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A rabies ee q , eb haste Seat) eA, 1 re # ata : ’ Koen Letter to Mise Grace Buchanan Robinson Bi 656 South Weatern Avenue i ; at . ee af =a fe euhetananae Te entinwes x - Ee a The AST at s cs 2 Oe aa Bert Srecht, current poet laureate of eT. i: ~ Bast Germany sa recetving royalties from the song called Atlack the Entfe" which ts rapidly | becoming a fop favorite. Srecht who had aS been driven out of Germany by the Nazts came to the Untted States where he prospered > . 48 @ playortght. In 1947 when he appeared——— before the House Comntttee on Un«American ( ~ dettutties he perjured Aitmself by stating he was not then and had never been a communist. Thereafter he returned to Germany to avoid posstite prosecution, He ta not only receiving royalties from his song but from the play "Thef Threepenny Upera” which ta playing to capacity audtence in a Greenwith Village theater, The millions who are helping h song are helping Bracht ¢n séah them in * back, ts #4. vot Correspondent statea that there should be sone check up on the royalties going to Brecht. She suejests that @ call to a’ and a statement by the Director would stop the popularity of the song. She added that if the song ta played over National Broad- casting Companyschannels she will boycott the company, Sha states that she has many friends and acquaintances tn the motion picture industry where she has worked for years. She cautioned that disclosure of — . fact she furntahed complaint about Brecht would be dangerous to her, Buftles contain no tnfornation tdentifiable with corraspondent, The filea reflect that Sert Brecht ta subject of New York file 100-67077, Los Angeles Stle 190-18212. (300-290707) i NOTE ON YELLOW: Bert Brecht who wos born £n Cerfany waa assoctated with a refugee group in ngeles durtag 19409. He testified before the BCVA tn ats ql oF 7 q Lor caplet Ores” _ *