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Paul Robeson Sr — Part 29
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@ grest eward and honor which I shall cherish ell my life.
Again, my deep and sincere thanks"
The "Daily Worver™ ts sn Bast Coast Communist daily
sa of known relisbility, advised that a recepticn lo/p
was givetPor PAUL ROBZSON at the Hotel Theresa, 125th Street 7”
and Seventh Avenue, New York City, on September 23, 1953, on
the occasion of ROSULSON being presented with the International
Stalin Peace Prize.
NeVSPAPeL e
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HOWARDRRAST said that it wes a preat honor to be
asked by the Sov et People to present the award to mr. ROBLSCH.
Mr. FLST stated all other awards have been presented in
Mosccew, but the United States preventcd ROBSON from going
there to receive it. FAST read a cablegram from moscow
ecclaiminge RODLSON es 4 great American hero of peace, FAST
then presented the award and a promise of 425,000.00 to
FOSLSCh e
Pepe sely stated no would secept the eward in the
name of the peornie 411 over the vorld wito wanted VERE «
hCpEsO.’ told of his visit to the Soviet Unicn in 1937,
and his greet admiretion for STALIN and the Russian way of
life, where all people ere equal and there was no discrimination.
= of known reliability, furnished « "new Relenge"™ b/t
t
pamphlet deted April 2h, 1553, which reflected the following
statement issved by PAUL TODESON on behalf of the CAL
concerning the Justice Department's order for thet orgenization
to register under the MeCarran Act: ;
"The consistent job of the Council on African
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iffeirs through the years since its esteblishment in 1937 has
been to provide accurate information on the conditions and
struggles of the peoples of Africa and to support their
efforts toward liberation. In recent months the Council has
endeavored to rally American assistance for tne desperate fight
of black and brown South Africans against Melants fascist
oppression, and for the Africans of Kenya whose struggle for
land and survival the British seek to crush with the- v most
ruthless and inhuman punitive measures.
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