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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
WILLIAM E. B. DUBOIS
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PART 1 OF 5
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V 92=YN°P92=I=°I' lebjeot 1n-eently .§£eeeor et Atlente. University, Atlanta,
Georgie. He reoei hie higher einoation at Iernri, truelel
in iurope and etnoied n Zlerlin. lnbject ie anther, poetuni toner editor of ikei hguine. e publication eponeered
I; the 1.1.-l.0.P¢ Be vritee e eolnnn in the lneterdle
lee York Ste: love. Hie iuritinge indieete hi! to be e.
Sooialiet. However, he like been celled. e. Oemmuniet end. at
the eene tine oritioisei by the Bonnuniet Party. lntjeot
tenors eqnnlity tetveen the shite uni eelerei reeee. Io
evilenoe of eubvereive eetielty in Iev tech. -
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his he following investigation ie iaredioeted. upon e eopy of e5;
letter Int to the Uhnrlotte Iieli Divieion I1 the Ltlente Iiell Office] _.
dated I'eh1'I-M7 B, 1942, in Ihieh the following information Bl in elt: -
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'Iniorn.tion Be reoeived by the Ltlente Office that Inbject,
mmnu mm mmsmm moors coin:-oi!. mono reeiienee wee given 4+
836 Ieet 166 Street, In York Gity, lmeineee eidreee 69 fifth Lvenne, _
In tort Oity, had etete in e epeeoh no-e iaile in Jepen that thif Jq;e_:nee_q,
92 were to be oomplinentei on their pm-egreee enl eepeoielly upon thr ni1ite'r.7pa-oven, further, thet in the Jepnneee he ear the liberation of 3110 neg:-so
o_ in America, end. that when the tine oene fer them te take over the United
States, tho? 1:;-3.11 find. they would here helpnfron the negroee ifthe
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-' ~ boooalmootto, lot!-oar; 23. 1880 of aopo Ioooont, tho oon of AI-1511!
, an! Ill! IIIDOII, lo roooivod on 1,3, iogroo 1':-on Hot Uaivoroity. '
. - Ionnooooo, la 1088, lobooqnoatiy, lo attnlol. lo-ooord. Uaivoroitg,
uhoro in 1890 ho toooivoi hio 1.3. top-oo; ia 1091 IA. ll¢l'0Og
an in 109$ bio IJJ. log:-oo, Io aloo otnol ot tho Inivoroity
of lo:-lin, lo no aarriol to IIIL ooun of Oolar lopilo, Ion, t
by 18, 1096. htjoot woo Profoooor of Ioononieo and liotor; at
Atlanta Univoroity tron 1896 to 1910. lo no lirootor of yuhlioatioao -
of tho Iational Looooiation for tho llvooonoat of Oolorod Pooplo
oal. no liitor of tho '0'riaia' Iagooiao tron 1910 to 1983, Iarthor;
lo hao booa P:-ofoooolf of loo-ioiog at tho Atlanta Univoroit; oiaoo 1932,
Io no oioo tomuior of tho Poo-Brion Bong:-ooo, luhjoot no outhor
of tho following: - lama-oooion of liavo iro4lo'- 1896; 'Phi1a0.o1phia
Iopo' - 1099; ho louio or nook Io1k' o 1908; John Iron" - 1909;
Hho hoot ol tho liivor oooo' - 1911; ho log:-o - 1015; hm
Iotor" -» 19$; ho Gift of tho Hoot Yolk - 1934: ho hrk Prinooo -
1928; '!ho nook Iooonotrnotio - 1935. luijoot no oioo lllitor of
tho ltlonto. Univoroity, '$t'o8.ioo of tho Iogro Pubic, from 1897 to 1911
god hio holo add:-on no givon oo 210 Ioot 105 Itroot, Atlanta, ioorgl
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' Ia Q offort to oooortoia tho background or tho ouhjoot totoro conducting
an ootivo iavootigotioa, o motor of tho oopioo of tho G1-ioio' llogooino voro
Frioy roviolol, and it woo aotod. tho-t IIJBOIS no lditor of thin -golino, lich
io putliohol by tho Iotionol Looooiotion for tho Aivoaooaont of Bola:-oi Pooplo,
70 fifth Ivonne, loo Toot Oity, fro! 1910 to 1934, - _ _
In tho o92hjoot'o uniting: ia this puhliootioo, it oppooro that ho ioano
to tho vritiago and toiioto oi tho looioliot, aloo thot ho in iaprooooi oith
tho ouooooo of loooio. and of Collusion. ht ot tho ono tiao, ho ox-itioiool
tho oumniot $11-ty of laorioo. Io oonotantly vritoo of racial diooriainatioa _
and how hio raoo in opp:-oosol, oapooially in tho South. Io u:-got hog:-on to .l
nigroto to tho Iorth. In-thor, ho holiovoo that thoro ohouli to oociai oquality -
totvoon oil poo;-12, raga:-dlooo of oolor, and, llthough ho looa not roeonomi .
an-riogo botvoon tho black and uhito roooo, ho loumio ono'o right to to oo -A
ohonli ho oo looiro. . 7
, - It io aotod that any of tho thoughto port:-oyoi insntiago have hooooo
tho roportod ioouoo upon which tho Ooonuniot Party of lnofioai havo ozortod. their
offorto to oauoo agitation among tho nogrooo. M3015 tron tiao to tino onoorod
If B11080 Poroono vho hramiod the ll»1J.0.P. ao Doing o. Communiotio-onto:-cod.
organisation.
In an April ioono of tho you 1931. in a pootooript on pogo 89, onuoot
opoko of his trovoio in lnooia amt Berlin and aado tho ototoaont that he ho!
frionio who voro roproaontotivoo fro: Jopon. _ .- 3 - ooaalnllhr
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loao ot oohjoot lator vrittngo lioplour thot ho hao a nu. of .
fataliotio aoooptoaoo of tho haoio ooniitlon ao to tho oolorod pooplo ao ooh;
anohaagoahto, and ho aoo orgoo a aogro lotion within a nation, ooonoaloally,
16% pali-$1001.11, t ' '
I; a Jlanary sumo of tho 'Cr1o1o', your of 1920, on pogo 107- 1| lb!
tolloving notation: I-oavo tho blot and yollov on-11 olono. Cot oat of
Lola and B:-loa amt tho Ioloo, Giro no oototo and torn and oootion and lot
no rulo than untiotlx-hot, -- 1. ahoolutoly oog-ogato tho raooo lad oootiono
of tho Io:-11, 8. Lot tho oorld aoot ao non with non; givo Juotioa to all,
oxtood loaooraoy to all, and troat all loo aooording to thotr individual
looort.' ' -
It oao In-tho: ootol that la tho Doonhor loouo or tho about publloatloa
in tho you 193!, 133018 91.-aiooo. BLRBIY, tho hog:-o ohaopton of tho pot oho
uao ono or tho original organiooro of tho Back to Lfrloa llovonout.' uhjoct
ototod that ho did. not tollovo that GMDII vao liohonoot, ooaplinontod. him
on hio loadorohlp hut otttloiooi hio iootnooo aothodo. o
h It on aloo aotod. tron Q, roviov of tho ahovo publication that N301!
roolgnoi hio jpooition of tutor of tho '0rio1o' Ilagooiao in Juno, 1984, at
which tilo tho I.1J-OJ; otl-toll that tho vritlago of it! litter In not
aoeoooartly portray tho vtovo and opinion or tho I.1.1.C,P. About inn tho,
E3018 or-oto on artiolo toga:-Mn: 8o;rop.t1on of tho laooo, vhloh artiolo
tho !.1J¢¢.P. no. not imloroo. - - . _ :- < ' A . , _ . _ 92__- _ _. 92 -. 1 _ _ _ - -
Ia a rooomt tnvoottgotloo ta thio Ufoo, tho vrttor had. on oooaotoa
to 1-odor a mnhor of poaphloto diotributonl hy tho Goaonmiot Part; la low York
it; and to a mnhor or thooo ooploo. it no aotod that tho ouhjoot no oovoroly
oitlolood, - o A ' .1,
loroh 30, 1942 roportod tho o o ng n ornot on: - on Iao lonhor of
tho Iatloml Oomlttoo of tho Civil Rigato Dofonoo Qomlttoo, a group organiood.
to aid the follovoro of Erotoky triod for oodition in Hinnoopoliot lhlo
vould imltcoto that onhjoot to not a_ouppo:-tor of tho Oommniot Party which
oppoood tho dofondanto,
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tart of tho oar no doniod tho I11 yrtvtlogo, lo roeohlol that ono of
tho ototonoato oahjoat not at that tho no that mo lnortoan otooro
spout aoro tilo liitllg tho aop-ooo than tho Go:aoao.' ' " - ' '
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a1oo aralohoi tho tollovtng intonation in rogonl to oahjoot:
About tho you 1092, tho mum ooa a tollaoohtp and root to In-opo ohoro _
ho opont too yoaro. lo rotunot ta 1894, at ohiah ttoo ho taught at tho
Illlar Ioroo Univordy, ma aloe about that ttoo ho opoat oao you la tho
E:-.tv=:=1t'; sf Ptnntylv-:-.l=, ?h11=4=1rh:a, Pa-marl?-21:. - " - -ea:
ooanoctol Itth tho I»A.1.0J¢ 1':-on 1910 to 1934 aal. to 19 tonlol a
raao aougrooo that oao holl ta Ionian, lagloal, Io wont on to on that
oabjoct vao oao of tho pornaoat vorkoro to racial prohlno and that ortor
tha oar la 1918, ho orgoaiool tho Pan-.l.tr1oo.n Gong:-ooo, which holt ono om-
foronoo ta Porto, Imaoo and 1| 193? not 1a loo York Glty, halo Gong:-ooo
no ochotulod to loot again in hnio, Iroaoo, lat tho I!-ouch otoppod thou.
after Ihlah tho; attolptol to aha:-tor a hoot in oraor halt tho ooatoroacoat oaa int ho dooo not hollovo that thlo nato:-1a11ood.,'§farthor
atateé that 1:. 192.? t--e P-='.=:1:.:-. @1-estarte-. a =--a aaé. - -=---, ea-as to
NIOIS to Homoo hio organisation anon; tho nogrooo, A Qonon individual
aloo aocaapaniod thou, Ao o. roonlt of thlo aonforoaeo, mhjoct violtod
luooia ta 1938, vhoro ho vtoitod ouch plaeoo ao I-oningral, Iooeoo, ontho Ulcraino, out aountrtoo on:-rounding tho lolttorranooa. i
rthor adviood that ho to of tho holtof that WIBOI8 hroko U15 E '
IJ-J.0.P. la 1934 mo to lioagroouomt ooor tho iofonoo in tho Sootoboro '
mo. . '
---_-o_-utjeet ilii iii% a-amt iii-ii ii 1936,at ue: 5!» :0 opoat vo aontho in Go:-sang and two aontho ta luoota,
Bro pnrpooo of thlo trip oao to vrito a oogro oncyclopodzlo. About thto ttno,
b ct oao oloo roportoi to havo travolod in Ghlna, lonohurio, and Japan.
