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ob te 8 epee bene: we teeta t Penne) ee . ee BF ~ . t Helen Adams Keller - November 8, 1956 Red=Probers Hit By Congressmen" wherein it was reported that Helen Keller was one of the original sponsors of the Committee of One Thouse:id. The Committee of One Thousand was cited by the California Committee on Un-American Activities in its report issued in 1948 as "a Communist created and controlled front organization." 100-353)06-A "Times Herald" 1-2h-\ In March, 1948, there was made available to this Bureau a copy of a letter which was sent to the Speaker of the House of Representatives in protest against the action of the Committee on Un-American Activities of the House of Representatives. Helen Keller was listed as one of the signers of this letter. 7 61-7582-1502 ; ES A letterhead of the National Council of Amcrican-Soviet ~ Friendship, Incorporated, 11) East 32nd Street, New York City, dated November 10, 1948, reflected that Helen Kellor was a sponsor of that organization. Te National Council of American- Sovict Friendship, Incorporated, was cited by the Attorney General as a communist organization. 100-1)6964-125 page 5 It was reported that Helen Keller, blind author and educator, was one of a group of individuals sending messages of condolence on the occasion of the funcral of Hother Bloor well-known Communist Party member on August 14, 1951. 100-3=7)-776 3 7h TRbre appeared in the "Washing ton Star" Washington, D. C., 4asue of December 13, 1952, an article "Helen Keller Denies Endorsing Red Parley." The article stated that Holen Keller had called on a Czechoslovakian newspaper to retract a story in wnich 4t said she endorsed the "Commmist-run Vienna 'Peacet Con- . . ~ ference." It waz indicated that the State Deportnent reports z that Hiss Keller had repudiated the story in 2 Voice of Ancrica broadcast to Czechoslovakia. The article pointed out that the Prague newspaper "Rude Prazo" reported o1 December 6, 1952, that Miss Keller stated "I am with you in your wonderful moveme:t with all my heart," but that actually Miss Keller, a few days earlier, had assailed the Vienna Congress as “a mask for the products of Stalinist propaganda." 100-361031-A The foregoing information is being furnished to zou as a result of your request for ar PBI file check aic is not to be construed as a clearance or a nonclearance of the _4Andividual involved. This information is furnished for your use and should not be dissezti:aved outside of your agency.