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@ IRAE no FaeonNe owe rt a.) _ ‘nd he \ ” -] a $3" (, CONFIDENT ssh Re: Lillian Hellman le APPENDIX FREEDOMVAYS ASSOCIATES, INC. CONBRENTIAL The records of the Secretary of State, New York State Department of State, Albany, New York, show that the certificate of incorporation of Freedomways Associates, Incorporated, was filed on March 2, 1951. The Spring, 1963, issue of "Freedomways" is self-described as "A Quarterly Review of the Negro Freedom Movement" publishec by Freedomways Associates, Incorporated, 799 Broadway, New York City. On May 24, 1961, a source advised that a report was given on "Freedomways” at a meeting of the National Boarc, Communist Party, USA (CPUSA), held on May 24, 1961. It was stated that the original plan called 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,