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JVW:RBJ (Chaka - C,oss) NY 100-31752 (TR. 8/2/49) CROSS-EXAMINATION BY MCGOHEY (TR. l1,20l) CHAKA admitted that he had attended the July, 1948 Ohio State. Convention and said he heard FosteR speak there. He said that FosTER did not say. any of the things attributed to him by CumMINGs and he was denying the statements. attributed to FOsTER by BLANC and CUMMINGS. He was thon asked to tell in his own words what FOSTER did say.. CHAKA stated that FostER spoke briefly, beginning his talk by congratulating Cleveland and that city's baseball team for being the first in the American League to take a negro into professional baseball. FOstER had pointed out that SAtchEL.. RAIge,_one of the-greatest pitchers in the-past twenty years had taken so long to the people's movements in Europe and declared that the people of the world want. peace and that in case of war between the United States and the Soviet Union and. the democracies, imperialist America in such an imperialist war would not find any allies among those European peoplos.. TR. ll,202) CHAKA was asked if F0sTER had said "we needed the kind of leader- nep oyn go onssy fey oyn panone endoed unngneny eu? dnnnn pnnon dnag do dyg ut dgys CHAKA said that FoslER did not put it exactly that way as he remembered. However, Jo uoyasenb eygu sem Aep ey? Jo ensst fey ey? yey? ptes pey darsOd neyn Aes ptp 6y fighting for peace and for an expanding American Democracy." He was asked if FosTER had said that the people of Europe would not fight in such an imperialistic war be-- tween the United States and the Soviet Union. CHAKA said that FOstER did not put it that way. He was asked if FosteR had indicated that the democracies of Europe would be on the side of Russia or against the United States in such a war. CHAKA recalled that FosteR had stated that in the event of an imperialist war, the imperialists in the United States would not find any allies among the European peoples. He was asked if FosTeR did or did not say that the people of Europe would not fight such an imperialistic war. CHAkA said he did not remember such a statement on the part of FOS TER. (TR. l1,203) It was pointed out to CHAKA that the witness HASHMALL had, according. to page l0,33l of the Transcript, tostified that FostER had said "the people of Europe would not fight such an imperialistic war." ChAkA was asked if he disagreed with HASHMALL on that. (R. ll,204) GlADstEIN offered objection that it was not proper cross-- examination, one of his reasons being that reference had only been made would be allowed in that form.. (TR. ll,2o6) Upon restatement of the question for the benefit of the witness, SAch3R objected but was overruled. 16