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arn NY 100-18676 C Hi "Board of the C.P.A, That is: to set up a Commise Sion to examine our work in this field, with the aim of making a basic appraisal and study of work in Negro commmnities, especially presenting a factual study and analysis of the status of the Negro people in this . Black Belt, in industry, in consumcr, industrial and agricultural spheres, and in the trade unions." Exhibit #17: “Political Affairs" August, 1945 Witness to Introduce: Librarian Library of Congress CLAUDIA JONES was the author of an article entitled, "Negro People Are Joining The Party that Leads Struggle for Equality," which appeared in the “The Worker," April 7, 1946. Excerpts from this article are as follows: a "Tt was this Marxist-Leninist principle that the Communists brought to the labor movement, more than 25 years ago....It were the Communists who inspired this fight which led to organizing negro and white share croppers in Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama, They sought tirelessly to integrate the Negro worker in the labor movement.ece. "If today the unprecedented unity of negro and white exists in the wage struggles of labor, it is largely because the Commnists pioneered and zealously supported the nafion-wide agitation to organize the workers of basic industries into industrial unions." Exhibit #18; "The Worker" April 7, 196 Witness to Introduces Librarian New York Public Library