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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 6

160 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Eleanor Roosevelt · 158 pages OCR'd
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Negri ssi " while e . Raat report they told me, “We'rel "M2," ies something bordering| the party is in direct contact with| confirmed "g testimony. . - They bave 1,600 more or a PAN ‘ot interested in 10 cents ao bour = cetti 1 on shock to compel someone who| Moscow. The : “The id A ee arene xe want, to Temon.| has, been indoctrinated a8 ther. fess experienced Negro party|tnat American Negroes’ were 8 ate the power of the Commu-| cvchly,, 8s I was & e ‘Grecia throw around iD! cunpressed group and therefore Sast party.’ break.” he said. ac hel Re estimated Ne made up [TuscePuble to communism,” he half the approximately 600 Amer- said, and he began Communist work with the Negroes is the early 1920s. P sf tt was then J knew that they the party, Aid not have the interests of the added, he has been @ “conserva ppro: ‘ Feegro, or acyore else, at heart,” tive.” = ‘ddle-of-the-road- cans be said were trained for sub- { ae added. | m not a sniddles oscow last | He said he came fo this country in 3917 from Czechoslovakia and ’ ; : ” gs middle-of-the-{years. : . dae gaid he withdrew from the, rT.” he declared, “a ddl au aid he om tr roader is a coward Kornfedder slowly gave what be rarly shortly after the incident 7 said was a step-by-step story of tro years, laler belpeeen anize e scion want to take a stand on either side ve and ore ol pied Wand I don't want to be # Jeftist—|Communist efforts in Dixie, COD} cites, Ate . hays a ; pfCOR aes bn LaRe eA, go I'm a conservative.” __|centrating on Negroes, . = AY NEGRO - oe ninach indicated Johnson's} He deswibed one front group; Under questioning from Shaw, ; tlstimony would substantiate that|which he called the People’s In- Kornfedder spent most of the . tlining the activities of the i Patterson and add details of stitute of Appbed Religion, which jo a P Laat unist party and its method of (Continued From Page 1 arty.|used religion to gain Southern Ne-]™ F wseh various federal agencies in ee geaan " he ne ear ei Pthern infiltration by the p = cer. beiing communism es er since,! Other Wilnesses, wt (Eee ; operation in the United States. + oo Caio exath Still fo be hear¢g are tiree Wo” en, he continued, the South-| He said he left the party after Sree rxaales Ot ett ues nesses, including ‘i Atty, Lean-lern Conference on Human Rights}15 years when be disagreed with Se eee eee aated in such: det Perez of Piaquemues Parish,| was developed, afler the Commies |a change in the party dine. t- Gdings ns tae march on Washing-| © segregation leader for many|found they were using too ‘Jhat was the excuse,’ D Meings 25 oe crvisboro CaSe © | years. Rainach has pot identified Nogthern groups in the South. fedcer explained. “I came to doabt toy ATT TR? StS ereacre iD the other witnesses. Mrs. FDR Leader theSCommunist eolution of rats Yesterday morning Banister Yo questions, he testified roblems after my three y wunist ; boar Roose‘ el wife of the ja, not so much the was “one of the Jead-. the application in Russia —— a. Which Vie Communistinspir ‘ of Emm oa _ . : "| gave bis views the I Share Cropers Union in-| Criuences in the South based on: Preside Day ELA SEN CERI OMETS: his 17 years as an investigator of ers" . “Stheies he s3i4, “ate just €X| subversives for the FBL co was former Sen. Frankfof 5t' Bernard and Pla powers Bae way the pooper: At the afternoon session yi } es, a waunch peuvent she Communists came South how the party | ; ; i ganize Negroes while be was & a be was probably w appear i i; Korniedder, who testified for yo ~ohgith the iotent of ereatin trouble eee ar and organizer. jpenetr we eee fensions, Patterson flatly de s-The party bas infiltrated the Kornfedder said the C10 ; [four ws : “ie teat from what he said were AA det bat ; followed the adm snistration 1 lead. |said the NAACP had apparently excerps from records of the par-, g pened der clare, i ershit time. A cresting a here Se: gy, cuing, their objective 88 SP™) To have control,” 42) Picte world domination, and iden! “| musi have venetrated if amphiet as “the Cym- : ee. Eble ailfiently to bave a deciding v¥ice) ry . <= snunisis bible for erganizatio * the eegrees.” fecloding ‘the the upper counsels Several Negroes, Ime Noscew were setting up their Big = Pav. TL J. Jemison, min : W | - igs anc integration teader, were[case, however, if the Jeadersbip et gy Ml said, emiling any Ri gro family moving into a ‘Sav tye audience as the testimony} does not become more alert." munist ore tions! effort Coin wanted. AD xi N Although the NAACP says it isfio affect the members of t begin just woulda take wach ‘a rask y wis 2 tan. HS E45 Ceganiations.”. Pat-lfighting communism, he added,Jtional Assn ancement --2 sare part and par: “one can't be serious about com {opal f Bete Acvantoued aol does that.” cau __itst party—they[patting Communist infiltration andi said WE. was “an we referred to the attempt by sll advertise and sell Comm» | bonorary irman” aod ‘At the University Alsbarna © s* gre governed by the party rules— ~- they follow the line. : Sommarigng bh reasons for wol- teniariy ap; a - “itines Unat & bloody reyelution casi oP ds necessary. he said, Tried Everything : 4-1 beheve,” he J ; a 12: people in any, state of the United| tried everything from Negro front! sate of ime me a ae noteg wh e differences offorganizations to religion to _ Louisiana. wee ck ete oe eee i. "ain find intelligent peod Moscow couldn't under p - . pin both sides who can work[siand the South, in otber Southern statese ! ory. -robtems and find a -! nut, be said. He said he prise Hof sole - party work with Negroes Gen, Eugene Cook pf Geor A | tye aged, “ihe Neco see a : Cook of Georgian am wand,” be added, ~ USS" “Now, Kornfedder added, only one ey ee cays meee nist literature. a A ete Le nr ere = 7 Barer meee - totam ee vee ee . eA tame tne ae a . . . ee ae ee
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