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C0 ENTIAL The tlmmigration and Naturalizatioa Service files contain a letter dated October 6, 1935, from J. E. Wilkie, Secretary of the Arizona Peace Officers Asscciation, written to Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, protesting to the eo. _* we a ah _ £8..44. 38 Psd. = Department of Labor the right of Hans Eisler to remain in the United States =~ ‘and engage in a concert tour of this country. The letter states that Eisler had !” yemained for many months in Moscow and had again reentered the United States “go ald his fellow Communists in arousing mass feelings. Eisler’s songs and ‘compositions are all of a revolutionary and propagandical mature, being designed for the most part for workers’ choruses and his activities in proceeding hither _ and yon about the United States to appear under Communist auspices are believed - to be sufficiently detrimental to our already eee menaced peace and an | quility to warrant his expulsion | from this country." -_ (100- ~195220- 3 p. 3) - £ a “Ae ay oo te is noted that this letter was written two , days, after Eilsier's “second entry into the United States on October 4, 1935, at New York City. The Immi- gration records reflect that Eisler stated on this second trip that he was destined . to the ‘New York School for Social Research” and that he intended to remain > fa the United States for a | Period of six months. Eisler ectually } left in December, 1935. . & _ A . highly confidential source ‘having s access to Fisler® s personal effects on May 30 and August 13, 1945, at Los Angeles, California, made available from Eisler’s scrapbook an article contained in the November 22, 1935 issue of the Daily Worker. This articie is a review of the play ““Mother™ written by Bert. Brecht and based on Maxim Gorky‘s novel ef revolutionary Russia. The article states that Hans Eisler wrote the music for this # play. ibid serial 15 Pp 15) , mo The Daily Worker for December 1s, 2935, contains an article entitled | “Working Claes Seng Records."” This article advises that “working class and _revolutlonary songs were being recorded for distribution to the working class. Hans Eisler, the world’s acknowledged master composer of workers’ songs, garnered the finest of his melodies." The article continues by stating that the song “Comintern” is undoubtedly one of Eisier’s most popular songs and “has been suny throughout the world for the past eight years and still stirs the crowds at outdoor femonstrations ead a political meetings. Peat a 16 P 16) re . t. a Accords ‘te the ‘source having access to Eister’s scrapbook, tt is noted that contained therein la a newspaper article dated January 17, 1936, ia the English language. [ft is not indicated where this article was published, but it has been confirmed that it is from the Daily Worker. This article is entitled ““*Kisler’s Songs Will Feature Lenin Meeting.*" The sub-title is ““Browder, Ash- ford and Amter to Address Memorial.** The article atates, **Well known songs by Hans Eisler, internationally famous revolutionary composer, will feature Vy _ re -1- CONFPENTIA.