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Hanns Eisler — Part 8
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Bars a The records ef the Imigretion and Returalisation Service reflect
= that Hisler tires entered the United tates on February 183, 1955, at Eew York
a ee City. | He left May 4, 1055, and again entered on Ootober 4, 1935, 0% Rew Tork
or se _ oe? Ne departed from the United Stetes in Decander,, re Bo A
ae Regarding these wipe en article upp. eek ko 26, 1555, ieasue
ic pet ef "Soviet Art," gublished im the Soviet tion. The article quotes Bisler at
F, . Length “end fe prefeoed by « remark What Bi sler’e ore ere eco ae
/ upon arrival in Ibscow were hie Lapressions of the “new faces of io
especially af the difference between it ant what | om /
. oountries.” Kiaier is then quoted as oaying he mde a picture in London entitle
~' gtates that this ploture included such eontenporary episodes as the ‘anti-Soviet
‘burning of union homes, the pani oneect of Fevolationis ste, the underground work
-. Of the Commmist Party, sts. stated tint the film was produced through the
-,, offorta of political iam grants s free tnscist Geraany. RBisler also related that
while in London he, together with Bertolt Breakt, wrote “Song of the United
Front,” which he stated he later discovered to be the favorite song cf the —
“American proletariat." The erticle then describes Bisler's concepts on his
‘trip to forth aerioa and he states that his purpose was to “actively support
the anti-Pascist federation in the ihulted States." He stated that there is a
strong aympathy in the Thited states foward the Soviet Union and thet a person
returning from the Soviet bacame the delegates for many requests "to accurately
portray Vife in = sountry of eqmeervative socialiam." Bialer then refers to
bis moat dramatic moment on the trip, which he says was his wisit "to the w-
justly suffering revolutionary, 16 years imprisoned in an American prison,
"Yom Mooney." Se states that he was pernitted a short ten-minute interview |
“with the prisoner ef oapitalion," but that this was insufficient for hin to .
tell Moonsy what he wanted to know most of all, pened anener re
proletaries of 2/6 of whe entire gisbe.” ;
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sau Wee article eetioued shove Hisler somented Ghat he bad been
invited as « prefessor of musie at the Bow York “Hew Schoel fer Social .. -.
Sciences,” whieh Lepenhoreg “me was pled 40 accept because it “will give me
if
the Opporemnl ty te teach new ranks of revolutionary somposers.”
: articles Fogurdlic Bisler's ‘visit to the foviet talon subse-
' nh pats to his trip © the United Btates in Soviet papers. Ap artiels
the Moscow Daily Gated July 18, 5, quoted Bisler as saying he would
poet
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: ae. Saec artiole dated aly £8, 1935, appeared in *Previa® in the
2. a ” syor us, Hisler = Le firet sf 611 © stag. .. oe ee
Z . 1 the = *Comintern.t With the sencgs of Eisler on
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