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| | ran DuBOIS elaborated on the history of the present Russia and emphasized that the capitalist countries led by the United 'y States ere trying to destroy the peaceful efforts and endeavors, of the Soviet Unioh. DuBOIS claimed that pressure was being “used by the United States Government on France and particularly on Italy to stay in line with United States foreign policies, DuBOIS stated that the Korean war was started by the United States for imperialist reasons, DuBOIS branded the United States Government!s present foreign as well as domestic policy as completely disregarding the interests of the people and being concerned only with the profits of the Wall Street clique. Informant stated that DuBOIS' whole pattern of speech was the defiance of United States policy and the praising of whatever the Soviet Union is doing or has done in the past. © advised thal = did not know a or not Dr, DuBOIS was a memter of the Communist Party as he has never seen him at any Communist Party meetings or functions, but that he has heard from a reliable source which he did not divulge that DuBOIS has joined the Communist Party. "The Worker (Harlem)", Sunday edition of the "Daily Worker", of October 27, 1950, page 1, column 3, carried the - follewing article in which Dr. W.E.B. DuBOIS indicated his position as American Labor Party candidate for the United States Senate, DuBOIS issued the following statement on Korea and peace: "another crucial moment has come in the Korean War, now that the United Nations, forced by the United States, has pushed the North Korean troops beyond the 38th parallel, There were those of us who from the first believed this war, with its heavy cost in death, maiming and destruction was unnecessary; _ that it was a civil dispute for which the U. S, and especially South Korea were primarily responsible and which could have been settled with a minimum of hostilities if the UN had exhibited the restraint and wisdom in Korea which it exercised in the case of Palestine, This would surely have happened had not the United Stetes insisted on war and started war before the UN consented to join, + "Our excuse was that Korean aggressors represented the Soviet Union, But no proof of this has ever been adduced; nor has China been proven an instigator of this war, Instead -18- Du |