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| . re . a . . . ~ SW ee as ae teatad ddd ad cose, — i» Fa SURITY INFOSUATION~ CO APPROPRIATE AGENCIES CONT AINED AND FITLD OFFICES INFORM ATION ADVISED BY ROUTING april 20,1959 ALL UNCLASSIFIED EIN nce SUIP(S) OF soap tat ages HER 22 <A mh . hs EDWARD as ‘(abies Bora april 12h 4888. Shinar a eT . sO Le has been conducted: ‘by the yer. “pertinent, to your Anquiry ‘concerning | fhe aboue-naned a oS “powever,’ “the files. of thie” ” ‘fodtowing information concerning Elltagton ‘developed during eae course ., other seour ity type $nves tigations .. ; en Pe ‘Woy 12, 1938, ‘teéue os. the "Datly Worker” , San: : cot. ‘coast Connuntat newepaper, contatned an article capti oned “Harlem Youth Parley Rallies for Joba, Péece.*® This” article . “Vated. Duke Ellington among the prontrent endorsers of the — Strat AlleHarlew Youth Conference which was to convene on |’ May 13, 1938, tn Hew York City. The All-RForlen Youth Conference has been desertbed as "among thé more conspicuous Communtstefront groupe tn the Ractale-esudclasstftcation”™ by : the California Committee on Un-American dettutttes tn a report feeued by that group tn 1948 (pages 3 and 75) ee _ a - (61-7563~60X6) : Of " ghe “West Coast Volunteer” for. ‘June and July, "4941, “8 “pon thly news bulletin published by*the Henry Baton Post of . the Abraham Lincoln Brigade at Los Angles, California, refleote ez Ne “that the Hollywood Chapter of the Veterana of the Abrahor ~ -- o _Ltneoln Brigade on July 26, 1941, gave a darn dance to rote . _ funds. The publicattoa related that Duke Ellington had | ee “{ appeared at the dance with @ portion af his band.: The Yeterang j 1s Pe ', Of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade has been cited by the Attorney”~, ” oe ~.." General of the Ontted States as within the purusew of =: ey Order 9835. ¢\100-7 7 0. - 103 ' = Cae ; ae Jop! - x saccordine to-a reltadle source the; iff wag (OHH A3- Jsizington appeared on 6 Itet of the Gocategewts of Sooneen”’ fo Telece for a Cinner gtven at to! 8 Restaurant, Hollywood, Caltfornta, . , Ladd an November 10, 1941. The dinner was given ‘under the page ieee a —— of the Amertoan Comntttee to Save Refugees, the Exiled | See Clex——— Writers’ Committee, and the Untted AmericaneSpan teh Atd a 4 Commtttee. The American Committee to Save Refugees has been me tecy_—— @tted as a Communtet front by the Spectal Committee on Une ‘on American Activities tn a report dated March 29, 1944; the iohr ~— ee Request received 3/25/53: Reason, “llington's , | Educational Exchange Service. fo, « SECURITY INFORMATION-CONPRSe PIAL bye \, an