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JOHW EREST STEINBECKE Incorporated. The article set forth the initial list of ewner- contributora, which tacluded the nane ef Johan Steinbeck. (123-+11674-13) The 1948 report ef the California Countttee on Un-American Acttutties raflected thot tn additton te completely connuntat~controlled and dominated pudlications there wos also a long list ef Trade Union, racial, minority, Itdbera? and epectal interests publicetions tnto which comnuntete had tnftitrated. The report reflected that the conmmuntet influence wee estahlished through euch news services as the Associated Magazine Contributers, Incorporatedsand @ethers. (100-15252-39 - pg 39) a LI ee. ’ » Oatly Forker,” an east coast | communtet nemaepaper, published an article captioned "Found Seviets Eacer for Feace, Capa, Steinbeck Tell Trib Forum.” Thts article indiccted that Capa read a jotnt report « by! hinself and John a _ Stetnbeck at the Herald Tribune Forum. Thte report purportedly | gtcted that the Russian people were destroyed end hurt much nore than any othere that they, Capo and Steinbeck, had seen during their ' many pears on the battle fields. The report further tnditcated ' thet the Russtan mosses would strongly approve the halt of the "utctous and inacne gones”™ of recrintnation between Ruszio and the U.8. It wae tndtcated that the Ruastans were particularly wet fs met ore 2 ee ee erie & so wee ere ST interested in hearing about “the persecution ef liberals" in ‘ Amertea. (100-106224) The “Daily Worker” on Aprtl 16, 1948, contained a book . review of John Stetndcck's "A Russian Journal,” whitch woe kK . described ae being a book contatning photographs by Robert Capa, which hod been published by the Viking Presa in New York, Kew York. The article reflected "John Steinbeck’s warm sympathy for people, as evidenced tn his ‘4 Rueestan Journal,’ (published today) ta the one positive feature of an account of ao vistt to the Soviet Unton _whteh te otherwtae overrun with frivolous previnctaltem and a coy ' dteinelination to fcce political realttte®. « « -8- “G2 6D