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et ee ce ee, Cor ee Ber . 1 RE = Re eR Prey me rr » “ —, n = ~ ~‘ be SE 100-1820 ‘ITIAL : Confidential Informant gn of know reliability, has aAdiansd that hea meamhora ® eAitarial ataff and board SW Fhe ee WER OE ee Be Se ee of "Freedom" are communists who are active in racial mat~- ters. This informant also advised that "Freedom was in- tended as a replacement for the Harlem edition of une ; "Worker", the Sunday edition of the "Daily Worker", an East Coast communist newspaper. - 1 the Seattle f the Necro [Labor Council held a meeting at One of the principal speakers at this meeting was FAUL YESWEN, who on October 10, 1953, was convicted in Federal Court — for conspiracy to violate the Smith Act. BOWEN on numerous occasions has made public statements that he is a member of the Communist Party. PAUL BOWEN called for the formation within ; the Seattle Negro Labor Council of a Paul Bobeson Concert Com- mittee. The purpose of this committee would be to make arrange- ments for PAUL ROBESON's concert at Paaca Arch Park, Blaine, \5 Wash., as well as a public concert to be held in Seattle - both events were plenned to tale place early in Angnat , 1954. The Seattle Negro Labor Council has been designated by the U. S. Attorney General pursuant to Executive Order 10450. SOURCE: Confidential Informant GR of known reliability. 4 — ACTIVITIES OF THE PAUL ROBESON CONCERT COMMITTEE On t Committee held a meeting a At this meeting Owing individuals were elected as officers for the Paul Robeson Concert Committee: “ Chairman ROSE CARTER Secretary VINCE DAVIS Treasurer PEARL CASTLE Financial Committee Chairman PEARL CASTLE Honor Guard (also called Security Guard) DELBERT CASTLE “ Housing Chairman HAZEL HORDER cf Reception Committee Chairman ANITA MARKEY < Program Chairman JERRY MARKEY.