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Lillian Lily Hellman — Part 1
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. | The ew York times for October 1941 earried an article stating
. that Governor Iehnan resented sponsorship of the "Diner Forum on Europe ‘:°=:
Today" to be held at the Biltmore (for the purpose of evacuating from Frensh ©
concentration camps 50 anti-Fascists threatened with death), in that certain -..
Committees sponsoring the dimer have long been aspociated with ee
activities, LILLIAN HELIN, co-chairman, with ZRNEST FMI NMIAY, r
that she could vouch for the "distribution of the funds, ganiaatdore Lis listed —
as sponsers were “American Comittee to Save Refugees", the Cotte Exiled
Workers Committees of the League of Amprican Writers", and the “american -: -
Spanish Aid Committee, which Promoted the Amerioan Reece Sha Missions —
| - The New York fines for October 0, 1941 announced thet LN”
FELDMAN was a@ speaker and co-chairman with ERNEST HEMINGWAY of a dimer to S
’ yaise funds for 50 anti-rascista in French concentration camps, In her * 9: . -
’ speech at the Hotel Biltoore on October 9, 1941, LILLIAN HELUUAN characterized
those who had been criticizing | the sponsors of the dinner as cowardly and oe,
malicious, From her speech, it was stated she said that some of the
cipating Committees had been accused of being Communists, Governor Iehman
withdrew his sponsorship prior to the dimers :
, An wadated article retained in the morgue files of the New -
York Times lists LILLIAN HELIMAN, as one of the several sponsors of “Peoplew
Plays*, a Theatre Group in Grvenwich Village which has turned the stage club .
_ dnto a social weapon in order }o_make social ‘comment and conditions -meoding a
. recognition and solutions 2 wee pe & * a gon 7
Os In the April 95 “yoga edition of the ‘Yew York Times, there
appears an article stating that PAUL ROBESON, PEARL S, BU JOSEPH CURRAN,
President of the Kational Writine Union, and LILLTAN aELURN, wore speakers
at the *Council on African Affairs* in cnhatten Cont Center, 34th Street and
EZighth Avemie, on April 8, 394%. A resolution was adopted to end ali national
racial discrimination in the Aracd Forces and Government Servicese el
that. ‘mrrkcas a memo or tha Advisory Beard of Porsan-Amarican :
Emergency oney Conferences. The letterhead of the organization captioned German-
American Energency Conference to Defeat Hitler and to Safeguard American | vO,
Democracy lists the address of the organisation ® as 395 Broadway, Boom BY, ee :
o Mew Tork Cltye oe See eet E00 98 260O* ES
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_ ConfSdential Info Brose identity 4s known to the Bureau,
on November 19, 1942 imiicated that HELIMAN was publicized as one
of the participants of the Round-table discussion to be held by the German~
American Emergency Conference at the Hotel Commodore. fmusws wre
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