THIRD U. S. CONGRESS AGAINST WAR AND FASCISM.

Cleveland, Ohio—January 3, 4, 5, 1936

Called by
AMERICAN LEAGUE AGAINST WAR AND FASCISM

TELEPHONE:

ALGONQUIN 4-9784
9785

112 E. 19TH STREET, ROOM 702
NEW YORK CITY

HARRY F. WARD
CHAIRMAN

ROBERT MORSS LOVETT
VICE-CHAIRMAN

LINCOLN STEFFENS
VICE-CHAIRMAN

EARL BROWDER
VICE-CHAIRMAN

WILLIAM P. MANGOLD
TREASURER

NATIONAL BUREAU
ROGER BALDWIN
LEROY E. BOWMAN
ELEANOR D. BRANNAN
PAUL CROSBIE
MARGARET FORSYTH
CLARENCE HATHAWAY
DONALD HENDERSON
WILLIAM P. MANGOLD
SAMUEL C. PATTERSON
A. CLAYTON POWELL, JR.
HARRY F. WARD
JAMES WATERMAN WISE

EXECUTIVE
PAUL M. REID

ADMINISTRATION
CLARA BODIAN

PUBLICATIONS
JOSEPH PASS

ORGANIZATION
WALDO MCNUTT

SECRETARIAL STAFF

YOUTH
JAMES LERNER

WOMEN
DOROTHY McCONNELL

TRADE UNION
JOHN MASSO

RELIGIOUS
REV. HERMAN F. REISSIG

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December 28, 1935

Langston Hughes,
C/o Alfred A. Knopf,
730 Fifth Ave.,
New York City.

Dear Langston Hughes:

As chairman of the Mass Meeting at the Third U. S. Congress Against War and Fascism in Cleveland on Friday night, January 3rd, I am very glad that you are going to speak for us. May we suggest that you take for your subject on this occasion, "Fascist Terrorism and the Negro".

Because of the number of speakers, you will recognize the necessity of each of us keeping strictly within the time allotted to him. We would like to give you more, but the best we could do is ten minutes. I hope you will help us with the publicity for the Congress by furnishing us with a copy of your speech or at least one typewritten page giving its high points, at the earliest possible moment.

You are cordially invited to attend a banquet in honor of the speakers at the Hotel Allerton, at 6:00 p.m., the night of January 3rd. Please let us know when and by what train you are arriving so that we can arrange for someone to meet you at Cleveland. We will be glad to make reservations for you at the Hotel Hollenden, our Congress Headquarters, if you desire lodging for the night.

P.S. Please send your speech and the notice of your arrival directly to Paul Reid, in care of the Hotel Hollenden.

212 S. Pleasant St.,
Oberlin, Ohio,
December 31, 1935.

Mr. Waldo McNutt,
Hotel Hollenden,
Cleveland, Ohio.

Dear Mr. McNutt,

I can arrive in Cleveland at 11:10 on Thursday morning, if that
will be in time for the interviews which you wish to arrange.
Unless I hear from you further, I will come to town a day earlier
than I had planned, as per your letter of the 30th, arriving on
Thursday then instead of Friday. I have a letter from Mr. Ward
of New York asking that Paul Reid be notified of my arrival, and
also if I wish reservations at the Hollenden. I do not wish to
stop at the hotel, and will arrange to stay elsewhere.