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Rin PRE ANE CET rear bie $70 “think provetly = gool many of us could be misled by an organization. like thet. JI know in looking through liste of organizetions, there proozcly have veer times thet they have come arounc to your door saying I am with the Americans for the freedom of the Czechs or the Americans for the freedcm of this, that or the other and asked for contributions. Thsi wae probably the closest hel®s ever come to being _ associated with = Communist beckea organization. “T am mixing these ovoservetions simply to prevent ABBEY from being wrongfully maligned. I think thet e good meny of his statements were simely mace in the heet of ergument and discussion. He is writing @ pook thet is tc te publishec by DODD ans MEAD end he is writing that in his spere tine. If the Security Commission goes ahead with the investigation it might »sossibly be that he would be dismissed from his job here ani I xnow that is his only means of support. I think he probably werke three days 4 wee. et the Quelity of Water Department. ‘The boy would be rather herd pressed to find another job where he could wors enough to put himseif through this period of writing. He has signed @ contract with DODD and MEAD ané right now it is rather vitel to him thet he h:s some peace cf mind in order to continue his writing of this novel. The neme of the novel is JONATHAN TROY." aut: :::: thet the appointee, while et the University of New Mexico, s ween Severii urticles to The Thunderbird , a literary publication, which he at one time eSitec. It is to ve noted thet reference was made to these articles in a previous report. eed aivisel he wouleé be willing to testify before a loyalty hearing board concernin: the informetion furnished end set forth above. -he