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. / ett six years in the United States Penitentiary at Atlents, Georzia. On November 4, 1941, both were cffered conditional releases which they refused. Both men Were releasec from Atlante Penitentiary on June 3, 1943, and on June 9, 1943, Campos entered Colwabia Eospital in New York City. He refused to accept the concitional release which hed been offered, stating he considered it humilieting and dishonorcble to submit to further sunervision by the United States Govern- mente On September 17, 1943, Earl Browder, then head of the Commmist Party ~ in the United States, wrote Campos at the Colunbia Hospital end assured him the Cormcunist Party would cooverete fully in his causee ss Buck later interested iirs. Eleanor Roosevelt in Campos! casée Council on Africen Affairs [eee The headquarters of the Council on Africen Affeirs is loceted in Kew York City and hes been in existence since 1941. It is a successor to the international Cozmnittee on African Affairs, and ves orgenized ostensibly for the purzose of studying conditions of life and work in Africa and to prepare publi- cations acqueintins the public with such conditions. This orzanization was dominated by the Comzunist Party almost from its inceptione The Executive Director of this orcanization is Dr. Linx Yercan, a Hegro, anc the Chairncn is Paul Mebeson, also & Uesro, both of whon, according to information received from the iilitery Intellirence Division in lew York City, are Com-unists.e On Aoril 6, 1942, Specie s;cnt- Si «: J of the lew York Field Division attended a meetings at Manhatten Center, lew York City, which had been called by the Council on African Affairse In addition to Miss Buck, the sveaxers at this meetings were: ix Yersen; Lillien Hellman, well-- known pleyirisnt; Joseph Curran, President of the National Laritime Union, CIO; by 7C rervert Acar, udivor of the Lovisville Courier Jpurnal; Faul Robeson; and Channing Tobias, e@ close associate of iiax Yerran.e It is said an eudience of approximately 5,000 middle-class Comaunists attended this meeting. In eddition to tne above-mentioned speel:ers, Ferdinand Soith, Secretary of the Netional Leritime Union, CIC, S olso on the sveakers pletforme In tieir addresses, Pobeson, Yersen and Curren ell ursed the inncdicte openins of a second front in order to aid Soviet Russia in its creat strucslee Institute on jiinorities On April 30, 1943, Pearl S. Suck: spolte to the Institute on Minorities which wes held under the auspices of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Youth Corrittee for Venocracy. the latter croup was a well-imown Cormunist-front orzanizatione -12-