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. # cent LA 100-18112 .. e P It mipvht be noted that HAXNS EISLER is known to have entered the x United States at Hew York on September 26, 1935, and it is felt possible that he may have had some connection with the presentation of “Die Mutter." 19 aban ci nh WR Dna Ce SOURCE Acoording to this source, BERT BRECHT, address unknown, was in Los Angeles in the early part of 1936. This source desoribed BRECHT as « Communist : Party sympethizer and stated that BRECHT was one of the group that formed the t - German-Communist Modern busic Group, 764 Hoover Street, Los Angeles, on Febru- H we ary 9, 1936, under the direction of Professor ELI JACOBSON, Soviet agent. : In this connection, it is to be noted that heretofore there has been - me confirmation that BRECHT was in the United States in 1936. However, it will ve remenbered that his play was presented in New York in the latter part of 1935, and that in placing his name on the American quota waiting list, as men- tioned above, he indicated that he possessed a German passport written in New Yor in 1936. It will also be recalled thet HANNS EISLER was here in the latter part of 1935. : SOURCE This source advised that BERT BRECHT and LION FEUCHTNANGER had pre- viously been in the United States, according to an issue of "Das ort" dated April 1, 1939. It is believed that thie is enother reference to BRECHT'S apparent presence in the United States during 1956. SouRCr This source advised that in various 1937 issues of "International Literature,* published by the State Literary-art Publishing House, Hoscov, Russia, there appeared articles by BEKT BRECHT. One issue, namely No. 5, for May 1937, contained an article about BRECHT by SERGE] TRETYAKOV. This publication, "International Literature," 4s published by the sane group of German political refugees «hich includes many Communists, has published the magarine “Das Wort," referred to above. SOURCE [| According to this source, the April 5 and 11, 1939, issues of the “abendpost,” a German language newspaper in the Chicago area, carried adver- tisements of “pas Wort” (The Word) end reflected it to be still edited by BENT SRECHT, LIOW PEVCATANG2R, and WILLI BREDEL. This advertisment inti. cated that subscriztions to "Das Wort" could be purchased in Hew York ané $ Chicago and also from Mezhdunarodnaja Knign, Kusnetski Most, 16, Moscow, a