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* ra Fane’ = tes tbe ay i ty BEF Pray { ee ~ oot » ROD: STANDARD FOie xo. G4 Office Memorandum + unirep STATES GOVERNMENT TO > Director, FBI DATE: October 18, 197 B + Sac, St. Paul UBJECT: INTERNAL SECURITY - C ao ._ ™ A protest meeting sponsored by the-CIVIL RIGHTS CONGRESS was held at the Labor Lyceun, 1800 Floyd Olson Boulevard, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Konday, September 15, 14476 ‘CARL MARZANI was the principal speaker at this meeting and the literature distributed in connection with the meeting indicated that he was tne first to be investigated by the State Department on charges that he belonged to an organization believing in the overthrow of the fovern= ment» CLARENCB HATHARAY, Business Agent of- VERMA Local 1139 = CIO, and a former nkdivor of the DAILY WORKER, acted as Chairman ofthe meeting, According to who attended the CIVIL RIGHTS CONGRESS meeting, MARZANI socke of his bacxground saying that while attending Oxford University in England, he was married to an American girl and on their honeymoon learned that she was a Commnist; for that reason their honeymoon was “one continual round of arguments". He told the crowd, most of whom the informant identified as Coamunists, that he did not become interested in politics until he took @ trip around various countries, including China, During the depression, MARZANI was forced to co on WPA.» tie denied his membership in the Communist Party and asserted that he had never been a member of the CP. He appeared to be optimistic and related __ he was happy that he had so many promipent defenders, mentioning bree ROOSEVELT, IDNRY WALLACE and ARTIUR-TAYS. He recommended one way of beating reactionaries: "to out breed them". Among others who shared the platform with NAwZANI were Judge EDAARD -TOTTEN, who has a long history of leftist activity, and PETER WARHOL, whe has recently been ousted fron the Upholsterers! Union as a member of the Communist Party. He is pow on bord pending a heering before the Immigration & futuralization Service as to why he should not be deported as an undesirable alien. According to our confidential coverage of District Nine of the CP, it wos ascertained that R0SE-TILLOTSON and other District Communist leacers, were instrumental in planning the protest meeting sponsored by the CIVIL RIGHTS CONGRESS. It was further learned that a number of the ve emnonn 1) Comrumist leacers purpesely did not participate at the r ED 397 ne 16 meeting would net appear to be controlled by the Party ECU Since MARZANT remained in the Tein Cities only one day, Teaver the Tain \ xa : . Ie / . INDEX 0 d , “ . ae , NN rt aS ase ary ei nee . . +s iw ru * at, at are ir eage Sar mete - rar 4 Re alt ines te ae et “SSN gE Tg a em ~ . oat a ~ . ; . -