Elias not heart of an; oubvorotvo octioittoo on tho ggart at tho
oa act, mi ho oelviood that today oubgoct to o, our:-oat in-itor in tho
lootordoa In York Bt-or Iooo. a rookly oolorod -pogo: pahltohot in low fork .-
qty out that oubjoct lo oonoidorod to to aoro or looo a aonoorvotiot
an ooaporioon with tho younger 00101-ad on-itoro of today, Ito aolum unto:
iito of iiireh 14, 1942 iii hooa oiiizfaoi. 5 saw ii ooiag fai-aiohoi to
tho Du:-oaa and o. oopy to hots; n-ntoho to tho Atlanta Hold Divloioa, ao
oneloonroo trith thio rojport, A copy to aloe" hoiag maintained 1:: the In
Yo:-k"1t1oo, ihto column to iaioativo of hit vritlngo of today,
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rotor:-ed to ahovo, to tho add:-eso of tho building mintainod by tho 1.1.1-6.?
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boo no oon with tho I.-1.1.0.1.-i'or oovoroi yooro and is III tooehing
Univoroiiy in tho .,-.-'-f__- ;_i._T ff o- _
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In York Bit!. hid: il tho rtloat , o o_
In-gout opu-taoat houooo in tho no or oootioao, oonprioin; ovor fivo huh-oi
ogortaonto, la inquiry rovooloi that oubjoct ho not rooiloi thoro for our
two yooro, Ihon in Iii rooilo thoro, ho oompioi tn oportlonto. hquiq at
thin aid:-on and oloo at tho otfioo of tho publication, tho hbrloa In YorkIto: Iovo, rovooloi that oubjoot io an ioeotoi ot Atlanta, Goo:-gio, Ihoro ho /'
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Am _ I t list-en, FellowQfllfll. e Ito uawkinaboutdeqioerecyand treedom. A.tt:rE,wea.r§black men Ind we live in America.
_ Phsra.-|I wonder if it isn't possible tar Negro Ameri-cena consciously and clearly to set before them-selves and at once follow three program; whichalways appear, disappear and re-appear amongus andjet all are logical and rational and notcozutradictory. First. a program of immediateobjectives, March, 1942; Admission into laborunions without discrimination; share of defensei°§I: ghting all new appearances of racial dis-crimination; attacking the oldest and weakestof in-nier distrirn.i.nation;_ Q3, 101- Lnglgncgl thedenial oi accommodations in Pullman ears, thedenial of admission to publicly supported placesof recreation; demand tor equal pay in returnlo: equal ser92_'ices. These end s half dozen othermatters varying from place to place and fromtime to time are immediate demands which theArncrican Negro should make. The movement togsm them ought to be put into the hand-, otyou-ng and energetic men and women, who areready to ncriiice place, popularity and moneyin order to advance the interests of the Negrorace. It is improbable that all these objectivucan be reached within the next few years and alloi them are worth trying tor.
New Group Treason
looond, group pressure and organization: Thisis a program or careful offensive and defensiveorganization. It should tight for effective and:0rnplete education even Lt that involves separateeducational institutions. it ghts tor economiciecurity and such a measure of economic auton-uily as is necessary and possible in order to se--ure Negroer a decent income, so that they canupport their own iristitutions. it would involveonsumers cooperation and, wherever teasible,lroducers cooperation; racial business organiza-92'mi.,.racial institlitioris like churches and socialettlenaenm. It would look I01-ward toward therganimtion of adequate rec:-eational facilities,ot simply tor cliildren but tor yoliths and adults;rgsnized social activity giving the opportunity
ir young people oi marriageable age to meetrider the proper circumstances and choose theirmates by deliberation and not by sheer chance.The organization or homes and neighborhoods sols to be protected, not only from slum influences,but from race hate; and the encouragement orfamily life and the reproduction of an adequatenumber of children to maintain our present pop-elation.
All these we are doing with with hil-int?and often lack oi conviction. We are iorcefinto
these lines of effort by race prejudice and in ourresentment against rsoe prejudice we allow our-leivee often to plan and organize poorly or notat ail. This work should be carried on by themiddle-aged group, liberal in education andthought, and fairly secure in their economic sur-roundings. lt need have no quarrel with the
young radicals. On the other hand, it can oitenfurnish them sinew-s or war and advice, and inEm at tbeir program It may be possible forem to share, Nevertheless, their main objectis to put the Negro group today in a position orsecurity and progress, whether or not that in-woivq sep-egation lnd group loyalty. ' the Crow Flies j
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in 1937 or 1938 she heard DUBOIS make a speech at Osaka, Japan. She stated that
at that time DUBOIS was making a speaking tour of Japan and that he was widely
heralded and advertised there as an american Educator advised thatthe address which she heard was made to an audience which was !or the most part
Japanese, that DUBOIS spoke in English, and that the speech was given to the
audience th ' rough an interpreter. stated that the drift of nusoxs
talk was to the effect of his res n men eing a negro in America and that she
gained some impression of a desire on the part of DUBOIS to unite the yellow and
black races in opposition to the white race.
She recalled that DUBOIS said that the Japanese should be leaders
in their part of the world and that he further said that "the negroes in America
will extend to the Japanese in their leadership a weak but a willing hand".
advised that DUSJIS spoke at length of how the negroes in .-Jnerica
had advanced in culture and in art and that he employed the general speaking
device of flattering the Japanese on their culture and
denied that DUHDIS made any
credited to h referenced letter, namely, "that in
liberation of the negroes in America and that when the
take over the United States, they would have help from
States."ageneral ability.
such statement as that
the Japanese he saw the
time came for them to
the negroes in the United
' Speaking further of DUHDIS, _stated that she understood
that he was a professor probably of psychology in a negro university in Atlanta,
Georgia. She further stated that after the above discussed speech, she spoke
personally to DUBOIS for the purpose of greeting him and at that time he told her
that he was residing in Boston or New York and was teaching in Atlanta.
further stated that several Americans in addition to
her were present and heard instant speech, but she was unable to furnish their
names. . .
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it Atlanta, Georgia, will endeavor to ascertain the university by whichsubject is enployed and will make appropriate inquires at this university
to ascertain whether he is engaged in subversive activities.
THE NEW YORK CITY FIELD DIVISION '
At New York City will make appropriate discreet inquires at the resident
and business addresses of subject to ascertain whether he is engaged in
any subversive activities.
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country if st I-11.
t 5111 asks spprogriete discreet inquiries st. the resident ladainese sdnrlsses or subject to ssoertsin whether he is engsxad in en;
subversive sctivities.
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sins if the subject has Luen eagagel in subversive activities while a
resident st 2302 vantsbelle Te:-rue, thst city-
THL .t'I'!.J5{1'P-A FIELD D131!"-III st Mints, Georgie will re-contact> deterlins 1: eha has sum,--m 1.» sttem
my me s 1 1 . lubject hes epolnen for the narpose of ascer-
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THBCHIIOIMwfIDAT ATLANTA, Gmoai Vii iWLEN°
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1 IYNOFSISC.or rm-:rs advised subject is Professor
a an a nJ.'V'6ISl y an considered to be one of most out-
standing and competent neg-roes in Atlanta, that several talk
were heard to be made by the subject but he did not say any-thing to indicate he was subversive, that while notéa member
of the Communist Party he was in sympathy Iit the~ outhe_r_1'_1__Negro Congress. Writings of subject in book£Dusk oi Dawn", edited 191.0, reflect mention of Japan's defeat oi Russia as %giving rise to fear of colored revolt against white exploits--X
tion. In this book he writes that he is not a Communist but
that the basic American negro creed is the ultimate triumph
of some form of socialism the world over. Subject's aim is
to improve the status of the whole negro group. In this book
he wrote "I tried to say to the American negro.---...'you must
put behind your demands, not simply American negroes, but "estIndians and Africans and all tii world.
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REF___ER@*¢E= Report Qfpdatedwly 29,1 l91.2, at Char o te, North Carolina.
92 : H ,_£_II'L5NTA, GEOEGIA:
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OFTHII REPORTbe 1
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Street, Si" and that he has another ro ert 2 2 liontebello
e as dependent ILS social and
good His employment is said to be AtlantaTerree, Be , =:w1md- he
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University where he has been s professor of Sociology for six years. His
income is approximately $1.500 per year and his net worth is e ed to 'be several thousands oi dollars.
the information was obtained that e s ec Ias Ionmer y employs e -
newspaper in New York City for several years and returned to Atlanta six l
years ego. In June, 1936 he nae appointed editor oi the Encyclopedia
"Negro" and since that time has been devoting e pert of his time to com-
piling this encyclopedia. He has some income from that source but infor-
imntsho1rever do not know the amount.
He is highly recommended by his employers and is considered to
be respectable and is said to own a home in Baltimore, llaryland at the ._ _
address Stated above. _ 92
but was unable to fer same. stated that he be-
lieved the subject to be a radical in his attitude on the racial and negro
question. He also said that he had heard that the subject may have played
a prominent part in the riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma several years ago in which
0. number oi negroes were killed. He stated that it was discovered that the
subject was headed to New York from Tulsa, Oklahoma the day after the riot
occurred. e was unable to offer any information as to the subversive
activities bi the subject in Atlanta. ~ - ._
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one of
upon by negro lodges and Civic organizations to make addresses,
that he had heard him make several talks but had never heard him say any-
thing which would indicate that he is subversive.
5 The subject according to this informant, while not a member
of the Communist Party was one who was known to be in sywathy with the
Southern Negro Iouth Congress and who had contributed money to this Con-
gress. The infonmant added that she had o definite information whichwould indicate that the subject knew f!i.£§9uthe_;'n Negr° ...YQL11'¢ha§JQn,g,'re_s_s
was dominated by Communists but she believed he would have such ktnovzleige
inasmuch as he is an intelligent man. This informant concluded that she
would make a special effort to find out when the subject was to speak
next md would be in attendance at his talk in an effort to ascertain
whether he was spreading propaganda through his speeches.
