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al a _ quam ‘CONFIDPATIAL ‘Independence, 23 West 26th Street, New York City. This letterhead listed W.E.B. DU BOIS as one of its sponsors, The California Committee on Un-American Activities, Report of 19h6, page 113, listed the American ree ee Se el ee Committee for Indonesian Independence as a front organized to create support for the Indonesian Revolution. Stezsming from this Red front are several subsidiary committees, such as the American Committee for a Free Indonesia at Los Angeles and the Aucrica Committee for a Free Indonesia at San Francisco. _ io : eee ::. aveilable a miméographed copy of a press release dated May 4, 1948 issued by the Committees of 1000. Among the signers of a statement which the Committee of 1000 was circulating to all members of the House of Representatives and the Senate was the name of W.E.B. DU BOIS. The California Committee on Un-American Activities, Report of 1948, pages 3) and 35 stated that the | Committee of 1000 was a "Communist created and controlled front organization", which was “created to raise funds for the defense of the nineteen unfriendly witnesses before the Congressional Committee on Un-American Activities Investiga- tion of Communist activity in Hollywood, ten of whom were indicted for contempt of Congress. eee _—_ f* aaa ::::5-: on May 28, 1948 that the name -B. DU BOIS appeared on a typewritten copy of a list of names with the pencil notation iexecutive Board of the Committee for Democratic Rights". HOWARL RUSHMORE, writing for the “New York Journel American" on May 5, 1948, described the Committee for Democretic Riehts as a "Red Fascist front, which is advocating defest of proposed Congressional anti- Communist legialation". Soe Se Se Steen ey Hor SS a: edvised on August 26, 1949 thet the mame of Doctor W.E.B. DU BOIS appeared on @ press release reflecting a list of sponsors of the Americen Committee for the Protection of Foreign Born.