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- wr ; ~ - Office Meru wthttl » an STATES GOVERNMENT oon f TO : \ D. M. LADD Burl hear 61947 \ Mr. Tolson FROM i J. Pe CO tat SAK CLASSI 1a NDEe Brie L 7o- | BY PAL” age: lace a SUBJECT: nan$ E18 , with aliases & = (Py e tracy _ INTERNAL SECURITY - R eae. te el, Ory ie ee Refer 5 IS . Ele BOP ES har pia JA perusal of the booklatyMteardace” aeettitnd Bat faim Eisler" tee a” published by the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Oc Mise Genty.— a Representatives, 80th Congress, First Session, covering testimony on : | September 24, 25, apd 26, 1947, reveals the following facts hitherto un- fe , | Sept to the puree The page number of the boo on which the related ; testimony appears shown after each item: Biographical 7 yp’ | AY Eisler testified that he visited Russie in 1929, 1931, and 1932, ta though he was not certain as to the dates; went to Paris in 1935 after the = y Reichstag fire in Berlin, having had to flee Germany; remained in Paris from - ye March to July, 1933; lived in London from Fall, 1954, to February or March, Ye 1935; returned to London Fsbruary, 1936, and remained there one year. (P. 6)... Profes sional Activity Eisler testified, end the Committees brought out, that he was the AA author of the poem, “About Killing* in 1929 or 1930. (F. 60); that he wrote | Ne music to the songs "Song of the Pry Bread" and "Song of Demand end Supply® SOS eet te (P. 58); that the song "Comintern", previously acknowledged as having been itten by Eisler, was originally written under the title "We're Marching, oe" Comrades" (P. 55); that he composed the music in 1930 for the song "Fifty ousand Strong”. (P. 81); that he wrote the musio for the moving pictures = ~ "Hell on Farth* and "tempo Der Zeit" (the Tempo of our time), both apparently * produced in FEurope.(P. 14); that he was employed by the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of making ea short film, the date and title not having been shown ([P. 12): that in the United States he wrote the musia to atl Teall Mam fH owil Bebe LA 8 ange MEF Wide WR Ww er er Oe OTT ee ek following films: "Scandal in Paris", "Deadline at Dawn", "Woman on the each", "So Well Remembered” « (P. 12) Communist MeilistioM TENN? | an sd Eisler testified thet he made application to the German ‘ofSnand st Party in 1926, although he would never admit belonging to or being active in he Party. His answers Were extremely wacillating. His most direct answer , was when asked “you joined when?", to which he answered "January, 1926". Apparently he was « member the ma jor part of thet year. (P. 18,42,43) , Jie Bisley admitted an- advisory capacity with the International Music "Bureeu, Hosa disclaimed having organized it. He did ‘ay, he * vor, .: aa ae mad alta, tt eos hte fete nrftenls of) lat a a 3 77; Fo BG ONS Por Ye nis = TLS Vy } gL _ at a we Gwe DP 19 “eatin yr th, HEY a Fs -