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Henry
HENRY
Born
CUTIO
11, 1914,
cille Bingham
souri
about 1927.
The family
Joseph Winston
died there on October 28, 1958.
separated for many years.
He and hi
fe had been
Winston had several sisters and a brother, namely.
Dora Humphrey, Lillie Belle Black, Roberta Smath, and Otis D.
Winston. Another sister, Anna Lee McConico, is dead.
Apparently none of Winston's family ever became affiliated
with the CPUSA.
B. Marital Status
On May 2, 1911, Henry winston and Edae Lerner, a
white native-bor New Yorker, were married in Brooklyn, New York.
Edna was born April 23, 1918. Her father w
Lorn in Russia,
and her mother in Austria. Henry and Edna have two children,
Larry Douglas, born February 14, 1947, and Judith Anne, born
September 25, 1950, both in New York City.
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1961 but inston remained abroad for two and a half years.
this period he
eat examination and treatment by Soviet
doctors for his virtualindness On his ret
He states
During
had been to East German twice and had attended Congresses of the
Communist Parties in Hungary Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria, in
addition to having traveled extensively in the Soviet Union.
has traveled to
Winston has indicated that he has traveled to many
socialist countries throughout the world, including Red China
as well as Korea, Indonesia, and other places, where he had
discussed the international communist movement and the problems
connected therewith.
Winston with his wife, Fern, went to Santiago, Chile,
in October, 1965, to attend the 13th Congress of the Chilean
Communist Party as a delegate-observer.
In March, 1966, they traveled to the Soviet Union to
attend the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet
Union. They revisited that country in the Fail of 1907, as part
of the official delegation of the CPUSA, to attend the 50in
AnniverYA
1968 they returned to
1st Berlin.
Winston together with Gus H11
delegation to the Kor 13. Conference of Communi
Parties
beruing June 3
inston was
ected into the
February 17, 1912, and honorably discharged on
with the rank of Tecmician Fit Class,
Service he acted as a "pabric relations re
Tober 311915.
kuch of hi
and was
attached to the London Public Relations Office of the Negro
Interest Section.
G2 Health,
On January 12, 1960, authorities
Penitentiary at Terra Hant
Winston WRS
Incarcerated, stated that he was inspired to be losing
This equilibrium. Later that
neuropsychiatrist from Innapolis wives this ba that
Winstone by ;
3 b
he land intercranial pressure which could be channel by
tumor or a brain hemorrhage reshitian ymhgh of id prenavlet
As a consequence, Minston was operated en ren 2, 1900,
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tion of his gait was noted, and he was considered to be legally
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blind.
On June 30, 1981, he was released from prison following
commutation of his sentence by President Remed
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Winston advised that coctors
in the Soviet Union told, Winston that he must return to that
country for hospita
tion and treatment twice
a your for
periods of four to six, ccks. This treatment
injections, exercises, acdicine, and
the blood pressur
and enable a
to see,
consisting
osed to reduce.
least, ome
contrast between dark and light.
Winston has claimed on numerous occasions that, while
He was in prison, the Government doctors made a wrong diagnosis
his ailment and. as a result, he is how blinc. On November 7,
1960, while in prison. inston brought suit against the C..
Tent for one million collars under the receral Torts Claims
that the failure of prison author tecs to properly
his condition and to treat him for a rain tumor had
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A. History
Winston joined the FCE in January, 1931, and became
member of the CPUSA in the Summer of 1931. In December, 1932,
he left Frasas City, Missouri, asta YCL delegate to the National
Hunger March in Washington, D. C., and then proceeded to New York
City, where he worked for The "Young Werker," official orpna
the YOR.
In 1933, he was Chairmue of the harlem Youth Section
of the Enemployed Councils and was later named Chuirión of the
Youth Section of the Unemployed Council for the New York City
metropolitan area. From April through November,
1933, he was
Section Organized
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From November, 1933, Lu May 1935,
in the Soviet
where he attended the Lein School. Upon his return to
the United States, he became Organizational Secretary of the
YCL in Cleveland and was named to the Ohio District Committee of
the YCL In March 1936 Winston was named YCL National
Organizational Secretary, and in May
National Adnistrative Secretary
1937
was elected YCE
Winston was active in the YCL as editor of the "Young
official magazitie of the YCL aud as
Communist Review
Director of the YCL Training School held at Camp Beacon,
New York, during 1937 and 1938. He was reelected YCL National
Administrative Secretary in May, 1939, and held this office
until his induction into the Army in February, 1942.
in June
Winston became a member of the CPUSA National Committee
1940; was elected a member of the Communist Political
Association National Committee while serving in the Armed Forces
in 1944; and was renamed to the CPUSA National Committee in July,
1945.
