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‘ Noda et ; ns . 1 darlin el TH” ~ 4 os aa t) Pre Cl eh we . 4 fae! an hotel i vate de sated. rh Tees “dey wa “ : Ss di) . Copy | THRE HITE BOSE WASHIAGCT? « Jonuory 8&6, 1941 My dear Mr. Hoovers Z oa very much surprised by your letter about the tnveatigation of Mra, Heli. IF om aiso eurprised to learn thot some one hos been xoking tngquirtes about Miss Thompson at her apartwent house ae to when she cones and goes, how auch conpaony she has, ete. Thia type of investigation seene to ne to snack too much of the Gestapo methods. The ezplanatton that the tnvestigation of Mre. Hels te co mtatake, seens to ne to-show tneffictency on ‘the part of the person who ordered tt. YF ax not blaming the young nan who conducted thie tnvesticgaticn Poe Te Ty | peccusée he was merely carrying out orders. However, anyone who cared to avotd euch o utetake would only ‘have had to look at the questionctre which Urs. Heln Stlled out last summer to realize thot ehe has been attached to the Vatte House ever eince we hove been here, and tactdentally that her father and husband had been Adatrals in the savy. I can not help resenting deeply the action tn these ‘tuo cases and tf you lave done this type of tnvestt- gating of other people, I do not wonder that we ore beginntng to get an extremely fittery populatton. Fery etncerely yours, /a/ Eleanor Roosevelt