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NY 100-18676 CLAUDIA JONES, in a featured article in the "The Worker," entitled, "Half the World," in the May 21, 1950 issue, is critical of the President of the United States and the Government concerning the recent announcement made that the United States would produce the hydrogen bomb. She charged that billions of dollars were being spent for armaments in this country to destroy lives. She said that this money could be spent on health programs, and stated that the action of the Government was in contempt of the children of this country. Exhibit #22: “Ihe worker" May 21, 1950 Witness to Introduces: Librarian New York Public Library The subject was the author of an article in "The Worker" of July 16, 1950, in which she was sharply critical of the Government of the United States in the question of the Korean War. She spoke for freedom in Korea and said that, "It is apparently difficult for reactionaries to grasp the fact that millions of for- merly oppressed peoples, ground under their heels for centuries, are willing to fight and die for their con- victions for a fundamental change in their way of life, free of any foreign masters, including Wall Street." She said that the people who are opposing the peoples armies in Korea are corrupt and were placed in their high positions by the ‘imperialist forces of the world." She likened this to the "composition of the stacked jury which falsely convicted the leaders of the Commmnist Party in the Foley Square heresy trials in their political beliefs Exhibit #23: "The Worker" July 16, 1950 Witnesa to Introduce: Librarian New York Public Library ca) cou