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NY 100-25857 oe } On Ve has furnished reliable k * information In the past, advised pril 29, 1955, the. -- +). annual May Day Rally was held oy Union Square, New York City. - continued that PAUL ROBESON was amone the sneakers 1 Sree eee ee ee See RS ide a fe ere ae = | = he rally and joined the others in eulogizing the working class andin calling for a continued fight against government. wi. = legislation aimed at oppressing labor and minority groups. (£f Es The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and = - « $-5 Publications," as mentioned previously, contains the . e| following concerning the ‘May Day Parade: ; + aa "1. 'The May Day Parade in New York City is an —_— = meee 5 — ar See oo annual mobilization of Communist strength. * ; (Special Committee on Un-American Activities, os Report, March 29, 1944, ‘iP. 179)." - - The "Daily Worker," issue of May 4, 1955, page “tuo, column one, contained an article entitled, ‘Bandung Notebook-PAUL ROBESON Heard Despite State Dept.", which article concerned a message from PAUL ROBESON sent to the Asia-Africa Conference at Bandung, Indonesia. According to the article, ROBESON greeted the conference and stded that the conference was significant in history as showing how the people of two continents could meet to decide their own destinies and soverign independence, According to _.c» the article, ROBESON pointed out the U.S.S.R., Eastern we >: Europe and China as examples of social progress, re The "Daily worker" ’ “Issue of May 13, 1955, page —_ six, column one, contained an article entitled, "PAUL wok, ROBBSON Sang and Spoke to 1,000 Students at Swarthmore , ™ it: which article concerned a concert given by PAUL ROBESON . a a at Swarthmore College. In a speech delivered on this -.--” = occasion, ROBESON stated that the refusal of the State. Department to renéw his passport was based on the contention tha he “has been for years active politically in behalf — . of the Independence of. the colonial Peoples of Africas! 6. . cet > rr Bee eG < -16- a a pe or OE enn CC CE ee EE Rae aay .