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INSTANCES 88 REIN ANERICA'S ZNEWIVS MAVE ED i OF ATT: YPTAD To Ost STi IFEICKE'S #RITINGS AND 4 KRPULATIO®. FO FURTdiR THLIR CASES? | Bureas files reflect that becauae many of Stetabeck ‘as ertttnse portrayec a. extrenely serdtd and poverty-stricker side of American life, they were repriated ta beth Geraan ead ivsstan and usec by the Fazts and Seviets as prepaganrda agatast Anertea. (Sunerous references ) , An tadtyutcual whe Aad been enplo ced durptag 19397 as @ pleyertgat on the Federal Theater Project, Forks Progress Acautatetration, testified before the Dies Comnities that the Port; telc Aer what to write aac furnishec her with research material obtained frozw the Simon Lubin Soctety (prevtously eited). She acvised tiat this motertal tacludec aene of Stetnbeck's {teld notes ,tn Ate Aandwriting, for hia book "Grapes Of Wrath.” (Testinony, Kena Yole on 7-22-40; Lies Comntttece Executive Hearings, Volume 3, Poze 1219) Stetnbeck's book, “Grapes Of Brath,” waa among the Fertodtecle enc books sola from the literature table at @ Communtet Party Fay Day meeting hela on Mcy 1, 1940, tn Les. b A booklet annournctag the courses of the Forsers School of New Yors Ctty, official Comuuntet Farty seheol, for the winter terzm, 1943, stated that the works of leading cramatie writers, tneluding Steinbeck, would be uaed tn the dtacusstonsa of Atetery ef social inatit: tions ae the; Aac been reflected by writers of G12 tines, (1946 Report, california Coxnttree on Un-amertean Activities; 100-15252-39, p. €40) Buring Hurch, 19€5, @ copy of @ recomuended reading Itet used by the Auertcan Yeuth For Lemocracy (cited by the Attorney General) indiccted that ltates boeks cere avatlable from the New Jersey State office of that organization at @ ‘ata list tneluded Stetnbeck's "The Moon Is Down.* Lié iiiigals ::::: headquarters o, the Comnuuntst Politica? Aescctation, Kevork, Heo Jerseyy 61-777-31-60, pe 24) ASSOCIATION (ITH COMMUNITIES PATTY MIVPTES i Ein vino Yk. e223 COLKPSISi t on June 2, 1953, an adnttted former Comzuntst Party member (about 1937-1933) testified before the House Cometttee on Un-American Activittes that although otetnbeck hac .done ~ §< oe