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Show I ~~ ~ '- . : ._-. L({\" erne G. ldl .. nirc~~ r. ·.( u]_f. "":c,t;c:--tion Csntr r..l ~Jtc.l! r(~Oc nJ· iul.'l r1·c1 cci " Dear vet or ·· unr.: You tol& ua F.h.· our itfor.::ul ccnffTcncc. lt·.ot wee~ th: it. yom· ct·Lcr.~ i'Jl:j h~: d beer1 ccllt:d by 'l')r. Car~icle an\~ othAr-0 to the c.lle~6 ro.ct th;:t the J apo.~r: s G le.nr:UQ3" 6 AJy rioaniz~tion lectures ero conduc t ry:? by "Co~=:tzr;iste" or "T:a-:! s." Any routine inquir"!f would suh:Jtantiate tho fact that thcr·e is not u single rnembr;:;~ or the Co~....mi st Party ernong us. f;c ttrt1, hOViCVOl', for the principle of deooeracy ria G€t ot&~ in the Atlnntic Charter, and in the Constitution und the r:-ill cr f:ights. ~ e are d~ tini·tc-ly sgaiklst taseisrt or all shades, beth do.~estic e.n!~ foreign, end it is our earnost dcs~re tc aic! our rcasidents ill p!'epf'sine thernael ves for t lr corning post-wer world in which the n:: ed for true fighters for der~o~ey will be gr~ater th~n ever. befo~e. ~~ leetu~9S have been conducted solely on the basis CJf this dnsire, end it is our opir;ion that any oompct·~nt person wbo fei31S ae 'le do should be asl~t3d to partici;-ata in our program be be e Republican, D9!DOcrat, Socialist, or Coill!Iilnist. A£ ycu know, those whc tbink ££ WG de and are outspokenly for dP-rnocra.oy and against !aeeism, have eftcn been accused cf being t!)etn.,e!·s o! ths Co~rJ.st Party. 2Tcn thv President and Mrs. Roosevelt have !lot been spared by tl1e ela!lf.lcrers. t"ho ther. ere the sl.ane~rers~ ~ey ere those wbo ere coneciously or u nconscicusly workine for the war fii.m:l c.t the hecist Aids. It i~ their aim, consciously or otherwise, to disturb our nntional urd.ty. to disrupt the healthy dcvelo~~xrt of wu..-time orgenizatiomJ. One or theiT most aetive epokcn::Jetl1 D.it.eb~th DilliDg, bas been nrresterl by the !lepartmP,Dt of Justice. Is it possible that su"l' &de sympathi~ere bt3Ve bee~ 'Whiapcring irrtC'· thr. en1s of some of the adtniLiatretive officiele~ ?.e ~o knoil that ~ c~~igt: b::.~ beeD goi1:e on to sabots~ our efforts, t!'t.rough th£· devious dovice cf calling us •Reds. • Who are the whisperar&! t'bat ere the is· ooacrete cbj ccti vee! v·e w·ge tlto.t you thoroughly inveztignte this C&m~~ flO t}lf;lt dist~.u· u;;..nc~~ of the kind that took rJ.f.lOf: at :lar,aanar 6.nd Pceton could be prevented aLd cur Araez ic~i~ation program might be cm~riej out succcasru:ily. 1f'e believe tlJat such an imeDtige.tioll would be e definite contribution to the rGloeation p:-ogram as well as to tb~ war effo1-ts ot our Datioll • • Ve!'· y truly you:·s • • • |
