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NY 100-25857 . “suit by victims of the mob violence at Peekskill last summer against New York State, Westchester and Peekskill officials." It was announced that the concert had been entitled "Shoulder- to-Shoulder® and would be held on March 28 at the Manhattan Center. on Confidential Informant QB advised that by It on Msrch 23 he had attended a meeting sponsored by the Harlem Trade Union Souncil at the Golden Gate Bell Room, 12 Street and Lenox Averiue, New York City. The informant statedthat the meeting was called "Labor Salutes the Negro People Rally. According to the informant, ROBESON had been a speaker at the rally and, according to the informant, ROBESON, in his speech, called for the liberation of the eleven convicted Commimists and asked for full support of the Harlem Trade Union Council and its fight for a place in labor for Negro people. . The New York "Daily Mirror” issue of March 24, 1950 reported that ‘Federal Judge CONGER yesterday restrained PAUL ROBESON, the Civil Rights Congress, and others from proceeding with their $2,000,000 damage suit against Westchester officiais until the Grand Jury there has completed its investigation of the riots near Peekskill: last sumer. "The jurist refused to interfere with the Grand Jury's inquiry . into the riots which developed when ROBESON tried to sing at a leftist- sponsored rally.* The Civil Rights Congress has been declared by the Attorney General as coming within the purview of Executive Order 9835. On SUIPRIIEE consssentsat Informant Qor kom bh] b reliability, advis e attended the "PAUL ROBESON concert for the victims of Peekskill,® whieh had been held at the Manhattan Center, 3) th Street and Eighth Avenue, New York City on this date. The informant stated that the concert has been sponsored by the Westchester Peekskill Committee. According to the informant, the meeting had protested the action of Federal Judge CONGER in New York, who had ordered another delay in-