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Dr. DuBois spoke in Washington, D. C., on May 9, 1947, umder the auspices of the Washington Book Shop, as shown by a leaflet of the Book Shop, cited as . . subversive and Communist by the Attorney General; it had previously been cited by the Attorney General as follows: “Evidence of Camunist penetration or control is reflected in the followings Among its stock the establishment has offered prominenth. for sale books ani literature identified with the Cammuniat Parity and certain of its affiliates and front organizations. . ." (press releases of December i, 1947 and September 22, 19148; and the Congressional Record of September 2), 1912, page 7688, respectively). The Special Committee cited the Washington Book Shop as a Communist- front organization (report of March 29, 19h). The Worker's Book Shop catalogue for 1918 (page 5), advertised Dr. DuBois! "The World and Africa" for sale; the 19149-1950 catalome (page 11) advertised his "Black Folk Then and Now’; The Worker for March 1, 1953 (page 16) carried an adver tisement of Dr. DuBois' books, "The Battle for Peace* and “Black Reconstruction" on sale at the Workers Bookshop, New York City. The Workers Book Shops are a chain of Communist bookshops which are official outlets for Communist literature. As shown on the following sources, Dr. DuBois was a member of the Advisory Councii of Soviet Russia Today: Letterhead of the publication dated September 8, 19h7; a letterhead of September 30, 19147; and an undated letterhead received April 1946. The Daily People's World of November 6, 1952 (page 7), reported that Dr. Dubois had written an article for the November issue of New World Keview. Soviet Russia Today has bean cited as a Communist-front publication the the Special Committee in reports of March 29, 19 and June 25, 1942; the Committee on Un- American Activities alao cited it as a Communist-front publication in a report dated October 23, 1949. Soviet kussia Today changed its name to New World Review, effective with the March 1952 issue. The Daily Worker of July 6, 1951 (page 7), reported that Dr. DuBois was author of the pamphlet, "I Take My Stand for Peace," published by the New Century Publishers, "official Communist Party publishing house which has published the works of William Z. Foster and Eugene Dennis, Communist Party chairman and execu~- tive secretary, respectively. . ."; (Committee on Un-American Activities in its report of ian 1948). ' In 1947, 19L6 and 1950, Dr. Publis wes Contributing Editor on the staff of New Masses maganine (New Messes, July 22, 19,7, page 2; Masses & Mainstream, March 1948, Vol. 1, “ce. 1; and issue of August 1950, page 1); he contributed articles to the following issues of Naw Masses and Masses & Mainstream: New Masses for September 10, 1916 (page 3) and June 10, 1947 (page 20); Masses & Mainstream for April 1951 (pages 10-16); and February 1952 (pages 6~1h). In 19,0, Dr. DuEois signed New Masses Letter to President Roosevelt as shown in New Kasses for April 2, 1910 (page 21); he was honored at a dinner in New York City, January 1), 1946, arranged by New Masses and at which awards were made for greater inter-racial understanding (Daily Worker of Jamary 7, 1946, page 11, columns 1 and 2); he endorsed New Masses, as reported in the Daily Worker of April 7, 1947 (page 11); he sponsored a plea for financial support of New Masses, as dicclosed in the issus of that publicalion for April 6, iyuy (page y); he received the New Masses award for his contribution in promoting democracy and inter-racial unity at the publication's Second Anmial Awards Dinner (New Masses of November 18, 19L7, page 7}; the February 1953 issue of Masses & Mainstream carried a chapter