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WY 100-120348 Subject answered "No" to all questions, but subse- quently medified his answer to the extent that he admitted having attended meetings at which people, whom he kmew to espouse the Communist line, and who had been said by others to be Communists, had attended. He denied that Progressive party meetings held at Ohio in 1950 fell into this category, and stated that this party, in hisqinion, was not Commnist controlled. Subject would not further elaborate oh this topic. Subject was asked to state how he came into contact with the Commmist movement, how he came to disavow it in fact he had, comment he might wish to on this subject, atated — ra is. sa ay position on Communism and his attitude , t and husband of MARIL’ maerer rs é weleaseé KILLER nae nade Sof te the the 8. steved, that like WELLER, he had “found Comnmisa tn the sifting search for a philosophy of life," He stated that he has “rejected” but has mot “@enounced" Commniam, that he likewise holds all other US ies in similar contempt, and at this point strongly crit- b6 oised the Democratic Party for its Dixiecrat element, and bic the Republican administration for its failure to make a show ef foree in the recent racial incidents throughout this country. gsked te ocaplain why he did not “danounce" Communism, but yet jects" 1%, he stated that the word "denounce" is too streng, ana that he associated the word "denounce" with certain indi vid@als, weually former Communists, who now loudly attack the Gommunist philos » naming their likewise misguided associates, without the slighte est feeling of shame that they themselves had been ardent exponents of Communisa, He stated that Marxism - Leninism is not for the Negro, That now he considers himself a political nonentity and reiterated substantially the following statement: I am peliticaliy nothing, no political party or form of government has the answer to my (the Negro) problem, I ne longer interest in political philésophy I believe I am good in this field, I am no e best, but I believe I can do a ereditable job. This is all I am interested in, regardless