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wee te teak be MG sane cnet ae oe Duke Ellington on the Committee of Sponsors for the dinner. “The Anerican ~ Committee to Save Refugees vas cited as a communist front by the Special Comuittee on Un-American Activities in a report ~ - dated March 29, 1944, The California Committee on Un-American + Activities in 1948 described the Exiled Writers Committee as -an organization established by the communist League of American Writers to bolster the communist front, the American Committee to Save Refugees. The Exiled Writers committee was further reported ss having worked with other communist fronts and in 1942 merged into the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee. The United American Spanish Aid Committee has been designated pursuant to Executive Order 10450. . -7061-J]15 (100 42 report of the Special Committee on Un-American Activities, United States House of Representatives, published in 1944, reflected that the Artists’ Front to Win the War made its debut at a mass meeting at Carnegie Hall, New York, New York, on October 16, 1942, Exhibit Number 1, set out in the report, which appears to be a program of the above-described mass meeting, reflected Duke Ellington as one of the sponsors, The Artists’ Front to Win the War was cited as a communist front by the Special Committee on Un-American Activities in a report dated March 29, 1944, (61-7582-1298 pa 7 ‘ 16a shank 23/°1943, the "Daily Worker" contained an article captioned "“iegro Tribute to Hit Back at Axis Plot Here® which reflected that a "Tribute to Negro Servicemen® was to be held on June 27, 1943, in New York, tiew York. The article reflected Duke Ellington was one of the artists who would be presented. The tribute was supported by the Negro Labor Victory maittee and the National Megro Congress anong other organi- zations, The Negro Labor Victory Committee and the National negro congress have been designated pursuant to Executive er 7 . 61-6728-A) _ ae a ae, bn October 7, 1943, the "Daily Worker" contained | an article captioned "Civic Leaders Endorse Davis.” The ' article concerned Benjamin J, Davis, Jr., the Communist Party candidate for city councilman in hew York City. The article . reflected a "Davis Victory Show" was to be held on October 24, 1943, at the Golden Gate Ballroom in New York, Sew York. Duke Ellington was mentioned as one of the artists "who will pay tribute to the Communist leader." On October 10, 1943, The Worker," the Sunday edition of the “Daily Worker," con- | tained an article captioned “Ben Davis Candidacy Arouses i.at'l Interest." The article reflected: “From the world of art this week came backing frow,..Duke Ellington..." (100-149163-A) ~2-