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7” os RB . o.oo PP ee ee ee ee ee NESEY” ~~~ ee a ee + ‘ hg... BRO OS oon wi ona - | - Mee ~~ Open i wee ce - i 1 ”) | a Us Re: Lillian Hellman ....-....-.. 1. APPENDIX) FREEDOMWAYS ASSOCIATES, INC. The records of the Secretary of State, New York Ctata Teanartmant af Stata Albany, New York, reflect that OF Wc le ee bea. Veh wh bat ee Pee Ty the certificate of incorporation of Freedomways Associates, Inc., was filed on March 2, 1961. The Spring, 1962, issue of "Freedomways" is self- described as "a Quarterly Review of the Negro Freedom Movement." published by Freedomways Associates, Inc., 799 Broadway, New York City. On May 2u 1961, a source advised that a report was # Oe A ee given on "Preedomays’ at a meeting of the National Board, Communist Party, U.S (CPUSA), held on May 24, 1961. It was stated that the sriginal plan callec for the publication to be openly Marxist, but that it was later decided it would not be avowedly a Marxist publication, Editorials are in the — hands of a mixed group of Marxists and non- -Marxists, It was stated that the central purpose of "Freedomways" is to develop a theory and positive criticism of currents in the Negro movement, as well as to raise the level of understanding and discussion. taking place in Negro life today and to project a socialist and pro-Soviet orientation. On May 25, 1961, another source advised that "Freedomways" was set up for the CPUSA by JAMES JACKSON, a member of the National Committee of the CPUSA. con NPT mN “PONENT! i a1