From October, 1945, to July, 1946, he served as Secretary
of the Party's National Negro Commission. He was named a member of
the editorial Staff of "Political Affairs" in 1946. In July, 1946,
he was elected a member of the Party's National Board and appointed
CPUSA National Organizational Secretary. He held the latter position
until his disappearance into the Party's underground apparatus in July,
1951.
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the 18th
Convention of the CPUSA in June, 1966, he was elected
CPUS National Chairman
Winston-
Current Activity
currently CPUSA National Chairman. and
member of the Secretariat, the National Executive Board and the
National Committee
Congressional Testimony
Winston testified before the Senate Armed Services
Committee on April 2, 1948, on behalf of the CPUSA in opposition
to universal military training and the draft.
D. Indictments and Arrests
Kinstor, was dicted on July 20, 1915, under conspiracy
provisions of the Smith Act of 1940. He was tried, convicted,..
Sentenced to ive years imprisonment, and fined $10,000 but
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III. Characterization
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Physical apocarance
Winston is six feet tall. He is stockily built,.
weighing around 200 pounds. He has black hair, brown eyes, and
pockmarked. facc He dresses neatly, wears 4 suit and tie, and
appears to be well groomed at all times.
B.
Habits and IdiosyncrasiES
Because of His near-total blingness, Winston has to
by led or driven around, except when ne is at home or at
PUSA Readquarters.
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and in this
Way is able to keep informed about national and world events
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terror to
Associates and coworkers, he is arrogant and domineering.
Nevertheless, Winston is considered to be in effective
his
and
and popular Party leader among the membership, white, as well
black. He has an engaging personality And is Always smiling or
laughing. Because of his pleasant, cooperative demeanor,
rough humor and wisecracking, and his lack of temper, he enjoys
He seems to like everyone,
in easy relationship with people.
friendly manner has ingratiated him with the rulk and file.
In his rise to the top leadership, Wanston was extremely
careful to faithfully follow the Soviet and the prevailing CPUSA
ling at all times and to be in tune with the thinking of his
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displayed any
arty line.
ende
or itiative, but
the
those who:
avoided becoming angrily contentious in debate
discussion because he wanted to be on the side
counted most in terms of authority and leaders
worked
well with people on eemittees, but became fira in issues
of meme were at saka nd he knew the desires el higner
Cofficiais He never
led with a person
or standing, but went along as a "good guy.
higher authority
Winston tays clear of personal Intrigue and maneuvering,
In the Party's Negro caure, which is perpetually divided are rife
with unending rivalry and backbiting, he strives to play the role
of the middleman or the pacifier.
As a speaker, Winston is of the rough-and-tumble type
who is a good agitator. He makes an effort to assume a dignified
stance on the platform and seldom resorts to exaggerated oratorical
antics.
He gives every indication--in speech and in vocabulary--
of having had minimal schooling. His extempore language is
choppy, disorganized, colloquial, and full of mispronunciation
of even simple words. He has virtually no writing skill and is
not known to have authored any type of document during his long
career in the Party. Speeches, reports, and articles issued
under his name are the work of ghost writers..
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National
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h's policy of escalating the war in
ant comes in the muted States.
past few ays a youth meetings over the
examsized
the United States had uni ate:2
can and must withdraw from Vietnam in the same way.
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This is pure deggy when the administration talks of cutting military spending and
of saving the lives of 5.S.servicemen. The communists believe that not a cent should
be spent on the aggressive war waged thousands of miles away from the shores of our
country.
Henry Winston condemned the campaign of political persecution conducted by the U.s.
Authorites. I am quite sure, he emphasized, that the forthcoming trial of Angela
Davis in California is a political conspiracy, I met Angela Davis a few days ago.
After my talk with her I became even more convinced of the political character of this
The case of Angela Davis has been framed up by the racialist and anti-
communist forces of the State of California.
