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NY 100-56680 Cn advised that on September »/ D 195, the subject was in attendance at the ALP 195) Guber- natoria} Election Rally held at Manhattan Center, New York City. on this date, also made available material which reflected that ESLANDA GOODE ROBESON was among ALP officers and members elected at the ALP State Committee meeting on September 23, 1951. This material reflected that ESLANDA ROBESON was an ALP State Vice-Chairman at that time. International Publishers The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and Publi- cations," dated May 1h, 1951, prepared and released by the Committee on Un-American Activities, United States House of Representatives, Washington, D. Ce, contains the following concerning the International Publishers: "1. ‘'The (Communist) Party's publishing house,' headed by Alexander Trachtenberg. "(Attorney General Francis Biddle, . Congressional Record, September 2), 1942, pe 7686,)" y? on QUES oc: 20 that on December 17 195, the subject attended a dinner honoring the 30th Anni- . versary of International Publishers ana the 7Oth birthday AD of ALEXANDER TRACHT“NB York City. KRG, held at 405 West ylset Street, New The records of the Clerk of the Court, Criminal Division, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, reflect that on July 31, 1956 (following a jury trial, United States District Judge ALEXANDER BICKS presiding), TRACHT“NBERG was found guilty of violation of the Smith Act The above records reflect that on September 17, 1956, Judge BICKS imposed a one year sentence on TRACHTENBERG as a result of his conviction on July 31, 1956. The records of the United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, reflect that on September 17, 1956, a notice of appeal was filed on behalf of TRACHTENBERG. Following the entry of this notice of appeal, Judge BICKS grantea a defense motion to continues the defendants, in United States versus TRACHTENBERG, Et. Al., on their present bail. TRACHTEN- BERG is at present free under $10,000.00 bail. . aN