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Federal Bureau of Investigation | | Pniten States Nepartinent of Justice t Baltinore - 3, Karyland ' _ , October 23, 1943 ee v Las m2 V Director, FBI RE: FREDERIGKDOUGLASS BOCKSHOP ~~, (Cy HEADQUARTERS FOURTH DISTRICT serra + Mn AR Tom ha Woo mar eran s—" COLMUNIST PARTY OF BALTIMORE ). t “INTERVAL SECURITY - "R07 Dear Sir: iy fo / PULL f , Herev.ith is a summary of information pertinent to the ‘subject ly { “sokshop as made available by-@€onfidential Infornant whose identityfr .)"\ “ib is known to the Bureau, for the period October 15 through 21, man Wit clusive. “V Informant advised that the Eleventh tiard Branch of the cont hn \ Party of Baltimore convened at subject bookshop, at which time the National Anthem was played to open the meeting. : It was announced that ALEX &. oP Tin:sELL, Treasurer of the Com sapast Party of Maryland, who is presently attending Cornell University taking some additional graduate work, would return to Baltimore in t for the next branch meeting. With regard to a meeting to be held at’CTlub Convoy, 1630 Bank Street, on October 19, 1943, at which BOYSKUDSON (National Office) was scheduled to speak, it was made known that admittance could be gained only by membership card. The program of the various branches in -registering all members has apparently bogged down, and the necessity of ~~ completing this project was emphasized an’ members were urged to contact individuals on their list alee Trane + ry bd 299 FIT DOROTHY ROS. SunoEe, weit nee Seo the City Com mittee of the Comaunist Party of Baltimore, explained that the effort made by the Party tq combat the rise of prices through an organized price control program at the Price Control Center, the Frederick Douglass Bookshop, had evhausted itself due to members’ failure to show interest in the work and to expend their energies along this line. . nae eee One SMOTHERS (phonetic), othervise unknown to the informant, dis~ cussed the sale of the "Daily Worker" und impressed his audience with the thought that they should interest customers with the contents of the paper . .- in an attempt to increase subscriptions, By so doing this would tend to interest customers in Party work and possibly provide fertile grounds for mi recruiting members. i. Vt