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ONY. 100- 25857 SS ee cee eal a wee acta te Le peire Ub Sea mg lee de ee rr OU mn. advised” on June 29, 1954, that the ‘subject. 5 sttendea >) ", Tribute to BEN DAVIS" held at the United Mytual Hall, 310... LenoZ Avenve, New York City, which effair was sponsored by the wy ah Freedom Cormrittee, the Civil Rights Congress and the = ational Committee to Defend Negro Leadership, According to the informant, ROBESON addressed the meeting regarding his trip to ~ Washington, D.C. in attempting to gain parole for DAVIS and attacked the fcolonialiam" of the foreign policy of the United. States eg) ecialiy in Guatemala, where he stated the United - States hal sponsored the recent revolution. ::.- .. oe “fhe Civil Rights Congress has been desienated by : ut the Attomey General of the United ‘States Pursuant to Executive a order 10450. OY -_ pane oe BEN JANIN TAVIS was convicted in October, “1949, in ‘the United States District Court, Southern District of New Yon, fan vicl ation af tha Smith act of 190. bh Ws F¥ihWs aud Wi Wh vow Wwe wh ~ en Vo ae een mo The “Deily Worker" issue of September 10, 1951, page 3, colums 1-4, reflected a community campaign to free HEN DAVIS had begun on the streets of Harlem in early September and was sponsored by the Free BEN DAVIS Committee and the Harlem Civil » Rights Congress, . - _ + a” —_ on March 1, “195i, 2 madg,avellable a leaflet weak "petite for dameaty for BENJAMIN ADAVIS", issyfd by the BEN navis |} Frgedom Committee, sage being afgnéd by LOUISEAJEFFERS, WILLIAM-. . L PATTERSON, MARTHAXCORREA, PAULI LOUS a'SA GROSS. AF lTétter “attached to the above petitién reflects the ms of the — BENJAMIN DAVIS Freedom Committee are to terminate and abolish ~~ segregation and discrimination of federal prisoners and to grent amnesty to BENJAMIN DAVIS and all other political prisoners, WILLIAM L, PATTERSON, listed above, was listed on this leaflet, as national executive secretary of the Civil + ehte Congress. on which has been previously described. ag set cs SU ee