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CONFWENTIAL ° ick a ad eo aoufae om in en my : . wos 7 ¥ MEA . ee Ia an article dated Oetober 17, 1946 in ‘the ‘New York Journal “.. Jmerican", it was stated "EISLER's brother is HANNS EISLER, Hollywood composer, ‘- who was under investigation by Immigration Authorities ‘on charges that he came here, from Geran ny to preach. ‘revolution ‘Unrough his Bongsh. Q ah. | the ‘New “York Journal srerican" tar October 13, 1966 § states. that’ GERHART EISLER *is a brother, pf a Hollywood composer, HANNS EISLER, whose best known work is a Bong called 9 Tomintexn® —- short for Communist Internationa. Dome ae the "Daily Worker" for October 18, a6 ‘set forth the ‘veoulte of so an interview with GERHART EISLER wherein he states that "I have a brother Hanns who is gtmsician end who is interested only in music, and I have a sister, RUTH FISCHER, a Trotskyist who runs a gutter sheet which has denounced every anti~ Fascist. ag a Stalinist from ROOSEVELT on down"s 4 , “ ire rs e ~ 7 “ghe ‘New York World ‘Telegran* for October 2, “1946 drew attention _ to the fact that HANNS EISLER was a brother of GERHART and was the foremost com- ' poser of revolutionary songs in the world Communist movement. It was further stated that he is now a successful music writer in Hollywood. It was stated also that HANNS has come to the defense of his brother, stating that GERHART was only in the United States as a German refugees ate = ~ ~ The article continues to state that it ‘had been learned that HANNS EISLER composed the revolutionary march “Cominterrfand also other stirring revo- | _-~ lutionary songs, such asyeMfed FP Front". Reference is then made to the fact that ae the aforementioned "Comintern" was 5 published in the 30's by the Workers Book Shop ae whish 4a cened by the fommnniat Party. The artiele than atates that in resert FORA Add a Wa Wee WWM * 20s TR Ve BAL hd Oe UE Wy ie SEAR pe le "years HANNS EISLER has confined his compositions strictly to capitalist enter prises and then names a number of the films for which he has composed the music. It is then stated that HANNS came to the United States in the early 30's, an exile from Nazi Germany and wrote his revolutionary songs for thefommnist we Siler bas resehan and was active, in the Pie Peaey vere Mus Music Tul By tamed 6 Frenchman who wrote *TuerMibternat onal in 1888," ae "the “art cle then goes on to to describe certain renarks made relative “oto HANNS EISLER in lorkers Book ee Song Book", Attention is then - drawn to the fact that the words to the aforementioned "Comintern" were written re by Ve J ROME, a top official in the Communist Party today and an assistent co. editor o ‘Political affairs", the party's ¢ theoretical | magasine fornerly called 2 “The Communist™s 4.6 8 bee ogee ee eu aah . . we . ela y wee a a re oe n "the Cetober 21, 1946 issued of the "New York Post", the col- wmnist DOROT OMPSON comments, "ure GERHART EISLER is investigated, so should —— CONFDENTIAL