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KX 100-2375 CI T-5 advised that CLARA and FRANCIS VINCENT, previo scribed in this report, visited SAM and FLORENCE REECE dur Soptenber of 1950. i) Mrs. ETHETAGOINS and Mrs. MYRTLEMIREADWAY, both of Knoxville, Temessee, ‘advised on duly 25, 1950 , that SAM and FLORENCE REECE wore quite close friends of TILMAN CADLE and MARY ELIZABETH BARNACLE, and that on occasion, Mrs. REECE had called TREADWAY's home in an attempt to locate CADLE. Mrs. TREADWAY expressed con- fidence that the,REECES share the Comunistic beliefs of TILMAN’ CADLE. samushdnnzon . ! Sambperst cr CI's £-18, T-19 and T-20, all of known reliability, have advised that SAMUEL REECE was a mombor.of.the Comuunist Party during the late 1930's and assisted in recruiting members for the Party. JOE TIPTON, Star Route, Townsend, Tennessee, advises that he be- Lieves REECE presently to be in sympathy with the Communistic veliefs of TILMAN CADLE, DORA_TIPTON CI T-3, of known roliability, advised that DORA TIPTON, Townsend Tennessee, was named as a State Elector at the National Conventit’ of the ‘Progressive Party. ‘ 4 In an interview on October 5, 1950, DORA TIPTON advised that she considers herself an ardent supporter of HENRY WALLACE. She asc advised that sho know of nothing which would reflect adversely or the loyalty of MARY ELIZABETH BARNACLE, TILMAN CADLE, SAMUEL REEC | or PLORENCE REECE, although she admitted that she xnow them well and associated with them frequently. She admitted that CADLE had given hor literature to read, such as "The Communist Party and You "The Constitution of the Communist Party," "Why I Am A Communist, "The Communist Manifesto,” and others. + DR. P. A. STEPHENS T-3 advises that Dr. P. A. STEPHENS, NAACP, Chattanooga, Tennesse was selected as a District Elector at the State Progressive Party ls Convention held at Nashville, Tennessee, on September 12, 1948. T-5 reports that Dr. STEPHENS was on the mailing list of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare up until the discontinuanc< of that organization in 1947. -13- So fat Fi va