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Paul Robeson Sr — Part 23
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KY 10(~%1752 Tr. 9/20/49)
further this staty he sai! he went to the Soviet tnion havine left the United Stites
in Moverer, 1933, and thesght thet he arrives in the ~ovict Union at tho enc of
Kovenber er the berirnin: ef Deceatcr, 1933. Ke sec be airved in the Aeriet Union
moti] bay, 1935, uuring his period ef stay therm, he acid he treveled quite axienaiy.
visit cing a mwmanber of mejor recions of the 2 mtionl repusiice, le anid be asde &
etudy of socinlist industries which recuited visdtine @ meer of plants. in additio:
be stutie! trade unien problen: of tho incus rics ane alsa ati vente. clicsca \ welch
dneludes politics! econmny and Seviet econany. : aan
(Tee 14,715) MESONY interrupts to state that he felt the Court should
knot the clrowsstances surrvunding tus stuly as well as the exsct plece
ant tine. tbe Court asked £4C:..8 whether he eculd get the particulars as
requested, SACHUN replied thst he felt thst if MeO Y wished tocevelep .
the cirousstances On cross eyaminstion he should do it then and did not
feel thot the present exanin-tion should be interrupted for thet purpose.
The Court thon observed tant this wis one of the thince wicre eoun-el for
tho Gafense an‘ the Court dissrreed so frecuently thet the Court wis
afraid 4% bod pot beer guificiently arviculatc, othersise the counsel would — --
breve accomodsted theaselives to the court's rulincs without arcunonte
SCHR rerlied th.t ke would eornfor: to the Court's rulincs, bul Le wished
to direct FIFU.CNIS attention to other meiters and would ask hin to sincly
refrain fron further eleboretine en the ausject if such wis arrecalle to
the Court. Welt Y thene sked whether 250°" wis egkin- te teve ebrichker. |
fron the reeor: the teatices, of tic witness th.t he div go te clea«-s and
stucied ene or two gucjeets an? when Me- ! Y wes ecwised thet this aca not
the e-scy Be thon movel to heve the witniast testinerng eerecriuing tis
atricken beccuse po foundation he! been laid for ite * Se Court ruled thet
the matter was not of mffictent Importznce for it to atrife it out tard,
_ therefore, the Court woe permitting dt to reneing _
(Ti, V,717) SACHLR anked FINS! whether he bed done anything else in the
Soviet Union excent attend the classes that ha hed Just reforrcd to in his earller
testimony. ‘TIN ICH replied thet he had visited a muecber ef republics formerly
oppreassel by the Csar and hid atodied the gocicl eenditions an! problems of the
trace unions in relationship to socialized industries, WIE -TCE acf4¢ that he returned
vo Ghe United States after Jenavin: the Soviet Union in Mey, 1925, #@t this tine he
seid he becacs an official of tie Uhlo Young Cormunist Lescua, at which tins he woe
residing in Clevelanc, Chio. Fe said his position in the Zocny Cawninist lexrue in
Chio vas knorn a thet of Orpantsationsl]l Secretary and he had been elected to that
position by the Listrict Comittee of the Chin Young Coemmist Lencue in June af -
1935. he said thet hia first tesk tn this post tion consisted af pettinn sequeintes
with the orvanisation and its problece since it ws a new field for hix, Ke said he
helped to orpanize conferences of wirious orzenteations consisting of the ThChy
the Future Cutlook learue, the Youn Cammmist Lecruc, the Young Soctzlist le rae
and wrious other orpanisa:ions in Cleveland, for the purpose of trying to initiate
in Chio the policy of unitine the youm gencretion dn the firht to defect fescien
anv were. In addition te thle he acid they helved to arranire verious corp fires as
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