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rr rn a The centennial celebration of Marxism and the ‘eth anniversary of a the Communist Party, USA were celebrated by the Party at Madison Square Garden, — New York City on the evening of September 18, 1917 under the auspices of the | New York State Committee of the Commnist Part This rally was attended by Special Agents EG Be necting ee attended by approximately SO ,000 persons. Madison Square Garden was decorated with Commmnist slogans such as "Build the Commnist Party Now"; "End Terrorism to Jews and Admit to Palestine and U. S. DPs*; and “Repeal the Taft—Hartley Slave Laws. eth The meeting began at 7145 PM with an unidentified » man on the “speakers : platform soliciting the sale of Commnist literature, After about 5 minutes of | this the meeting was officially called to order by an andience singing ofthe | Te, Star Spangled Banner, ; CLAUDIA JONES served as , chairwoman of the affair for ‘the whole evening. A pageant depicting one hundred years of Marxien was the first pre~ sentation of the evening, In introducing New York City Councilman BENJAMIN J. DAVIS, JR. as a speaker, CLAUDIA JONES referred to herself as “a negro and | Communist". ; _ . | bic | Al Pe -17-