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KX 100-2375 ’ GRACE HOOD, ELLA TYBER and GERTRUDE STUER. At this meeting, Ts 253 )2 septa 3 VINCENT road aloud tho published call to the Second National Convolle? of the Progressive Party to be held in Chicago, Illinois, on February abe 26, 1950. VINCENT read a letter dated January 16, 1950, which she had ro- ceived from MILTON WOLINSKY, of Knoxville, Tennessee. T-5 identified WOLINSKY as the brother of ELLA TYBER. In this letter, according to the informant, WOLINSKY writes that a meeting had been hold in Knoxville and that they “naa scven people who planned to attend the convention in Chicago six as delogates and one as an observer. The letter also inguired as to how many wore going to the convention from Chattanooga, and ho requested that if anyone wished to travel with the Knoxville group to Chicago, that these persons f411 ont cards and send them to Knoxville, in order that arrangements could be made for housing accommodations. "This lettor men- tioned a Mr. LEEDS, of Knoxville, as a participant. Confidential Informant T-6, of known reliability, advised that an unknown make of automobile, bearing 1949 Tennessee license plates. #4-22104, was parked in the vicinity of the Ashland Boulovard Auditorium, Ashland Avenue and Van Buren Streets, Chicago, Illinois, on Friday, February 24, 1950. The opening session of the Progressive Party's Nationa: Cenvention was in progress at this tine. ‘This car is registered to MILTON Ae _ WOLINSKY, 2515 East 5th Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee. ; In the February 27, 1950, issue of tho Knoxville Journal at Knoxville, Tennessee, an article appeared concerning tho Knoxville dele- gates to the Progressive Party Convention in Chicago. The article states that the Associated Press reported that there Wore five, delegates from the Knoxville area and these delegates were: IRVING LEEDS, 132 Bo2iws Court, Knoxville, Tennessee; ELYYALSON, New York City; MARTI) 1, "Brooklyn, Now York; MILTON Sa/WOLLISKY, Chattanooga, Tennessee; and “BARBARAKROBY,, no address. The article continues that four of these persons were residin at the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity House » Temple Avenue, Knoxville. Mrs. CLARA M. VINCENT, Chattanooga, Tennessee, was also Latea as & delegate to the convention. ; CI £-6, of known reliability, advised on March L 1950, that nominations for committee members had been made, subject to convention approval, at the Second National Convention of the Progressive Party, hold February 24-26, 1950, at Ashland Auditorium, Chicago. Among those nominated were JOHNMPUDWIG (Tennessee), Resolutions Comittee, and CLARA VINCENT (Tennessee), Resolutions Committee. (No JOHN LUDWIG is known to the Knoxville Office, and it is possible that this refers to T7OMA8 /|,. | LUDWIG, of Greeneville, Tennessee, who has been previously shown in this report to have deen active in the Progressive Party.) -5-