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- She said she was born in , ‘Trinidad, ‘Britieh | West Indies, . February 25, 1916. She came to this country in 1924 with her aunt and _— three sisterse She admitted that she took preliminary steps to become oe . a citizen of this country, but to this date has never been naturalizeds °° She advised that she was still an alien. She admitted that she joined =. the Comunist Party approximately ten years ago. She was first active with the youth groupe of the Communist Party and later, because of her | work in the Party, 1 was slected to the National Conmittee of the Commane ; dat Partr. ; aa 7“ e ey S45 wy eT . “ “og - She said that the elections to the National ‘Comittee were made at a meeting attended by delegates representing the Party from all parts of the United States, She attributed her election to the fact that she worked diligently for the Party, writing numerous articles under her . own name and by preparing Communist Party literature, distributed in the nane of the Party. She informed that she has been on several speaking tours for the Party. She did not elaborate on any of the above informa ~~ tion, but stated that the "FBI knew of all of her activities and that - everything she had revealed was already known to this Bureau". ‘ ae oo She mentioned that she was the Secretary of the National © Womens Comission of the Comnunist Party and as such was active in the ° weamena wreawl da ¢he Deo tw ~~ ee WORGGS WOle 26 was seley and 64 several occasions CLAUDLA JONES referred : a to the Party with pride and stated that she wholeheartedly believed in 9 +. the principles and doctrines of the Communist Partye She charged that being arrested because she was a Communist was preposterous because the . Communist Party was a legally constituted ‘Party in the United Statese mn RDS oe During the course of the conversation CLAUDIA JONES on : several occasions acknowledged that she was active in the Communist Party and expressed her complete confidence in the Communist Partys She stated .- that if the leaders in this country would only listen to the wisdom a given out by the Party there would be an end to. the class ourienie and. be discrimination practiced in this country. ” _ . be, In referring ‘to her education, CLAUDLA. JONES revealed one. of the reasoia why she became a Communiste She stated that she was grad= ey uated from high school in New York and at first had ambitions to become.“%.7 a doctor and then a social worker, She changed her mind about this, how- a ever, when she was confronted with the fact that "certain quotas were set ~~~” up in New York City on the number of negroes that might enter the medical profession s and social field" » eo ve eee a a Nat