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Te ae Si in ad I sd! oka oy 8 OLS . be oy re — ee re co Sela? see SE 100-1820 The Seattle Times, a daily newspaper published at Seattle, in its issue for April 16, 1952, reported that Seattle City Building Superin- tendent JOHN B. CAIN on that date had ordered cancellation of a contract for the use of the Seattle Civic Auditorium May 20 for a PAUL ROBSON concert. This concert, according to the article, was being arranged by a Seattle group known as Peoples Frograms, CAIN's action was taken under a city ordinance forbidding the use of public buildings for meetings which might tend to engender "racial or religious antagonigms.* The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, in its issue for May 8, 1952, reported that the King County Superier Court at Seattle, after hearing evidence in the case of the contract cancellation, had held that Mr. CAIN had acted without sufficient legal justification in the cancellation of Sana ee) 2 0 SN So ed ed qf ON ea Ee i ae Sled. Bb hat Nie ike ie at: Mae ce ae the lease and that the Seattle Civic Auditorium ghould be available ~ oes for the ROBESON concert, The Post-fintelligencer also reported during the course of the trial that VIN VIS and JAGK-E.KINZELL, who were instrumental in execiiting the leas contract, had testified as witnesses for the King County Superior Court and were asked by the City Corporation Council whether they were members of the Communist Party. Each of these witnesses declined to answer on the grounds that his testimony might tend to incriminate himself. DAVIS was identified as President of Peoples Programs. The action of the King County Superior Court also is reported in the May 9, 1952 issue of the Daily Peoples World, Northwest Edition. This report identified other witnesses in the proceeding as LES CATLETT and JAuES McDANIELS, President and Vice-President respectively of the Seattle Négro Labor Council. CATLETT reportedly testified that he was not a member of the Communist Party but refused to speculate whether er not there were Com unists among the members of the Negro Council. The following is additional identifying information on VINCENT DAVIS, JACK F. KINZELL and JAMES McDANTELS, Confidential Informant Seatt , of known reliability, on October 11, 1950, advised that VIS was known to h L him as a member of the Communist Party. onfidentisl Informant Seattl advised that N fr = TACK KING ELL had attended femecinna af the trade union rilasses WARS ER Ri at ddee TE Che tee Gare hase SO Caer ER te ee Oe held st the Pacific Northwest Labor School, Seattle on January 20 and March 11, 1947. The Seattle Labor School, also known as the Pacific Northwest Labor School, has been held by the Attorney General of the United States to be within the purview of Executive Order No. 9835. 8-9 Ny TIAL _—_ Ma mt Parents cee hier eet neem meee byte ine en