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cere rate te UL are TE ate, ws eer yk: iol se whe eds re ee NY 100-25857 the subject on ROBESON's appearance at the annual November . rally of the NCASF. MORFORD commented on the significance of ROBESON's attendance at bhe annual meeting of the NCASF and stated, ...0-0 0 | “Gommand us > always when we © _ can help you.” 9... os ete an ae The NCASF has been designated by the attorney - . cones of the United States pursuant to Executive Order 0 ; oo On who has furnished «> * reliable informacion in the peer sdvised that on December 9, 1954, the subject and his wife were among persons present at a reception held at the Czechoslovak United Nations Delegation, New York City. On December 10, 1954, who has furnished ~ reliable information in the past, advised that as of . .-- a December 9, 1954, the subject and his wife ESLANDA GOODE ~ y/ ROBESON were on the Executive Committee of the American ™~ Labor Party (ALP). ~ / J 7 who has furnished reliable information in the past, advised on September 9, 1954, that from the - time of its inception in 1936, there existed within the ~ American Labor Party a struggle for power among three groups, These were the Communist Party, the Socialist . Party and the Social Democrats. By the early 1940's, the ----- Communist Party emerged as the controlling force within:::2 °°" the American Labor Party in the major industrial areas in New York State. Generally these were the areas anound Albany, Buffalo, Jamestown, Rochester, Schenectady, . Syracuse, Troy, the Hudson River Valley, Columbia, Dutchess, Nassau and Westchester Counties, and New York City with —. the exception of Brooklyn. In 1942 the Communist Party . - wasable to capture the American Labor Party in Brooklyn. . ; knew this situation to continue up until at least i949. 28 é erican Labor Party never developed into an organization of any real consequence in the Ron-industrial areas } 2 hs _ New York State, . : lt a oe aS LE Se : er fee wot Molo ~ a -8- 36 oo a LY a noe eatin ere Tos tiene nnn ane . ws