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qa conriMria, This statement strongly condemns the arrest of the nations! leaders of the Communist Party and calls upon the President to take positive action to protect civil rights instead of persecuting political minorities. The article states that they, the signers, reised no defense of the princi- ples of the Communist Party, but that their main concern is to defend the rights of political and other minorities, especially the negro people, to fight for the kind of society which they considered necessary to give full expression to the principles of American Cemocracy. The "Daily Worker" dated November 10, 1948, page 11, colum 1, carried an article entitled “Notables Greet Soviets on 31st Anniversary". This article stated that W.E.B. DU BOIS was among a score of distinguished Americans who had sent messages of friendship to the people of the Soviet Union. The twin occas- ions for the greetings were the 15th Anniversary of the estab- lishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Soviet Union and the 31st Anniversary of the founding of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, The "Daily Worker" dated January 3, 1949, page 7, column 1, carried an article entitled “Signers of Open Letter to End House Un-American Committee". This article listed the name of Doctor W.E.B. DU BOIS among the 313 educators, writers, scientists, artists and clergywen who issued an open letter to the members of the 8lst Congress urging the abolition of the House Un-American Committee. The “Daily Worker" dated March 20, 1949, Section 1, page 19. column 3. carried an article which stated that Doctor W.E.B. DU BOIS, the outstanding negro scholar, educator and leader, was to be a guest speaker at the 19th anniversary celebration of the Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order of the International Workers Order.