◆ SpookStack

 C ._-, F 92-. I j Ffcoun HA1 The "New York Journil American", New York daily - newspaper, dated December 15, l9h9 carried an article which stated that the conviction of the eleven Communist Party leaders as conspirators and the five-year prison sentence handed down by Federal Judge MEDINA has thrown a scare into fellow travellers who, a few months ago, would join any and all Communist fronts- This article continued by stating that only twenty-four sponsors, most of them prior members of grougs named by Congress as Comunist fronts, are on the Civil ights Congress list as compared to the usual 100 to 200 persons available for such "causes". Names of the dinner sponsors as printed in the Civil Rights Congress program and the number of large affilia- tions with organizations named as Communist fronts by the Un-American Activities Committee or the Attorney General included W.E.B. DU BOIS, negro writer and lecturer. The "New York Times" dated June 27, 19h?, page ll, under the caption DU BOIS Declares Socialism a Haven", quoted Doctor W.E.B. DU BOIS as stating before a conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People as follows: "We must not allow ourselves be scared and intimidated by the fear of being called a Communist, by the smearing of HENRY WALLACE, the widespread attempt of a monop- olized press to keep the peoples of the world from knowing the truth about work and incomes." The "Pittsburgh Courier" dated September 13, 19H? carried an article entitled "Views and Reviews"- This article stated that EISLER'S case would be of interest to the colored brethren because so many prominent negroes are connected with Communist front organiza- tions which rushed to his defense and did their utmost to aid him. - TIRE