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Re; Jacl Robinson, Stamford, Connecticut CONFIDENTIAL ars | ever, Negroes were stirred up long a ne re before there was a Communist Party, Me TARE ME as and they'll stay stirred up long ..- the ug ee ot og fter the Party has disappeared-- ae Ce unless Jim Crow has disappeared ede i then as well,” . “ ayers Po Pe Ok nye ve “been asked to express ny views” “ oe a - .. @M - Paul Robeson's statement in Paris ne to the effect that American Negroes would refuse to fight in any war against Russia because we love Russia so much, I haven't any comment to make on that statement except that if Mr, Robeson actually made it, it sounds very silly to me, But he has a right t his personal views, and if ; i he wats to sound silly when he . ne ae expresses them in public, that is his - business and not mine. He's still a famous ex-athlete and a great singer and actor, “TI understand that there are some few Negroes who are members of the | Communist Party, and in the event of -. war with Russia they'd probably act. . just as any other communist would, So would membersof other minority | and majority groups, There are some colored pacifists, and they'd act _ just like pacifists of any color, . And most Negroes--and Italians and. Irish and Jews and Swedes and Slavs and other Americans--would act just.”. as all these groups did in the last ~ war, They'd do their best to keep _ Co, their country out of war; if successful, te oe ' they'd do their best to help their ee, oo, Country win the war-eagainst Russia —. COMED Ra Sa a a "0 oy any other enemy that threatened - |. re ; ; us, This isn’t said as any defense of the Negro’s loyalty, because any — loyalty that needs defense can't mount to much in the long run, And > : | °* CONFIDENTIAL’ 100488 8B 0 — NOT. RECORDED