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Paul Robeson Sr — Part 21

93 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: May 9, 1947 · Broad topic: Public Figures · Topic: Paul Robeson Sr · 92 pages OCR'd
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N The Seattle Star of February 12, 19,6, reported an interview with ' Robeson in which he said his son, Paul, Jr., attended echool in Russia from the 8th through the 13th year. He said, “Ny won is definitely the product of Soviet education". He continued and said, "I am well satisfied. . The Russian standards are extrensly highe® ... ..... 100=12304-38 The rally vorker of March S, 19,6, listed mbeson ssong those acting as sponsors of a "National i gation in Washington" movement to be hel teri 55. through 7, 1916, to "Win the Inited States back to a Td iy qr SOD SLES pe wet Sele 100-1230,-10, Pe ii The Peoples Voice of March 30, 1946, reported that Robeson spoke before a mass meeting at the Second Baptist Gmurech in Los Angeles, California that day at a mosting sponsored jointly by a Council on African Affairs and the Peoples Deily Korld, Among othey things, he calied for aid and denocrotiza~ the yorker of septeaber 1, 1546, said thet the editors of Hew Masses had announced they would sponsor a production entitled, "Adventure Dramatic" at Carnegie Hall on September 22, 19,6. Robeson reportedly would participate and combine his talents along with other artiste in the stage production of "rhe Great Conspiracy Ageinst Russia", by Albert Kahn and Michsel Sayerss aoo-yo30—sub A . ‘The Peoples Yoite of cctober 19, 1916, describes Robeson as Com ant Tn ar 4 ee | rw ee “Chalruan of the Netdonal Comittee to kin the Feace, meaber of the ‘xecutive Committee of the Independent Citizens Comittee of arts, Sclences and Tro~ orasacont ae of the Councll on African aAffaite, Chairman of the American The sane article reported that he was a witness before store the en Tenney teletive (cals fornia) Comxission on Un-American Activities in Los incelern’ ce tober 7, 196. shen asked if he thought Fusele in 1917 was - iseal country in te test Narxim, he gaid, "No, I think .thebest country to test the principles of Marxisu might be the America of today. Ruspis in 1917 was too poore* He said he was not @ Cecmunist but that “ccocceccca® & Negro" he wae "inevitably attracted to the Anti-Fascist Hovementescessese” : 100=12304=§ ub A ae ae -~ fant abe O 4a Z PO ee ee ee ee ee a Mw ACF LU AGS UL LUMA Vy 2p MLAS SER AVI Tee nh 2th reported and he is quoted as having said that “regardless of Russia's totali- - tarian features, it was a country which had established equality of peoples ef black, white and yellow snd where a derogatory use of the word ‘Jew! brought a jeil sentence.* 100-1230-Sub & ghe faily worker of October 11, 1946, in reporting this same inforua- tion quoted Hobeson as having told Senatorg Tenne that the existence of his Comittee was evidence of the fact that Lem lives. He was asked © if he was a Communist. He replied that he characterised hinself as an -
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