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NY 100-18676 II. COMMUNIST PARTY CONNECTIONS A, Circumstances Surrounding Admission to the Fert i The July 1, 1951, issues of "The Worker", Harlem Edition, on page i. columns 1 - , contained an article entitled "Nerro Victims of FBI Raids Fought Brilliantly - for Rights of Their People". The article contained biographical sketches of JAMES LY“dAcksor, PEmntgeC ant and CLAUDIA JOMLS. That part of the article conterning JOULS read as follows: "Miss JONES, 3h, was born in the British Caribbean colony of Trinidad and came to New York with her parents at the ape of eight. She attended Harlem public schools and Hunter Collerce, leaving school in the niast of the ccpression after a brilliant scholastic record, "As a part of the so-called 'Lost Generation! of depression, Miss Joncs rcufuscd to Gespair. She witnessed young people firhting for the right to jobs and life on the New Deal work prebran. She was stirred by the eries of 'Frec the Scottsboro Boysj' She was encouraged by organizations of the youth which fought against Nepro discrimination and she was convinced that victories could be won when she became part of the joyous throng who greet four of the freed Scottsboro defendants in 1937. She became a Communist, a builder of youth, of the Negro people and America. at i ‘os ~lb- SE Ee ee