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oe Ped { c . FDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION - ; : NEW YORK NY 200-4931 RHC AEPOPT “ VORK oe | 25 0/8, REPORT MADE BY . ° NE OV 1 4 1947 :9,16218,20- Ga» f wea ee es RT ee Pee CS ae ae ok ee ‘COMMUNIST PARTY, USA INTERNAL SECURITY - C SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: Eastern Seaboard Conference oY CP, USA held in Webster Hall, NYC, 10/18 and 19/47. Attended by 600 delegates and 600 visitors from fifteen Eastern and Southern states, with observers from four Hid— Pant) a western states.’ Conference devoted to discussion of . ways and means of building Party and press. WILLIAi Zs FOSTER, substituting for EIGENE-DEIIS, who was . 11, in commenting on international $i tuation condemned Truman - Marshall program as being instru- . rent of Wall Street imperialism for domination of Eurode and the worl. He excoriated former Secre- tary of State Byrnes for his recent book advocating use of force to drive the USSR out of Germany if > Agace treaty is not acceptable to Soviet Union. _ FOSTER called for repeal of Taft ~- Hartley law. <= Et Ver CACCHIONE, in speaking on NYC municipal mn o co eI HWEry tions in November, 1947, identified persons and er'guPs for and against Proportional Representation and urg ed all voters to vote in favor of its reten- tide. “HENRY ‘WINSTON, in his report, highlignted curgent resistance to warmongers and Wall Street ager inperialists; drive against inflation and come. = ia economic crisis; fight for repeal of Taftz+ tley law; battle for civil liberties and patti cipation in third party movement for 1948 elections. He GSsur called on CP to organize 800,000 persons fer next - year's elections. JOHN GATES reported that Daily Worker has current circulation ef 22,000 and The -Worker 50,0CO, which he tefmed "scandalous and dis- ,“ Do NOT WRITEIN THESE spaces. . MECULUAMR | 60+ 2- KOZ AAs i aoe ; i-albny tnt pas £3 ‘_ae ; on —Atlanta (In i Sard (Info i = MET AxBelti nore Info Pibeaer Naven Birmin rant gto) : T-Boston( I i. her antd ‘ Pa a-Bes tort inte), — aa - x = . &. SOYRREENT PRINTING OFFICE 0008-1 Le if . - G9 DEC 6 - 1947 a Wyre prc i. 3 sidivhaiedin Sa ne Naan Oe anne nme nn eo — Me Poa i ee ~ _ i rn ws wes _. oo. wpe a OS: eS ni LF BD EF Rares ar Cees a ie . . * a ° . 7 a ae ot 2s : ~ a Poa on “.* ee vo ow "a al . a te