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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Paul Robeson, a noted artist, sues U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson in Washington D.C. to challenge the unconstitutional cancellation of his passport, which he claims stems from his race and political activism as a spokesman for workers, amid President Truman's refusal to fire Acheson.
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Robeson charges that Acheson's acts in cancelling his passport were "arbitrary, unreasonable, illegal and unconstitutional," and deprive him of the right to travel abroad to express his political views, to confer, meet and associate with other persons and groups of like political views, and travel freely without unreasonable and discriminatory restrictions.
As a result, he alleges, his right to practice his profession and earn a livelihood also has been interfered with and impeded.
The artist attributes Acheson's cancellation of his passport to the fact that he is colored and is "a generally recognized and acknowledged spokesman" for large groups and for the "working men and women of the United States."
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Washington D.C.
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Last Tuesday
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Paul Robeson filed suit against Secretary of State Dean Acheson to revoke the cancellation of his passport, charging the action as arbitrary, unreasonable, illegal, and unconstitutional, depriving him of rights to travel abroad, express political views, associate with like-minded groups, and practice his profession, attributed to his race and role as spokesman for working people.