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Claudia Jones — Part 3
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pany see ai the “wat” Worker® of June 17," 1949, page “Jo, colwm 1, in a.
Pom colum written by ELIZABETH GURLEY FLINN, it was reported that GREEN, tere
|. member of the National Board of the CP, and indicted CP leaier, and CLAUDIA fin
. JONES would be the scheduled speakers. st 8 oar! Ath “A11-N ations Presa Puenio® a ;
oS _& be pela in Chicago on way Sy. 19494" Sah ay aes : esa RE
ty the “Daily Worker® of Suly é, 1949, 5 pege 2° 2 ‘coium bs it was oe
reported that Pive thousand persms attended the July 4th pienie -::; eS ae
. Sponsored by "The Illinois Worker® and “twelve national Propresaive nommpepers'y
' which was held in Chicago July 4) 19490... ee
The principal ‘speakers included CLAUDIA JONES and 4 umomee acu, <e
‘organiser for the CIO United Packinghouse Workers, and GIL GREEN. With. - an
refererica to CLAUDIA JONES, it was stated that "A fiery Negro women leader | oy
- drew loud applause throughout her blistering exposure of the fremeup terial
‘us of the Communist Party leaders." “Bae a an Ti
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ot In the "Daily Worker® of ‘July 6, 1949, page 5, colum 3. it was -
reported that CLAUDIA JOQVES was one of the sponsors of a reunion dance for ~~”
EX-YCL-ERS (Young Communist League membera), to be held July 9, 1949 at the
Hotel Theresa, 125th Street and 7th Avenue, New York aha Se
ho ee “Tn the ‘Daily Worker® “of ¢ dugust 1 19695 Litge 2, colum 35 there | oO
appeared the first article in a series of three articles written by CLAUDIA
JONES on the topic "Un-American Committee and the Negro People." In this .
. article the subject accuses the “House Un-American Committee" for calling before _
- it spokesmen of the Negro people to impugn all the Negro people in this countrys | a
She stated that usver before in ths history of the nation has the joyalty or
& whole people been so attacked, "Sue stated that the hearings were timed at
: a a strategic moment for American imperialist reaction, She steted "To begin - .
" with, snd primarily, they coincided with the pivotal attack on civil liberties = ","
at Foley Square where 12 Commnist lealers face s heresy trial for theie) =“
political ideas because of indictments by the Department of Justice an@’the 9 9 -
" Truman administration®, She pointed out that three of the defendants were ahs .
| jailed for protesting against "The obvious bias of a judge, who serves wonoply © -
capital and who sought to put in jeopardy the names of thousende of working. ¢.:
class men and women by demanding thet the defendents becoms stoolpigeons." |.
She stated that the trial reached 8 significant highlight in the testimony of
BENJAMIN SSUaIIS, Commmist leader and Councilman from the city of New York, CLAUDI
JQVES said that DAVIS utilized the "weapon of Marxism-Leninism to throw light
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