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Paul Robeson Sr — Part 25
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poet Alexander Pushkin, whose great grandfather was an —
Abyssienian. brought to Russia by Emperor Peter the Great. ‘
‘ "There are Negroes ‘tn the Soviet Union, several
hundreds of them, whose ancestors were brought over from Africa —
es Slaves. Today these decendants of slaves govern a Soviet
- Willage of Abkhazia in the Georgian Republic. And there are
many millions of brown and swarthy people, too, who in America
would be called negroes. But whether one is a renowned poet
or a peasant farmer--black, brown, yellow or whi te~-Christian,
Jew or atheist, he enjoys lhe same human rights.* . a
On ential Informant Sie .
' oF known reliability, advised a Rithe 20th anniversary
celebration of the jewish Peort® ; Fracernal Order of the
Internation Workers Order, held at to Ald Square Garden, New
York ity, on May. 20th. According to PAUL ROBESON was the
guest of honor at this celebration an ivered a speech.
In his speech ROBESON toid the audience, “I have gone up and down
the land singing for the JPFO. In the battlefields of Spain
I saw many Jewlsh youths fighting for freedom. We shall not uN
let Feacism rise in Germany again.” b)
‘The International Workers Order has beet deseribed
by the Attorney General as coming within the purview of Executive
order 98 33s : : :
The npatly Worker* issue of May 32, “1950; page 2,-
eolumn 3, reported that PAUL ROBESON had left for London te
attend "a meeting today of leaders of the World Partisans for
Peace." The article reflected that the meeting would discuss
the world peace campaign and would plan preparations for the
Second World Peace Congress to be heid in Genca in Oectobere —
| The "Daily Worker" is an east coast daily Communist |
we
- : ~, a oe . eo
‘Confidential Informant
yy aed That the World Partisans for reace
were a group of individuals who > preached the theme of hatred
_ against the United States and in effect called for world revolu-
tion by forces 3
_ ewspaper.
The New York "Daily News" issue of June 2, 1950
reported that PAUL ROBESON "attacked &. Jo 7 ogee, former U. Se
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