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c/ sf v | Py | e+ nae a ro up a? oe = Yaad bal o* * The following members of the executive council were elected: ‘ vy * — ‘ THIRD NATIONAL CONGRESS , LEAGUE OF - MERTCAN WRITERS Mw YORK CITY, JUNE 2, 3, and 4, 1939 — EUGENE’ LYONS, in the "Red Decade", states that the Third Congress of the League of American Writers was not aware of what wes going on in Europe, for the reagnn that at thet verry Lime soarret nacntiatinne hatwaen Mnenrr ana for the reason ry secret negotiations between Moscox and Berlin were taking place. Despite this situation the Call for the Congress listed among the aims of the Congress the following: "Cooperation of this country with other nations and people opposed to Facism, including the Soviet Union, which has been the most constant defender of people,* The “Red Decade" states that of the 72 signers fer the 1939 Call, at least fourteen were generally known to be members of the Communist y, while the others were names that had become fixtures on Stalinist manifestcs vand whitewash documents. The complete list of signers to the Call is set t ‘Forth below: —