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NY 100-25776 DETAILS: The subject of this case is carried as a'key figure in the New York Field Division. nThg/Big Sea", published by A. A. KN0PF, in l940, is an autobiography of LANGsTON HUGHEs, and is summarized as.follows: HuGhEs was born February l, l902 at Joplin, lissouri.. His early youth was spent in Lawrence, Kansas. In l9l6, he moved to Cleveland .with his mother, shere he.remained until he had copleted his high school education at Central High. In l920, he visited his father; sho was living in Mexico, and stayed with him for approximately a year. In September of 1921, he enrolled at Columbia University in New York, shere he completed a one year's ur nooans puny aan puanne on awg? punng ay 'neae aues annn Yugg asmnn New York under the guidance of LUDIG LE ISOHN end HEYWOOD DROUN. At thc end of the school year, he rent to sea, and from that time until 1926, he drifted about in various countries of Europe, includ-- ing Italy, France, and Spain. He had begun to write poetry prior to his going to sea. As a result of his talent in this field, he was given a scholarship to attend Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. He began his studies at this school in l926, and completed his course there in three years. A review of the files of the Ne York Field Division was. made, and the folloring infornation nas reflected:.. Confidential Informant T-1 advised that subject first became active in the '.orkers lovenent and interested in social conditions in 1930; that he had visited Russia in l933; and that he was a correspondent in Madrid, Spain, durang the Spanish Civil '.ar. Confidential Informant T-2 advised that one SOnyA SROLL, with the alias JUE cROLL; a shite person, married LANGSTON HUGHES sometime in l932, and they had a child. In the Daily lorker, edition dated September l, l933, on page 5, the subject is stated to have written an article entitled gloscow Jugnt go asodmd aun nor aoaaani on dgn aty saqgaaap ay yognn u? yanl pue a picture qelack and hite". He stated that he admired the Soviet system for its non raca/prejudice, and he stated that all places were open to him as he possessed credentials of the INTERLATIONAL UNION OF REVOLUTIONARY RITERS.