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Director, FBI October 23, 1943 - It was revealed during the course of conversation between Mrs. TH@TCHETT, colored, co=-proprietress of subject bookshop, and TILLIE ENBEHRG, Corresponding Secretary of the Fourteenth Ward Branch of the Communist Party of Baltimore, that over 180 tickets had been sold for the dance sponsored by the Fourteenth Ward Branch to be held October 23, 1943, at the colored Odd Fellows' Hall. At this time it was brought forth that an unknown member of the Party visited Bethlehem—Key Highway Shipyards re- cently and distributed copies of EARL BROWDER'S recent Chicago speech, This individuel attracted a large number of patronizers with the following Sales talk: "Read what Earl Brovder actually said and not the Hearst papers lies," 7 Accordinr t | "Negro Digest." WILKERSON 'S criticism of the article, according to Mrs. members of the Communist Party an art¥cle appearing in the "Daily worker" en October 20, 1943, wherein DOXLY WILKERSON, colored, Vice-Chairman of District #34 of the, Communist Party, discussed Lrs. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT'S ae ee ee | eee ee es ee eee ee | em ee tenis +L. DORUTHY HOSE BLUMBERG discussed with a group of Fourth District | . recent article, Tif I Were A Nepro," whith appeared in a recent issue of the | PLUMPERG, was that Mrs, KOOSEVELT was too soft and he subsequently pointed “out the necessity for carrying out the nevyro struprle for immediate equality.' “WILKERSON, in addition, had pointed out the rapid rise of the negro in the last decade and their important role in the Labor movement. At the con- clusion of the discussion, it was set forth that the United States is not as | 1 me tale temnenteawheeor a aie sg cognizant of the ability of the negro people as other countries, such as the Bahamas, where a negro has been appointed as Special Prosecutor in the i deMiwRICKY murder case, The foregoing constitutes the cist of the information as furnished this office by Confidential Informant Qgg for the aforestated period. Very truly yours, Weve, q. he . VINCENT Special Agent in Charge Jd}: ahr H#LOU~84,09 ‘ -~ 2 - SPClaL | D