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up * e : a "F: eae ™ * , ae mee a “ThleiIncarsant learned through a friend of sre. IORRE that PETER LORRE hed - read wome of BRECHT's works et a meeting in New York, which may be identical with the meeting mentioned in FREIES DEUTSCHIAND. Shortly thereafter, Source PR cvtasnes from PETER LORRE s typewritten program indicating the poens BRECHT which he had read in New 6 prograz was exhibited tb con Confidential National Defense Inforsant and the writer. It contained, among other numbers, several poems 's “SVENDBORGER GEDICHTE", which are of a revolutionary nature, - euch as "Schwierigkeit des Regterens", "An die Nachgeborenen", "Lactse" ami "Debex die Beseichnung Beigranten". Sow'ce also had the copy of "SVENDBORGER GEDICHTE" from which LORRE read it was noted therein that io the word emigration had been changed to exile in the poem entitled “Ueber «+ die Beseichnung Enigranten". This poem wes set out in full in a prior report ae and the sbove is being mentioned simply to indicate that persons comected __ \t:. with gubject do not consider theaselves immigrants here, but look won then- .> Selves rather as exiles who wait to return to Europe. On May 15, 1943, Confidential National Defense | furnished this office with two advertisements found in the May 7, 1943 afd dnril 23, 1943 iseaneas of AT RAY refuses weekly oublished in New York. SS ee see aS oe ee Me A Pewee Se ser 4S oe Qce of these sdvertisenents is for s special prograr under the auspices of the "Tribune" at the Heckscher Theater, 1 East 104th Street, Ker York, on e April 24, 1943 at 8:15 pome According to the advertisement, this program ‘, ‘™a@ sponsored ty the Jandssrentrale der Arbeiter-Krankenkasse Von amerika .- (Te Central Office of the Workers Health Insurance Association of amrica), -end the Washington Heights Center ( @ 91, 92 and 410). ‘The program to “ » be offered was described as a evening, at which Subject would pe oes some of his new | POSTS» Othsr persons one parpictpating in, this program are ted ae follows: ELISABETH BEROGKER, » GRETA WILIELS, ABBLOAT HOF, WIELAND HERZFELDE. FRIEDRICH was seid to be re- ble for directing the progran, which wks called a *closed" meoting, _ to which mewbers of the above organisations were invited, . The second advertisement was for a program to be held May 16, .. 2943 at the Studio Theater, 66 Nest 12th Street, New York, in honor of the a eo 10th anniversary of the buming of books on the same dste in 1933, This vi advertisement lists Subject ae one af the persone cooperating ting in putting of | Bae be Ay persons in pee capacity listed | as Cee s WLLUN | x for this eran Lleted af follows Sask a a and 5 ee soloistes aire sernorn int msrUle aod CLARY are Listed 06 Sf ote Lind PoE en toe ttle for directing the programe Tt appears “* - ~ ‘that the Joint Comittee for the Restoration of Burned and Banished books 4m - Europe, The Wew School for Social Research, Die Tribuene fuer Freie Deutsche _ Idteratur und Eunst and other organisations are considered sponsors for the