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THE AMERICAS)
The Washington DAILY NEWS points out: S the Peace Comps
axpayers 100 million dollars annually, does not work, and recomme
administration better ways to use these funds.
Official Washington has in fact acknowledged the failure
is evidenced by the White House's decision to merge the
so-called corps of teachers.
The activity of such centralized
House may bring greater
Ach costs
that the
Peace Corps' activity.
Corps with VISTA,
volunteer service', in the opinion of the nit
for the invested dollars.
Bit the U.S.press casto serious doubt on the effectiveness of the
and not without reason.
Reless: ten-year activity of the Peace Corps': mace
one except for ideological
needs this
HENRY WINSTON DESCRIBES U.S. RACIST POLICIES
any in America convinced
volunteer organizat
Kosco ASS International Service in English: 0903 GMT 27 Feb 711
New York Feb 27 TASS Speaking at the law faculty of the Yale University in
eHaven on Friday, National Chairman of the Communist Party of the United States
Henry Winston has said that Sixon's policy, aimed
war in Cambodia
Laos and other areas of Indo-China, is actually the racialist policy of American
1perialism.
Henry Winston has emphasized that the policy of the present-day government of the
United States becomes increasingly, menacing. Henry Winston said this policy leads to
intensification of racism and anticommunism as component parts of the programme)
at elimination of the resistance to the governments line.
aimed
campaign
Current reprisals against civil right fighters are only the beginning of a
which was launched with the aim of breaking the resistance of the Negro people.
This campaign is now spearheaded against Angela Davis, a symbol of struggle against
racism and Anticommunism. These reprisals, if they are not duly rebuffed, will
tomorrow spread to the whole of the American people, blacks and whites. The struggle
in defence of Angela Davis and other political prisoners is, therefore, the matter of
honour for all Americans, who cherish freedom and peace.
U.S. COMMUNIST PARTY ISSUES STATERENT ON ANGELA DAVIS.
Koścow TASS International Service in English 0810 GMT. 28 Feb 71 L
[Text] New York, Feb 28, TASS--The National Womens Commission of the Communist Party
of the USA issued the following statement for International Womens Day:
The vicious frameup persecution of hugell Davis by the Nixon-Agnew-Reagan axis is an
attack upon the rights of all who struggle for peace, democratic rights and freedom
from capitalist exploitation. In Addition Angela Davis shares the plight of all who
would escape the yoke of racist oppression.
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WORKERS AND FARMERS PARTY AND IS STILL ACTIVE
IN OTHER PRO-COMMUNIST ORGANIZATIONS.
REPORTING ON COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES IN NIGERIA
"IS USUALLY RELIABLE AND ACCURATE. HE
HIS
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WITH BASSEY, FATOGUN AND GOODLUCK AFTER THEIR
RETURN FROM THE SOVIET UNION.
CONSIDERATIONS BEING GIVEN TO HOLDING ANOTHER
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THE END OF 1970 AMONG SUBJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE
PREPARATORY MEETING WOULD BE WHETHER OR NOT TO CONVENE
A MEETING OF AFRICAN COMMUNIST AND IF SO HERE AND
WHEN IT SHOULD BE HELD DURING A MEETING WITH THREE
LEADING PRO-COMMUNIST NIGERIANS IN MOSCOW ON 30 APRIL
1970, POSTISLAVA.
A DEPUTY CHIEF
LYANOVSKIY-
OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION (CC-CPSU) URGED
THEM TO CONSIDER ATTENDING THE PREPARATORY CONFERENCE IN
ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSIONS OF THE ALL-AFRICA MEETING
(FIELD COMMENT: THE SAME SOURCE REPORTED IN TDCSDB-315/
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DELEGATION TO CUBA, CFUSA: (left to right) Ted Bassett, Sa Taylor, Henry Winston, Fern Winston,
Ronald Stevenson, Jean Roquel
Blockade of Cuba hits
U.S.
conrumpr
By TONHOLEY
African consumer
NEW YORK, Sept. 5 --
the United States does not have normal relation
chairman of the Conanianist Party, sub today.
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sugar and steel because
Heagy Winston, national
DAILY WORED. Saturday, September 6, 1959
Brazil junta
gives in
RIO DE JANEIRO Sept 5
UPI) The Bran overn-
ment bowed today to the emands
of a band of very very deter
mined men who kicapped US:
Ambassador CBurke Ebrick and:
threatened to execute t
The Foreign Ministry an
rounced it would free 13 political
prisoners as demanded. The an-
Courcement came barely an hour
and 23 minutes before expiration
of an ultimatum that presumably
would have meant death for the
61-year-old envoy.
