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Py Aca 0 por the information of the Legal Attache, subject was never the subject of a main case file. However, Bureau files °° “ . @ndfeate thet Ellington has had some affiliation with numerous °-. - . gommunist front groups such as the /All-Harlem Youth Conference, ~ “ the Hollywood Chapter of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln -': ° -" Brigade, the American Committee to Save Refugees the Artists! =. _.*. Front to Win the War and the National Committee-to Abolish the [92 “> fPoll Tax, . Furthermore, Ellington reportedly voiunteered his — if ~ * professional services for a concert held in 1944 in Carnegie Hall,>- New York, sponsored by the. Joint Anti-Pascist Refugee Committee.” © He appeared at another concert in 1947 sponsored by the National “2 gounet2 of American-Soviet Friendship, He also, accord ton an article in the October 10, 1943, 1seue of "The Worker, =. - ’ gponsored the candidacy of Benjamin J, Davis, Ire, Communist ©. Party candidate for city counci in New York, Ellington was -_. porn 4/29/99 at Washington, D. CG. ; * musiefian who is presently traveling abroad, according to — _- 1. Anformation received by Bureau from State Department in #3. \ memorandum received 12/21/60. iE? ganas