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bas * RY 100-25857 UU. in a r | ilkar Attractions was oneHAKOLD/PRITCHETT, who, according to the informant, :* was refused @ visa by the American Consulate at Vancouver upon the ground that | he had failed to show that he was not a Conmunist, a / Accordi a rT N Was y representa ves of the ae Bi bertics Lease, which is said or ganization & to. include in = — wives of well-known Canadian Communists and is ale [ leged to be Communistically controlled. t E a to telephone ROBESOK when the latyer was in Vancouver under the auspices of the \ An examination of the report of Spec Agent dated November 14, 1942, at New York City, entitled YOONGHESS ANERI FRIENDSHIP," at pages 22 and 23 reveals the following information pertinent to sub ject: Demy see '~ Bt the mass rally "Sslute to our sian Aliv® held at adi gon -= b ded ~ = tH3 SL re a i . Square Garden on Sunday af ternoon, November 8, 1942, with PAUL FORESON represent- -- ding the entertainment field, PAUL. ROBESON was * dramatically introduced to the \ erowd, when all the lights were extinguished and it was stated that the next _ = person to be heard would be “the voice of the anti-Fascist." At this time, ~- spotlights were directed an the stage, bringing ROBESON into view. He stated, ~ “SI am an anti-Fascist. I am an American. I am a Negro." ROBESON proceeded to ~~ yead a letter which had been written by a twenty-seven year old Red Army soldier ‘ who stated he was continually marching westward for freedom. ROBESON stated he : did not know the fate of the soldier who wrote this letter, but the mere fact ‘that he had written the letter made him "my friend and yours." ROBESON then . gang two songs, namely, "His Motherland” and “From Border to Border,* each of “Sis which was sung partly in English and partly in Russian. It is noted that the ;»: owation given to ROBESON at the time of his introduction and at the conclusion ~ of his musical offering was perhaps the most voluminous of the afternoon. _— From this report it is also ascertained that ROBESON stated that , the response to the Congress had been even greater than was expected. He said w that every place he appeared in the United States and had mentioned friendship \ with Russia and had sung the "Red Army Song," the audience had literally = *broken it up.* ROBESON stated that the work of this Congress must continue; ws that this was only the beginning. He called on everyone to de his work today QN by assisting the next speaker, whom he introduced, who was THOMAS L. HARRIS, — long associated with the American Committee for Friendship with the Soviet Union and the American Council on Soviet Relations, as well as a faculty member in- 1942 at the School for Democracy, : The following is an extract from Who's Who in America, volume 20, for the year 1938-39: Paul Robeson, born Princeton, New Jersey, April 9, 1898; A.B. Rutgers College, 1919; LL.B. Columbia, 1923; married ESLANDA CARDOZD “GOODE, August 17, 1921. Concert tour, Europe, 1926-28; conde tour of Europe, 1931,38; PNTIL , 50