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A second 1 pamphlet 4 distributed to “nembers of the prese - henge me ee who attended the | Picket was a statement of the New York Commnist Partys.- .- . In this statement a review of the arrests of BITTEIMAN and JONES Was ns givene The following is quoted from this pamphlets or robes oa ee + athis deportation drive is part. of the Larger blits aie ap set up a ‘police state’ in the United States. The witch hunts, Taft= - oo Hartley Law, the unconstitutional activities of the House Un-American | “e oe Comittee, ‘loyalty! tests, make up one big campaign which seeks to overs *- _ throw the traditional and Constitutional , democratic rights © of the pocple.® Soa wmtnttes a committee eof our - headed by WILLIAM ‘wonun, Organisational - Secretary of the New York Stale. Committee and including AUDLEY MOORE, * IRVINGTFREED and GEORGE B HARNEY, the latter being membera of the New - York State Comittee of the Communiat Party were elected as a delegation to see the District Director of Immigration. At about 12:30 P.M. members of. this delegation attempted to enter the building at 70 Columbus avenue, ‘bat ® were denied entrance by the police when it was made known that the District” _ Director WATKINS was not in the buildinge At this time the members in the = picket line chanted that the delegation should be permitted to see someone ae in the TNS, and they called for democracy to be displayede ee eee CLAUDIA JONES was observed marching “4n the picket lane ‘trom about 12:45 P.M. to 1:00 P.M. She was also seen leaving the picket line with AUDLEY MOORE and ROSE GAULDEN. In the "Ded ly Worker®, February 3, 1948, Page ” ‘Column 55 there appeared an announcenent that a masa rally "to demand anendto the State Department embargo on arms to Palestine", sponsored by the =. +. °* East Side Sections of the Communist Party will be held on Wednesday, «- ae February 4, 1948, at the Grand Central Palace, 90 Clinton Street, New York ey ; Citys CLAUDIA JONES | was listed 4 as one of the principal speakers at this + bie = -CONFIRENTIAL