The ambassador was seized
by a band of four men on a Rio de
Janeiro street Thursday and the
kidnappers set a deadline of is
hours for their demands to be
met. They repeated thè ¿kimatum
this morning but moved up the
deadline for acceptance of their
demands (2:50 p.m. 1:50 pm
EDT today.
The government announcement
came at 12:30 p.m. 11:30am.
EDT erit received hand-
written note from the ambassa-
dor to his wife saying that he was
alive and well but asking the gov
ernment to accede to what he
called very, very determined"
men.
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command the Foreign Minister
and high national/authorities.
This way the responsibilit
will be completely upon the head:
of the kidnappers for the safety a
Ambassador D. Burke Elbrick.
the statement said.
The kidnappers were believe
to be members of MR8.
guerrilla group made up mostly c
Brazilian university students. Th
initials stand for Movimient
Revolucionaria and the 8 refer
to the date of the death of Ernest
The Guevara, the Cuban revolu
tiquary killed in Bolivia Oct.
19
A
Sviss protest
Westmoreland
planned visit
GENEVA General Westmore
land. US. Chief of Staff, will
make an official four-day visit to
Switzerland beginning Sept. 11.
Westmoreland formerly com-
mander-in-chief of US. arme:'
forces in South Vietnam. will
familiarize himself with the state
of combat readiness of the Swi
armed forces, and i also in
There had begf mo original speet a number of Swas militar.
training 
centers.
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unnamed
catton of
Ne, which do.
said
Voix Ouvrière" Workers
Voices organ of the Swiss Part
of Labor reports that the pri
afe was public in Switzerlandiko,
potested against Westmorelan
the bears responts
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affects that land but
huris the ordinary American by
boosting monopolyps on a
number of items, uding the
steel and nickel that goes into his
car and refrigerator: Winston
pointed out: Cuba has 50 percent
of the world's nickel deposits.
he noted.
Winston gave his views to a
press conference at Comununist
Party Headquarters here a few
days after his return from Cuba.
He led a Communist Party dele-
gation that visited every province
in Cuba in August.
See editorial Page 7
The blockade of Cuba affects
economic and political relations
between US. and Latin America.
he went on
US. consumers hit
✓ It's not only a matter of sugar.
but also steel, in terms of the U.S.
Steel monopoly, and trust." he
said.
"It's not only sugar prices
Cuba is the world's second largest
sugar producer but even the
price of lobsters.
Instead of receiving Cuban lub;
sters US consumers get lobsters
from racist fascist and apart
The regime of South Africa."
Wins said. This trade between
US and South Africa actually
ups a regime which opposes
everying decent in the world."
He emphasized that reversal
of the policy of the Nixon Admin-
strain towards Cuba is the only
effective answer to achieving
new relationships towards Latin
CubbyCent
le case falaria. Str
zhsha
ad ha
as the surce of malaria
fever, Cuba has combated malar
the Com Party Cut
There was
the crimes that S. imperitism
has inflicted the country
also the courteous manner
which the Socialist governmentity developed and produced by
of Cuba has undertaken 15erase
the effect of these crines." heNow Cuba's main coricera
said:
The economic blockade of Cuba
not only affects normalade
sugar, steel. lobsters bus
scientific exchange. for example
Winston pointed out.
Doctors are prevented from go
ing to Cuba, exchanging inoma
tion: from helping to train tech
nicians and other doctors, and
from using textbooks. he added.
Life span rode
Despite all this, some most
inspiring developments in science
are taking place in Cuba today.
he said. Despite this lack of
scientific exchange. the life span
ta by using the S.K-Vaccine Var-
the Soviet Union.
today is the battle for industrial.
ization of the country. Winston
said, stressing that the fight to
produce 10 milion tons of sugar.
is an important one in Cuba and
will help it to meet international
commitments and improve, the
mechanization of agriculture.
Cuba 15 showing how a country
can develop under socialism.
he coreluded. This, “in turn, is
having a very dramatic effect on
the rest of Latin America. This is
why normalizing relations with
Cuba is a prerequisite for develop
ing normal relations with Latin
meriča.
names will indicated:
government
ment:
public stat
The decisions taken ate
a meeting of the high milità
There's no
on the Daily World.
