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Py + Office Memor.ndum ¢ UNITED > stacks GOVERNMENT - to”: Director, FBI : spare; March 16, 1950 / Prom fyeuc, St. Louis TAL : eo / SUBJECT: ESLANDA’( E ROBESON wa, oe oo) SECURITY MATTER ee GL / Mrs, Paul\Robeson, Sr. Re letters to Bureau and New York dated 343-50 and 3-6-50 entitled 2 Hy *Cometl 0 on African Affairs » Internal Security - C", f : Pe. of knowm reliability, submitted a ‘report to SA b/ deal ormant’s attendance at a meeting held at ) , Gen istian Church, Aubert at Fountain Park Aveme, St. Louls, Misso at 8PM on 3-13-50 which was addressed by ESLANDA GOODE ROBESON under the auspices | The/Pivision 0 ora Work of the Centennial Christian Church. The subject of her talk was a report on th ‘foment. International Democratic Federation Council in Moscow and Feling. ae ‘According to informtion furnished by of knowm — bL ee reliability, this meeting was afforded considera publicity by the Commnist .__ . dominated Progressive Party of Missouri, the St. Louis Chapter of the Civil Rights Congress, and the St, Louis Chapter of the National Council of Arts, s Srtencesy and Professions. a Informant reported that the meeting was attended by approximately 150 to ; 200 persons, including both negroes and whites, and that a large nunber of C (7. members were observed in this number, According to the program which informant obtained at this meeting, the hei chairman was ONEDIA AicMPHILL with Dr. A, M +/EELODKS "presiding". it Ae Urs, ROBESON stated that she represented the Women's International i, . Democratic Federation Council, the-African Council in the United states, and the Progressive Party, She stated at the beginning of her speech that she was not -# Comminist and understood very little about Commniam, _ =a. ; 4 sf aw | - Mrs. ROBESON told of her visit to Moscow, Russia to attend a meeting of oN a the Women's International Democratic Federation Council, and she stated that Ap pa, sf ca there were four other delegates from the United states which number included he- 4s MURTEL~DRAFER, the negro whose name was.LAWS and @ negro named“JACKS(N. She stated that in Moscow the people told her that they thought that PAUL. ROBESON - was married to a negro, and she assured them that she had been married to him. for twenty-nine years, It was noted that in this eonection informant pointed - . out that Mrs. ROBESON is very light skinned and appears to be almost white. . She stated the people in Moscow didn't know what a negro was and why she was... traveling about when she should be home protecting her husband, She assured the COPIES DisTRovep U7?" $F, cRotc/ats RDED-83 4g Mcgee _ 188 140 700-nended $48 28 150, 4 1 APR 9 sol Sahil i ” DATE OF EVIE at OTE AISE