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a? In 1942 a HERMAI! HOFFMAN was Chairman of the Board of th Y No Sectarian Anti Nazi League. On dune 30, 1943, a HIMWIAN HOFFMAN was isted as one of the honorery co-chairmen of the National Reception Connittee sponsoring a reception for Soviet Jewish delegates Lt. Colonel ITZEK "TER and Professor SOLOMONNJICHGELES, who visited the United States in July*of 1943. The reception wa held in the Polo Grounds. af the Tian LISI AR LEYS LVIAR oa thaiem Vice-Chairmen on r 4 qaol)). Vi ata TAR Ur Pa 7 13yuu was listed “the letterhead of thewis h Council for Russian War Relief, Inc., which functioned as part of the Russian War Relief. The Council: was active par- ticularly in the IWO, which is on the Attorney General's list. He acted as chairman for the first session of the Third Annual Conference of the Jewish ‘Council for Russian War Relief. In the "Norning Freiheit" of November 16, 1945, it was reported that hundreds of prominent Americans gathered at the Russian Consulate, New York City, on November 8, 1945, on the 28th anni- versary of the Russian Revolution. Among those was HERMAN HOFFMAN (not (VU) otherwise identified). From a confidential source in the Waldorf Astoria it was learned hat at the meeting soonsored by the\ational Conference on the German Problem March 16, 1947, the name of VAN HOFMAN, President of the Criminal and Civil Courts Bar Association, appeared on a letterhead as one of the sponsors. Newspaper accounts, particularly PEGLER'S column, had described this conference as beinz held to support the Morgenthau Plan for postwar reatnent of Germany. He claimed in his col of November 1, 1950, that on the roster of tne conference there were $]X knovm Communists and thirty fellow travelers. He rep: rted that JOHN JA“ABT was one of the guests, There were some forty-eight sponsors of the conference, according to the New York files, a review of which list discloses that there were present a large representation of known Communists, a good representation of liberals and a minor representation of persons of unknown political viewpoints, as well as a few anti-Commmists. The invitations to the conference went out over the signatures of Mrs. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT and EDGAR\YCWRER. In 1949 HOFFMAN was a nember of the\Advising Comaittee for the Society IS Prevention of World War III, which is dominated and financed by ISIDCREXLIPSCHUTZ who recently has been under attack by WESTBROOK PEGLER.