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Wa ANWWN EHOW SAMUS VNR OOD IDM ae WN Pe Oe DW em ww rw WY 100n25858 cont N A dimer was given for these individuals on the night of October 18, 1938 at the Hotel Commodore, New York City, and was the cccasion for the lodging of a drive for $150,000. to bring beck other American volunteers in Spaing Among the speakers of the evening was LILLIAN HELIMAN, The dinner was given by the Friends of the Rbraham Lincoln Brigades The October 27, 1938 issue of the Deily Worker stated that the Comittee to Aid Excluded Ioyalist Veterans was attempting to save 12 veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade from deportation, The committee was joined by the International Labor Defense in this undertaking. LILLIAN HELLMAN was one of a delegation of persons who visited the men on Ellis Island, reported on their condition and stressed the importance of bringing pressure to bear on the Secretary of Labor to permit these men to enter the United Statese In 1938 Mise HELLMAN was a sponsor of the organisation result- ing from a merger of the North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy and the Medical Bureau to Aid Spanish Democracy, according to a booklet. entitled “Children in Concentration Camps" published by the merged organiza~ tions According to a circular of the United spain Eid Committee to Free the men of the International B Brigade vo volunteers in h and Spaniah concentration camps, Miss HELIMAN was one of the sponsors of a campaign of that organizations According to the February 7, 1939 issue of the "People’s World® LILLIAN HELIVAN was one of the 78 American writers who signed an appeal for the lifting of the Bnbargo which prevented the Spanish Republic from buying arms for its defense, The above-mentioned "people's World®, which is a Communist publication, for February 14, 1939 indicated that Miss HELIMAN was one of the prominent Bmerican writers who visited Madrid, Spein, during the Spanish Civil Wars The February 25, 1939 issue of the Daily Worker containe4 an item stating that LILLIAN HELDMAN was one of a Committee of Women Civic and Society Leaders who joined the picket line at the Italian Consulate in New York City on the afternnon of February 24, 1939 to protest the Italian invasion of Spaing The March 22, 1939 issue of the Daily Worker stated that miss HELLUAN was one of the sponsors of a campaign to raise $160,000. for ths disabled veterans fund launched by the Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. The money was to be used to rehabilitate and provide medical care and attention for 180 seriously wounded Americans TeNeUTE GEN ie Srna Ware ~ 5 Ty ih 255