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Lue . aera) © feaeen Moet ore PaReeremcore. : Miail anny . WY 100-25257 — The United May Day Committee has been declared by the Attorney General as coming within the purview of Executive Order 9835. ae iid cary : os The New York "Journal American" issue of Mareh 13, 1950 ae _ reported that "PAUL ROBESON, pro-Commnist Negro singer, has been taken off & o rs. EFLEANORE ROOSEVELT'S television program next Sunday, it was announced - todey by CHARLES R. DENNY, Executive Vice President of NBC. ROSESON'S removal followed hundreds of complaints from Negro leaders and spokesmen for veterans organizations.” guest on Mrs. RCOVEVELS'S program on March 19, 1950 and was to bave parti- cipated in a discussion on "the position of the Negro in American Political life." { ; The above article reported that ROBESON was to have been a The "Daily Worker" issue of March 17, 1950, page °, eclum 2, reported thet "PADI. ROBESON told a cheering audience of fifteen theusaad last night in the South Side Negro Commanity in Chicago that 'I won't be silenced' despite being banned from Mrs» ELEANOR ROOSEVILT'S NBC television show." ecotained an article entitled "Pickets Blast NBC Video Censorship of Rebinson." This article reported that the Tarlem Trade Union Council ies sponsored a picket demonstration on March 16, 1950 befere the main entrance a of Radio City. The article further reported that the demonstration was in a protest "against the banning of PAUL ROBESON from a scheduled eppearance on OF Mrs. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT'S Sunday television program." ; Confidential Informant i of known reliability, in iw — QB acvised thet the Harlem Trade Union Youncil is a Commnist Party b [D> i front organization and that its officers are members of the Communist Party. ( The "Daily Worker" issue of March 17, 1950, page 7, column i, | The "Amsterdam News" issue of March 18, 1950, page 6, colum 2, contcined an article entitled "ROBESON Concert to Raise Funds for Peekskill Suit." In this article it was reflected that "PAUL ROBESON will sing at a concert to raise funds for the financing of the two'million dollar ~6- /)