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Paul Robeson Sr — Part 24
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Director, FBI - 7 _ | ee 1, 1950
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oO TBA TIAL
In discussing the Cardinal MINDSZENTY case, she stated that it was
her first impression that it was of religious persecution and she had originally
felt badly ab about it but pointed cut that after she learned that Cardinal
MINDSZENTY had owned hundreds of acres of land and had practically slave labor .
on his land, she knew that her first impression had been wrong, She stated that
she made inquiries of some Italians about the MINDZENTY case and they told her
that they were too busy Proves. their om bishops from the Communists to have
much time for this case. . ee
- “oe . re
A
4n individual inquired as to the great obstacle to peace and she
replied "har and all this talk of war*, Another individual imoujred if she
thought there was any chance of the United States and the USSR getting — aa
together, and she stated that she thought there was inasmuch as all have to live
in the same world, Many inquiries were made concerning the A-bomb, and she stated
_ she knew nothing about this, . :
Near the end of this discussion; ghe stated that any name 5 es i] fe
uch as "yellow dee", Mairty | Jews > Sniggers in the USSR ¥ was punishable by & fine
and jail term <= .- .4:-~
* Ls ” . a ~
aonerenalil also furnished a leaflet containing a biographical sketch. \4
of subjec which was distributed at instant meeting which is being retained in
the files of this office along with the program mentioned above. This biographical
sketch is as follows:
uot i ialod, odio a Pettit eee diate ee
ba ‘ESLANDA GOODE ROBESON _
_Asthgr, Traveler, Anthropologist, Lecturer
Bor: “Born in Washington, De C. Her father, who died when she was very y young,
fo was one of the first Negroes t to graduate from Nortiwestern University. Pope bo
; tHer grandfather, Francis Lewisfardoz0, founded Avery University, the
first school for Negroes in South Carolina, He was Secretary of State and
Secretary of the Treasury of South Carolina in the Reconstruction period.
a - "Eslanda Goode attended public ‘schools firet in Washington, then in Har~
bet lem. She took her degree in chemistry at Teachers Collkge, Columbia Univ-
ae tt ersity, Later she did graduate work in anthropologye ‘She. has also studied -
in universities in Europe and Africas . 2 a .
fe etn ~ miss Goode met and married raul Acbeson,’ law graduate, Phi Beta ‘eps, |
ss and one of America's great football players and athletes. _ Tey have one
. son, rene ore - ee
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