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» .- ° i BO nee . ie GhieiInforsant earned through « frient of urs. IORRE that PEYER LORRE bed read wome of BRECHT's works at a meeting in New York, which may be identical 3 with the meeting mentioned in FREIES DBUTSCHIAND. eH NE Sait TREN Shortly thereafter, Source Obtained from PETER LORRE s typewritten program indicating the BRECHT which he had read in New © program was exhibited to Confidential National Defense Inforzant and the writer. It contained, among other numbers, several poems . 's “"SVENDBORGER GEDICHTE", which are of a revolutionary nature, iy ., Such a8 "Schwierigkeit des Regterens", "An die Nachgeborenen", "Laotse™ et? and "Veber die Beseichnung faigranten". Source also had the copy of “~ "SVENDBORGER GEDICHTE" from which LORRE read it was noted therein that ‘ the word emigration had been changed to exile in the poem entitled “Ueber - dle Beseichnung Emigranten". This poem wes set out in full in a prior report and the sbove is being mentioned simply to indicate that persons comected with Subject do not consider theaselves immigrants here, but look upon thea- : selves rather as exiles who wait to return to Europe. On May 15, 1943, Confidential National Defense Informant RR urnighed this office with two advertisements found in the May 7, 1943 ‘ and April 23, 1943 issues of MAIFRAN", refuges weekly published in New Yorks : QOce of these advertisements is for s special prograr under the auspices of the "Tribune" at the Heckscher Theater, 1 East 104th Street, Kew York, on te April 24, 1943 at 8:15 poms According to the advertisement, this program |, Js sponsored ty the Jandearentrale der Arbeiter-Krankenkasse Von amerika (The Central Office of the Workers Health Insurance Association of smrica), <’, -end the Washington Heights Center ( 91, 92 and 410). ‘The program to be offered was described as a evening, at which Subject would read some of his new poems. Othsr persons cipating in, this program are ~ ‘ted ss follows: ELISABETH BERGER, 4 » GRETA » HERLSRT OF, WIEIAND HERZFEIDE. FRIEDRICH Was s2ic to be re- tle for directing the progran, which § called a "closed" mecting, _%,., 00 wadeb mewbers of the above orgenisatiomwere invited, A nae hee * we 1 The second advertisement was for a program to be held my 10, ‘, 2943 at the Studio Theater, G& Mest 12th Street, Mew York, in honor of the Oth anniversary of the burning of books on the same date in 1933, This alee, Shoah fo cooperating in putting od cea na tet d listed as fol WILLIAN or this affair ery as follows . 10M * Ama aot are listed as “SE DOR te 248 ts chairean, and FRGEDRICH GEOR ALRIAS "S ‘person responsible for directing the prograz. It appears . Mat the doint Cond thee fer the Restoration of turned and Barished books im Europe, The Mew School for Social Research, Die Tribuene fuer Freie Deutsche Iiteratur und Eonst and other organisations are considered sponsors for the