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oT ‘ Qs EDGAR HOOVER © ; DIRECTOR a / oe A BUTI ad .-—--— Bureau of Investigation ~~ Rnited States Department of Justice : Washington, B.C. ane December 6,72940__ a “en ; Bir. Ticget -2o. cee: * eat ; Mr. Tracy -.------.-- mo 7 Miss Gordy......... z u MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR — 3 Sa a to Conoressman Jones of Ohio, os oa colled in versonay yy this morning advising that the Congress- , _ ran had talked with someone in the E[ureau yesterday afternoon concerning the investigation of thé Hioklander Folk School in _ Tennessee; that tlhe Conoressman cesired that she, personally review this file to ascertain what investigation had been made, I inforned QM thet cli files in the Bureau are confidential and trat any request for files would of necessity have to be made of the Attorney General's Office; howcver, I informed her further that an inquiry had been made recently with reference to the Fichlander Folk School and that a check of the files of this Bureau had failed to reveal that “ such an investigation had heen made, Ny GREED asked many questions concerning the . ae Bureau's jurisdiction in matters concerning schools allegedly 2 ‘ . communistie and from the questions asked and from her personal * appearance, I vould judce that Qa nicht be unduly ed interested in radical activities, probably fron a sympathetic standpoint. I have been unable to find any record of anyone ing with Conoressman Jones and there is no record of such all having been received in the Director's Office. at Lk TALE gc ¢€ aa I will cali the Conocressman and inform him that this “fe Bureau has not made an investigation of the hot toncer Folk x echoaol at ont saole, Tennessee, Bk - COLL iin, l Gfl- Ish [& _&f-J5 he Is aE ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED Respectfully ore gar pine wwe EREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED =~ lou roa wy vA Povey Vo DEC 17 1940 DATE <o/uped BY BPELa| OY Tracy 3 OF Ano: oat duo. AE me It will be recalled aa a ee es telephoned the other day x (es . ; th reference to the Eichiand School of either Nashville “oN ae “nacville. I inforned > at that time that the infor- a4 tiation furnished was insufficient to make a thorough check. *