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Sg iz 1100-18678" ae eae a 21, 195, taken during the Smith Act trials, St. Louis, . Missouri, reflected that the defendant, MARCUS ALPHONSE... * OBADIAH JO em a lh a gt cn ee ? Volume 23, Page 3029, | of the ‘transcript < on March do MURPHY, acting as his own attorney, cross-examined et imese, ae raat svom ete: During the course of this. cross-exemination, = he asked if the S itness kmew the names of the "top leading officers, Negroes, in the Commnist Party?* He then asked if the witness knew BENJAMIN DAVIS JR., HENRY WINSTOR, PETTSS PERRY and CLAUDIA JONES. When the witness replied in the affirmative to these questions, MURPHY then gaid, «— . “Then you do lmow some of the leading officers of the Comminist Party who are Negroes.” _ ae rae aey re 7