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~ adi sen | E. B. DuBois, American dune 21, 1960 = wt - 4 Pao a oT, 7 = re dg anthropolegist, auther .— ‘,. and weducster, had been awarded @ n Peace Prize (or an 4 “Internstienal Lenin Prise for Premetion ef Peace Among Mations,° ; a ne x hs , a iad * a oo we aan aon er: on ” a -* Tn May, 21959, * ‘the Sovik tt a | @e it is referred to in official Soviet propaganda), .On this @oming Thursday, June 23, 1960, the efficial presentation ef | the award is to be made te DuBois at b the Soviet Babaney an. Washington, D. 6, . DuBois* theories regarding the “promotion of peace . @mong nations,* are exemplified by a statement made by the - _ ehmirman ef the prize sommittee, who, in announsing the awerd, ~ seid, “William DuBois is passionately end eonsistently exposing | - the imperialist policy of the United States and, other POWETH e640" DuBois wes born February 23, 1668, at Great Barrington, Messachusetts, He is the holder ‘ef a Doetor of Philosophy decree “fron Harvard University, was 8 professor at several universities -. and was one ef the co-founders of the National Association for the Advancement ef Colored People. In later years, however, he has shifted his allegiance to such organizations as the Council en African Affairs, the National Counell of Amerisan- — Soviet Friendship, the American Peace Crusade, and the American Committee fer Protection ef Foreign Bor. At the time DuBois ; was announced as a Lenin Peace Prise winner, he was quoted in. “The New York Times" article in the May 4, 1959, issue, as . stating, “I have never been a member of the Communist Party... but IK think eoomunisn is the best system for #11 sountries after this trip....” 4 ALL INFOREAT SH CONTA _ HEREIN (S Ure RAINED TE fc DN ee ee . DY Nee ee a ee Fw yg = an 5 ee ee ft te tf a a NR, wail ROOM) TELETYPE UNIT oO