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Claudia Jones — Part 3

23 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Feb 15, 1949 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Claudia Jones · 21 pages OCR'd
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et, NY 100-18676 . . : aa The wee oie : Eee ae, ai - so, ‘ ~ fr “ee ta - ‘a Ve. . aoe Wen lh hae a Seer be We ‘ie Cae fs Teawenila, «Spe panes enh BAS acre as 4 Me pany see ai the “wat” Worker® of June 17," 1949, page “Jo, colwm 1, in a. Pom colum written by ELIZABETH GURLEY FLINN, it was reported that GREEN, tere |. member of the National Board of the CP, and indicted CP leaier, and CLAUDIA fin . JONES would be the scheduled speakers. st 8 oar! Ath “A11-N ations Presa Puenio® a ; oS _& be pela in Chicago on way Sy. 19494" Sah ay aes : esa RE ty the “Daily Worker® of Suly é, 1949, 5 pege 2° 2 ‘coium bs it was oe reported that Pive thousand persms attended the July 4th pienie -::; eS ae . Sponsored by "The Illinois Worker® and “twelve national Propresaive nommpepers'y ' which was held in Chicago July 4) 19490... ee The principal ‘speakers included CLAUDIA JONES and 4 umomee acu, <e ‘organiser for the CIO United Packinghouse Workers, and GIL GREEN. With. - an refererica to CLAUDIA JONES, it was stated that "A fiery Negro women leader | oy - drew loud applause throughout her blistering exposure of the fremeup terial ‘us of the Communist Party leaders." “Bae a an Ti al ot In the "Daily Worker® of ‘July 6, 1949, page 5, colum 3. it was - reported that CLAUDIA JOQVES was one of the sponsors of a reunion dance for ~~” EX-YCL-ERS (Young Communist League membera), to be held July 9, 1949 at the Hotel Theresa, 125th Street and 7th Avenue, New York aha Se ho ee “Tn the ‘Daily Worker® “of ¢ dugust 1 19695 Litge 2, colum 35 there | oO appeared the first article in a series of three articles written by CLAUDIA JONES on the topic "Un-American Committee and the Negro People." In this . . article the subject accuses the “House Un-American Committee" for calling before _ - it spokesmen of the Negro people to impugn all the Negro people in this countrys | a She stated that usver before in ths history of the nation has the joyalty or & whole people been so attacked, "Sue stated that the hearings were timed at : a a strategic moment for American imperialist reaction, She steted "To begin - . " with, snd primarily, they coincided with the pivotal attack on civil liberties = "," at Foley Square where 12 Commnist lealers face s heresy trial for theie) =“ political ideas because of indictments by the Department of Justice an@’the 9 9 - " Truman administration®, She pointed out that three of the defendants were ahs . | jailed for protesting against "The obvious bias of a judge, who serves wonoply © - capital and who sought to put in jeopardy the names of thousende of working. ¢.: class men and women by demanding thet the defendents becoms stoolpigeons." |. She stated that the trial reached 8 significant highlight in the testimony of BENJAMIN SSUaIIS, Commmist leader and Councilman from the city of New York, CLAUDI JQVES said that DAVIS utilized the "weapon of Marxism-Leninism to throw light ~J7= i i aT ee er ee er de
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