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wa WY 100-25857 is co-chairman, The followi pg individuals were also listed ¢s haying spoken at the meeting: gy BENJAMIN IK PAMS, IR., Representative ITQMATCANTONO. | and tr. 8. Fi ese kD OTe SF 7 On Confidential Informant a of know eaten, [D advised that he had attended the Welcome Home Rally for PAUL ROBESON, which was held on June 19th at the Rockland Palace. The informant stated that in his speech to the audience ROBESON had said that he was not afraid of . the Communists and that he would"defend them as they have defended us, the Negro people." The informant further advised that ROBESON had told the audience in his speech that at the Paris Conference, "I said it was unthink- able that the Negro people of America and elsewhere in the world could be - # =~——~ dram into a war “with the U. S.8.R.8 opm a as es = <= oa of known reliability, advised on: oy ~ a@ rally on June 28th at aoe Square a en which had bean sponsored by the Civil Rights Congress. e informant iP said that the principal speakers had been PAUL ROBESON "Bsa Deets and ee _ BENJANIN J. DAVIS. According to the informant, ROBESON'S first words in greeting the audience had been, "I am back from Europe to fight for the twelve brave