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Re; Jackie Robinson, Stamford, Connecticut CONFID NTIAL, _ a that, in his judgment, the * - hiring of Jackie Robinson —~'" «1: improved the racial attitude °°". of hundreds of thousands of .._... sports lovers in this country, ©... Page 479 . a ee to 483; Surn testimony of one Jack" «=: _ Roosevelt Robinson, 7/18/49,—<— © =. «§ he stated he was born in Cairo, . - Ga., in 1919. He stated he had received a great many messages urging him not to appear before _. the Committee and that not all of | them came from communist ea sympathizers, He stated, As . I see it there has been a terrific lotof misunderstanding on this subject of communism among the Negroes in this country, and it's bound to hurt my people's cause unlessit is cleared up,.-<---—-" "And one other thing the American people ought to understanc, if we are to make progress in this — <20ee Loe te a _. matter: The fact that it isa- i rn of a ~ communist who denounces injustice a , : ; in the courts, police brutality, and lynching when it happens doesn't change the truth of his charges. Just because communists kick up a big fuss over racial discrimination when it suits their | purposes, a lot of people try to pretend that the whole issue is a creation of communist imagination. oe oO : “But they are not fooling anyone — pea yt eo eee)». With this kind of pretense, and... ce ce EE talk about ‘communists stirring up... Negroes to protest’, only makes . present misunderstanding worse than 4. - a - CONFIDENTIAL, ree weess ote bE TI er eo Oe ee TT Sey. OPT RTT wee ae