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Letter to the Director NY 100-18676 - me Columns 1, 2 and 3 and on Page 11, Column 4. The following is quoted from this article: 7 ” "Government agents treading heavily up flights of stairs, the frightening sound of men pounding on doors at midnight, the . swift arrest and departure in a speedy automobile——~to most Americans this picture is borrowed from revivals of wartime movies of life under the Nazis. But it happened here, too. It happened to CLAUDIA JONES, - popular Negro woman leader, last night. Released on $1,000 bond and back at work in her office at Communist Party Headquarters, 35 East 2th Street CLAUDIA told her story. Late Monday night the Communist leader who lives at 504 West 143rd Street, who lives with two sisters, received an anonymous telephones call from a woman who described her- self as a friend and urged her to remain at home to receive an important visitor. Shortly after, with a furious pounding on the door and the hoarse summons to "open up" three FBI Agents shoved their way into the apartment." _ , In this article the time of the arrest is extended to 12 midnight. The arrest actually occurred at 8:30 PM. CLAUDIA JONES resides at Apartment 64, 504 Nest 143rd Street and it was necessary for the arresting agents to take an elevator directly to the 6th Floor. The subject's apartment was approx- imately six feet from the elevator shaft. There was no noise and pounding on the door as referred to in the article. Inspector RAMSEY knocked on the door and it was opened momentarily by CLAUDIA JONES. She was advised of the identity of the arresting agents and was given the warrant of arrest. The arrest was made in a quiet, orderly manner. No outsider was in the hallway at the In the Daily Worker of January 26, 1948, Page 3, Colums 4 and 5, the following is purportedly quoted from the speech given by CLAUDIA JONES at the "Emergency Conference" held in Harlem, Friday night, January 23, 19493 "The FEI men, who pushed their way into her home at night were a crude and rude crowd, she declared. They tried to get her to let them search the place without any search warrant." CLAUDIA JONES was asked if she would sign a waiver of search of the premises. As previously reported she refused to sign a waiver of search. No further request was made concerning this matter and no attempt was made to search her apartment. — — tp