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Pid te aa sme aU LD, adie ve "5 Holtyooed ‘Denocratve ‘Countttes Aas ‘Deen ctted by the Gaxssfornt “Comntttee on Un-Anertoan Acttvut ties tn a report tssued S) ee 2868s o aso Connuntet front. . (100-288754-4) | « sey Toned The January ‘2 1946, ‘issue ‘of the neti Yorker" : . 4 “eontatned an article capttoned “"Jugoslav Reltef Opens 1946 © “Drive.” This article stated that the American. Comntetee Sor “Yugoslav Relief had opened {ta 19466 activities with a Town .; Pall benefit concert, which concert was sponsored by Duke : on Maa T ing ton axong othere The Amertcan Comntttee for y cues oy ‘Relief, Incorporated has been cited by the Attorney General “Of, the United States as Communtst withia the | Purview. of: _ Eveoutt ve Order (9835. ae (100=212169-4) cy ie ogee ordiag ‘to a reltable source Duke “g1lington ‘ae | VoL ye ‘elected to the Board of Directors of the Independent. Citizens ve Conntttee of the arta, Setences, and Profeset ons, Iacorporgted: ; at the annual menbership neeting of that ergantaation held at the Alvin Theater, Wew York City, on February 10, 19460 fhe Independent Citizens Comnittee of the Arts, Ectences,. “and Profeestons has been cited as a Communtat front by the | - Congresstonal Committee on Un-American Activities ik a Fr eport bet | Aeated” Dy. that group on Aprid 294 1951, and ta yenere - eRe Se ; 5 (109-338892=45 “ oe : . Phe ™ Brooklyn Bagle”, a Jew 45 page 8) publication, - en Yay ¢ é, 1947, contatned an article concerning @ dazaar §-:.: ‘whteh had opened on May 4, 1947, sponsored by the Natt ona ae Counct1 of Anerican-Soviet Tet endshtp. According to thia (° 3. *. “arttele the Bazaar opened with o vartety concert atarring Duke =. Blltngton among othere. The Hattonal Council of Anertoane. ws Sovtet Frtendehtp has been cited by the Attorney General eof - .: the United States as Coanuntet within the purview, of "Fseorttve Order: see 2 8) (100+146984-1801p17) 3 4 Yew York City publication "The | wew Leader” tesue “of September 30, 1950, contained a feature article. by Duke eg “Ellington captioned "No Red Sonys For Me".” Ina forward te — thts article the editors of the afore-nenttoned publication’. “3\""" gtated that the "Dotly Norker” tn tts May 27, 1950, tssue, '- and agatn tn tseues dated August 25, and "Auguet 27, °1950, °° publtehed stortes to the effect that Ellington had signed the Stockholm Peace Petition. The forward continued that when Ellington returned fron a skuropean tour he tmnedtately repudiated the stories printed by the “Latly Forker", and had authored the article folloving ce a further repudtatt one. ERCURITY INFORMATION=CONPIDBHTIAL -¢- an