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wagers, ZL NY 1005-25857 7 advised that at Camp WO-CHI-CA there were present az.) 260 children of menbers of the Communist Party wacationing at the camp. advised that displayed on a bulletin board on the campus is an honor roll of the boosters of the above-referred-to camp. Some of the names on the honor roll were MAX YERGAN, ANNETTE RUBENSTEIN, and PAUL ROBESON. _ f° eae: sed that at a meeting held on Sunday, August 30, A: ew York State Convention of the Communist Party at Manhattan Centre, at 34th Street and Eighth Averwe, an announcement was made requesting that the audience attend two rallies which were to be held during the week of August 30, 1942, One of these rallies, the rally to gain "freedan for India,*® to be sponsored by the Council on African Affairs, with offices at vf L 1123 Broadway, announced that it would have as its speakers PAUL ROBESON, VAY TERGAN, and MICHAEL QUILL. On Monday, September 6, 1942, a rally was held at the Central Park Wall under the auspices of the New York State CIO, in cooperation with the USO, At this rally there were approximately seventy-five persons present. Several of the speakers were JOSEPH CURRAN, President of the Greater New York Industrial Union Council; SIDNEY“HILIMAN, President of the Amalgamated Workers Union, C10; and others. After all the speeches had been delivered, PAUL ROBESON sang the song, “Ballads for Americans" and the Russian song, "From Border to Border," which he sang in Russian. , From it was asce d that on Aug- ust 18, 1942, a oF NSON (pos y the wife of INCK EAURERSON, Vice | President of MMU) discussed the question of the new seamen's relief organiza- tion with an unimom woman at MMU. At this time MRS. LAURENSON stated that the j organization would be known as the "National Marine Emergency Relief Organizsa- tion" and that MISS JULIE "STEIN, of Room 317, Hotel Roosevelt, New York City, was doing all the organising work; further, that TSS STEIN has the personal endorsement of JOSEPH CURRAN, PAUL ROBESON, and others. it is noted ee ov) 80d that in ad dition to the above, STEIN related that the proposed organizations would be com- posed of five union heads, such as CURRAN and ‘SHSIDY, and would have nothing to do witir the organisation set up by Admiral LAND or individuals other than mioniats. ; : . , | | It was ascertained cron on ing- | ust 21, 1942, DAYS -GREEN of Internationa reers Order contacted FERDINAND | SMITH and requested the latter to go to the International Workers Order camp for children. It was at this time GREEN also advised that PAUL ROBESON Th i be at the canp, which is named K-CHI-CA. og COE TIAL