In order to obtain some indication of the subject's attitude
and tendencies in foreign sympathies the writer read parts of "Dusk of
Dawn", a book edited by the writer in 191.0. This book was copyrighted
in 1940 by Harcourt, Brace and Company, Incorporated and is an essay
toward an autobiography of a race concept. It also contains the writeris
autobiography.
Information was contained in this book that the subject was
born February 23, 1868 at Great Barrington, llassachusetts and that his
ancestral family was divided into whites, blacks and mulattoes, most of
them being mulattoes. The subject wrote and published a number of books
from 13$; 3.1.. on-51'. 191,0 most of which dealt with the problems of the negro
race.
The following are quotations from the book, "Dusk of Dawn"
edited by the subject on the date mentioned above: ' .
On Page 232,"It is evident too that the defeat of Russia by
Japan had given rise to a fear of colored revolt against white exploita-
tion."
On Page 24:5, referring to the first viorld "war, "Then came the
refusil to allow colored soldiers to volunteer into the army; but we areC»
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consoled by saying Why should we want to fight for America or America's
friends and how sure could we be that America's enemies were our enemies
too? '1. - P -
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Page 255, "Today I do not know; and I doubt if the triumph '
of Germany in 1918 could have had worse results than the triumph of the
Allies. Possibly passive resistance of my twelve millions to aw war ac-
tivity might have saved the world for black and white. Almost certainly
such a proposal on my part would have fallen short and perhaps slaughtered
the American negro body and soul. I do not know. I am puzzled."
Page 256, referring to JOEL SPINGAIN, of the NAACP, "It was
due to his advice and influence that I became during the World War nearer
to feeling myself I real and full American than ever before or since."
Page 266, Anti-Lynching bill, 1921., died with the filibuster
in the United States Senate, "It was not until years after that_I knew
what killed that anti-lynching bill. It was a bargain between /the South
and the Nest. By the bargain, lynching was let to go on uncnrbed by
federal Law, on condition that the Japanese be excluded from the United
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Page 52, "Europe was determined to dominate China and all but
succeeded in dividing it between the chief white nations, when Japan stopped
the process."
Page 301, speaking of program for assisting negroes economically,
"I stood, as it seemed to me, between paths diverging to extreme Communism
and violence On the one hand and extreme reaction toward plutocracy on the
other."
Page 302, "I am not and was not a Communist. I do not believe
in the dogma of inevitable revolution in order to right economic wrong. On
the other hand I believed and still believe that KARL MARX was one oi the great»-
est men of modern times and that he put his fingers squarely upon our diffi-
culties when he said that economic foundations , the way in diich men earn
their living, are the determining factors in the defelopment of civilization
and the basic pattern of culture.
Page 301., "The whole set of the White world in merica, in
Europe and in the World was too determinedly against racial equality to
give power and persuasiveness to our agitation. It:-ied to say to the
.".merice:1 negro ...... You must put your demands not simply to lamerican
negroes but est Indians, Africans and all the colored races in the world.'"
Page 320, referring to the basic negro creed, "I16 believe in
the ultimate triumph of some form of social'sm t e orld_o er-_§ e is .common ownership and control of the means cl p1O3L1C¥:19I'1 mg ealdeglky °f l1'1°°me-
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The writings in this book indicate that the subject is a "
socialist and does not claim to be a Connmmist. He appears to favor
equality between the white and colored races and the primary purpose
of his efforts is the advancement of the colored people.
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country if at all. _
- Fill @e a_.pp!Qp!i&t-Q riisereet inquiries st the resident end
business addresses of subject to ascertain whether he is engaged in any
subversive activities.
THE BLLTIMORE FIELD DIVISION at Baltimore, Maryland will deter-
mine if the subject has been engaged in subversive activities while a
resident at 2302 lontebello Terrace, that city.
THE ATLANTA FIELD DIVISION at Atlanta, Georgia will re-contacto determine if she has sttimpted to ett-end_ any meetin' gs at Eic we subject has spoken for the purpose of ascer-
taining whether or not he is spreading propaganda.
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ousronm, DETERTIOImnmm wnm I
om-mns smm, Presbyterian lnilter anti founder of the Labor I
Temole, 242 last 14 Street, New York City, died l'e'b!'uary 2'7,
1941. Address of 1'75 West 137 Street is that of the E!-MA
RA!-SQlT HOUSE, Y.I92'.CJu, New York City. C1-l'.lI.LI.$ STELZLE, INC.
publicity office being run by one RUTH EAYLOR who states organ-
ization is interested in labor matters but in not Oonmunistic
I in viewpoint.
I -R.UC--
; Report of Special Agent_ dated 11/12,/-:2 at
Atlanta, Georgia.Report oi Special A.gent dated 5/1/42 at New York
cm.SYNOPSISOF
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observed that during the inveati-
getionl in the color use of Few York City subject's name is frequently men-
tioned in conversations as one of the leain fi. res of the colored race in theeducational field. A-CGOIi1§.11|_E1T"92 has availed himself of the
opportunity to question individuals as to 92- u - tendencies relative to the
inte.:nationa.l situation and in no instance has DUBOI5 been referred to other tnan
as e loyal American citizen. _
ates " evieviug eaduibits in theas obtained from the there was noted a pam-
ohlet suggesting the newspaper writae and journalists of the negro _-me;-.ber's
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negro: of America and the Japanese people. This euggeetion Ia! prompted becauee
Uriterl such ee DUBOIS and othere,
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no further inveetlgntion is being conducted,
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whose identity is known to theBureau, stated that she had no a en e ny meetings which the subject had conducted and that as far as she knew the subject was not presently livinr in
APPRQPRIAIE AGENCIES
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EXCEPT WHERE SHOW
on-|r:nw|sEstated th§;§he had not
c subject he conducted andthat she has not seen subject in Atlanta recently.
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Atlanta. She said that she had not seen him in and around Atlanta recently»
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business and whether he said individual may be connected with the subject in
any subversive activities» _ _;_ _ ,f[ 1- .| ..1--
I=|'Iill determine 1e occupantsioif the premises ofand conduct an investigation to determine if they are
engage u versive activities with the subject in this country if at all. 92
fill make appropriate discreet inquiries at the resident and
business addresses of subject to ascertain whether he is engaged in any sub-
versive activities-
'l"l'HE BALTILfO?E FIELD DIVISION, at Baltimore, 1'arylan_d, will deter-
mine 1 su ect has been en~a==-ed in suoverejive Zactivn tiieszihile a resident
T E ITLATTA PIEL IVISION, at Atlanta, Georgia, will recontact
to obtain any further information she may acquire
concerning tne subgect and Lls activities.
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SYNOPSIS OF
Ieighbcrhccd investigation revealed subj-
tc be a great negro educatcr, artlmr, lec-
turer, and publisher; very studious and not
inclined to be a social mixer. Interview
with active lsnber and officer cf Harvard
Club ci lid. revealed nothing ci subversive
nature. Phybal descriptim set cut.
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REFERENCE: Report of Special Agent-
uua 11/12/42 It Atlanta, Georgia-
.l.1' BALTIMORE HRH-AND:
it 'I'nI>ne-tr-| -ur us-ll-M an ADQ 'v' "" v ' """""' """IBaltimore, indicated that she has known the subject
an not seen him for lany yearn. She stated that she hae
known DUBOIS personally for aver fteen years and he is a
writer and was at one time connected with the International
1sectaticn for Colored People in Ice York. She advised that
the subject has always been an eutetandi and umber cfamt-R -1-Q written by him and about hin. fwther
advised that DUBOIS is the arthcr oi "Scale ck Folk" and
the Quest cf the Silver Fleece." He it a graduate of Harvard
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believes tlz.-.1: the subject wee sent to Europe in lorld tier Io. 1 for some
official eepeoity. 8ubjeot's wife end daughter were in Frenoe duringIerld Ie.r Io. 1. 1» edvieed that eubjeet is n Ienber of
the Boole, which is e sort or tn-eternity of eolored people who ere eat-
stending professional nen in their eommunities. they heve en ergenisetion
in Philedelphis, Chieego, end Iew York, end ell the lending eitiee of the
United Btetes. Rae edvised slso thst the subject is ebeut 75 years eld|
end is e verv eetive person nentsll end ie l t be e member~r *1» H-~-~ <=1=» »r -»-:1-==1
does not know or my ohuroh eff et one. He hes never ee enything
egeinst the government end is e good Anerieen eitisen, whose leyelty she
DUBOIS is presently employed es e teeoher of Sociology would not question-
in Ltlente iiniversi
met some people did not like DUBOIS
person end does --" -- with people e greet
deal. He end his femily ere very egreesble end good neighbors. They havelived et the lontebelle Terrsoe eddress for ebout three yeers
The 1' the some
infoition:
e. mgr of the Ee.rve.rd Club of llarylend, eteted thet he does not know of
the subject ever having been e nember of the olub which he is e member, but
he eteted that he he: heard oi the eerk the eebjeet has dme for the negrorsee. produoed e membership list of the Bu-vsrd Club of Iarylend
dsted ove er 942 end subject's neme wee not on it no negro has everbeen 3, ma-n'bH*' f"° "'3'"? HE.!."?'9-Ii Club Of E-l"y]-lllde 8tltOd fl-l.Pth6! thl-B
DUBOIS ettended Harvard at the some time he did he was em outstanding
student» He stated I.-h.e.t the subject does not have the eppeersnoe or being e-
negro but rather the eppeerenoe of e lest Indian end he eteted thet the
subject presents e very intelligent end neat eppeerenoe. steted
that he does not believe that the subject hes ever been engeged in eny sub-. .versive ectivleies of eny kide
The iollowii is s desonition of the siiieot es fiiished by-
lleme IILLIAM EDWARD BU1¥.A.RI!'I DUBOIS
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Height 5' 8" to 5' 10"Emir Grey nixed with blnok, early
has Dark brdln
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gaunt : Precise and cultured.
-1101 known the subject personally for 6 er B _y-eurqlnd statesthat his loyalty le unqueetionuble and thut he le e. fine neighbor.
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' f reviomis reports in this case, it is to be noted the co e_ :_dvised that the subject is 11 -Rrofessor at the ntlnnte Uni-
versity an considered to be one of the most outstanding and competent negroes
in Atlanta. _
ported that in We made by thesubject, he said nothing to indies e at he was subversive, but that he was
in sympathy with the Southern Negro Youth Congress.
'*-'iriting;s of the subject in c. book entitl&lD.usk of Dawn", edited
in 1940, reflect mention of J:".p£..n's defcc.t of Russia as giving rise to fee-.r
of colored revolt against white exploitation. In this some book the subject
stated he was not e Communist but that the basic .'.mcricr.n creed is the ulti-
mate triumph of some form of Socialism the world over.
