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| MY 100=25857 #2, "cited « as 2 ‘Communi st-front publication’ < (Congressional os Committee on Un-~imerican Activities, House Report Number 1953, . eee on the Congress of American Wouen sApril226, 1950( originally . Yational Executive Secretary of the Civil Hights Congress, was held at : : me: adviaed that on August %, 195k, combination protest rally and birthday party for WILLIAM L, PATTESSON, Smalits Paradise, 229) 7th Avenue, New York city. _—ererw a ae Se FT SN 22 WB continues that ROBESON * was among the ee speakers and euvlogised PATTERSON, describing nim as a world-wide leader... ROBESON stated that the Communists who earlier had fougnt against Hitler IN are now fignting in the liberation of the muman race. ROBESON described ae a the imprisoned Communist Party leaders as the *real® patriots of Auerica-~ — and called for a fight in their behalf because ®iheir freedom is. our freedom. : = Yee that on September 23, 195k, the American . on | Labor Party held a 1954 Gubernatorial Election Rally at the Manhattan — Center, New York City, during which various American Labor Party candidates spoke. advised that PAUL ROBESON and his wife attended and ROBESON spoke desperate need for leadership in the minority groups. a ar aS advised that from the tine of its inception in 1936, there existed in the American Labor Party a struggle for power among -. three groups. These were the Communist Party, the Socialist Party and the Social Democrats. By the early 1940's, the Communist Party emerged as the |” : controlling force within the American Labor Party in the major industrial — areas in New York State. Generally, these were the areas around Albany oO Buffale, Jamestom, Rochester, Schenectady, Syracuse, Troy, the Hudson on fiver Valley, Columbia, Dutchess, Nassau and Westchester Counties, and New York City, with the exception of Brooklyn. In 1942, the Cgmunict Party was able to — - capture the American Labor Party in Brooklyn. os this situation to continue wp until at least 1949. The American Labor Party never developed .. | into an organization of ny real consequence in the ‘non-industrial ¢ areas . ye