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2 certain degree and the agents eatinated froma quick count that the total attendance, including possible persons who at- .. tended solely for reasons of satisfying ‘their. curiosity, weal not have exceeded 100 persons. So.) . The speakers used the Public Library Stepe % ‘as & bostrum and on each side of the rostrum were placed two nen whose identity was not ascertained, one of whom held during the entire meeting a placard with the following two words: "Defeat Hitler.” The other, likewise holding a placard dur- ing the entire meeting, exhibited the statemend *Aid Soviet Union and Britain.* Inmediately to the side of these individ- uals stood another unidentified man who, during the entire course of the meeting held an American flag. The meeting was called to order one who wes later learned to be CARL MARTIN FRIEDMAN, SEE FRIEDMAN requested TSO nae, ice se so that they might hear remarks made by the _ Speakers and started the meeting early because of a slight Grizzle of rain. FRIEDMAN Advised that there had been several ~ meetings at this place before and that they were again maeting to discuss important issues of the day and would hear from learned speakers their ideas concerning the Present world con- : flict. ‘ The first speaker on the program was introduced sa “Comrade Hester" rentiy is identical with tempted to arouse the various Women at the meeting to urge that the United States give all aid possible both to Britain and to the Soviet Unior Naturally, her remarks were colored with Commmnist statemgfts and it could very easily be seen that she was ,-of cowrse, attempting to promote the Communist cause, Since theif entrance into the wer some short time agi Ke