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organized in Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York
to be present in the courtroome The article also stated that
Mra. DU BOIS (SHIRLEY?GRAHAM) wiil accompany her husband.
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This article states that defense motions to
dismiss the indictments will be heard in the United States
District Court in Washington, D.C. and that the trial date for
Doctor DU BOIS and his associates had been set for May 14, 1951.
rticle also tes that there should be a
tremendous protest to President TRUMAN and Attorney General
MC GRATH in the next few days to help erase the disgraceful
scheme to jail 83 year old Doctor DU BOIS, whose crime is that
he doesn't want American boys of teen age to die before their
time on remote battlefields.
The "Worker" dated May 13, 1951, page 2, column
4, Section 1, carried an article which stated that the trial
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of Doctor W.E.B. DU BOIS and four other leaders of the Peace
Information Center was postponed until the October term of
court. The postponement followed granting of a motion for the
taking of depositions in Paris, France. The court was told
that the testimony of JEAN/LAFITTE, Secretary General of the
World Peace Council, and former Secretary General of the World
Congress of Defenders of Peace, was “vital and material" to
the case snd that this testimony could be obtained only be
taxing his oral testimony in Paris by deposition.
The "Daily Worker" dated May 31, 1951, page 9,
column 3, carried an article setting forth a schedule of a
tour for Doctor and Mrs. W.E.B. DU BOIS in the major cities
ef the United States. This tour was organized by the Progress-
ive Party and is set out as follows:
June 1, 2 and 3 Chicago
June 3 Mrs. DU BOIS, South Bend,
Indiana
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