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—, _ ae : . PG-100-9355 to stop the ROBESON concert by condemning the building at which it was to be held, but that the Communists were selling the tickets any ay. : Feported ‘that the —~ collection teen ied ROBESON concert; 6/20/52, netted either $135 or $139: that the concert, the collection taken at the concert, and the banquet which followed the concert was a flop; and that it head been necessary to borrow money to help pay the expenses, one of the big items of expense being the cutting of an opening in the rear wall of the hall at waich the concert was held in order to provide another exit and widening and repairing of the stairway as required by the Pittsburgh Buthoritieas. On page 8, column 2, of the June l, 1952, issue of "The Worker" appears a picture ef ROBESON and a short write-up stating that ROBESON will ap-ear in Pittsburgh on June 20, 1952, sponsored by the National Negro Labor Council, and that already the" anti-labor, redbaiting fpittsburgh Press’ ia trying to incite fascistic elementa to block the concert." "The Worker" is the Sunday edition ef the "Daily worker". The "Daily Worker" is an sast coast communist publication, . SEonuiia WONG + WaiaBERES