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at see ee Eh, edd = eRe Bish Bo. alt yo : oe te ee had - ~y Gg : - a * “ur gt? - ig’ -s , : : . fhe ; : : i 4 F a ‘ r “KISSELEV, Consul General of the Soviet Uhion, who read a prepared - acknowledged by JOSEF STALIN, the Premier. NY 100-13515 the principal speaker of the o-casion was Mr, EUGENE V. statement in which he acknowledged the support which the Anerican people had given to the Soviet Union, and that this support was ae ree- 4 Another important speaker was Mr. HENRY C.“ALEXANDER, a member of the National Committee of Russian War Relief, who stated the perams gathered at the festivity were getting their first impression of Russian War Relief; therefore, he stated the organiza- tion was privately omed, had no political connections whatsoever, and did not connect itself in any way, nor was it interested in, any political "ism." He explained how the funds of the Russian War Relief were distributed and stated they rsre a part of the National War Fund, ; EDWARD CS*CARTER, head of Russian War Relief, was the next most important speaker. He stated that he had recently come back from a trip to the Soviet Union, at which time he had an occasion to visit Moscow and Stalingrad, where he visited the people in their homes, farms and factories, and stated that from one end of Russia to the other, the Russian people are aware of the fact that they are receiving support from the American people, a On June 22, 1944, Russian War Relief presented a rally at Madison Souare Garden, New York City. This rally was build as "Order of the Day" and was presented as a tribute to the armies of liberation on the third anniversary of the invasion of the Soviet Union. The rally was sponsored under the auspices of the Committee of Russian War Relief, consisting of the following persons: ; Dr. ISRAEDMGOLDSTEIN, WILLIAN“OREEN, THOMAS WssLAVONT, PHILIP ¥ “HURRAY, JAMES Go*PATION, Mrs. FRANKLIN DSROOSEVELT, The Rev. Dr. RALPH ~SOCKMAN, THOMAS JIWATSON, A. Fe*WHITNEY, WENDELL*WILLKIE, OWEN DsXYOUNG The writer attended this function and obtained copies of the programs that were distributed, two copies of which are being furnished as enclosures to the Bureau with this report. The writer observed Madison Square Garden at the commencement of the festivities, and determined that all of the seats throughout this garden were occupied and in a very short time after the commencement of the program, targe numbers of people were standing to the rear of the isles. It was determined by the writer that the Garden will hold a capacity crowd of 20,000. Admission commenced at a price of 84¢ per person-and some of the box seats were for sale at $8.00. The first major speaker of the evening was Brigidier General CHARLES MI“WESSON, of the United States army, Director of the Division of Soviet Supply of the Foreign Economic Aduinistration, who traced the growth in the amount of war supplies sent to the Soviet Union by the United States, reciting numerous statistics.