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The subject in this same book gave the following advice to the
.Ar.1ericr.n negro: _ "You must put behind your demands, not simply Jnnerican
Iiegroes, but " fest Indizpns and J-.frice.ns and all the colored reces in the world.
L. letter is being sent to t ure-nu re uestine '92 ' mat n
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resident O1 tnis address, will check his name through the Boston Field Divi-
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placed in closed status inasmuch an extensive investigation _ ' _ ;
has failed to reveal any subversive activities on the part " "
of subject. Auxiliary offices were notified to discontinue
inve st i get ion .
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was recontacte and advised that she ha not seen the subject in Atlanta recently u
and could give no information concerning him in addition to that furnished on
previous occasions. * J
k On February 27, 1943, a letter was uest-
ing info:-nation contained in the -Bureau: files
In compliance with this request a letter was received from
of April 6, 1943 e follovnn re orts in the case enti
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n '9292 Report of apecielgg
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Information in these reports 1;H§k laithce Relations Societyis an organization founded in 1935 with headquar pr_in Ban Diego, Cd.ifornia
The organization advocates race equality, .5hha='¢=-ens of its purposes
the development of better relations between the Negro race and other White
races and the Ihite race. 'The results of investigation as set forth in
the above mentioned reports indicate that the Race Relations Society is
American in eympathy. -
L review of the file in inetant case reflects that extensive in-
vestigation in the Atlanta, Baltimore, Charlotte and New York Field Divisions
has failed to indicate any subversive activities on the part of the subject,
of the and this ease in being closed upon the authority
All auxiliary offices were notified to discon . on
telegram dated April 26, 1943.
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colonial question assusnes decisive importance in tho
war against Japanese Fascism. Dr. Du Bois clealswith -
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one of the most crucialH questions of war and peace.i The colonial question as-
sumes decisive importance
i tor the prosecution 01 the war
_ alnst Japanese Fascism. 'E Dr. Du Bots devotes the rst
i' apber or ms book so the unem-la} negotiations of the big powers
at Dumbarton Oaks and he says
that the iding purpose of_ Kg conference, to stop war
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there sat at
the Dumbarton
Oaks, fears, jealousies} and hopes:
fears of renewed German aggres-
sion and Asiatic revolt; lean of
pmtwnr poverty ad despyr; iconi-
ousies of national rights and im-
perial power and hopes for even;
tuaI' peace and progress." Here alsp
is the crux of the colonial queer
tion. 1- j
The representatives oi imperiill
powers at Dumbarton Oaks should
give serious consideration to the
solution oi the colonial problem.
But they did not. And it was
taken over into the San 1=rancisco
conference in a way that aroused-1e fears oi colonial peoples. Ii]
e colonial peoples are not to
old to their Iears oi imperial
policy then these big imperial
powers should prove in practice
that. the basis for theseiean-,are
to be removed. .
The experiences oi the pest enn-
not be easily removed from _t-be
consciousnms oi colonial peopld.
In the latter part oi the nine-
teenth century." writes Duoia.
"China. was at the poll-L of hem;
denitely divided into a group of
European colonies" F.-[li92I=1'¢>g off
inuence had been laid out by the
great powers including the United QElites. Western imperialism tend
ed to nudge Japan out of part-
nv p in this enterprise. When
I-1' imperialism," says Du Bois,
" de common cause with dicta-
torship in Germany and Italy, the
world war was inevitable." Bug
Du non places the question in the
Province of irnperialistic policy
and raises one oi the main eon-
tradictlons between imperigugt
states that has led inevitably to
war, namely, rivalries ior division'1
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With the deieat oi
elem in Europe, the
the Japanese Fascists
last come; head on with
hm. And when Mr. Chinchlil
clings to on tory policy of not
relinquishing colonies; or when
Dutch lmperinlisn
holds on to hers; or whm the
discussion around trustceshlp ovu-
oolnnles at San Francisco ah-owed.
denite trend; in the direction ct
big imperial powers holding on to
domination over colonial people:
-then these people, understand-
ably, do not nod their enthusinnn
for the war increased. . .
Zlnte pi the earth," lay; Du Boil,
._"IlD hsppen for the moat part
_ to be colored, mist be regarded an
bovine the right and the ceplviw
to share in human progress and
to become co-partner: in that
democracy which alone can en-
Iufc peace among men, by aboli-
tion oi poverty, the education of
Arlu muses, protection from Il-
.l._elle. and the scientic irootment
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Independence and democracy.!'
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ee of rations. But these muons
that rose on the basis of the rise or
eiipitallsm, after completing their
development as nations, bean to
oppress other nations. And it
leemed, until and with the atlvent
of fascism that backward peoples
colonial countries would never
he permitted to take the path to ;
lull nationhood. I
But now German fascism, the
lpearhead of imperialistic destruc- ,
tion; of nations, has itself been -
destroyed. Japanese Fascism is
next on the order oi the day, and
providing we defeat this fascism
no decisively and with the same ,
object in view andmoot fascism -
out of the world. colonial peoples .
can take t-he path oi independ-
ence and national existence.
Foreign Minister lioloto made "
this point perfectly clear at Ban .
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cultural advances hold the hope
!or iurther adjustments because
e world believes in dernocralry,
and is lighting e war of incred-' Iible cost to establish democracy.
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in two directions, vie, 1! by
Britain and America when cep-
itaiist relations exist, reaching
agreement with the Socialist eye-I
mi where nations havelilgrty and freedom no that they
can get along together in the
world, and 2} by adjusting the
points oi conict between them,
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The most notable chapter in Du
l1ois's book is the one where he
| ows the Soviet Union to be e.:E:tent factor in solving the prob-
mg oi peace and the advance-
ment. oi common people. There
in no doubt," says Du Bole, that
thinking and working people lee
in Russia the greatest hope of the._ r a .- . - ~. '. '""" J - u-are - - - - -- -- -- Dr- Du Bot-= has done a master- ll ;<*' ,_v;-,1?
2 -Trom a land noted tor its nerce
and brutal anti-Sernitism and It
other racial antagonism: and ten-
sions, he odds, it ha; be-oorne
today a community oi two hun-
dred, more or lei. adverse group!
oi people speaking dlerent len-
_ The been tor the world tra92?- cages. with dierent heredity'm1n¢ta¢pommroun~¢e¢om-uu>..ao some extent damn: iunit] oi etfort and .r its ide-'-
n some some has wlw!problems oi nationalities. 31'"-llniand Amerioo elthosh W1 M";m gnrgly diercnt. ideolosr I-11111..the some onion M11 Fmiéilu-gugh the lurther unicidmen . urgeois democracy whl_0192 Ii-5
basis oi the Joundation Iat etates as nations. the nqln:1 eel!-determination to lo .I is I. democratic I928m-
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the crimean eonie1'o!li-»¢- wh1¢hH further eonsolidated _th= II!-nd.alliance oi the three N1585-
ppwgrs, is U1! U8-S15 I0! T1115 Perepective. Dumbarton Oaks, saY5
u Bots, is the latest endeavor
in the savemmem J! .-"-IsrlkindIrom the "Double Crown 0! E3371 -
Oh; nehean league, the H011? 51-
liance and tnc Icoguc oi Nations -lito the world oliaizaon 0! the
i United Nations in 1945.
This grand alliance can go down
- in history as I memorable mile-
stone in the road to ensuring
world peace and security, provid-
' tog it takes the path also oi inde-
' pendenoe, cultural and economic
advancement of wicniei pwples
and countries.
5] Does this mean that irn erial-
isin no longer exists? O! lourse
' not. But the coalition th ; was
; iormed at Yalta has prove that
nations and peoples with di erent
ideologies and high and low de-
grees oi social and economic
development possess the will and
the ability to remove dierences
oi opinion and adjust their rela-
tions with undeveloped countriei
so as to settle questions in the
is-ph-it of mutual understanding
and concerted action to advance
civilization. This can be dono-
however. only it the democratic
- roroes oombat those forces who
are trying to frustrate the world
"_01"Eanizat.ion and who are trying
_to alter the Crimean decisions in
the direction of imperialist policy..
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j ly job. He has made an important
political contribution to the
thought of our time. His
divided into seven chapters,
1. Dumbarton Oaks, 2. The
Irnnchised Colonies, 3. The '
_People, 4. Dernocr "' Color, 5. Peace and
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advanced thought. or the world is 92mode evaiiable to them in the
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whose identitv is known to the Bureau, advised
ana hac a conversation, during
she had been to New York City and had. attendedY 7- ===*~ meetinr apparently concerned with the-
-menticned that the following individuals were
present at this meeting:
stated, according to informant that avancedthe idea of hevins a Lerro for a key note-r . sted
Dr. '.'.'. T. B. DUBLJS. Later during the oned
that she had spent "Saturday night at indicatedFthat was very made eturcay meeting, because he though DUBCIS was a very poor choicefor the reason that he is e member of the Communist Party. During
the conversati0r expressed the opinion that she did notthinl- DUBOIS was a member of the Cczmmunist Party.
The above is being submitted in View of the allegations
made concerning DUBCIS.
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and submit form FD 128 in the event e security index card is maintained,
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Mr. J. Edger Hoover,
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Washington, D. C.
Dear 31:". Floater, '
I'm e strong believer in free speech, but the enclosed clipping
from tie New York Times reports a speech thlt seems to me to be
subversive to a degree that makes my blood boil.
If your men have already picked this up, please forgive me for
botherinr: you with it.
If you feel that it belongs in the realm of free speech and
that no action should be taken, please forgive me, and throw
this in the waste basket.
I thin}-: that you end your men are doing e wonderful job, but oh,how I Wish we could squelch some of the people who are talking
like this Du Bois.
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ken of the C. L O.'s
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as "a menace to
abor" and derided
abor Policies of the
ration. He blamed
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Isa-ils Dewey
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itart," he saidDU BOIS TELLS HARLEM
ONLY U. S. WANTS WAR
A vehement attack on the Gov-
ernment ot the United States as
the only one in the world that
wanted war, and on the Repub-
licans and Democrhts for their
bipartisan policy of war" was
made last night by Dr. William
E. IB. Du_Bois, American Labor
party candidate for United States
Senator. _
Dr. Du Bois addressed 1,500 per-
sons at a campaign rally in the
Golden Gate Ballroom, Lenox Ave-
nue and 142d Street. Much of
his long speech was devoted to e.
social history oi Harlem as the
tocus oi Negro progress in the lee.
hundred years. Dr. Du Boia md
a reputation as historian and writ-
er beiore becoming active in leftist
politics.
