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Paul Robeson Sr — Part 24
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ot. gcatrol at national 2 tevad ty Ltheshia Led by Mtiches? Straight. he — recent
“effort ot Commatst-inspired veterens oreth{ention is the United Hegre and ised
Veterans of America, formed in Chicago, Tllinots about two years ago. thes there is
the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, the Communist Party recrnitnent tor the
Civil Var 42 Spain. Lee _
+ It de alleged that tvelve thonsand Communists vere in the Armed Services during
World War II and that the activities of these Communiat veterans were Mirected w ry
_ giecret comittes headed by J. Peters, recently deperted from the vatved Grates, a
"Sdevording to available information, a Yeterana' Sommission of the sommtaten Party 1 is. a.
now Girecting the activities of these veterans, . een
The great majority of Tommn‘st Yorld Yar II veterans are not, at the present —
tine. in any elnele weterans orzanication, bnt are spread all owar ineide the ~ S
Sommanist controlled labor unions, aport clubs, and "goon® equade; others are busy
infiltrating the regclar veterans organizations Like the American Legion, the
Veterans of Foreien Yars, eto.
4 large number of these veterans were present in the "security guard" at
Peekskill, as can be sean by the militery behavior and leadership of this "guard®, -
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"These men, most of them ax-GI's had a solid ring around the concert 7
grounds before Rebeson was acheduled to aprear, Sy Qaen. more than =
1,000 were present, about ean hour later there were about 3,500," . ee
DAILY WOREER, Sept, 12, 1949, p 4. Article: Why Unionists Guarded os
Sencert - written by Bernard Burton, ete tL
From all available information 1t appears that the "security euerd® does not —
exist as a fornal organisation and that the Scremunist Party at this tine prefers to to
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a caer oo ee
, é6livorate provoostion, Similar to methods used by tho Nazis whes, price” to their’
seiscre of power in Germany, they invaded Jewish or Catholic neighborhoods with their
domonstrations and trocpors, The Cemrunist Farty, which advocates the destruction of
denocratic seociety, does not confine iteelf to mere advocacy of force and violence,
but organizes that ferce in order to effectively carry out ite program. = 17"
” he Communist Party's intention to form and maintain s quasi-military organi- |
zation te implicit in tte eoctinued efforts ta ‘he formation of such groups in the
pest ant in the Present, end in the dectared sgtentions and Airectives of the Nosoow
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