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amt ees. wou yy ee “ht = we ei hea aha ae tele Boars ae ao Swe eget , : wy 2. .t dur =Lé002 -'enon oO Personnel neplacement Depot in key of 1943, Camp Fatrick Henry, sir. india in June of 1943, and was sent overseas on July 17, 1943, as an intootry replacement, she correct dates ci all of these transfers are not ‘.eilable in officer's file. whey can be secured from his enlisted ‘ile which is in st. Louis. After @@MPnad been arbitrarily transferred (verseas as an infantry replacement, his wife, «: aressed a letter to Hrs. oLGANC: iCCSZVELT on March 24, 1943, stating ifst she believed her husband was being discriminated against in the Army and was being treated like a Nazi Agent, and that, without any explanation, he had been whisked off across the country to Fart Ethan Allen, Vermont, reduced to the rank of Private, and assigned to non-combat service unit made up of cripples, men too old to fight, and real Nazi and Japanese sympathizers. She stated that she believed the underlying reason for such outlandish treatment to be nothing other than that eumantaamey : ; presumably a Co:umnist. She pointed out to Mrs. ROCSiVaLT chat she thought ‘be. KCUS”VELT would renember her husband as a stuuent at Union Theole, ical veminary and as a leader of the American Youth Congress. QQ stated ste met him when he was working for the Southern Conference for Human Welfare, end stated that military authorities could never find anything wrong with however, they had been told to watch him. QM stated that she hca organized and was directing the Birmingham Youth Division of the Office of Jivilian Defense, and was employed as a case worker for the :ted Cross, ana enaed up the letter by asking Mirs. KCCSEVELT to help her clear away these viujustified practices so that her h ° TM 8 Bakke Pe oe Tam elm 2 P— SIlanewiwm + 401LL5 LECLEY 2s SNC LVOCe do al Git voeuLS Qo usband could resune his aviation training. On June 1, 1943, Mr. LYNN CHHISTY, describing himself as an insiructor in the DuBois Under-Graduate Center of the Pennsylvania State College, addressed a letter to Mr. HENRY L. STIMSON, Secretary of War, stating that he vould like to register his most vigoroys personal protest against the type of discrimin- ation shown aD who had been broken because of his liberal leanings, stating tna ase was the same sort ef treatment and only too sadly typical of the kind of stuff thich had been tan mene beieht gound men who do not hue the conservative 5 mMeated out to too Many COfagnt young Men waco ae mle mle line closely enough to suit the regimented minds of too many men in the Army. ke ended his letter with the hope that the Secretary of liar could do something about the QP case. Thip letter is included as an inclosure with this rerort. , DREY PEARSON incluced the DOBBS case in his Washin¢ton Merry-Uc-Round column on June 1, 1943. WALTER WINCHELL commented upon it in one of his uunday afternoon radio -7 ~ Ain mh om mi + COLUTUT » TnG@ Gates G1 thas vibetitaes SS See \ dite a number of newspapers cormented abut the case at the time. the amount of unhealthy publicity concerning was qualified broadcasts, and also commented upon it in his syncicaved his broadcast and celumn are not known in the o:fice. Wa. tment receiving a considerable Due to the fact that the War Depar i iving 8 open Le of Staff decided in a conference that inasmuch as -_ 3 —_ ET et PL ry ODE tae ae Tt “aot eS ee a ~~. ae 7 - at ee “meg ee, wn oo >" poe A 2 oe -- re ~ bd ~ . * : -. . ’ . 4 - . So. - “Te : ites See on ens hs a oat he Pee fom we Me . nt, . “st "een