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Director, FBI March 16, 1950 “She stated that ik. everywhere was ‘interested jn the negro - oF question in the United Statew and she further stated that the delegates from - India were most interested, She stated that she had to tell them, of course, | that the negro was not a citizen and she stated that the delezates replied _"Oh, your Constitution and the Bill of Rights is a wonderful thing". She stated that ashe admitted this but that she did not tell them that the Constitution the Billi of kights were in mothballs in Washington most of the time and were | only taken out for airings at tines for such occasions as the Freedom Train, During the open forum period, one individual inquired it it was ‘not ~ true that slave labor camps existed in Russia. Subject pointed out that she had a brother who is a Soviet citizen and who has Lived in Russia for thirteen years, that he travels with a circus and 4s married to a Russian girl. She _ stated that he has told her that he has never seen a slave camp and has never _ met anyone who knew anyone who went to such a camp, She stated she was, | - therefore, inclined to doubt these stories eppearing in| the American newspapers: ., concerning such camps in tmussia, ee , “* Reverend PRINCE A.G28Y, JRe, ‘Minister of the Centennial christian mre Church, inguired about the status of religion in the USSR, and subject pointed out that freedan existed for ali denominations in “ussia, including Jews, Catholics, and Protestants. She stated that people were free to attend church - or not to attend, and declared that Russia just separated the ehurch from the 7 43> business of the state. . a Soe An individual ‘tpquired if she considered eolonialisn and the pressint Russian so-called satellite states the same thing... She stated she did not ; oo ' because colonialism meant controlling and exploiting while a satellite was just influenced, She stated that the Eastern states of Europe were influenced by the USSR while the Western states were influenced by the United States, so she urged that all be fair about the matter and that if we discuss satellite states then . all satellite states should be cons idered. 7 SAM MANEWITZ, who according to ea been a long bine ( GP menber ~ bt “and the fathér of ROBERT MANS/ITZ, supra, that the American press conveys the idea that the USSR was persecuting the Jewish people, and he stated that he . _ desired to know if there is any truth to this assertion. She stated that she did not know but pointed out that since the fundamental principle of socialism. - was non~discrimination, she doubted very mich that any citizen was persecuted in the USSR because of race, color or creed. She added that many Jews hold nigh few. ££. BL _ Tin an positions in the a