The Northwest Enterprise

Robeson, Jr., Fails to Get U. S. Passport
NEW YORK Paul Robeson, Jr., son of the Negro singer and Soviet apologist, said he had been denied a passport and could not attend the Communist-sponsored world youth festival in Berlin.
He quoted Mrs. R. B. Shipley, head of the State Department's passport division, as saying that "my present activities were such that the State Department considered that my travel abroad would be against the best interest of the United States."
Young Robeson said Mrs. Shipley told him there were "no specific charges" against him.
In Washington, Mrs. Shipley confirmed that a passport had been denied to him and said "no further comment is necessary."
Young Robeson issued a statement saying:
"I believe that only a government which itself plans war and oppression would go to such lengths to prevent young Americans from seeing and hearing for themselves what youth in other countries are thinking and doing. The State Department obviously is afraid to allow young Americans to attend the festival and to get to know what the youth of the world is doing in behalf of peace."