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ds “iy ae ee ne tn a.” eB io 4 ? i GA Tower Club Stadium Dormitories March 25, 1948 ‘2 QW, r ; . + YY tae wt ! . Jor hoover: Disecsor A tint a MATSON CONT: NED Washington, D.0. , is Ue vv LAS FIED Dear Sir: . PAE ia — s BYaez SZ LEDS Will you please investigate and sdvise me what truth there. is in the itgtement made by President Truman that Henry! W Wallace wag a Communist. _ My reason for aeeking the above advice is due to the fact thet I had pledged a $100.00 donation to the Yenry Wallace Cempaipn when Mr. Wallsce gave a sppech-in Columbus on February 1, 1048. At that time it was my firm belief that Henry Wallace was merely following the footsteps of F. D. Roosevelt whom I greatly admired. Now it is being claimed, perhaps onlv for political slander, that Walleee is far more left of center than Roosevelt ever was and that he ‘ is today an agent of the Communist Partye If such can be proven true, then I certainly do not intend to fullfill my pledge because my pledge was made on the grounds that Wallace was a New Dealer and not a Communist. For your information I am purposely interested in encouraging the Wallace-for-President campaign as a means of liberalizing the two major political parties. Being a member of the Hamilton County Republican Club interested in Harold Stassen rather than Robert Taft, it is my contention that the threat of a strong Henry Wallace campaien is the } best insurance thet an old reactionary like Bob Taft will not be nominated at the Philadelphia convention. My. disliking of Rob Taft has resulted from his false support of the Wagner- Ellander-Taft Housing Bill, resulting in the veterans such as. myself finding prices of real estate being maintained at such a high level that we are disfranchised from receiving any benefit of the Gs el eBill of Rip bsct [oa to home GGq CORDED Copy of this tetter is beth £2 WIEST Eon, 7 Ohio, office of the salt alee sozthat any misunderstanding of is Gull ial support BP Mea r gti} g eee can be immediately correcte As long as such outstanding statesmen gas Arthur Vandenburg and Harold Stassen stand a chance of being nominated at the Philadelphia Convention there is no reason for me to leave the Hisves Party whose principles of government I have always believed Awaiting your reply, I am o ; Y ely your wes ALTER GNSTROSS