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a 2 # LA 100-18112 = oe x It mivht be noted that HANNS EISLER is known to have entered the . United States at New York on September 25, 1935, and it is felt possible that he may have had some connection with the presentation of “Die Mutter.” SOURCE Acoording to this source, BENT BRECHT, address unknown, was in Los Angeles in the early part of 1936. This source desoribed BRECHT as « Communist Party sympethizer and stated that BRECHT was one of the group that formed the German-Communist Modern Husic Group, 764 Hoover Street, Los Angeles, on Febru- ary 9, 1936, under the direction of Professor ELI JACOBSON, Soviet agent. In this connection, it is to be noted that heretofore there has been . po confirmation that BRECHT was in the United States in 1956. However, it will be remembered that his play was presented in New York in the latter part of 1935, and that in placing his name on the American quota waiting list, as men- tioned above, he indicated that he possessed a German passport written in New Yorx in 1936. It will also be recalled that HANNS EISLER was here in the latter part of 1935. SOURCE This source advised that ZERT BRECHT and LION FEUCHTSANGER had pre- viously been in the United States, according to an issue of "Das Wort" dated April 1, 1939. It is believed that thie is another reference to BRECHT's apparent presence in the United States during 1956. SOURCE This source advised that in various 1937 issues of "International Literature,* published by the State Literary-Art Publishing House, Moscow, | Russia, there appeared articles by BEKT BRECHT. One issue, namely Mo. 5, for \ Mey 1937, contained an article about BRECHT by SERGE] TRETYAKOV. This publication, "International Literature," 4s published by the sane group of German political refugees «which includes many Communists, has published the magazine “Das Wort," referred to above. SOURCE According to this source, the April 5 and 11, 1959, issues of the "“abendpost,” a German language newspaper in the Chicago arce, carried adver- tisements of “Das Wort” (The Word) end reflected it to be still edited by BENT SRECHT, LIOW FREUCHTCANG2R, and WILLI BXEDEL. This advertisement intin coated that subscri;tions to "Das Wort" could be purchased in Hew York an@ -: Chicago and also from Mezhdunarodnaja Kniga, Kusnetski Most, 16, Moscow, 8.8.5.2. se, he , 8. > ate ee