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CONEY: Atlante dn which ne stated that he had contacted an ad state a e subject is a Prefesser a anta University and is considered to be one of the most outstand rominent ne es in Atlanta. is informant also advised that the subject is frequently called urcn *y negro lodges and Civic organizations to make addresses, that he had heard him make several talks but had never heard him say any- thing which would indicate that he is subversive. 5 The subject according to this informant, while not a member of the Comminist Party was one who was known to be in sympathy with the Southern Negro Youth Congress and who had contributed money to this Con- gress, the informant added that she had no definite information which would indicate that the subject knew tpe*Pouthern Negro Youth Congress was dominzted by Communists but she bélieved he would have such knowledge inasmuch as he is en intelligent man. This informant concluded that she would make a special effort to find cut when the subject was to speak next and would be in attendance at his talk in an effort to ascertain whether he was spreading propaganda through his peeches. In order to obtain some indication of the subject's attitude and tendencies in foreign sympathies the writer read parts of "Dusk of Dam", a book edited by the writer in 1940. This book was copyrighted in 1940 by Hercourt, Brace and Company, Incorporated and is an essay toward an autobiography of a race concept. It also contains the writer's autobiography. Information was contained in this book that the subject was born February 23, 1868 at Great Barrington, Massachusetts and that his ancestral family was divided into whites, blacks and mulattoes, most of them being mulattoces. The subject wrote and published a number of books from 1677 susvugs 1940 most of which dealt with the problems of the negro race, The following are quotations from the book, "Dusk of Dawn" edited by the subject on the date mentioned above: On Page 232,"It is evident too that the defeat of Russia by Japan had given rise to a fear of colored revolt against white exploita- tion." On Page 240, referring to the first world war, "Then came the refusal to allow colored soldiers to volunteer into the army; but we are