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= a WY Miss Grace Buchanan Robinson Letter to 1856 South Weatern Avenue Los Angeles*6, Caltfornia ee The avttalte etntse ta enhetanae ve ont iamee © Bert Brecht, current poet laureate of ETS fast Germany sa recet ving royalties from the 3 song called Ailack the Knife” whtch ts rapidly becoming a fop favorite. Brecht who had deen driven out of Germany by the Nazts came to the Untted States where he prospered : . 28 playortght. In 1947 when he appeared————— before the House Conntttee on Un+American \~ dettuttios he perjured himself by stating he was not then and had never been a communist. Thereafter he returned to Germany to avoid possibte prosecution. He ts not only receiving royalties from his song but from the play "Thef Threepenny Upera” which ts playing to capacity audtence in a Greenwiéh Village theater. The milltons who are helping his song are helping Brecht to stab ther tn the * back, Correspondent states that there should be sone check up on the royalties going to Brecht. She stogests that a call to a and a statement by the Director would stop the popularity of the song. She added that tf the song ts played over Nati onad Broad- casting Companyschannels she will boycott the company, She states that she has many friends and acquaintances ta the motion picture industry where she has worked for years. She cautioned that disclosure of fact she furntahed complatnt adout Brecht would be - dangerous to her. Buftles contain no tnfornatton tdenti fiable with correspondent. The files reflect that Sert Brecht t8 subject of New York file 100-67977, Los Angeles Stle 100+18212. (100=190707) MOTE ON YELLOW: Bert Brecht who was born én Cerfany was assoctated with a refugee group in es durtng 19400, He teatisied before the BCVA tn