SCCWP - Support of Individual Communists
Template:TOCnestleft Sponsors of the Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace who Supported Individual Communists, as listed in the Review of the Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace which was published by the Committee on Un-American Activities, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., on April 19, 1949.[1]
The following is a list of communists, and below each, a list of sponsors of the SCCWP who supported them - often as members of groups specifically set up for them.
Israel Amter
Citizens Committee for Amter
Committee for I. Amter's Candidacy
Ella Reeve Bloor (Mother)
Mother Bloor Banquet
Held Jan. 24, 1936
Mother Bloor birthday celebration
Held in 1937
Mother Bloor seventy-fifth birthday celebration
Mother Bloor's eighty-fifth birthday banquet
Held Jan. 24, 1936
- Herbert Aptheker
- Will Geer
- Paul Robeson
- Marc Blitzstein
- William Gropper
- Harry Ward
- Muriel Draper
- Rockwell Kent
- Gene Weltfish
- Howard Fast
- Alfred Kreymborg
Joseph R. Brodsky
Earl Browder
- Charles B. Ackley
- Rockwell Kent
- Louis Adamic
- Robert Josephy
- Anton Carlson
- Joseph H. Levy
- Earl B. Dickerson
- Robert Morss Lovett
- Lillian Hellman
- A. B. Magil
- Kenneth Spencer
- Harry F. Ward
- Ira Wolfert
The following were signers of a protest against ban on Browder speech October 17, 1936:
Provisional Committee to free Earl Browder, 1941
National Free Browder Congress, 1942
- W. E. B. DuBois
- Charles A. Hill
- John P. Peters
- Henry Pratt Fairchild
- Jack R. McMichael
- Arthur Upham Pope
- Joseph Fletcher
Citizens committee to free Earl Browder, 1942
- Mordecai Bauman
- Minna Harkavy
- Walter Rautenstrauch
- Edwin Berry Burgum
- Charles A. Hill
- F. Hastings Smythe
- Earl Dickerson
- F. O. Matthiessen
- Bernhard J. Stern
- W. E. B. DuBois
- Jack R. McMichael
- Dirk J. Struik
- Henry Pratt Fairchild
Committee of Professional Groups for Browder and Ford, 1936
- Marc Blitzstein
- William Gropper
- Robert M. Coates
- Langston Hughes
- Aaron Copland
- Rockwell Kent
- Edwin Seaver
- Max Weber
- Ella Winter
James Ford
Committee of Professional Groups for Browder and Ford, 1936
- Marc Blitzstein
- William Gropper
- Robert M. Coates
- Langston Hughes
- Aaron Copland
- Rockwell Kent
- Edwin Seaver
- Max Weber
- Ella Winter
League of Professional Groups for Foster and Ford
- Kyle Crichton
- Matthew Josephson
- Edwin Seaver
- Adolf Dehn
- Alfred Kreymborg
- Ella Winter
- Langston Hughes
William Z. Foster
League of Professional Groups for Foster and Ford
- Kyle Crichton
- Matthew Josephson
- Edwin Seaver
- Adolf Dehn
- Alfred Kreymborg
- Ella Winter
- Langston Hughes
Sam Darcy
The following were signatories of an appeal on behalf of Darcy issued by the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties in 1940:
- Thomas Addis
- Philip Klein
- Marc Blitzstein
- Albert Maltz
- Dorothy Brewster
- F. O. Matthiessen
- Edwin Berry Burgum
- Louis F. McCabe
- Olin Downes
- Jack R. McMichael
- W. Alphaeus Hunton
- George L. Paine
- Robert Josephy
- John P. Peters
- Rockwell Kent
- Bertha C. Reynolds
- Herman Shumlin
- Alfred K. Stern
- Bernhard J. Stern
- Donald Ogden Stewart
- Harry F. Ward
- Max Weber
- Thomas Woody
Schneiderman-Darcy defense committee
William Schneiderman
Schneiderman-Darcy defense committee
Benjamin J. Davis
Committee for the reelection of Davis
Committee for the reelection of Benjamin J. Davis, Communist, 1945
- Howard Bay
- Leonard Bernstein
- Marc Blitzstein
- Richard O. Boyer
- Henrietta Buckmaster
- Edward Chodorov
- Howard Da Silva
- Adolph Dehn
- Anton Dolin
- Olin Downes
- Muriel Draper
- Howard Fast
- Jose Ferrer
- Will Geer
- Minna Harkavy
- Leo Huberman
- Langston Hughes
- Crockett Johnson
- Rockwell Kent
- Alfred Kreymborg
- Paul Robeson
- Kenneth Spencer
- William M. Sweets
- Helen Tamiris
- Fredi Washington
Citizens Committee for Robert Thompson and Benjamin J. Davis
- Herbert Aptheker
- Edward Chodorov
- Arnaud D'Usseau
- Howard Fast
