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Paul Robeson Sr — Part 25
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in Hartford on October 12, 1950, and she stated, ny cantt see how we can
exist without peace. “War anywhere is war everywhere. "Unleas we vote
Brg for peace we may even have war here, "% vote for either the Republican
ue or Democratic Parties is not going to give us peace. “They are working
ae very hard for war".
GPR csvises that ne attended a Peoples Party meeting on
eT held at This informant stated
ee that the Rev, DUDLEY BURR was Chairman and after the opening remarks he
esd introduced Mrs. ROBESON, who stated that "she has never changed her ming
caw A and never will but will continue to fight for the better way of living".
of . A discussion was then held on the Mundt-HcCarran Bill and it was urged that
members should send telegrams not to the President but to their Congressmen K)C
asking them to vote against it,
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— ised that on he attended a Peo mesting at
Most 9o e nominees for the Peoples Party slate’ were in attendance. Mra,
ROBESON spoke saying that the "biggest mistake we make is mnder-estimating
ourselves. "The Republican and Democratic Parties are not. "The Democratic
Party has brought a Negro in from out of state to say they have a Negro fight~
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here for ten years and she was not brought in from ancther state. She said
that because many people did not see her they think she is in Russia. This
informant stated that. many members of the Communist Party in Hartford and
New Haven were in attendance at this meeting.
The October 25, 1950 issue of the Bridgeport Telegram sates that Dr. ESLANDA G.
(VROBESON would speak that night at a Peoples Party rally at the Barnum Hoter
in Bridgeport and that in a radio broadcast over Station BNAB at 7:h5 PeMe,
eceding the rally she would discuss the status of the Negro in Bridgeport
patticularly with respect to Living and working conditions s
| GB aivisea that the Subject spoke of her political campaign and "how she had
ried to get experience from the other parties but has found out that they have
nothing to offer and that we can learn nothing from them". This was at a
Peoples Party meeting held at the Hotel Barmum, Bridgeport, Connecticut,
Young Progressives of America
The May 15, 1950 edition of the Connecticut Campus, official newspaper of the
University of Connecticut, at Storrs, Connecticut, contained an article which
reflected that the Subject on May 13, 1950 addressed a group of students at the
University of Connecticut under the auspices of the Young Progressives of
America. In this address she stated, "I think anyone who thinks McCarthy is
at which
ing for them." She stated that she was going to remind them that she has lived
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