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| on Confidential Informant of know reliability, advised that at a meeting of SQ Communist Party "all comrades were ey must attend the Peekskill gathering on Septeaber 3 when PAUL ROBESON would appear.*® The informant stated that the Communist Party had issued orders 3 that "1,000 strong male comrades were to be present in the area by 6 A.Y. . as a security and police force and that this force was te be followed by 1,000 additional strong men who must reach the area by noon time.* advised that the Comunist Party had instructed "that everyone sho bring a baseball bat and golf equipment as the area is a wonderful piace to practice golf.club swinging." ee ‘The informant stated that it was his impression that the Communist ~ Farty b had intended to provoke the veterans and cause disturbances. ) The Kew York "Daily Mrror", iasue of September lL, 199, reported }tnat "the Grand Jury yesterday pegan its probe of the ROBESON riots. Supreme Court Justice BALLEY at White Plains ordered the October term Westchester j County panel to conduct a John Doe inquiry into all phases of the disorders j which accompanied the assemblage of a certain Communist group.* The article further reflected that the twenty-two ‘jurors had heard the preliminary outline of the case from District Attorney FENELIT, who had advised them that "the erimes which might be established could - include assault-rioting, inciting to riot, violation of the Sullivan Law, disorderly conduct and malicious mischief. District Attorney FENELLI also had told the jurors that they would be asked to determine "if the so-called security guard with which ROBESON's followers encircled the concert grounds near Peekskill on this date, September ), constituted a private militia", which formation, FENELLT said, is a crime. : The "Daily Worker", issue of September 4, 1949, reported th that the PAUL ROBESON concert at Peekskill, New York, on September 3, “was wrecked by mobs of hoodlums backed by state and local officials.® a - The article further reflected that ROBESON had charged, "that. the cue for violence against Negroes and all progressives had been given when the House Un-American Committee had investigated him for alleged _ disloyalty and when progressive organizations had been placed on | Attorney General TOM CLARK'S subversive list. The "Daily Worker", issue of September 5, 199, reported that "PAUL ROBESON, Negro singer and people's leader, will appear in the