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rt. yh fidupino ron wa. 64 . SH? \ 8 Office Memorandum, - UNITED) STATES GOVER Sd {( zo ? Director, FBI > so DATE: November 44 p-1qagyr _ : AMY iNT Ppercrarar™ ne SUBJECT: HENRY A. ceathise Lo ToT INFORMATION CONCERNING GATE Se /l3 7 v Retel to Bureau from Norfo of At a public mee at Norfolk, Virginia, sponsored by, th —Y America » thetTid ‘ ““theVinternational Relations Club, a student organization A CoYlegée of William and Mary, A. WALLACE was the principal speaker, This q, meeting was opened by Dr. ‘AN, President of the Southern Conference for [- 4 Human Welfare, who criticized the segregation laws of Virginia and stated that a they would not accept race segregation, and also stated "if the officers of the y law will not allow us to continue our meeting here we will walk into the s eets and hold our meeting.". It was observed that with the exception of JERRY TLLIAN, President of the NAACP, and a few other colored men who sat on the ri ht-hand side of the City Auditorium, which was occupied by white people and ALTORYatmHC, Presi- — dent, CP, USA, District 26, Reverend CHARLES CASBBER, President of Virginia State CIO, and a few other white people who sat on th® other side of the auditorium with the Negroes, the crowd was segregated according to race. This meeting was opened by short talks by Dr. FOREMAN; - Mrs, CLIFFO of Alexandria, Vice-President of the SCHW; GEORGESELIOOD, a - \ known active’ Communist Party member who is Chairman of the Norfolk pter of the ~ Southern Conference for Human Welfare, active in the American Veterans’ Committee, \ and the CIO Political Action Director for this area, as well as baing Business Representative for Local 26 of the FTAAWA; and Mrs. VIVIAN CARTER ¥ASON, a lead neem Ea ae among Negro women who has traveled extensively iii Europe including a . In his speech, HENRY A. WALLACE declared that he was not @ radical but was a liberal, He stated that he was frequently accused of being a radical and he was tired of good people being called Communists—that Commmism ‘does not deserve that much credit. stated that we had nothing to fear from Communism in this country unless there would be a severe depression. He accused ‘the United States of following the pattern of the early Hitler era and said the Un-American Committee is a key part of the gigantic conspiracy against the American people. Mr, WALLACE mentioned the FBI and stated that Mr. HOOVER had said that he would not di a re Mr. WALLACE's even by a denial. He went on to state, wonder if Mr, HOOVER will comment on . this," He further stated the FBI is ror= nidiing unsolicited reports to the FCC containing nothing but gossip about the activities of private radio operators. He stated this information had come to him directly from Mr, DURR, employed by the FCC, who is the husband of Mrs, VIRGINIA R, Vice-President: of. the SCHWa He had. previously indicaétgd that Mrs./ DURR's brother-in-law, whose name was not mentioned, was a member of the Supreme Court. CE stated that the nextagyperis the censorship of the radio ang te press. PRED Pe nae ee SERRE DY Te Ee eae SAET a He TT pT tes PERETTI REN