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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 7
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JTMcMML, Letter to Director, June 17, 1940
ness of the situation today. The stated that he
wanted to indicate to and just how the Fifth Column
would operate.
had little to add to his confidential report of
May 25, 1940, whioh was submitted with copies of your letter.
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however, stated thot QR game into the
newspaper cffices the second time sometime during the first week
in June. Thies time, he again brought the subject of the conversa~
tion around to Commmists. Acoording to named
the following as leaders in the Communist Party:
MRS. KLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
aah MRS: ERA 3
WAN aU DP. OFTNS
REVO 6 oS
+ THOLAS” CORCORAN
FELI \KFURTER
EENR¥-®ORGENTHAU, JRe
e+ “GOHEN (CORCORAN'S ASSOCIATE)
ATTORNEY GaN SRALTTACRSON
and named as the worst of them all HARRY EOPEINS..
On his second visit, MMMM stated that PRANKFURTER
was the head of the Communist Party and had been watched for
the past five years, and that he had spies in every department
and division of Government. stated that on this second
visit he asked what the Nazis were doing. => said,
"Don't worry about the Nazis; we won't fight Germany, we'll fight
on Germany's side against tussia and the biggest battle of the War
will be held in Palestine,"
on his aecond visit went on to state that FRANKFORD
ARSENAL in Philadelphia is filled with spies; that shells sent out
from tais arsenal to various Army Posts throughout the country have
exploded and several men were killed in one section of the coumtry
and other men were killed in still other sections of the country.
It appears thet went further in his dis-
cussion with QR ana tol that the President had called upon
all the Governors of all the States to form committees within their
states to combat parachute troops.
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