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a" TORO Rg gp re, ery oR . : F a le wet * ? < Office to r) mom : MR, A. H. BELMONT /()-” ie evayscs: MRS, FRANKLIN D, ROOSEVELT INFORMATION CONCERNING CENTRAL RESEARCH MATTER Men . eee M72 © UNITES MR. L. V. BOARDMAN: : /ERNMENT pata: Bepte. ber 12, 1£65% Teisc> .2 -{ t . f Bb a Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke over the Moscow radio 0,'10,'57, according to an articie in today’s newspaper, and Criticized the policy af the United States Department of State which prevented her from visiting con.rmuunist China. Mrs. Roosevelt reportedly declared that she beiijeved Americans should be allowed to visit communist China because "1 think the more we know about other paris of the worid and ihe more they know about us, the better it will be.” (The New York Times, 9/12/57, p. 21) - Mrs. Roosevelt's appearance and statements on tie Moscow radio shoul? ae ee ae ee | provide communist propagandisis with fresh material for their cai-paign ae. and- ing recognition of communist China. The present activities of Mrs. Roosevelt are particularly interesting in i yiew of her position as honorary ciiairinan of the Americans for Democratic actin | (ADA). Last Spring, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Nationa] Vice-C:-airman of the ADA, stated that it was the wisdom of people such as Mrs. Roosevett that >a; jyhelped the ADA in its formative period to avoid many pitfalls at a tline whgh “sore Ifliberals still had the naive notion that they could work with Communists instr1:s flor niutual confidence and trust." If Schlesinger and other ADA spokesmen are as sincere as they purport to be in their effort to combat communism, they suocid , ,, Point out that iaany people today, including the honorary chairman of tne ADA - itself apparently, still subscribe to the “naive notion" that they can “wor: *, th | Cominunists in terms of mutual trust and confidence." (ADA World, May, 1857, p. 4M) This country has suffered enoug’: fror. the individuals and groups wo, ‘ile stressing their efforts to combat "tne perils of Communist infiltration and deceit" as does the ADA, engage in and support activities which oper. the doors Elof this nation to communists. Instead of iirs. Ruosevell's “tie nore we kearusee about other parts of the world and the tere they know about us, jig better if wi!- CDB:rrb 1 - Section tickler 1 - C.D, Brennan 1 - M.A. Jones .. ' cv ° . J. Baun:gardner,, -A. FP. Gunsser - D. E. Moore ec whe - Mirch: ont - L. V. Board: - L. B. Nichols “Tt ' } 1 1 ee j . a § Fale. Pec- pe Bee