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ot NY 100-25857 was developed along Communist Party lines. ROMERSTEIN also testified that the YPA leadership was composed of ot - Communist Party members and further stated that the - ~ Lo founding convention of the YPA had been held in Philadelphia a an 1948. | ae - on February 28, 1955 ; who has furnished reliable information in the past, Tlurnished information | which indiated the YPA has not been active ona city-wide - basis in New York since December, 1953. . The January 20, 1955, edition of "Magyar szo" ; page three, column four, a Hungarian language publication, | contained an article entitled, "HUGO GELLERT's Celebration in New York", which article stated that a banquet in the honor of HUGO BELLERT's fortieth anniversary as an artist .. was held in NewYork at the Bronx Hungarian Home. - According --—¢ Tie yey to the article, PAUL ROBESON was present and spoke on the |, great issues facing the people of the world and the role V which GELLERT filled in his forty years of productive activity. , , On February 18, i954, | who has furnished reliable information in the past, advised that the "Magyar Szo"emsistently follows the Communist ‘Party dine as did its a predecessor the "Magyar Jovo." 2 ., on who has furnished reliable information in the past, advised that the NCASP - would present PAUL ROBESON in an evening of theatre arts --. at the Manhattan Center, 3Hth Streét and Eighth Avenue, New York City, on February 6, 1955. . oo oa The "Daily Worker," issue of January oh, 1955, page four, column four; contained an article entitled, ~~’ "ROBESON Sues for Passport to Prague Concert," which article aa stated that PAUL ROBESON, through his attorne9s, had asked ‘~ the Federal District Court in Washington, D. C. to direct . | the State Department to grant him a passport. The article a continued that ROBESON had received an invitation to appear , at the National Opera House in Prague , Czechoslovakia and . Co xo. ae