- James Gow
- Shirley Graham
- Minna Harkavy
- Ray Lev
- Paul Robeson
- Howard Selsam
- Fredi Washington
Robert Thompson
Civil Rights Congress protest on attack on Robert Thompson
Citizens Committee for Robert Thompson and Benjamin J. Davis
- Herbert Aptheker
- Edward Chodorov
- Arnaud D'Usseau
- Howard Fast
- James Gow
- Shirley Graham
- Minna Harkavy
- Ray Lev
- Paul Robeson
- Howard Selsam
- Fredi Washington
Signer of telegram in behalf of Robert Thompson
Eugene Dennis
Civil Rights Congress, meeting defending Dennis, 1947
Signer of protest against prosecution of Dennis June 8, 1947
Georgi Dimitrov
General Secretary, Communist International
Reichstag Fire Trial Anniversary Committee
declaration honoring Dimitrov, 1943
- Louis Adamic
- Philip Evergood
- Kenneth Leslie
- Thomas Addis
- Henry Pratt Fairchild
- Ray Lev
- Zlatko Balokovic
- Howard Fast
- Arthur Upham Pope
- Howard Bay
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- Walter Rautenstrauch
- Algernon D. Black
- Morton Gould
- Bertha C. Reynolds
- Millen Brand
- William Gropper
- Bela Schick
- Henrietta Buckmaster
- Lillian Hellman
- Margaret Schlauch
- Edwin Berry Burgum
- Chester E. Hodgson
- Guy Emery Shipler
- David Burliuk
- Langston Hughes
- F. Hastings Smythe
- Edward Chodorov
- Albert E. Kahn
- Donald Ogden Stewart
- Leo M. Davidoff
- Rockwell Kent
- Dirk J. Struik
- Jo Davidson
- Leon Kroll
- Helen Tamiris
- Albert Einstein
- Ring Lardner
- Dalton Trumbo
- Guy Endore
- Emil Lengyel
- Max Weber
Gerhart Eisler
- Earl B. Dickerson
- Rockwell Kent
- Muriel Draper
- Abraham B. Magil
- Shirley Graham
- Albert Maltz
- David D. Jones
- Paul Robeson
- Frederick L. Schuman
- Harlow Shapley
- Kenneth Spencer
- Henry A. Wallace
American Committee for the Protection of Foreign Born
Participated in supporting Eisler
Civil Rights Congress
Participated in supporting Eisler
- Herbert J. Biberman
- Rockwell Kent
- Earl B. Dickerson
- Ring Lardner
- W. E. B. DuBois
- John Howard Lawson
- Philip Evergood
- Albert Maltz
- Howard Fast
- Thomas Mann
- David D. Jones
- Louis F. McCabe
- Albert E. Kahn
- Jack R. McMichael
- Garson Kanin
- Carey McWilliams
- Arthur W. Moulton
- Dorothy Parker
- Anton Refregier
- Harry F. Ward
- Gene Weltfish
- Max Weber
International Workers Order
Participated in supporting Eisler
Hanns Eisler
Signer of Petition to Attorney General Clerk in behalf of Hanns Eisler
Signer of Protest against deportation of Hanns Eisler
Sponsor of Hanns Eisler concert
Manolis Glezos
Greek Communist
Signer of telegram protesting sentence against Manolis Glezos
- John W. Darr
- Henry Pratt Fairchild
- John H. Lathrop
- Kenneth Leslie
- Eva Sikelianos
- Dirk Struik
- Harry F. Ward
William Gropper
Participants in Gropper celebration, 1939
Simon Gerson
- John Howland Lathrop
- Norman Mailer
- Robert S. Lynd
- Clyde R. Miller
- Bertha Reynolds
- Theodore O. Thackrey
Citizens Committee to Defend Representative Government
Supporting seating of Gerson, Communist, 1948
- Zlatko Balokovic
- W. E. B. DuBois
- John Howard Lawson
- Jonah E. Caplan
- Irwin Edman
- John T. McManus
- J. X. Cohen
- Haven Emerson
- James Waterman Wise
- Jo Davidson
- Henry Pratt Fairchild
- Albert Deutsch
- Uta Hagen
Statement to mayor and city council in behalf of Simon Gerson
February 16, 1948
League of American Writers
'The following members of the League of American Writers signed a petition, 1938, supporting Gerson
Citizens Committee for the Election of Simon W. Gerson, 1948
Gerson supporters, 1938
Leon Josephson
Appeal to President Truman in behalf of Leon Josephson, 1948
Civil Rights Congress
Statement supporting Josephson, 1948
International Workers Order, meeting defending Josephson
Mikhail Kalatozv
Soviet film representative
National Council of American-Soviet Friendship
Supported Kalatozv
La Rue McCormick
Communist candidate, California
Oscar Niemeyer
Brazilian Communist
Letter protesting ban on entrance of Oscar Niemeyer, 1948
Pablo Neruda
Chilean Communist
Committee of 102 writers and artists-protest arrest of Neruda
