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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 1

166 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Eleanor Roosevelt · 164 pages OCR'd
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wy Yoo ee ce ab tb ‘ Pn rey oo Ae ET oe ee es De na) oe eee = ee ¥ eae ee a oe aeg eo , CTE a “ ire 8 wt nt - an oT pia. ET chave been trying very hard to get across the idea that the FBI should supersede all these Benate in- -esticating committee.2t:- know very well there are “other grouvé thet have responsibility for other than the particular federal-offenses that fall under the — I have felt for.a long time that because of Fal. ee Tine lin TH. Rowe. = The Park Sheratar Bes! 202 Fifty Ssash Sereet Wot + New Yok 19, N. ¥. - as oi _¢ > ~F 4 _ i> aes -) (Gana: nel ° | tetas 2 coal ‘April 12, 1951 the rules under which the FbI operates, we would hatte mn walk BYE an feoeemae A me Pm aA gwar VS £4 GUM erily through th Pd wUEuU¥oA through 4? wa aneaentarh wanlion._ 22 8G UVC, See ps aie the other rather ir- meenoneible channels of some of the investigating . oqmmittees. - st acre > ® at ° .’ 2- ate Me oo. ’ I-.think the second commente on the auriect of inveas- . tigating by the Kefauver Committee were simply trying "to eugcest the idea that. the FrI was canable of bring- -ing people. to,the bar of*justice, though I realize in thie particular inatance it te really fite wail waa Uw FF Gd git oh mee ek the local and estate officials would have to be on _théir toes and of unquestioned integrity. The fauver Committee 41d perhaps a good viece of work 4n bringing it home to people that becauee of politic- .@l influence these enforcement agente were not “age always effective, f- 28 1. ‘Now as to the first remark you avote. I did not remen- Imer that it wae on a broadcast but T have written it many times in my column, namely, that I would rather See more money go to the FBI and lees to the congreerional committee, and more money paid to the hiphest tyve people that can be obtained... I did esy thrt I hed heard of investigators. whom I-did not feel were the highest _ tyve. I oan not give you any names of neople who - have tolaé me of interviews but I-think I oan give you . @ome inetances. -For instance I know of sone one who . ie @'oreat reader and has alwaya rand on every cide of all questions. He takes as a reguler thing a number of controveralial magazines and naners, not because he ie in any way in-favor of what they eny, but because he wants to know what they say. LG one from the FEI vieited him and vicked un one vouo- ve ication and said “thie ie a dangerour thing to have 7 _ ground* ,and. proceeded to take it for granted : “ar & . Datla» = r . PALS _.f! th : QA ABAC pL Bore that bée 2 bA73S u y Tees) 1 ils "Sh = we ote oe ee — _-
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