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NY 100025857 ‘an i | ATTA UU MI who was eampaigning in Columbus, Ohio, was asked by GEORGS' LAURENCE, Managing Editor of the "Ohio State News," the Negro weekly, whether or not he was a Communist, to which ROBESON replied, "It's none of your ad—«- businesse® ROBESON stated, according to the newspaper account, "The last person in the world I would expect to ask that question would be & Negro and a representative of the Negro Presse* ROBESON is reported to have stated,"This is no longer a mtter of Communism, It's a mtter of civil rightse"® ROBESON accused "big moneymen of Fascist activities” and asked, "Who could blame the Negro for being a Communist or anything?® "New York Sun* Issue of May 29, 1948 The above issue of the "New York Sun” reported that as the subject left on the aforementioned date for Washington to tes— tify before the Senate Judiciary Committee against the Mundt—Nixon Anti- Communist Bill he, ROBESON, stated in a press conference that he would have "to decide on the issue” before choosing sides in the event of a war detween the United States and Russias "New York Times® Issue of June 1, 1948 It is reported in the above issue of the "New York Times" that ROBESON, while testifying before the above~szentioned Comittee, had after telling the Committee that he thought members of the Communist Party had done a magnificent job in America, had declined to state in answer to a question Senator HOMER FERGUSON (Michigan) asked, whether or not he was a Communist. ROAESON states he would go to jail before he een aew ehethawn ne nat he wen 2 Sanit at Ga alen Aanlinat to tell the Comaittee whether he would fight for the United States in the erent of a war with Russia. w 1S e Or LT ae XA