- Louis Adamic
- Thomas Bell
- Walter Bernstein
- Benjamin A. Botkin
- Richard Bover
- Millen Brand
- Dorothy Brewster
- Jo Davidson
- W. E. B. DuBois
- Irwin Edman
- Philip Evergood
- Sidney Finkelstein
- Barbara Giles
- Shirley Graham
- Robert Gwathmey
- Dashiell Hammett
- Stefan Heym
- Leo Huberman
- Matthew Josephson
- Robert Morss Lovett
- Eve Merriam
- Dorothy Parker
- Norman Rosten
- Agnes Smedley
- Raphael Soyer
- Louis Untermeyer
- Theodore Ward
- Jay Williams
- Maxine Wood
John Reed
John Reed Clubs
John Reed Club School
Morris Schapees
Schappes Defense Committee
- Thomas Addis
- Hockwell Kent
- Marc Blitzstein
- John Howard Lawson
- Dorothy Brewster
- F. O. Matthiessen
- Henrietta Buckmaster
- Jack R. McMichael
- Edwin Berry Burgum
- Margaret Schlauch
- Aaron Copland
- Bernhard Stern
- Dirk J. Struik
- Edna Lou Walton
- Harry F. Ward
- F. W. Weymouth
Plea Pardon for Morris Schappes
Ferdinand Smith
National Maritime Union Women's Auxiliary dance for Ferdinand Smith
Dinner for Ferdinand Smith, 1944
Francis Thompson
Coordinating Committee on Civil Liberties
Statement in support, January 19, 1948
- Ernest Boas
- Michael Heidelberger
- Theodore Hosebury
- John W. Darr
- Jack McMichael
- Gene Weltfish
- Jo Davidson
- Clyde Miller
Don West
Committee to Defend Don West, 1947
Support of Individual Communists, Miscellaneous
- Norman Corwin
- Albert Kahn
- Henry A. Wallace
- Muriel Draper
- Louis F. McCabe
- Harry F. Ward
- Howard Fast
- Jennings Perry
- Ella Winter
- Lillian Hellman
- Paul Robeson
- Langston Hughes
- O. John Rogge
Defense of arrested and indicted Communist leaders, 1948-49
Civil Rights Congress
Participated in activities in support of Communist leaders
- Thomas Addis
- John Howard Lawson
- John Darr
- Kenneth Leslie
- Albert Einstein
- Robert Morss Lovett
- Guy Endore
- Norman Mailer
- Henry Pratt Fairchild
- Albert Maltz
- Shirley Graham
- F. O. Matthiessen
- Charles A. Hill
- Carey McWilliams
- Kenneth de P. Hughes
- Paul Robeson
- Alphaeus Hunton
- O. John Rogge
- Frederick L. Schuman
- F. Hastings Smythe
- Kenneth Spencer
- Dirk Struik
- Mary Van Kleeck
- Max Weber
- Gene Weltfish
- Fritz Went
Independent Progressive Party
Attacked arrest of Communist Party leaders
Signer of Statement attacking arrest of Communist Party leaders, August 23, 1948
"Statement by Negro Americans"
Sponsored by the following in behalf of arrested Communist Party leaders
Statement urging dismissal of charges against Communist Party leaders
Signatories, November 6, 1948
Petition in behalf of Communist Party leaders
Signatories, November 6, 1948
Statement in behalf of 12 Communist leaders
Signatories, November 22, 1948
Statement in behalf of Communist Party leaders
Signatories, January 17, 1949
Protests against procedure in Communist Party leaders' trial
February 20, 1949
Committee for Free Political Advocacy
Signatories of letter in defense of Communist Party leaders
- Thomas Addis
- Bernard Baum
- Richard O. Boyer
- Theodore Brameld
- Edwin Berry Burgum
- David Burliuk
- Jonah E. Caplan
- Morris Carnovsky
- Serge Chermayeff
- Howard Da Silva
- Albert Deutsch
- Earl B. Dickerson
- W. E. B. DuBois
- Guy Endore
- Philip Evergood
- Henry Pratt Fairchild
- Howard Fast
- Shirley Graham
- Robert Gwathmey
- Crockett Johnson
- Albert E. Kahn
- Alfred Kreymborg
- Corliss Lamont
- Millard Lampell
- Kenneth Leslie
- Oliver S. Loud
- Carey McWilliams
- Albert Maltz
- F. O. Matthiessen
- Curtis D. MacDougall
- Philip Morrison
- Willard Motley
- Scott Nearing
- Clifford Odets
- Linus Pauling
- Anton Refregier
- Howard Bay
- Rose Russell
- John Sloan
- Agnes Smedley
- Paul Strand
- Arthur Szyk
- Dalton Trumbo
- Louis Untermeyer
- Mary Van Kleeck
- Max Weber
- Frank W. Weymouth
References
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- ↑ Review of the Scientific and Cultural Conference for World Peace by the Committee on Un-American Activities, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., April 19, 1949