedpeace in Korea now, and unitybetween "Black and-White". The informant advised that VINCENTHALLINAN,publiclyknown as the Presidential candidateon the Progressive Party
_ The informant further advised that the subject spoke at this.
_ ConfidentialIMomants m r fied theb t att dance at e above fun ion ' 'su Jec s en
ConfidentialInfommntj ixsedthatthesubjectattendea PPC State Convention une 21, 1952 at Lithuanian Club,7 _Front, Street, New haven, Connecticut. Elie informant advisedthat the subject was one of the main speakers at this conven-tion. The meeting was opened with the singing of the National .
Anthem, and there was laughter at the land of the free andJ
delegates would be sent by the State Central Committee of the
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was chosen as a delegate from Connecticut to attend the __ _&National Progressive Party Convention at Chicago. These
Peoples Party of Connecticut. The subject was nominated to- _ _run for Congress at this convention and she said that she t would put up a good fight as always. She stated that she wasthe wife of PAUL BOBESONand"asvouall know, he is a Cgmmunisand a good one, and a good leader . . i is -1._L_.-..;;-.~ l;_92.
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9 _ 9 a PPC reception onSeptember 18;1952at the Hotel Garde, +* . Hartford. The subject stated during this reception that she_. had been away from the United States for 12years and that zfgwhen she returned to America and became a citizen again, 1 5-;
' therewas nothing in the United States she could vote_for*w*_1#-until thePFC wasborn. x4Confidential Informantgzgurnisheda leafletpublishnotice of a PPC meeting be held on November 9, 1952 at 37 Howe Street, New Haven. This leaflet reflected that JOHN ABT National legal counselor of the Progressive Party, would S.' -analyze thecampa&gn andelection results..This leafletwa
_signedESLANDAGQOBESON,a PPCChairman. _"_;jjm;. . . e . *~ _ , -='.f'."-.< 3.~ .;"s Confidential Informant Jfted that.the subjec attendedt ~. aState meeting of the on November9, 1952at 37 Howe..Street, New Haven, Connecticut. Theinformant advised thatvery little took place at this meeting, as all those in attend-
'ance were in a poor frame of mind as a result -f the sad show-"- -' he Proeressive Part 41- - -ction. +,iehe;=-- ~
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being called beforesuch a comittee because she had never .msigned any cards or any papers. The informant interpreted H
" ..the subject'sremarks asleaningthat she may have been, org{Y;,is currently 1 Communist Party sympathizer,but is not; - 575;.
'J m_actuallya card-carryingor dues-payingmemberof theParty;;4@7 ConfidentialInfo!-'i'|1ant 92A.sthatthesub J'e1" . a PPG rally on Qctcber -,, -952 at Heaver High School, Hartford;
Connecticut. The informant advised that a collection was taken
u at thisrall tobeused bytheProgressivePart . . The informantadvisedthatVINC mitQ _ _s e main spea er and in his speech he criticized both f
P major political parties. He statedthat the Progressive Partyhadtheonlyanswer topeace. ' " t ~-" " Qh
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* '- and the MauMaus are happy because they had obtained what they,
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onial Affairs Committeeof' a .- _ ' r _ _ .:'- _ _ - ,- V - _~- -- _-F "9" "="r- . .A: "' .- -'1";--I --, -I-r-V -1 _ _ ,_ J ;. . .._- V .. 92 .. ." - . , ;_:i_ _,__- ._
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ised that _r was Dr. H. E. B. DUBOIS, who spoke on ?157- _ African Colonial Matters. The informant advised that during.his
talk, DUOIS defended communism.L :5 ,, ;,_f - _ _7 - '- i __7 , ._., __r__;_--_LOUIS BUDENZ has identified W. E. B. Q_ OIS as a Communist Party
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The May 3, 1953 issue of the Bridgeport Herald , a daily newsti t reflected that the " a
subject was a sponsor of theCPO as of thattime...5, ___'r 1;.._ Labor *__-:7I-If L'7'- " -.' -..A'__.I :,", f'_-Lis; f
l ~ Confidential Infomant sed that the Hartford Negro F"Labor Council isanaf iateof ona1Negro LaborA H
Council. Confidential Informant ~ ised that the National infiltrate an dominated by the Communist
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_h a meetin of the rtf Negro Labor Council o ?& Hartford.The subjec s ated that 'e Ma n ou rica are doing a Ionderful Job", and ;,a&.s=
paper published_in Bridgeport,-Qonnec_icu_,U_,__-::;:;I%-;_Li; _Jm
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page 5,column 2,carried anarticle byELIZABETH " '.;-M;i. _ .GURLEY FLYHN which states that the Pamiliel -of the - --'5-~= _Smith Act Victims was set up in 1951 for those who had
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'Z need the EasternSeaboard Con1t X'oi the So urners forTruth andJustice notwith the- -Emma Lezarus Federation of Jewish Women for a luncheon *5:
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Morning Froiheit,'en East Coast Communist Yiddish n 'e '.language daily newspaper, on January 25, 1951 reported ' _ 'that e National Conference onJanuary 20-21,1951orw'i i 9
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1951, page 1,columns 1 and 2, the New York Peace 'f i1i;fff_ Institute held its first session on April 19, 1951, at = _iwhichmeeting the delegates voted to set up the New York ' "
QQQ advisedthat theHeadquarters '' the New or eace Institute is located at 125 Nest End '_
Street, New YorkCity, in te sane office asths_:=._-__'--___& _ American Peace Crusade. stated that although '"i~**the New York Peace Institu e does not publicly admitany connection with the American Peace Crusade, it isin fact a group concerned entirely with furthering _H?programs of the American Peace Crusade. Phi ; _ _, _ ; -he _. '. " _ _ DJ
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- on Un-American Activities, statement issued on the --~- - ' _ .,-Herch of Treason, February 19, 1951,and House Report, 'He. 3?-9, on the Corn-zunist !Peace! Q"~nsive, April 1,1951 P160 51-!"q92 " " ..-P; _ , -.
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