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_ oa a la A gl I pepe hee ge k mtn tale . a a . - C ©) So Sh er nr NY 100-18676 ~ . 5 ca ve oye - rr re Boag a e var III. QUESTICNABLE EVIDENCE . . a. "Daily Worker", May 1, 1935 ©. an a ‘- a In an article appearing in this issue of the "Daily Worker®, by | re JOSEPH NCRTH, CLAUDIA JONES was identified as a menber of the "Daily Worker*®. ‘2 staff, ~ | ees “rs ce ae 7 Le wae "New Masses, May 16, 1939, page li, column 2. This issue of "New Masses" carried a biographical sketch of | os CIAUDIA JONES as a "Young Communist League personality", which was written by JAMES DUGAN. It stated, "Claudia Jones...is a handsome, laughing girl, who is New York State Chairman (of the YCL). Claudia went to Wadleigh High | - | in Farlem from which she graduated in 1934, She has worked in a dress: a factory, a laundry, a millinery shop, and as a typist. In 1936, she met . ‘James Ashford, a Negro YL leader wo whom belongs most of the credit for” the strong organization in Harlem. Claudia joined the YCL after hearing Jimmie Ashford's arguments. Now she does a@ good deal of work with members of the Harlem branch, ne oo : - ° oe oa . 1 we oat . cs Ca a ee "Daily Worker™, February 6, 1941, a “ oles page 5, colum 5_ - ee ee ; hy or we HE cad ra a - = This issue of the "Daily Worker” stated that CLAUDIA JONES, as a member of the NATIONAL COMIITTEE of the YCL, atténded a mass meeting at =. MECCA TEMPLE, New York City, on February 4, 1941, protesting the United :-..- States Supreme Courtts position in upholding the sentence of EARL BROWDERs - ios *% ~17.-