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Communist Party) was in Atlanta Penitentiary serving a sentence involving his fraudulent passports. the Communist Partys front which agitated for his release was known as the Citizens Committee to Free Earl Browder (Special Committee on UnAmerican Activities in Report 1311 of Mar. 29. 1944). the Attorney General of the United States had cited the Citizens Committee as Communist (CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. vol. 88. pt. 6. p. 7447. and press release of Apr. 27. 1949). Dr. DuBois was a member of the Citizens Committee * * *In 1942. as shown on their letterhead dated February 11. 1942. he sponsored a dinner of the group. according to the Daily Worker of February 5. 1942. and signed the call to the National Free Browder Congress. as shown in the Daily Worker of February 25. 1942. pages 1 and 4. "A 1950 letterhead of the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born carries the name of Dr. W. E. B. DuBols in a list of sponsors of that organization. the same information appears on an undated letterhead of the group. distributing a speech of Abner Green at the conference of December 23. 1950. a letterhead of the Midwest Committee for Protection of Foreign Born dated April 30. 1951. names him as a national sponsor of the organization. He signed the groups statement opposing the Hobbs bill (Daily Worker. July 25. 1950. p. 4). he signed their statement opposing denaturalization (Daily Worker of Aug. 10 1950. p. 5). and signed a telegram prepared and dispatched by the organization to the Attorney General of the United States. protesting holding nine noncitizens without bail under the McCarran Act. (Daily Worker of Nov. 24. 1952. p. 3). He was also listed in the Daily worker of October 21. 1954 (p. 2) as one of the 95 sponsors of the National Conference to Defend the Rights of Foreign Born Americans. to be held December 11 through 12 in New York City by the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born. "The special committee cited the American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born as one of the oldest auxiliaries of the Communist Party in the United States (report of Mar. 29. 1944: also cited in report of June 25. 1942): the Attorney General cited the organization as subversive and Communist (press releases of June 1 and Sept. 21. 1948. also redesignated pursuant to Executive Order No. 10450. see consolidated list of Apr. 1. 1954). "For years. the Communists have put forth the greatest efforts to capture the entire American Labor Party throughout New York State. They succeeded in capturing the Manhattan and Brooklyn section of the American Labor Party but outside of New York City. they have been unable to win control (Special Committees Rept. 1311 of Mar. 29. 1944). Dr.