Cc at your rews stand.
Black Gls anti-war action
reported in South Vam
HANOL (LNS): — More than 10 black Gls staged an anti-war
protest July 30 in the port base of Qui Nton, in Kinh Hea province.
according to a report by the Liberation Press Agency of South Viet-
nam.
The report, as transmitted by Prensa Latina, said that the men
marched from one end of the base to the other and also.marched on
the local airport. They reportedly shouted slogans demanding
peace, the end of the E.S.aggression in Vietnam and the immediate
withdrawal of the U.S. troops.".
At the airport, the black Gls battled with cops who tried to stop.-
the demonstration.
Episcopalians vote $200,000 'reparations'
By RICHARD GREENLEAF
NEW YORK. Sept. 5-Church
leaders in the US are still striv.
ing to evade the principles set
forth in the Black Manifesto: even
though some churches are inaking
payments on the reparations-ac
count which the Manifesto holds
they owe black Americans.
Such is the situation following
this week's action by a convention
of the Episcopal Church, which
after two days of heated debate
in South Bend, Ind., allocated
$200,000 to the Black Frenomic
Development Conference. the
group which promulgated the
Manifesto and has been seeking to
ediket pascals on the mit
He sold he was very happy to loa it says the churches owe the
Amence as a whole.
Silentific exchange affected
Negro peuple for centuries of
oppression.
The resolution adopted by the
Episcopalians included a passage
rejecting the ideology of the
Manifesto:
The Rev George M. Murray,
Bishop of Alabama said in the
course of the debate: I cannot
vote for a group whose only
record is this manifesto, avio-
eat: Marxist document."
But the resolution did recog
nize the Black Economic Devel
opment Conference as a move-
nient for "organizing the self-
determination" of the black con-
innicity.
Evasion charged
The action followed by less then
two weeks an address by the Rev.
like a young lady who knows what-
to do to get a young man's atten
Lucius Walker. Jr.. executive
director of the Interreligious
Foundation for Community Otion then falling back on her vir
ganization. in which he charged tue when the question's popped."
that many churches and synagog
ues were seeking to avoid doing
anything about the Black Mari
festo
Walker, was addressing the
National Catholic Conference for
Interracial Justice. meeting in
Los Angeles: IFCO is the group
which financed the meeting in
Detroit éarlier this year at which
the BEDC was founded and the
Manifesto formulated.
"After all the churches' rhet
oric about love, brotherhood and
justice." Walker said. "at many
points it is flippingont when the
real proposition is put, acting
He suggested that recourse
might be had to the UN or an
international court of law.
The 1915 Paris, Conference:
he argued, established the validity
of reparations. being given to in
dividuals rather than to nations.
One of the most fervent pleas
made at the Episcopalians" meet
ing was that of the Rev. Junius
F. Carter. Negro rector of Holy
Cross Episcopal Church in Pitts
burgh.
"I am sick of you." he cried
"You don't trust me, you don'
trust black priests; and you don'
trust black people.
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cum Com
democrats and police
the neo-Nazi election
ags occurred in Saarbrueck
Flensberg. Recklinghausen
many other towns. A Civil
mittee of Struggle Against
ism has been formed
mands have been made by
orgarations that the NDP
anned The West German
Union of Employes is.
the most recent to do so.
es nationalized
ANZIBAR The government:
decided to nationalize all-pri-
Will establish a
lean election
ANTIAGO
ervice
former bus
be paid a fixed
The Communist
1 of Cule will run its own
didate in next year's presi
tial election The candidate's
ne will be disclosed in Septem-
ge ban on fascists
ERLIN The Union of Per
is Persecuted Under. Nazism
again demanded a ban on the.
fascist National Democratic
rty in West Berlin. The West
rlin NDP is preparing for a
ivention scheduled for October
Adolf von Thadden, NDP
ehrer, will arrive in September
oversee activities-and-to par-
ipate in the rally in October.
The West Berlin city adminis
tion has not arrested NDP
embers who were involved in
• desecration of a monument to
tims of fascist violence.
apid progress
CARACAS - The Communist
rty of Venezuela, which was
gal less than a year ago. cel-
rated on August 8 its National
y with meetings throughout
1-country. The central gather-
was in Maracay, where the
st conference of Communists
is beld 3 years ago.
