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pee rE i an 3, 4 to. -~7- from Dr, DuBois' book, "The Soul of Black Folk," written fifty years ago (Daily Worker, February 23, 1953, page 7); he was author of ‘In Battle for Peace," de- scribed as the story of bis 63d birthday, and which was published by Masses & Mainstream (the Daily Worker of June 1d, 1952, page 7; Daily People's World of The Worker of December 21, 1952, page 7). The Attorney General of the United States cited New Masses as a Special Committee cited it as a "nationally circulated weekly journal of the Comm- nist Party” (report of March 29, 19h; also cited in reports of Jamary 3, 1939 and June 25, 1942). Beginning with the March 19,8 iesue, New Masses and Mainstream (Marxist quarterly) consolidated into what is now known as Masses & Mainstream, with the announcement that "here, proudly, in purpose even if not in identical form, is a magazine that combines and carries forward the thirty-seven-year~old tradition of New Masses and the more recent literary achievement of Mainstream. We have regrouped our energies, not to retire from the battle but to wage it with fresh resolution and confidence” (Masses & Mainstream for March i948, page 3). Afommuniat nartodical® {Conoraesinnal Recard of Gantamhar 94. 10h9. nacon FARR): the won: persceicar™ ,Vongressional necore Of Stpiemier <5 ardc, page i? 3 ne A letterhead of the Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case, dated March 15, 1952, carries the name of Dr. W. &. 3. DuBois in ea list of sponsors; he joined in a request of that Committes for a new trial for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg (Daily Worker of June 12, 1952, page 6); he participated in a rally Octo- ber 23 in New York City, to demand clemency for the Rosenbergs (Daily Worker, Octo- ber 27, 1952, page 8); he gigned an amicus curiae brief presented to Supreme Court in Washington, D. C., urging a new trial for the Rosenbergs (Daily Worker of Novem- ber 10, 1952, pare 3); and the Daily People's World of November 13, 1952, page 8). He wrote an article entitled "4 Negro Leader's Plea to Save Rosenbergs" (fhe Worker of Noverber 16, 1952, page 3M); and the Daily Worker of January 21, 1953 (page 7), reported that he had urged clemency for the Rosenbergs. The Daily Worker of April 12, 199 (page 5), reported that Dr. DuBois was a member of the Sponsoring Committee of the World Peace Congress in Paris; he was co-Chairman of the American Sponsoring Committes of the Congress, as disclosed on a leaflet entitled "World Congress for Feace, Paris," April 20-23, 19h9; he was Proposed as a candidate for the World Peace Prize, awarded by the World Peace Con~ gress (Daily People's World of December 7, 1951, page 4); he was a member of the Executive Committee of the World Peace Congress (Daily Worker of September 14, 1950, page 5)3 he was one of tho cponsore of the Second World Peace Congress in Sheffield, England (Dally Worker of October 19, 1950, page 3); he was elected to the Presiding Committee of the World Peace Congress (Daily Worker of November 17, 1950, page 1); he was a member of the World Peace Council of that Congress (Daily Worker of Novem- ber 2, 1950, page 9); a mimeographed letter dated December 1, 1950, contains his fame in a list of sponsors of the American Sponsoring Committee for Kepresentation at the World Peace Congress. Dr. DuEois was a member of the United States Sponsoring Committee of the American Intercontinental Peace Conference (Daily Worker of December 28, 1951, paga wih = Se Se Se eg eG OP 2, and February 6, 1952, page 2); the Peace Conference was called by the World _ Pesre Council, formed at tle conclusion of the Second World Peace Congress in Warsaw; ee ne was awarded the International Peace Prize for "six worid figures" by the World. Peace Council (Daily People's World of January 29, 1953, page 7; and The Worker of | February 6, 1953, page 5). we -