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Paul Robeson Sr — Part 15

78 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Sep 18, 1913 · Broad topic: Public Figures · Topic: Paul Robeson Sr · 78 pages OCR'd
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wid he KY 100=25857 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 = 64 @baee 2 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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