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cde ae A _ | — a A SO Oe EEE BE roo wT one og ¥ 4~ “ by | INFORMATION FROM THE FILES OF THE COMMITTEE ON UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES . U. 8. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DATE: Oct. 15, 1953. For: _._"ohs Wm B Jenner SUBJECT: _Dre Ee Ee Be Dudois a | The public records, files and publications of this Committee contain the following informatisn concerning Dr. W. &- &. DuBois. This report should not be construed as representing the results of an investigation by or findings of this Committee and it should be noted that the subject individual is not necessarily a Communist, a Communist sympathizer, or a fellcw-traveler, unless otherwise indicated, The Worker (Sunday edition of the Communist publication, the Daily ®orker) on April 27, 19L7 reported that "almost 109 Negro leaders, headed by W. E. B. DuBois, Paul Robeson and Hoscoe Dunjee, last week called upon President Truman 'to repudiate decisively’ steps to 'illegalize the Comanist Party.’ ... ‘AS Negro Americans . . . we cannot be unmindful that this proposal to outlaw the Communist Party comes precisely when our Federal government professes prave concern over the democratic rights of peoples in far distant parts of the world.' .. ." (page 8 of The Yorker). : Dr. DuBois sponsored a statement attacking the arrest of Communist Party leaders (Daily Worker, August 23, 1948, page 3); he sponsored a "Statement by Negro Americans" on behalf of the Communist leaders (The Worker of August 29, 1948, page 11); he filed a brief in the Supreme Court on behalf of the twelve Comminist leaders (Daily Worker, Jamuary 9, 1949, page 3); he signed statements on behalf of Comm- nist leaders, as shown in the following sources: Daily Worker, January 17, 1949 (page 3); February 2, 1949 (paze 9); Daily People's World, May 12, 1950 (pare 12); Daily Worker September 19, 19.0 (pase 2); and in 1952, he signed an appeal to Fresi- dent Truman, requesting amnesty for leaders of the Communist Party convicted under the Smith Act (Daily Worker, December 10, 1952, page Lb). Dr. DuBois was one of the sponsors of the National Non-Partisan Committes to Defend the Rights of the Twelve Communist leaders, as shown on the back of their lettertiead dated September 9, 1949. A statement on behalf of Eugens Dennis, e Communist, contained the signa- ture of Dr. Duzois, identified as an educator (Daily Worker of May 5, 1950, p. 2); he signed a telegran of the National Committee to Win Amnesty for Smith Act Victing, greeting Eugene Dennis on his bth birthday (Daily Worker, August 11, 1952, p. 3); Eugene Dennis was formerly Secretary General of the Communist Party. The Daily Worker of August 2, 1949 (p. 2), disclosed that Dr. Dubois endorsed Benjamin J. Davis, Jr., well-known Communist leader; ne was Honorary Chair man of the Committee to Defend ¥. J. Jerane, Chairman, Cultural Commission of the Communist Party, U.S.A. (letterhead datad June 2h, 1952). A loaflet of the Civil Rights Congress (dated March 20, 1947) naaed Dr. DuBois as having defended Gerhart Eisler, Commnist. He was one of the sponsors of the Committee to Defend Alexander Tractenberg, former member of the Haticnal Comaittee of the Communist Party (Daily People's World of April 17, 1922, p. 7; and the Daily Worker of April 18, 1952, p. -. ae i “WT EM ee UVauke om . Pe le a . foo-F@IIDG =a