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coy According to the above biography, as well as through the result of investigation, it has been determined that Eisler married Louise Anns Gos- sotenyi, born March 6, 1906, at Vienna, Austria. They were married in Caecbesiovakia en December 7, 1937. Eisler had been y married and divorced, but the identity of his first wife is unknown (190-195220-16) [Results of Bureau's Investigation Re Eister’s | — eg re ee ee Backeround and Communist Affiliation | pw tn the early 1930's Hans Eisler collaborated with Bertolt Brecht, a German revolutionary writer preseatly in the United States who is closely associated with Hans Eisler at this time. They produced a play entitled “‘Die Massaabme”™ (The Disciplinary Measure). This play has appeared in print in both Germany and Cuechoslovakia. The complete play is in the possession of the Bureau and has been transiated, and it is noted the authors call it an educational play. HB deals with the work of four Communist agitators who go from Moscow to Mukden, Manchuria, to spread propaganda and support the Chinese Communists among the industries of Mukdea. The action of the play takes place before the “Control Committee*’ when the feur agitators return to give an account of their work and especially account for the fect that they had been forced to kill a young Communist comrade whose intentions were good but whose death was deemed a necessity by the four agitators since his activity threatened to endanger the Communist movement among the Chinese. (ibid ser. 2 A letter dated May 12, 1930, at Berlin, Germany, is published along with the foregoing play and the letter is signed by both Brecht and Eisler. The authors defend their play, ebject te its censorship and suggest that the play be presented by those for whom it was intended, that is, workers, choruses, groups of amateur players and school choruses, This play is clearly of a Communist propaganda mature. (ibid serial 2) Ue bX _ : faa confidential 6 informant, advised on MaréB 13, 133, That Bert Brecht and Hans Eisler were = co-authors ef a march knows as the “‘Song of Solidarity’ (Solidarietacts-Lied), which was written in about 1931. According to this source, the march was adopted with the permissien of Brecht and Eisler as the song of the Communist Youth Organization in Germaay prior to Hitler's rise te power Spe te 2 p.5) The February 18, 1935, iasue of the Daily Worker, page 4, contains an article which describes Eisler as ‘‘the brilliant revolutionary composer of *Comintern,” ‘Rote F rent,” “Kuhliewampe,’ ‘Parade of the Cotton Pickers’ and “Song of the Coal Miners." Though not yet 37, this militant worker composer has been associated with the workers" movements in Germany for the last TY conffoennis -2- -€7