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ce | conrpeenrran : | The "Brooklyn Eagle", a New York City publication, _... on May 5, 1947, con d an article eoncerning a bazaar | - | Gounell of ican-Soviet Friendship, According to this ~ 09.” - erticle the dDazaar opencd with a variety concurt starring 26... . * . Duke Ellington among others. The National Council of Amorican- |... “usc. Soviet Friendship hes been elted by tte Attorney Goneral of - | ey ITE, ghe vane tee 88 Communist wi the purview of Executive “tee oS A Now York City lication "The Hew Leader” issue 9°. ia. i - Of September 30, 1950, sont a feature article by Duko .. -_ “vi > | Bllington eaptioned "Ho Red Songs For He." In a forward to =. | “8 this article the editors of the afore-mentioned publication . ~~ “is {> gtated that the "Daily Worker" in its May 27, 1950, 4ssus, .. TS: @md_ again in issues dated August 25, and August 27, 1950, ~~ lished stories to the effect that Ellington had signed the - ~ tockholm Peace Petition. The forward eontinued that when. ‘. Billington returned from a European tour he immediately SO repudiated the stories printed by the “Daily Worker," and had __ authored the article following as a further repudiation. In Ellincton's article he stated that during a stay in - Stockholm, Sweden, in the course of a# Buropcan tour, hs had been approached by an individual who requested that ho, Ellington, sign @ paper indicating opposition to the atom -.-~ bomb. Elling denied signing the peper anc stated that .... «=... ". - §he individual had de « He scontinuca by stating that ->. when he arrived back the United States people began telling him that the "Daily Worker" had written a story about his . having signed a Conmsminist petition whereupon he Sumucdiately . ,,@ent @ wire demanding that his name be removed from the oo mo po tt tion and threatoning a legal suit if this was not done. 9 atated that apparently his telegram hadn't hed much. effect and he was taking this opportunity in "The New Leader® - _.. to state that anloas his name wag removed from the so-called _: — - ’8toekholm Petitions” within 48 hours after publication of os & egal 38 aca se wors to .. ie - defame my name and reputation." In this article Ellington ~.- _ i« furthor stated "Itve never beon interested In politics in ~.. =| gay Whole life, and dontt tend to imow anything about ee ~. dimternational affairs, | only *Communism’ I know is thet. CONF IL-AS TIAL