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): Robeson sings to UK . by phone _ 6-year silence Reynolds News Reporter ' _ PAUL ROBESON will sing : to more than a thousand! i ef his fans in London to-day! —aover 3,000 miles of trans- atlantic cable. it will be the first time he has mee broadcast for six years. Robeson, now 59, has been blacklisted in Ameriea for his Left-wing views. , The U.S. Government have re- fused him permissicn to legve . the country. and revoked g assport. @ cannot get work. | This afternoon, from a private ftudio in New York, Robgson : ill greet London and sing sme i { the Negro spirituals that made aan im famous. . at . __ At the other end of the trans- atlantic phone line—St. Pancras Town Hall-1,100 fans, including . ” MPs and members of the London Negras Baul Robeson Committee, will en. wR _ Petitions = - . Then they will send out peti- . tions to the American Govern- = ' gnent, asking them te restore Robeson’s passport—“ ae that he may, travel the world with his . : i Earlier, in the same hall, mem- 4 bers of the London Paul Robeson _ 3 Committers, including representa. 0 tives of trades counciis, uniong and Co-operative societies, will 24 meet in conference. - , There are nearly 200 delegates, representing s total ot i miiliion people. And for nearly five houre they will discuss Ro n's no- ALI, I « ee NPSSATTON POUTATRED passport ba in. a m Mr. Gerald Gardiner, QC, wM py = +p.0<s iG F RE: PAUL LEAOY ROBESON tell them (of the wingers tema 7. 2 J29he. SP-RS ill titiong. The U8. * IS - C (Bufile 100=1230b ) neey declined an invitation {end and put America's case After the brosdeast—it gill * 3 _ Soot! ae” . LONDON, ENGLAND al GICE AST SL ATTACHE AER TOT IMIS e LONDON, EVGLAND, were ee aes