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Paul Robeson Sr — Part 15
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CIO regional director, HARRY BRIDGES. ‘This article quotes subject as
saying "HARRY BRIDGES has stood steadfastly against discrimination, steade
fastly for equal treatment, and al] this without regard to his om personal |
fortunese" Jn acdition this artiele indicated that the Harry Bridges
Victory Committee had released the complete text of Mr. ROBESON'S letter te
the President in which be says ®J realise the responsibilities that fall uppn
your great office. I realise that in the performance of that great office
you are required to be dependent upon the advice of others, However, I also
believe that in tne matter of the Harry Bridges case, the advice has been |
unforunate. As a Negro, I am conscicus of the fact thet Harry bridges has
stood steadfastly against discrimination, steadfastly for equal treatment".
In conclusien, this article on the statement of subject's letter to the
President conoernimg HARRY BRIDGES, he is reported to have said that the
ending of the HARRY BRIDGES case would prove a greet contribution towards
the ) shortening the war and winning the peaces
Confidential Informant QB reported on March 15, 1945 thet PAUL
ROBESON spoke with MAX YERGAN and YERGAN told ROBESON that he, YERGAN, would
talk with MaclEISH of the State Department about ROB:SON's going to Europe
with the play "Othello" and showing it to the troops, Also this Informant
reported thgt JERGAN informed ROBESON that he, YERGAN, was going to see
ARCHIBALD-MacLEISH in Washington about the San Francisco affair (possibly |
meaning taking a Council on african Affairs representative to the Peace
Conference) » ,
"Qn the 29th of March, 1945, Confidential Informant MMMM reportea bb
that MAX TERGAN conferred with BORMAN CORWIN of the Columbia Broadcasting
System about the world wide broadcast over CBS on April 24, 1945 with negre
personages in Africa and the United States participating on the action of
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the United Conference in San Francisco, Informant advised that these ine
dividuals discussed the possibilities of securing PAUL ROBESON on the broad
east, with an interruption of his play "Othello", which would then be in
Chicago, to aay a few words on the program, YERGAN stated at this time,
according to Informant, that the subject would be playing in Chicago from
April 10 on, and YERGAN told CORWIN the subjeot could be reached for his
approvel of the radio program by calling the Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Fran-
cisco, California, where subject would be until March 31, 19456
Po
Confidantial Informant Wi reported on April 11, 1945 that DranyE
Sa gure GE sVpVe Soe a eras
“BUMERS, Secretary of PAUL ROBESON, told NAS-LOW of the Daily Worker that
‘PAUL would be in Chicago, T1linois for five or six weeks and wuld return
to New York City sometine in June, On the following day, Confidential
Informant Qreported that ROBERT ROCKMORE, Attorney for PAUL ROBESOM,
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