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Fo atte a reply ALL INFORMATIO}! CONTAINED s9C Ly + STANDARD FORM HO. 64 ' La Office Men randum ¢ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO ‘ : Mr. A. Ee — A Pas, DATE: May 7, 1954 FROM > Mr. F. Je Baumg or Xx Ie SUBJECT: FRANCES PERKINS ' with Victoria Stone on the Central Committee of INFORMATION CONCERNING Los Angeles memorandum dated A is attached, refers to an interview o fornia by the U tment of Labér to negotiate a settlement of the strikes. is reported to have contacted Frances Perkins, then Se of Labor in Washington, ‘D. C., and to have requested her to invoke the Government's prerogative in settling the strikes. Mrs. Perkins is repor have consulted President Roosevelt and then to have advised that the Government did not wish to intercede, gn hone conversation between Brid name was mentioned by Bridges. feels from this inform + Mrs. Perkins had conferred wi appears that Mrs, Perkins, Lesnar reported that Victoria Stone, a member of the Centr of the Communist Party of America, had told him that Frances Perkins was recommended to President Roosevelt for Secretary of Labor and that the recommendation had come from Mrs. Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt is alleged to hay ed of Mrs. Perkins through Mary Van Kleek, who according t had served & and was seeking his advice at that time, It is inferring that Bridges had some influence with of America, A review of Bureau files reflects that no investigation has been conducted of Mrs. Frances Perkins, but that on April 26, 1952, &@ memorandum was furnished to the White House as result of a namne-check request. This memorandum pointed out that Bureau files "contained no information that she was or had been a member of any organization cited by the Attorney General within the purview of Executive Order 9835, the House Committee on JIn-American Activities, or any other ‘Publi¢ committee, (6228592) alvet- 2 ¥ i 5S 572 — g attacintest’ m oy 9 MAY 13 1954 ~~ RECORDED-S2 MAY 20 195% S a amunist Party