On October 1, the weekly Tri-..
na will become a daily.
Socialist 2.000
ndemn the anti-
d
manifesto
k failed to do
in June, 1963. D.
so and this had a bad influence
on the elections then being held
for the proposed "etraordinary
Czechoslovak party
in September.
sidium that a date had been set
Some sa
what have said, really carrion :
for a meeting of all Warsaw Pact out a two-faced policy. They
member states in July.
the Polish capital Cem. Sid
In
Sand
that if he had known a date had
been fixed; he would never have
voted in the presidium that
slovakia should retuse the
official
haved one way when negotiating
officially and another way when
They should have detended the
collectively worked out policy.
The 2.000 Words manifesto
Continued on page
'Blockade must be ended,V
--U.S. Communists in Cuba
Special to the Daily World
HAVANA Aug 28.
Henry Winston. national
chairman of the Communist
Party of the USA who is
heading an American Com-
munist delegation visiting
here: issued the following
statement:
US imperialism. before the
revolution accounted for 75 per-
cent of Cuba's imports and 66 and
two thirds percent of all her ex-
ports.
How to strangle-in-infancy the
greatest event of our time in this
hemisphere was the main concern
of the U.S. monopolists. They
broke off diplomatic and trade
relations.
The mass release of revolution-
ary energy. the unity and creati-
vity established among the people
of Cuba, demonstrated what a free
people can accomplish.
They found reliable friends in
the Soviet Union, other socialist
-states, and many other countries.
Blockade will fail":
Socialism in Cuba continues
developing.
The anti-Cuba policy of U.S.
imperialism now includes the
blockade. This policy, too, will
fail.
Our delegation saw with their
HAVANA. Aug. 28 - A
chairman Henry Winston has
HENRY WINSTON-
own eyes how an entire people is
geared to the accomplishment
of the main task of realizing with-
in one year 10 million tons of sug-
ar.
"
Simply put, this means the ach-
ievement of 20 billion pounds of
sugar in 12 months. That kind of
production could give more than 6
pounds of sugar to each of the 3
billion humans on this earth.
The enthusiastic fight for this
goal grips the people. What this
means in terms of Cuba, is helping
to lay the foundation for the most
rapid developinent of industry and
agriculture, which will be based
on the latest scientific techniques.
Special to the Daily World
mass building of housing, schoo
in short, an advance on
frunt
The Story of Cama
concretely the boldn
planning ut constry
mass
iss undertaking in cadre-train-
ing to be able to manage this un
dertaking.
Hails Cuba s racial equality..
Just imagine a plan which be
gins with the daily output of 11.000
liters of milk to be increased to
one million per day: And what
then? The creation of a milk-
processing plant in which all kinds
of dairy products will be develop-
ed.
Such is the approach in every
field.
Of great beauty is that racist
practices ended with imperialism
and among the many great lessons
of this revolution is the equality
established between black, white
and mulatto.
The cause of Cuba must be-
come the cause not only of Com
munists but of all democrats.
anti-imperialists and radicals..
The story of Cuba must become
known to the millions of our land.
The economic blockade must go.
This barbarity is the essence of
U.S. imperialist policy. The peo-
ple can and must compel the Nix-
on administration to put an end
to this criminality.
US Communist Party delegation, headed by national
returned here from the interior of the country where
it witnessed a tremendous mobilization in the drive to harvest 10 million tons of
sugar in a year.
The delegates returned last
week from Camaguey, one of
the main centers of the sugar
Greeted by Cuban leaders
Why wait' til tomorrow industry.
you can find out
today's Daily World
The 10-million-ton goal is the
main economic task set by the
Cuban Communist Party and the
Revolutionary Government for
achievement by the year ending
July 26, 1970.
Earlier, after their arrival in
Havana on Sunday, Aug. 10. the
delegation visited other projects
in the Isle of Pines and the
provincies of Las Villas and Ca-
maguey.