O! all nations today," the 80-
v-er-ol hrnfessor charred "the _,..... .... , .. . .. ., .
United States alone wants war,
forces other nations to ngm, and
asks you and me to impoverish
ourselves, give up health and
schools, sacrifice our sons to a
;jim-crow army. and commit sui-
cide for.a world war that nobody
iwants but the rich Americans who
profit by it.
With a scornful reference to
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Dr. Du
Bola declared: Let us stop the
antics of the Wild Man of Tokyo|wl-lo is determ*|ed of his own wiil|to fight Chin and Russia, and the
Eisenhower who declare openly
we l the world."'
Paul oss, A. L. P. Msyoralty
candidate ld the meeting that
when he served at City Hall the
facts concerning police graft were
an open se et. He celled for a
special seas n of the Legislature
and dema ded that Governor
Dewey o d e new Seabury in-vestig n
. Mchganus, LSLb0I;pB.££§
lime legislative record of Waltei-A.Lynch, the Democratic candidate.
as anti-labor. He said there was
as much chance of getting civil
rights out of Governor Dewey as
the A. F. L.you would get out of voting for a
Halloween pumpkin head."
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Citizenship
. ne 1937 issue of Who's :-
HILLIAM E.BJ DuBOIS w 'born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts,
February 23, 1B6892of gro descent, the eon of ALFRED and MARY
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affairs, 23 Heat Zéth Street, !¥C= Born
Great Barrington, Mass,, 2/23/68, DuBOIS
reported by informant to be a member of GP
since 19kb, Reported to be sponsor, member
and sympathetic toward numerous Communist
front organizations. Nominated ALP
candidate for U.S. Senator from New York.
DuBOIS presently active in activities of
Peace Information Center. Mentioned
favorably numerous times in the "Daily
Worker". Description set out.
DETAILS:
' The New York City telephone directory, issue of
January 1950, reflects that DuBOIS resides at M09 Edgccomb
Avenue, I Y 0 Investiggtigaat M09 Edgecomb Avenue,
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January 1950, liete DuBOIS' office ae 23 Heat 26th Street,
ew York City, telephone MU 3-6209, The directory also lists
the Council on African Affairs as 23 eet 26th Street, New
York City, telephone HU 3-6209,
' The "Daily Worker" for July 18, 1950, page 5,
column 1, 1iete,DuBOIS as Chairman of the Peace Information
Center. ' ' ' . 1
' advised on une 21, 1950 that as of May , ,0 Dr. W.
DuBOIS received expenses and salary from the Council on
ltricen Affairs, '
It is to be noted that the Council on African
Affairs has been designatbd by the Attorney General as coming
within the purview or Executive Order 9835.
vs tad i ed hat eace sormation Center was esta ed n
Hay 1950 for the purpose of disseminating petitions on the
Stockholm Peace Appeal and other peace propaganda material,
The Third Session of the Permanent Committee of the Horld
Peace Congress was held in Stockholm, Sweden from March 15
to 19, 1950 and unanimously approved an appeal regarding the
prohibition o1 m.1.c weapon as an instrumentof iggressio dyieed that the Communist =
Party and numerous un rent or i ti h b " _ gan za ons ave een s
efextensively engaged_1n obtaining signatures based on this Appeal
-Background - -.- 1-.Y ' - A -' x
I _. . __._-7EEa92§§g7 issue of "Who's who in America", edited
by ALBERT NELSON RKUIS, reflected the following information
regarding the background of DuBOIS:
WILIJAM E.B. DuBOIS, editor and author, was born
in Great Barrington, Massachusetts February 23, 1868 of negro
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attended Harvard
Degree; in 1891,
He also studied at the University of Berlin.Univer ti, Tenn5§§ee_1n 1888. lSubsequent1y he
University where, in 1890 he received his A.B.his K.A, Degree, and in 1895. his Ph.D. Degree. _
He was married to
,HlEAi0M£B,of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Hay 12, 1896, He was pro- -
fessor of Economics and History at Atlanta University
1896 to 1910, He was Director of Publications of the
Association for the Advancement of Colored People and
of the "Crisis" Magazine from 1910 to 1932.
been professor of Sociology at the Atlanta Universityfrom
National
was Editor
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since 1932.Further,
He was also founder of ue Pan African Congress. DuBOIS was
author of the following: Suppression of Slave Trade", 1896;
"Philadelphia Negro" 1899; "The Souls of Black Folk", 1903;"John Brown", 1909; The Quest of the Silver
"The Negro", 1915; "Dark Haters", 1920; The
Folk", 192k; "The Dark Princess", 1928; "The
1935. DuBOIS was also editor of the Atlanta
of the Negro Problem" from 1897 to 1911, and
was given as 210 West 105th Street, Atlanta,Fleece", 1911;
Gift of the Black
Black Reconstruction",
University "Studies
his home address
Georgia. L
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of known reliability,
furnished th 0 ow ng informs on n regard to the subject:
About the year 1892, DuBOIS won a fellowship and
went to Europe where he spent two years. He returned in 189k
at which time he taught at the Wilbur Force University, and
also about that time he spent one year in the University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was connected
with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People from 1910 to 193k and in 1911 he attended a Race Congress
that was held in London, England.
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" : ilnformat stated that DHBOIS was one of the germanent
workers in racial problems and that after the war in 191 he -
grganized the Pan African Congress, which held one conference
in Paris, France and in 192? met in ew York City. This
Congress was scheduled to meet again in Tunis, France but the
French stopped them, after which they attempted to charter a
boat in order to hold the conference at sea.
Informant stated that in 1927, two Russians, a men
and a woman, came to DuBOlS to discuss his organization among
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the negroese as a result of this conference, DuBOIS vil.ted
Russia in 1928 where he visited such p1aces_as Leningrad, Kiev,
Moscow, the Ukraine, and countries surrounding the Mediterranean.
According to the infonnant, DuBOIS also went abroad again in .
1936, at which time he spent five months in Germany and two ~
months in Russia, The purpose of this trip was to write a
negro encyclopedia. Informant stated that about this time
DuBOIS was also reported to have travelled in China, Hanchuria
and Japan.
The "Daily Worker" of June 28, 1950, page 8, 4
column 1, carried an article hich reflected that"Mrs. NINA
GCHEE DuBCIS, wife of W.E. u IS, outstanding negro soholarand fighter for negro rights,1§ie n Baltimore yesterdayafter a prolonged illness. Hr IS was BO years old and
is survived by her husband ant er daughter, rs,_YOLANDD;-jg-II LLIAMS. "
§ommunist_Activities
L Gr by,advised in September 19:2 that the sub!ect is frequently called
uppn by negro lodges and_civic organizations to make addresses,
and that informant has heard the subject make several talks
but had never heard him say anything which would indicate
that he is subversive, The subject, according to this
informant, though not a member of the Communist Party, was
one who was known to be in sympathy with the Southern Negro _
Youth Congress and who had contributed money to this Congress,
The informant added that there was no definite information
which would indicate that the subject knew the Southern Negro
Youth Congress was dominated by Communists, but believed he
would Lnvu auuL knowledge inasmuch as he, DuBOIS, is an
intelligent man. A ' » ,. _'- 3 _
The Southern Negro Youth Congress has been desig- _
nated by the Attorney General as coming within the purview of
Executive Order 9835.
On page 302 of the book "Dusk of Dawn", edited by
the subject in 19hO and copyrighted in l9hO by Harcourt, Brace
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Communist. -I do not believe in the dogma of inevitable revolu-
.tion in order to right economic wrong. On the other hand, I _
believed and still believe KARL HJRX was on of the greatest '¢
men of modern times and that he put his finger squarely upon
our difficulties when he said that economic foundations, the
way in which men earn their living, are the determining factorsin the development of civilization and the basic pattern of
culture . - . . » '
On page 320 er the same book, the subject states,
in referring to the basic negro creed: "We believe in the
ultimate triumph or some form-of Socialism the world over;
that is, common ownership and control of the means of pro-
duction and equality of income". a e
The New York Times",'New York daily newspaper, of
June 27, 19H?» Page ll, columns M, 5 and 6, carried an article
with the caption "DuBOIS Decla;es,Socialism a Haven", This
article states that"Dr. w.s.s.-lousols, editor and educator
and one of the founders or the National Associatio for the
Advancement of Colored People, told 1,000 delegates this
morning that Socialism and the United Nations were the only
hope for the hackward races of the world with which, he said,
the American negro is by economic position closely allied".
In new =~=11-vine.advised on June 19 7 that DuBOIS was to be a speaker at a 5public meeting under the auspices of Mainstream", to be held
at Manhattan Center, 311 West Bhth Street, New York City, on
June ll, l9hT.
... " The California Committee on Un-American Activities,
report of l9hT, page 106, and report of l9h8, page 3h0, stated '--
that "Mainstream" was a Marxist quarterly launched by the
Communist Party in January-19h? for the avowed purpose of
stimulating "Marxist thinking in literature and the creative
arts . It later merged with ew Hasses", the weekly journalistic
voice or the Communist Party, and is often referred to as
"Masses and Mainstream".
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because he thought DuBOIS was a very poor choice for the reason
that he was a'member of the Communist Party. C -_ ;
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under the
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advised in Oc!o!er 19MB that DuaBOIS was g0!ng to male a recording
in French to be flown to Paris where it would be played at a
big meeting in Paris, at which meeting the twelve indictees
would be given central consideration. The twelve indictees_
refers to the twelve Communist leaders of the Communist Party,
USA who were indicted in New York City in l9h8 for violation
of the Smith Act.
v advised on August 31, 19 that W. .B. DuBOIS was a sponsor of
a statement entitled "The First Line of Defense", which was
sent to the President and the Attorney General of the United
States and which stated, "He strongly condemn your hysteria-
breeding arrests of national leaders of the Communist Party".
Informant stated that this statement had been running as a
quarter page advertisement in all the negro weekly newspapers
in New York City during the month of August 19hB. _
n n»+ -- 'a -~-abet 11+. 19u8, Padvised the , DuBOIS is a Communist at
[ think that this was quite recent, I
know the Communists were certainly interested in him".
glcér mow reliability.an agency wh ch conducts security nvestigations, advised on
December 31, 19h8 that DuBOIS has been associated with many
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cited as e Comunist front by ue Special Comittee on Un
American Activities on Hersh 29 H
2! American Committee for Struggle Against War,
which was cited as e Comunist front by the Special Committee
on Un-American Activities by report of March 29, lqlh, pages
HT? and 119.
