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« Report Form . FD-263 (Se_i-wop + ma) ry OFFICE OF ORIGIN NEW YORK ECB, f REPORT MADE BY see ER Cars INFORMATION CONTAI HEREIN 1S UNTLASSIFIED EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN © —— 25/57, WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDT DU BOIS reportedly resided at 31 Grace Court, Brooklyn, NY, and reportedly was self-emn inves as a lecturer and author with his office in @vised DU BOIS was an instructor at the JSSS Subject believed to be a member of the dvised that in 1956 pU BOIS in 1956, *, Ko spoke before various mee ngs sponsored by the ECLC and the Ball A ACPFB. Informants and sources advised that in speeches, an ied DU BOIS indicated that he favored Socialism in this country f - 22 J ; and that "the only way to Socialism is through Communism," 4 a DU BOIS attended a birthday party in March 1956 honoring the ¥ - F5th birthday of WILLIAM Z. FOSTER and the rn to political /. “life of BENJAMIN J, DAVIS, Ir., neiiney sae ]t DU BOIS wrote an article published in "Masses and Matnstream" » ae Magazine in January 1956, and in June 1956 testified as a defense \ = witness for ALEXANDER LEO TRACHTENBERG and JAMES J, JACKSON, Jr., @& “ 3 in the 1956 Smith Act trials in NYC. \), - C- ‘v + CLASSIFIED } éorha | @s EXEMPT FROM GBS*GAT EGO A oe | DATE OE = a _ Y . H £ (| fd - Carpurea: (100.997 29 (RM) 3-New York (100-20789 APPROVED COPIES MADE: ~ cLass-& uxt. 39 -SP4 REASON-FCIM I3, 1-2.4.2 . DATE OF ERVIES i-1f — —_ . BS APR 231957 PROPERTY OF FEI—This report is loaned to you by the FB! ond neither W ner iis contents are to be distributed outside the agency to which loaned. S@Q7788R H als government PRINTANG OFFICE: 1055 ras