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Industrial Union Council and until recently was President of the California CIO Council, they discussed the coming visit of then Vice President Henry Wallace to the State of California. Connelly mentioned that the list of sponsors for his speech had been pretty well worked out, and stated "I don't know how we are going to control what he says. He will arrive here at noon and he will talk in the evening, and contact is through this guy who is just a big blabbermouth Texan, Young (probably Harold Young, Secretary to Wallace). Winter indicated that Harold Young was approachable and had been spoken to before. He stated that it was through working on him (apparently referring to Young) that the previous dangerous situation had been overcome. The balance of this conversation indicated that the Communist Party was anxious to control the policies expressed by the Vice President in his speech, and that they desired to arrange a meeting between Wallace and certain prominent figures from Mexico. Madlyn Ford Mahny, a dispatcher for the National Maritime Union at the Port of New York, a confidential informant of the Bureau, stated that an NMU membership meeting had been held the night of January 25, 1945. Frederick Nelson "Blackie" Myers addressed the meeting “off the record" and during the course of his remarks stated that he, Joseph Curran, and Ferdinand Smith had had dinner with Wallace about six months ago in New York City. Myers stated that during the course of this dinner they had discussed the possible appointment of Wallace as Secretary of Commerce. Myers stated that they were anxious to see Wallace appointed as Secretary of Commerce so that he would be in a position to allocate funds to the Soviet Union and South American countries, in addition to keeping the factories in the United States operating. You will recall that "Blackie" Myers is the Vice President of the NMU and a mown member of the Waterfront Section of the Commmnist Party. Ferdinand ‘Smith is an alien Negro who was recently forced to resign from his position as Secretary of the NMU following adverse publicity resulting from his status as an alien campaigning on behalf of a Presidential candidate coupled with union require- ments that its officers be citizens of the United States. Smith is a known member of the Waterfront Section of the Communist Party. Joseph Curran is President of the National Maritime Union and is Closely associated with known members of the Commmist Political Association. During his tenure of office, the NMU has followed the "Communist Party line." Through a technical surveillance on the Maritime Committee in Washington, D. C., during Jamary, 1945, it was ascertained that an unidentified woman who stated she was Mr. Wallace's secretary, attempted to contact Harriet Bouslog, the Legislative Representative of Harry Bridges' International Longshoremen's and Ware~ housemen's Union in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Bouslog is a personal appointee of Bridges. In her absence this unidentified woman advised Frances Jacobsen to tell Harriet "a meeting is being held tonight (January 25, 1945) at 5:00 P.M., at the Carlton Hotel to coordinate our activities in support of Wallace." Subsequently that same day, a Miss Fraber, who identified herself as being from Henry Wallace's office and who may be identical with the individual noted above who called Mrs. Bouslog, contacted Hoyt Haddock, the Legislative Representative for the NMU in Washington, D. C., who has been reported by numerous sources to be a member of