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| , | NTIAL HY 100-25857 CON | a ‘ga informants mentioned in this report are of known yee ; “ peliability umless the contrary is indicated. =~ eee ee 2 . 5 a BACKGROUND 2 le ae The gugust, 1954, issue of "Freedon", V dime IV, Nember 5, .- 7; page 2, noted that instant paper is published monthly byfreedon Associates, 7 .. 139 West 125th Street, New York City, and furtner lis AUL ROBESON as chairman of the paper's editorial board. Oo a — *Freedan ,auuonthly newspaper published by Freedom Associates was introduced in November, 1950, the purpose of which was to promote Negreyi4 y.' matters, the selecting and writing of ail material from the viewpoint that is ~~ -; interesting rather than necessary to the Negro worker and to point out the a 4mportance of the Negro people of their alliance with the labor movement ef ; the working class. (The "Worker™, issue of December 31,1950) ee tL The "orker® is the Sunday edition of the “Daily Worker*, an East coast Communist newspaper. Oe GR aevicea I pe reer that the editorial board of . *Fr m" was composed of Communist Party members and sympathizers. According oan ol "Freedom® was intended as a replacement for the Harlem edition of — oO the "Worker*. as So a oo ‘bhp < ttmninge ue, rae : ; poco wer ee ee ee ea - ) MD aavisea in that PAUL ROBESON <1 was chairman of the editorial board of "Freedom" and also usually wrote the -j. ° _ lead article for the paper. | ne oo . ae