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i, Sane NY 1090-25857 | CONEY the Peekskill $2,000,000 Federal damage suit by ROBESON and twenty-seven others against Westchester County and New York State officials. According to the informant, ROBESON did not. make a speech at this rally but sang many a folk songs for the audience. “<T , In April 1950 Confidential cco i advised that the Westchester Peekskill Committee was a Communist Party front organization. “/r . On April &, 1950 Confidential Informant T-6, of know / . —— reliability, advised that PaUL ROBESON was & concealed membér of the Commmist Party On April 12, 1950 Confidential Informant ce Ta that he moa 4 had attended a tFreedom ealiy” sponsored by the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Comuittee at the Manhattan Center on this date. Mt, According to the informant PAUL ROBESON had been one of the Speakers at this rally and,in his speech, had said that "The U.S. » dnchelary and other powers are trying te bring back world Fascism." The informant stated that ROBESON, in his speech, also made the following comments: "He was in Europe one year ago, he saw the Marshall Plan going from worse to worse. The people of Europe will not allow fascism to put its foot back there. The US can_not trifle with the people, they did not trifle with the ainers and would not have trifled with iron and steel if not for some stool pigeons, but they will not trifle with the negro people, there are 15 million of them in this country and they might not be willing to die so easily, they might prove unhealthy. They want to take over Africa but they are afraid, it-might also prove unhealthy. The US has brought freedom to miners in Chile as the fredom loving man from Chile, now : visiting us tel]_us. In Africa there are 8 million negroes against 2 million whites and 8 millions throwing rocks to 2 millions can get awful rough. First 10, 11 and 25, and they are talking of jailing thousands of americans. Denis will be piled like the many others. We americans should feel ashamed to stand by doing nothing. I work hard, but I still feel ashaned, I can_not do more. Where are the million voters we got a couple of years ago. where are the thouands voters we got last year? We are loosing millions of followers, they are afraid to defend the 25, then just remember the. history CONDENTIAL