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aa sy PH 100=36015 CONFIDENTIAL : ORGANIZATIONS WITH WHICH THE SUBJECT _ _ | --HAS BED IDENTIFIED AS A MEMBER OR SPEAKER 22 See te A retterhead of ‘the Inter-Racial Discussion Group, made ‘available by an ‘ ' gnknown source, listed PEARL BUCK as an invited speaker at an. inter-Racial - Unity public meeting held October 20, 1943 at the Academy of Music, Phila~ @delphia, Pas” Tt was not. known whether, Miss ‘BUCK estaally spoke 8 at this . a oe ; of ite time to phi lose phical ‘discussion of pocial problens and various races_ were represented. Most of the original menbers, about 20 or 30 persens, | were people of means and social standing in their respective. comminitiess © These members dropped out following the infiltration of the group by : persons who were primarily interested jim agitation. The informant indicated that told hin that he bad ot One ee OE aan the SOCIALIST ‘WORKERS PARET 1 was , cited by ‘the Attorney ‘General ‘of the United - States on September 21, 1946 as a Commnist subversive erganisation which ‘ sought to alter the form of Government of the. United States by unconstitutional means and was therefore within the purview of. Executive Order: 98350 . The October 6, ‘15h5 issue of the Philadelphia ‘aafre-kmerican,* a daily news- ' paper, reflects that PEARL BUCK was listed as one of the speakers in a series _ of lectures to be held under the auspices of the Lansdowne, Pa., Public _. School Systen. It was indicated that this series was to be given by out standing liberals to combat prejudice and bring ® about a better comamndty attitude < on racial ‘and religious matters. ‘SS & #3 Avised that PEARL BUCK was - “sch on the topic : @ People United Nations," at ‘the Girls igh Sehool Anditorius, Teh ‘and Spring Garden Streets, Philadelphia, Pa., on March 11, 1948. ‘This lecture was under the auspices of the Philadelphia -s- eg hw@turia’