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} Labor Purty “For years, the Communists have put forth the greater efforts to eapture the entire Arcricen Labor P. rty throughout Wew York State, They succeeded in eapturing the Manhattan and Brooklyn sections of the American Labor Party but out w Tork City they have been unable to win control.® S \ A reliable source advised on March 5, 1949, that Lillian Hell-an, Viee-Chairsan of Progressive Citisens of wtPlea, was one of the delerates to the naticnsi conwention of the Progressive Party held in Chicago. ( "2 &-17-51; St d-£-51; 100-2°760-"3, v. ud Thy Califomia ittee on Un-American Activities cited the Progressive Citise:s of Anrica as "A now and broader Go-vunist front for the entire United Stites, formed in Sept. mcr, 1946, at the direction of Comtunist stecring corrittee: fron the bon-unist doviv~ated National Citisens Politie:1 Action Co--ittee and the Indepcncent Citisens Committee of the Arte, Sciences and Profcssions.* Russiz:n “Wer Felie The Decerber 5, 1942, issue of the "Daily Worker*® stated that Lilliin Hellran had donzted 41,000 to Russian War Relicf at a hussian War Relief dinncr held on Decenver 3, 1942. The February 26, 1943, issue of the "Daily Worker" anounced that hiss Helinsn dd epak on that date at a Russian War kelicf bercfit rally sponsored by the Sheepshead Bay Chapter of Russian War Relif, (100-29750-6, pv. 10) The 1940 report of the Califomia Committee on Un- American Activitica states earcerning Russian Wor Relief "... Russicn War kelief 1s in every respect a satellite front of the Communist Party...* MIC LLAN WS: C30, aG 2-5-£2, St 2-29-52; 123-1 e "Hew Masses" for May 3, 1938, an i? ere Aappe —. ‘article entitled The Moscow Trials ~ A Statement By American Procressives” wiich was signed by approxir:tely 150 so-called ‘Anerican Progressives." Tris statecent completely supp>rted the Policy of the Sovletunson is its so-called deronstration trials," te