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/'The "Deily Worker" fssue of June 3, 1949, Pare h, Column 3, stetcs thet Dr. '. F. B. DU BOIS held ®& press con- ference yesterxai yen the occasion of his return from Purope where he ettended the Vorld Congress for Peece in Perie rs on Arericen delegete. ° er Vhen esked to corment on ths statement to ths Paris Congress mgde by PUL ROBESON thet the Negro people would not support © wer of Imperirlist fegression, Dr. DU BOIS replied thet ROBESON hed seid thet “Amsrican Negroes would j not f i ght the Soviets” becrus2 they ere the only paople - who hovs medco rice ineguelity ¢ crime oni bectuse they z | htve no colonics, IU BOIS esserted thet "it wesn't a aes, | encnaakht ana thet em AL Atl maint atre q fC TPpelcsonepis Spcecn ana unt an individual must eé ways 5 be permitted - personal choice on whothsr he will fight in ¢ War which is not a just wer, adding "thet far I would | certftinly back “r. ROBESON." The "Lmstcrdam News," New York newspaper, issus of er, sugust 26, 1950, Page 2, Column 2, contained an erticle - telinsd Baltimore whorein it wes stntad that e ~ request extended to Dr. %. &. B. DU BOIS to deliver the 2 commencement eddress at Weogen Stete College on June 6, _ hed been cancelled because of DU BOTS! alleged Link with the Communist movement. The erticle related that President Doctor MARTIN JP NKINS mede public his letter to DU BOIS of April 29, 1950: ‘,ecees. JOUP ADPEsreance with Paul Robeson et the recent World Peace Congress in Faris and your failure to condern his treasonable statement at that meeting heve linked you fin Me Sa Wie vide fe Ye 2 publicly with the Communist movement in this country, and wo are withdrawing our invitetion." fr ed a er een i an + 28. world Posece Council # el The House Guide of May li, 1951, cites the — vorld Peace Council as having been formed et the conclusion