3! The Golden Book of American Friendship with the
Soviet Union, which was cited as a Communist front by le
Special Comittee on Un-imericcn Activities, by report of
March 29, l9hh, page 102,
A! American Pushkin Comittee, which had been
cited as e Communist front by the California Committee on Un-
American Activities, report of IQQ5.
5! First Line of Defense. According to Confidential
Informant T-6, of known reliability, the First Line of Defense
is apparently a Communist Party front as names of the listed
sponsors are some well-known Communist Party workers and.
organizers. Informant stated this organization was brought
together by negro Americans to defend the civil rights of the
twelve arrested Communist leaders as the first line in the
defense of liberties of a democratic people. c -
6! American Committee for Protection of the
Foreign Born.
7! Citizens Committee to Free EARL BROHDER. ~9292 _ _ _ ., . _ -
Friends of the Soviet Union, § 1-;- V_ '. ,, > H I
A 9! imericen Council for e Democratic Greecee
10! Committee for a Democratic Far Eastern Policy.
ll! National Conference for American Policy in
China and the Far East.
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the purview of Executive Order 9835. j; _ _,_i};; J,--A.. Li - - p ._____92,- ---_ __'- _
' 12! American Society for Cultural Relations with -
Russia, also known as American Russian Institute for Cultural A.
Relations with the Soviet Union, the American Rnssien Institute
has been designated by the Attorney General as coming within
the purview of Executive Order 9835,
The informant further stated that the subject is
a contributor to 'Soviet_Russia Today" and was on the editorial A
staff of New Masses". - p 1
"Soviet Russia Today" was cited as a Communist
front by the Un-American Activities Committee of the House of
Representatives on June 25, 19li2 and again on March 29, l9l.|J.|.-
The informant stated that the subject had been on
the Executive Board of the Council on African Affairs for
some time. - 1 ;" ' .
It is to be noted that the Council on African
Affairs has been designated by the Attorney General as coming
within the purview oi Executive Order 9835. _ _,
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' "The Post end Home Hews", New York daily newspaper,
of December 31, l5l|.B, carried an article which stated that,
"Dr. HILLIAM E. B. DuBOIS, for many years associated with the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, --"-
transferrcd his allegiance today to the left-wing Council on
African Affairs". .2 . %v1--6 an oemr 29. |i19L|,B that nu TS was chairmen of a r ly held on October 28, -
1914.8 for HHHY WALLACE, under the auspices of the Harlem for
Uallace Committee and the American Labor Party." p .
' ' ' The "Amste'rdam'Rews"', Iew York-daily negro news-
paper, of January 22, 194.9, page 1, column 1, carried a picture
of DuBOIS BENJAMIN J. DAVIS and E§gILBOBE§QN taken at aninformal reception hela92 §g DAVIS on the eve of his Federal
Court trial. BENJAMIN J. AVIS is one of the eleven Communist
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' ' - ' "The Worker, Sunday edition of the Daily Worker,-
East Coast Communist newspaper, of April 17, 19h9, section 2;
page 7, carried the teat of DuBIS= speech delivered at the ---
Hadison Square Garden meeting of the Cultural and Scientific -
Conference for World Peace on larch 2?, l9h9. . _ ,,
' ' ' cf>1 hows reliability.
advised that in his opin on e u r and Scientific Con-
ference for World Peace was a follow-up on the World Congress
of Intellectuals held in Hroclaw, Poland in August 19h8, and
that these conferences were part of a world-wide Comuniet-
inspired "peace" propaganda campaign.
The "Amsterdam News" of Hay 21, l9h9, page 3, -~
column 1, carried an article which states that Dr. H.E.B. DuBOIS,
who was present at the World Peace Conference in Paris at the
time PAUL RQBESON made his much-publicized "would go to war
against the Soviet" statement that he found it unbelievable
that American negroes would go to war against the Soviet Union,
issued a statement outlining his attitude on the famed singer's
Pamnrk DHROTQ Qfnfn "T morph wifh PAUT PRE§N lhqn1nfn1v
that negroes should never willingly_fight in any unjust war,
I do not share his honest hope that all will not. A certain
aheep~like disposition, inevitably borne of slavery will, I
am afraid, lead many of them to join America in an enterprise
provided the whites will grant them equal rights to do wrong .
The Third Session of the Permanent Committee of the
World Peace Congress was held in Stockholm, Sweden March 15 te
l9, l95O and approved an appeal regarding the prohibiting of
t e use of an atomic we on as an instrument of a ression,
advisedgs! !mm ! ! ! e t r o e o unist ar y an num rous n 0 ganizati ns ,m;.
have been extensively engaged in obtaining signatures based
on this appeal, -.1; _ -
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"The worker" of May 22, 19b9, section 1, page ll,
column 2, carried an advertisement, "Report from Paris, World
Congress for Peace, Monday, May 23rd", Dr, W,E,B. DuBOIS was
listed as a speaker.
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The "Daily Worker" of August 2, l9u9, page 2, column l,
carried an article-stating that Dr. ¥.E.B. DuBCIS, eminent negro_
leader and scholar, yesterday endorsed Communist City Councilmant
BENJAMIN 0 gsyls, Jr, for reelection and strongly attacked anynegro iEo would run against him. 1- - j e 7
- The Daily iorker for August 9, l9h9, page 3,
column 3, carried an article captioned Communist Party Blasts
Arms Bill at House Hearing". This article stated that with
devastating logic, Dr. U.E.B. DuBOIS, representing both the
Council on African affairs and the imerican Continental
Congress for Peace to be held next month, ripped into the
administration's arguments for the bill. .
'advised in June i141 that the Rational Council oi uu arts,
Sciences and Professions planned to assist in the preparation
of a large-scale Peace Congress to be held in Mexico City
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advised that nd officialof the National Coulcil ol !!!s, !cIences lng Professions,
was a key figure in the United States in organizing the
American Continental Congress for Peace;
dv1=ed on August 23»l9L9 that Dr, H.E.B. DuBOIS was o fly to Russia to attend
the All Union Pcaoe Conference to be held in Moscow, which was
to open august 25, l9u9,
The "New York Times for August 26, 191;? carried
an article captioned "'Peace* Rally Opens in Moscow With New
attacks Against the United States", among the foreign guests
the United States was represented by Professor U.E.B. DuBCIS.5 . -
,J . The "Daily Worker" of October h, l9h9, page k,
column S, carried an article stating that DuBOIS would speak
at the annual autumn dinner of the AmericanSoviet Friendship
Council on October 6, 19h9- -This article stated that DuBOIS
had just returned from the All Union Peace Conference in
Mm cow, Russia.
_, __ . TC!{advised that theAmerican-Sov e Friendship ounc 1S the same as the National
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.Council of American-Soviet Friendship, which has-been designated
by the Attorney_General as coming within thBhPrview of Executivevmr 9635. -1. - , - as >~_
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I- _" The ally Horker" of October 1?; 19h9, page 12, -
column 3, carried an article uhich stated that the Voice of
Freedom Committee laid plans for a campaign to place a negro
comentator on one of the four major networks as a public
lervico feature. Dr. W.E.B. DuBOIS was one or three who had
been selected for this Job, f -
'~ The California Committee on Un-American Activities,
report of 19MB, page 192, declared that the Voice of Freedom
Committee was a Communist front those function is the support
of commentators who have received the acclaim of the Communist
press. - '
Q, .aadvised on October 27,l9h9 that DunOIS was a speaker at a mass meeting held at St,
Nicholas Arena, New York City, on October 2?, l9 9 rot ng
the conviction of the eleven Communist leaders.
stated that DuBOIS in his speech underlined that The eleven C
Communist leaders were convicted not for acts against the
government but for peace". Informant stated that DuBOIS .
observed that, "Our governent, it seems to me, is out to stopthe world from thinking", . ' H. '
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submitted a|p!c!:re o¥ 5555!! taken at the World Congress !or
Peace meeting held in Paris, France from April 20 to 25, l9h9.
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advised on Novem5er IU, I§Q9 that Dr. H.E.B-*uBOIS"was 6hafFEin
of the African Aid Committee and sent out form letters over his"signature under iii iate of May 28, 19b9, requesting funds for 7
_this committee.
has been set up
Communist front,_to raise funds for the Council on African
Affairs. H1.,a.,* ;- ~ f'% ..l . A sstated that the African Aid Comittee
by the Council on African Affairs and is s
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of the month y bulletin cw Africa, dated January 1950.
This bulletin carried an article concerning the activities '
sf the Council on Africen.Affeirs, uritten by DP: !iEiBi DuBOISe
C» .e advised that the "New .
Africa" was the offic mon y etin of the Council on
African Affairs.' D W __- .
The Daily worker" for March lh, 1950, page 10,
"column 3, carried an article which reflected that DuBOIS was
a signer of a statement taking issue with the State Department's
refusal to grsnt visss te the European Peace Mission to the
United States. _ __ _é__ 1' _H C.
' The "Daily Worker" of Mag 5, 1950, page 2, colum M,
carried an article which stated that Dr. H.E-B. DuBOIS signed
an appeal sent in a telegram to Chief Justice FRED VINSON and
Attorney General J. HOWARD McGRATH to stay the sentence of
EUGENE DENNIS. EUGENE DENNIS was one of the eleven Comunista
convicted in the United States Court house, New York City, inl9h9 for violation of the'Smith-Act;g',ii' ' ' ;.; . ~,.n .
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carried en article written by W.E.B. DuBOIS, _ - ,' - -' ' w .. ,
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or an za on t e 0. ttee for Coopera- that a paper ron g
tion with the New South", Room 705, SOS Fifth;AVenue New YorkCit is headed b Dr w.E.B. DuBOIS and h1s committee s Communist Party
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- The 'amsterdam Hews of Hay 27, 1950, page h, "
column 2, carried an article captioned "Dr. DuBOIS to Head
New Peace Information Center". This article stated that Dr.
DuB0lS had been named the Chairman of a new group, the Peace
Information Center, which, he states, will be available to
bring news of peace activities throughout the world to
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of known3! ! ! q ls !!orna uon lenter was reliabilit , a v se a the eac I
established in Hay 1950 for the purpose of disseminating
petitions on the Stockholm Appeal and other peace propaganda
naterials
Cadvised that the Permanent Committee
o kholm Sweden from ' of the Horl eace Congress held in St c ,
March 15 to 19, 1950, approved an appeal for the unconditional
prohibition of an atomic weapon as an instrument of aggression,
This appeal became known as the Stockholm Peace Appeal and 7
Oomunist Parties and Communist Party fronts throughout the
world are now engaged in obtaining signatures to this appeal,
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advised on April 25,
1950 that DUBOI5 was inv ed and acce invitation to
attend a welcome home reception fo to be held
April 20, 1950 at Manhattan Towers o e , ew York City.
advised on gar! . was employed by the "DailyWorker" as of March 1950 as a , an ?- known reliability,
"The Worker", Sunday edition of the "Daily Worker",
dated June h, 1950, section 2, page 9A, column 1, carried an
article which stated that Dr. W.E.B. DuBOIS, noted negro
scholar, and leaders of the peace struggle announced this
week the establishment of s Peace Information Center_for the
purpose of disseminating news of world-wide peace activities.carry on Gonnnnist iartv worn in _le _ou, a _so petated that is Director of cu'1'-1-1-r cu um oi the a.
