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LU, ¥ IE TAL .) to criticism by the "Montreal Gazette™ for including in his concert a talk against FRANCO, the subject stated, “They will have to take what I have to say along with my songsse" The article contained a statement made by ROBESON to the effect that he was delighted that he had bean “eble to get a rise out of the reactionaries,® Former Confidentisl Informatie ( ——— ew rs a On this Informant reported that PAUL kip ROBESON was listed as an instructor at the George Washington Carver School and that to his knowledge the subject was a member of the Com munist Party. — NY 100025857 "New York Mmes* Issue of October 8, 1946 In this issue it is reported that PAUL ROBESON tesa tified at a hearing of the Tenney Joint Legislative Committee on Un-~ Anerican Activities in Los Angeles, Californias ROBESON was described in the article as a surprise witness at a series of hearings nominally concerned with the Ku Klux Klan and Left Wing aotivities in Hollywood and that he had been subpoenaed presumbly because of his co—Chairman- ship with General EVANS CARLSON, of the National Committee To Win The Peace and Gther pro-Communist activities, During the hearing ROBESON 4s reported to have stated, "The best country in the world today to test the principles of Marxism might be America;" that he had chosen Russia as the place for the early education of his son and that many Negro Americans would prefer the equality achieved in Russia to the "shadowy" freedom they have in the South, "Daily Worker" Issue of October 30, 1946 Jt is reported in this issue that PAUL ROBSSON had