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Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington — Part 1

35 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: May 13, 1938 · Broad topic: Public Figures · Topic: Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington · 34 pages OCR'd
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{ ee - et Le cn ee ematese eerer ere NTE Te TN ceree Ti Glare city wierere Te 16. VewrwvarweTetoy Sent OhTea CTs TOVCTe ~ ; - a SECURITY INFORMATION=COWPSQENTIAL XN f. ate _. Brtled Friters’ Commtttee has been described by tke Caltfornia . , Committee on UneAnertoan Activities tn tts 1948 report as": cae Sastablished by the Communist League ef American Prtters to 0 ., bolster. the Connuntsat front, Amertoan Comatt tee to Save i202 Refugees, The Exiled Eritere’ Comutttee worked with other . °° Soneuntat fronts tn the Spanish Conauntat refugee educations” .- ! andy the Untted Amertoan-Spanish Atd Comatttee has been cited ": — . ao by. the Attorney General of the Untted States as within the. . "fy “purutew of Ezecutsve Order 9835. (100-7061=115) =: Jo gee Es The 1944 report of the Special Coanittee on °..2°- .. UnwAmertoan Aacttuities, House of Representatives, whtch =. __ Gescrtbed the Artists’ Front to Win the Far as a Connuntst moo. - ': | front, Ifsted Duke Ellington as a sponsor of that organteation. . “1 @@ the time of ite debut at a nasa mecting at Carnegie Hall «. tn New York City, on October ld, 19626 wa ket ay Br Ge. oe ces “750 D~ > ee ee ar ive Phe June 23, 19 ola eue 3208 8 PRL ay Forker*® :. | @ontainad an article captioned Fegro Tribute to Hit Back at. . ‘Azts Plot Here.” This article related that Duke Ellington, :...5. 07 arong others, was to appear st a program to be held on a June 27, 1943, designated as'a "Tribute to Negro Serutcemen."” ‘The article etated that the program wae_to be supported by the Negro Labor Victory Coumtitee and the National Hegro "Congress, among other organizations. Both the afore-nentioned — ' . ePpgantaations have been cited by the Attorney General of the _, United States as Comauntst within the purview ef a ve Ezecutive a ("fhe October 7, 1943, issue of the “Datly Borker™.— ~ Conttned an arttele captioned "Ciute Leaders Endorse Davis." . | according to this article Duke Slliagton, among othera, . | 0: was -te appear at the Golden Gate Ballroom on October 24, .. 1943, tn a “Davia Victory Show” to pay tribute to Benjamin Je fovis, Jre, Communtst Party candidate for the City Counctl of We York. The October 10, 1969, tasue of the “Latly Borker", _ +. $8 an article captioned “Ben Lavis Candidacy Arouses National © | | Interest,* related that Duke Ellington was among those backing | _- Benjamin Jeo Davis, Jrey for City Counctl. © Yt te to be noted - - SECURITY INFORUATT ON=CONFIDEQTIAL ~ a
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