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Party. Informant stated that was very "mad" | J because he thought DUBOIS was a Very poor choice for the reason. that he was a ‘member of the Communist Party. _ : Se kmown reliability, advised that was a member of the Communist Party . under the name ; is the American Labor Party and the American Lebor Party was cited s 8 Communist front organization by the House Committee on Un- American Activities on March 29, 1 ° = G advised in — 1948 that Du#BOIS was —_ to —_ & recording in French to be flown to Paris where it would be played at a big meeting in Paris, at which meeting the twelve indictees would be given central consideration. The twelve indictees. refers to the twelve Communist leaders of the Communist Party, USA who were indicted in New York City in 1948 for violation of the Smith Act. | oF advised on = = 31, fon: _ = - DuBOIS was a sponsor ; J a statement entitled "The First Line of Defense", which was sent to the President and the Attorney General of the United States and which stated, "We strongly condemn your hysteria- breeding arrests of national leaders of the Communist Party", Informant stated that this statement had been running as a quarter page advertisement in all the negro weekly newspapers in New York City during the month of August 198. - | mm october 1h, 1948, nn concacerrereraeenn raped BS advised that, "DuBOIS is a Communist at the Préesene time and J think that this was quite recent, I know the Communists were certainly interested in him", (Qe :: known reliability, an agency which conducts security Investigations, advised on December 31, 1948 that DuBOIS has been associated with many