Jefferson Sc oo o oe Science, which has been designated
by the attorney General as coming within_the purview of '
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f_" ;_ The "Daily Worker" for July 1B,,l9S0, page 5, E
column 1, carried an article in which it was stated that Dr. .5-
W.E B. DuBOIS in a letter to DEAN LCHSCN, Secretary of State, _ I a
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strategy that when the Soviet Union asks for peace we insist _
on war? Must any proposals for averting atomic catastrophe
be sanctified by Soviet opposition? Has our country come to
the 'tragic pass' that no possibility of mediating our
differences with the Soviet Union exists?"
'92 The Daily Worker" of April 10, 1950, page 2,
column 3, carried an article which reflected that Dr. W.E.B.
DuBOIS was one of the signers of a letter protestingto
President TRUMAN against the official reception of GONZALEZ
VIDELA, President of Chile, on his visit to the United States
on April 12, 1950. '
The "Daily Worker of hay l, 1950, page 12,
column 2, carried an article which reflected that Dr. W.E.B.
DuBOIS was elected as one of the vice chairmen of the National
Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions on April 30, 1950
at the Hotel Capitol, New York City, during e two-day convention.
l The National Council of the Arts, Sciences and
Professions was cited by ne California Committee on Un-lmerican
Activities by report of March 23, l9h9 as one of the most
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The "Daily Hacker" of May ll, 1950, page h,
column 1, carried an article which reflected that DuBOIS was
one of the signers of an eighteen-page petition presented to I
the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, asking for, "
investigation.of jail sentences imposed upon citizens cited
for contempt of Congress by the Un-American activities Committee.
- The "Daily Horker" of June ll, 1950, page ll,
colun 2, carried an_article which reflected that Dr. W.E.B.
DuBOIS was chairman of a gathering at Manhattan Center, New
York City, on June 8, 1950. This assembly was for the purpose.
of launching the national peace petition crusade.
The "Daily Worker" for June 20, 1950, page 2,
column 3, stated that DuBOIS was one of the initial signers
of the World Peace Appeal.
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column h, stated that Dr. H.E.B."DuBOIS was one of seventy +4
signers of a letter to
American cities asking
seek to interfere with
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them to "act at once against those who
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Worker" of September ll, 1950 carried
an article which reflected that at a meeting at Dewey Square,
116th Street and Yth Avenue, New York City, on September 9, l95
PAUL }1Q_BESQN and others spoke denouncing the intervention in'
Korea, demanding the re-issuing of the ROBESON passport, and
urged bail for the Communist leaders, negro job rights, and
defeat of the police state bills, Q§§§AMl§_J, ngvgs read a
message to ROBESON from Dr, H.E.B. DuBOIS, Vice Chairman of
the Council on African Affairs, who was travelling in Europe
after attending the world peace meeting in Prague. This
message was:- "All Europe longs to hear your voice. Your
picture was in the streets of Prague, "Never say die".
The "Daily Worker" of July 2h, 1950, page 3,
column 3, carried an article which stated that more than one
hundred American negroleaders yesterday joined in denouncing
American intervention in Korea as part of an attempt to have
"the United States replace Europe in the enslaventent of Asia
and Africa". The article states that the statement was
drafted by Dr. W.E.B. DuBOIS and was sponsored by the Council
on African Affairs.0
5 !!! !! ! U ! E was a nationally advised on une 23, 1 a . . . DuBOIS
known negro educator and writer, He stated that although on
friendly terms with the Comunist Party for a number of years
8 with the Communists making great efforts to win his symp thies
and Dr. DuBOIS actually joined the Party about Qua.
t he wassupport
ormant
The "Daily Worker" for August 16, 1950, page 9,
column 1, carried an article which reflected that Dr, W.E.B.
DuBOIS, Chairman of the Peace Information Center and Vice
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Chairman of the Council on African Affairs, left for Prague,
Czechoslovakia to attend the Executive Comndttee of the world
Congress of Defenders of Peace. _ ,; _; Jj<_H r_ ,f?i'i_ - > ;_ * V V, ' V '.- - -_,._._. .1 I l,_ . _ .
The "Amsterdam Hews" of September 23, 1950, page 2?
colum B, carried an article which reflected that Dr. U.E.B. v
DuBOIS, Vice Chairman of the Council on African Affairs and
candidate of the American Labor Party of New Yak for the
United States Senate, was, on September 15, 1950, voted a life
membership in the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, This article stated that Dr. DuBOIS had been a
member of this association for fifty years. i' . * -*
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advised that te American Association Ibr the Advancement of
Science was characterized as the most important scientists
organization in the United States and had assailed President
TRUMAN's "loyalty program" as "basically objectionable" for
prying into persons minds instead of concentrating on overt
acts. Informant stated that this criticism was inconoorated
in a report drafted by the Committee on Civil Liberties of
the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The informant stated that the principal objective of ue
committee is to_ascertain all available information concerning
procedures and situations in the United States Government
service which are likely to affect scientists or scientific
activity and, if possible, to recommend improved pmocedures.~
The "Daily Worker" for August 25, 1950, page 2,
column 1, carried an article which stated that Dr. W.E.B.
DuBOIS, Chairman of the Peace Information Center, branded as
a "fantastic absurdity" the Justice Department's demand that
the peace group register under the Foreign Agents RegistrationAct.* * * ' ~," '* WC -4- r-_= * _- gt M 1
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page 2, column 2, carried an article which reflected that Dr..
W.E.B. DuBOIS was barred from speaking at the Morgan State '
College on June 6, 1950. President JENKINS of Morgan State
College stated that DuB0lS' speaking engagement was cancelled
because "your appearance with PaU§_ROBESON at the recent
World Peace Congress in Paris and your failure to condemn
his treasonable statement at that meeting have linked you
publicly with the Communist movement in this country and we
are withdrawing our invitation".
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as Chairman of the Peace Information Center, with offices at, J23 West 26th Street, New York City. _ } _; -~? _ -;_
'. The ibailr Worker" of September 7, 195C, page h,
column 1, carried an hrticle which reflected that W.E.B. DuBOIS
was nominated for ne United States Senate on the American
Labor Party ticket. ' . ' , .
' _ The "Daily worker" for September 19, 1950, page 2,
column M, carried an article which reflected that Dr, W.E.B.
DuBOIS was one of ten negro leaders who urged Supreme Court
Justice ROBERT JACKSON to grant the petition of the ten
Comuniet leaders for continued bail pending appeal to the
Supreme Court from their convictions for alleged violation of
the Smith Ac t.
g The "Daily Worker" for September 25, 1950, page 2,
column 1, carried an article which reflected that Dr. H.E.B.
DuBOIS, Chairman of the Peace Information Center, released a
statement advising that nearly 600 prominent Americans were
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column 1, carried a picture of Dr» W.E.B. DuBOIS, a board
member of the China Welfare Appeal, reviewing the Columbus Day
Friendship Cargo for China which was to sail on October 26,
1950. The article states that the funds for the Columbus Day
Friendship Cargo may be sent to China Welfare Appeal, Inc.,
h39 hth Avenue, New York 16, New York.
. - C» - R - . = f 1m°*11'1@1'1ab111*Y "" r . o _advised that there is no doubt in_his mind that the China S '
Welfare Appeal is a Comuniet front and that it is considered
a Communist Party front by Chinese familiar with its activities,. c6r known reliability,
advised the on October , 19 O the American Labor Party of
Queens County held a gala election rally at the Jamaica Arena,
lhhth Place and Archer Avenue, Jamaica, New York. Informant
stated that Dr. W.E.B. DuBOIS, candidate for United States
Senator on the ALP ticket, was principal speaker, and that he
stated in substance: "The Soviet Union is the only country
in the world which represents the interests of the people",
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_DuBOIS elaborated on the history of the present Russia and 7
~emphasized that the capitalist countries led by the United s
_States are trying to-destroy the peaceful bfforts and endeavors:
of the Soviet Union. DuBOIS claimed that pressure was being '
used by the United States Government on France and particularly
on Italy to_stsy in line with United States foreign policies-
DuBOIS stated that the Korean war was started by the United
States for imperialist reasons, DuBOIS branded the United
States Governmentis present foreign as well as domestic policy
as completely disregarding the interests of the people and
being concerned only with the profits of the Wall Street cliques
Informant stated that DuBOIS' whole pattern of speech was the
defiance of United States policy and the praising of whatever
the Soviet Union is doing or has done in the past. s
* advised the e did not know e her or not Dr. DuBOIS was a
member of the Communist Party as he has never seen him at
any Communist Party meetings or functions, but that he has
heard from a reliable source which he did not divulge that
DuBOIS has joined the Communist Party. s
"The Herker Har1em!", Sunday edition of the "Daily
Worker", of October 27, 1950, page l, column 3, carried the
- following article in which Dr. W.E.B. DuBOIS indicated his
position as American Labor Party candidate for the United
States Senate. DuBOIS issued the following statement on
Korea and peace:
"Another crucial moment has come in the Korean War,
now that the United Nations, forced by the United States, has
pushed the North Korean troops beyond the 38th parallel. There
were those of us who from the first believed this war, with its
heavy cost in death, maiming and destruction was unnecessary; Z
that it was a civil dispute for which the U._S, and especially
South Korea were primarily responsible and which could have -
been settled with a minimum of hostilities if the UN had
exhibited the restraint and wisdom in Korea which it exercised
in the case of Palestine, This would surely have happened
had not the United States insisted on war and started war
before the UN consented to join,
_ "Our excuse was that Korean aggressors represented
the Soviet Union, But no proof of this has ever been adduced;
nor has China been proven an instigator of this war. Instead
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it has become clear that neither Euseia@nor*hina desired this
war nor advised it, nor aided it; nor was it to their interest ~
to have_it occur. It was the U. S. alone that seemed willing
to make this evil upheaval the beginning of a Third World War. -
' "Apparently mm: the U. s. now fears is that this
horrible interlude will really end in peace and not in world
war. Our troops are pushing the South Koretzs to invade the .