Receiving the U.S. delegation
on their arrival were Command-
er Ramiro Valdes. 37, member
of the Political Bureau of the
Cuban C.P. Carlos Rafael Ro
driguez. member of the sacre-
tariat of the Central Committee
and Commander Jesus Mantine,
Continued on page la
Daily Wald 29 Aug 69
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Delegation of CP
visiting Cuba
NEW YORK. Aug 12 An of
ficial: six person, delegation of
the Communist Party USA
headed by national chairman
Henry Winston, is now in (
at the invitation of the Cuban
Communist Party It is first
such delegation since 1960
are enthusiastic about the
delegation and feel great pride
in it and the reinforcement of
warm, cordial cooperation be-
tween the Cuban Communist
Party and ours, James Jackson.
chairman of the International
Department of the Communist
Party, told the Daily World.
He recalled that Cuban Presi
dent Fidel Castro himself had
invited Winston to Cuba to re-
cuperate after the eye operation
Winston underwent in prison
that resulted in loss of his eyes
sight. Castro offered to exchange
100 "gusanos" worms." a
term
applied to Cubans who
turned against their own coun
try in the service of imperial
ism for Winston while in pri-
son.
There have long been warm
bonds between the Cuban peo-
ple and the people of the U.S.
Jackson sand The opportunity
exists for a change in offeral
relations between the United
States and Cuba..
COMMUNIST STATEMENT
The Communist Party issued
a statement today over the sig
nature of James Jackson, chair-
man:
"The Communist Party deie.
gation of American Communists:
headed by Hengy Winston or
national chairman.
HENRY WINSTON
L
cially elected by the national
committee and brings to Cuba
the warm, comradely greetings
of our party and of the Ameri
can people, who seek normal
diplomatic, economic and cul-
tural relations between our
country and the first country of
somalism in the Western hemi-
sphere.
Comradely relations between
our party and the Cuban Com-
munists under the leadership of
Fidel Castro will be strengthen-
ed by this series of discussions
which will contribute to a neces-
sary campaign to end the boy-
coft and reverse the present
antagonistic policy of the United
States toward Cuba.
This delegation will have an
opportunity to see socialisin, in,
process in Cuba and will ex-
chanze opinions 17 the two
wwwk period. They will report
har: to our party and to the
American propie."
Romanian CP congress ends
with call for socialist unity
BUCHAREST. Aug 12 Ph
President Nicolae Ceausessen, fo-
day ended Romania: 105 Com-
munist party congress with a res
sounding ery for unity among so.
Galist nations and in the world.
Our unanimity is living prind
.......
party and of socialism." he told
the more than 3 delegates
Ceausescu was re-elected to
another four years as party see
retary-general
His closing speech brought the
hall to its feet chanting Ceau-
Daily old
Viet patriots
13 Aug
hit 137 targets
Continued from page 2
tempt to outflank the Democratic
Republic of Vietnam and get into
position along its western border.
The Pathet Lao counterattacked.
and captured the important air
base of Muong Soui.
Fifteen miles south of Muong
Sou lie the two secret CIA bases
of Sam Thong and Long Thien held.
by the CIA an estimated-1-150
US Special Forces troops, and
several Thai artillery units. Theor
etically, the two bases are un
der the control of the Royal Lao
General Vang Pao. Actually, they
are controlled from the Special
Forces headquarters in Udorn.
Thailand.
Long Thien, in the mountains on
the western edge of the strategic
Plain of Jars, is Special Forces
headquarters for Laos. contain-
ing the "Green Beret" supply and
command center.
General Vang Pao. like the units
under Special Forces comniand.
is of Meò nationality.
The charges by Laos Premier
Souvann Phouma, that "40.000
North Vietnamese" have invaded
Laos in violation of the 1962 agree-
ment on the neutralization of the
country, are directly related to
the fact that Sam Thong and Long
Then are threatened by Pathet
Lan attack. It may be predicted
that the closer the Pathet Lao get
to the CIA "Green Beret" center.
the louder Souvanna Phouma's
cries will become.
Souvanna Phoma's charges of
viaiations of Laos "neutrality”
come from a man who approved
the S. bombing of more than 70
percent of his own country over
the last several years The US
pend this hombing' was, a
or stated by an American diplo
mat in Vientiane: "To make pro-
ints equity, it is necess
- Sary to level everything.
Hallie Donaldson
memorial Aug. 24
SEATTLE. Aug 12-A mem-
orial for the late Hällie Donaldson.
actišt; telacher" and foundër of the
Washington Cultural Cooperative,
is schedulest for Washington Hall
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