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SF 100-2180 b2 On March 5, 1952 furnished a'copy of a CRC report on the b6 Third Annual Conference of the East Bay, Chapter, CRC; captioned "A Fighting. b7C 700-2lst Street, Oakland, California.' b7D 24, l95l, was attended by.more.than sixty.delegates and claimed to be a. tremendous success both organizationally and socially. The report set out that DEcCA TREUHAFT, Director, East Bay. Chapter, CRc, chaired the ,conference and'acted as' keynote speaker devoting her speech largely to outlining the background.and.history of'the.CRc from. its original organization to its present day activities. On.December 3, 1951 of known reliability, said that TREuHAFT appeared as a speaker at a.CRC conference held on. November 2h, l95l.at. Norway Hall, Oakland.. On December 4, 195 reported that TREUHAFT appeared as a speaker on a. program sponsored by the cRC on November 24, 1951 at Norway Hall. The #Daily People's World" issue of Jamuary 3l, 195l, page 6, column 3-5-carried the following article which is quoted in part: #Resolutions calling on the goverrment to drop Contempt of Congress charges against WILLIAM PATTERsoN, riational Civil Rights Congress leader and. editor or 'we Charge Genocide' were unanimously adopted by mass meetings in. Seattle and'Portland over the weekend. "At both meetings DECCA TREUHAFT, Oakland, California CRC leader who led a delegation of women to Mississippi .on behalf of WILLIE McGEE,. received a standing ovation. Mrs. TREuHArT said the delegation went into the South to 'challenge the 'rape myth' and to expose those white supremacists who hide their crimes behind the.sk.rts of white women.'. "Applause greeted Mrs. TREUHAFT again when she said that history. will record: 'WILLIAM PATTERSON as man of the year for 195l:tn : On March 26, 1952 of known reliability,.furnished. information concerning a meeting hed by the California Emergency. Defense Committee (ceDc) at Shriners.Temple, 7th and Henry Streets, Oakland on March 8,. 1952: reported the meeting was called by the East Bay Division.of the CEdc whose purpose was the, defense of the fifteen Communists on trial os Angee s for.violation of the Smith Act. stated''that and MIcKEy LIMA, two of the fifteen Commnists on trial at Los Angeles were featured speakers on.the program. DECCA TREUHAFT