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for discussion was the preparing at once for the election
campai because the Communist Party is going all out to seethehie reelected and also that DuBOIS gets a
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advised on Sep!ember 27, l9!O the! a news letter 0! !!! !eace
Information Center carried an article by Dr. V.E.B. DuBOIS
in which he states: "More than two million signatures to the
appeal have been collected since the beginning of hostilities '
in Korea despite the general preventive war hysteria and _
Red-baiting and attacks of the Secretary of State, Department
of Justice, the House Un-American Activities Cqmittee, the
press, and leaders of various organizations."
advised on !c!o!er lg, that an &r!can Labor Party raggy
was held at Jamaica Arena, lhhth Place and Archer avenue,
Jamaica, Long Island, Haw York. Dr. BuBOIS was a speaker
and stated that the ideas for peace and agreement with Russia
should be followed on the Russian ideas; - "4;i .,y-la; _1--' .'_- -._ _ ,- .'
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regular meeting 0? the Ozone Park Communist Party club held
on October h, 1950. At this meeting it was brought out that
the Communists must fight to get DuBOIS elected in the llth
Assembly District. Volunteers were asked for to work each
and every night until the end of the elections.
advised on 0 er , 1 0 a meeting of the Qneensbridge
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St. icholas irons, ew York City, sponsored by the Few York
Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions. The subject
of his speech was "In Defense of Dignity -Eleven Convicted
Communist Leaders . Informant stated that the New York
Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions is affiliated
with the National Council of the-Arts, Sciences and Professions.
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EARL BROHDER, on September 18, 19hl. The Citizens Committee
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Indonesian Independence on January 6, 1950. The American
Committee for Indonesian Independence was cited by the
California Committee on Un-American Activities as a Comunist
front organization in a report of 19hB, page 113.
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l§§th Street and Bth avenue,-Few York City, sponsored
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sponsored by the Council on African Affairs. _ -
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dinner of the Jefferson School of Social Science held at the
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as coming within the purview of Executive Order 9835,General
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Square Garden on May 29, l9h6 under the auspicesof the National
Council of American Soviet Friendship, _: - '
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Win the Peace, on June 30, 1&6. The Hew York Committee to
Win the Peace is a branch of the National Committee to Win the
Peace, which has been designated by the Attorney General as
coming within the purview of Executive Order 9835,
lkl A speaker at a rally for academic freedom, Y
sponsored by the National Council of the Arts, Sciences and
Profess~n=_ bald at St. Nicholas Arena,'66th_Street and
Broadway: New York City, on October 10, 19MB, The National
Council of the Arts, Eciences and Professions was cited by t
California Committee on Uh-American Activities on March 23,
19h9, page 698, as "one of the most important Communist front
organizations in the country".
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Director, Council on African Affairs, .
23 West 26th Street, New York City
February 23, 1868, Greet Barrington,
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California Council, ASP, introduced Hrs. LOUSOLOKON, alsoknown as WILLA/G?CI$ who spole briefly on the ruestion of
peace, She said that the subject of peace was of particular
interest to the mothers, wives, and negro women because of
the persecution of the leaders for peace. She stated that
SHIRLEY GRAHAM had been on the battlefront in the fight for
peace. She further identified SHIRLEY GRAHAM as chairman of
the National Committee for the Defense of Dr. W.»E. B. DU BOIS,
and a charter member of the ASP.
- Mr. LLOYD GOUGH made some humorous remarks and
finally asked for contributions. One SALKAIVIERTEL donated
a large solid gold ring, stating that she had no money to
give at this time.
SHIRLEY GRAHAK began her talk by stating that she
felt very much at home among members of the ASP, and further
that she did not intend to make a speech but that she wanted
to make a frank talk as one worker for peace to another. She
told of a recent dinner party given by New York attorney _,§i
MARTIN/POPPER at which JOHN HO-A "1?->-izwson, DALTON-J!'RUT-J30, D'r.iz/
DU BOIS and herself were present. During the preliminary '
cocktails at this dinner, MARTIN POPPER's son commented that
everyone present at the party had either been in jail or
W88 E0iHg to jail. In this regard, SHIRLEY GRAHAM comnented
that it was ridiculous and fan stic-that America's best
mini: werr Le: She said that with 5.1 of the
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great progress which had been made in this country, we had not
advanced in the commonest of ideas. "We in this room are the
protectors of the culture of America." She said that "squads"
were going into book stores and libraries taking books off the
shelves. "writers are being deprived of making a living and
it is up to us to seriously face the problemq-unafraid." SI ; r. _ _ .- .= 1 - 92
I She described the Peace Information Center, which had
been set up in April of l9S0,as a point for the gathering of -
information regarding peace movements around the world and the
dissemination of the same. She told of the peace conference
which was started by ASP and held at the Waldorf Hot in New .York. She said that it had been started by HARLOW792§g1API.E'Y and
further that some or the best minds in the country were present.
Some of the great minds of Europe were prevented from coming
to the United States by our State Department.
M13; GRAHAM said that she went to France to attend
the Paris Feace Conference. She paid her expenses from money
received on an advanced payment of her forthcoming book. Shesaid that every nation, creed, color and class came to;diecuss
how world peace could be obtained. We will not be driven to
murder each other," they said. She mentioned PABLO}?ICASSO
and others who were present. She described them as "workers."
Their slogan at the end of the conference, "We shall have peace.
She gave a short discussion of the peace conference at Cuba
and was at one held in Mexico City. She said that writers
were the "core" of the peace movement. They must give out
information. The Peace Information Center sent out postalrrams
all over the country. She said that the §tggghp1m,Peage"gpp§a1
had been drawn up in Stockholm_by the people of the world. She
mentioned that 0. JOHN92ROGGE from the United States had signed
the appeal in Stockholm. She said that the Peace Information
Center had obtained several million signatures on the peace _
appeal. The State Department of the United States then noticed
this group, the American Peace Committee, and ordered them to
register as foreign agents. "We laughed," she said.- They were
all volunteer workers with the exception of SYLVIA{SOLDFF ph.!
who worked overtime in the office. ,They were not'receiving
money from any foreign sources, only from poor Americans--
working people--who wanted peace. "'e _
Miss GRAHAM said the Government had decided to close
the office of the Peace Information Center and Dr. DU BCIS asked
the State Department for an opportunity to explain and show the
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the Peace Information Center were indicted as foreign agents."
SYLVIA senor? received a $10,000 fine and five years in jail.
She said that another man of the group, a war veteran who had -
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GRAHAM referred to General MAC ARTHUR as that mad man from
Tokyo," She said that the treasurer of the group was a busi-
nessman with offices in New York, London and Paris. He W85
sentenced to five years in jail. He said, "If this can happen
to me, it can happen to TAFT." She said that another cultured
New England woman who had taught in an exclusive New England
school had been in Czechoslovakia studying conditions,and upon
her return to the United States, she was captured at the airport
on Long Island by the F.B.I.
GRAHAM said that Dr. DU BOIS,who speaks for all people
who are oppressed, black or white, and workers everywhere, has
been called a"dangerous agent." She said, "He is dangerous to
tyrants who would oppress the people." She said if the Peace
Information Center can be indicted, then all of us can be
indicted and civilization can be crushed and annihilated,
She said the bill of particulars of the indictment of the Peace
Information Center says that it disseminated in the United States
information about war, about peace and matters related thereto,
Miss GRAHAM said, "If this is a crime, then everyone in this
room is guilty--every worker for peace."
Miss GRAHAM then described the desolation caused by
war which she had observed in Hamburg, Germany, and Marseilles,
France. "War against the people--war against the workers,"
she shouted. She said that writers must make the people see
this thing in our country or we will be destroyed. "We will
have concentration camps. We must save our-country from total
destruction. We must be real Americans like Thomas Jefferson
and Tom Paine. We CuLOt afIcrd to be afraid. We rn;t clasi
hands and all work together. We are lost as individuals. As
we swim against this tide, we will gather strength. Others will
join us." She said, We cultured workers of the Peace Informa-
tion Center were indicted because we dealt with ideas which are
dangerous to the tyrants. We are all guilty because we elect
men like Rel to our Congress. I want you to feel your Pfilt-. . - a 1 ~~-1Tile i; our nation." She cloned ti Tvcoin L poem if P. .1~*5
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Auditorium in Los Angeles on June 21, 1951, sponsored by theIndependent Progressive Party. The informant noted a hugs
banner across the top of the stage with the inscription, The
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said the attack on Dr. DU BOIS was an attack on all Americans
are fighting for equality and freedom for the colored people
peace and equality for all people." She said that she did
intend to be silenced in her work for peace or her fight
ncbio rights. "We mst get rid of white supremacy," she
said. She indicated that America needs honest men in what is
left of this democracy. Today the majority do not want war.
Throw off those who would keep us down. This is a critical
dayfor American necroes." Eve here she travels she is a D
greeted by loyal Americans who want peace and also desire to
be saved from the threat of war.
Yiss GRQEAK deecrihei the Peace lnfcrration Center
which shr and Tr. B ?iI5 founded in April, l?§O, in Zen York
City. She said, "Truth is danvcrcus to the selfish few in our
country who are trying to silence the strong voices in the fight
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He is an agent of op ressed eople." Kiss GRJEAK described Pa ccncentration camp in Germany with smoke-blackened walls and
huge piles of ashes. "The Jewish people will rise against
their e e"ies." "I call upon minority; we can do somethingHDOW.
Dr. W. E. B. DU BOIS received a standing tribute
when he appeared on the stage. He started his speech stating
that the world was astonished at the United States as the rest
of the world believes that the United States wants war. "we
have warned and insulted Russia and prepared for war while
Russia #»ep<rer for race. It this countr; we jaif It advoe ies
for peace. We have turned Korea into a stinking desert and are
setto drop bombs on Moscow and lick the world. In order to
make their investments safe, our masters will lead us into
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American investments will seek to dominate the world." Some of
the guilty ones he mentioned were General Electric, American 5
Telephone and Telegraph, National Broadcasting Company and the
Radio Corporation of America.-"They order you to fight and 1"
demand that you be crippled by endless war; we need to reform
ourselves before teaching others. Free speech and opinion are
throttled. Unless you hate Russia, you are slandered and sub- o
jected to personal violence. What can be done to bring this i
nation to its senses?" He said that of all nations, the United
States alone wants war and he further indicated that he uauld
take an inalienable stand against war even though he would be
jailed for it. "The rich Americans crave power because they '
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who are victims of our imperialism. He described our present 1
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