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ROBERT S._ LYWD ee ee Auther, whe, with hia wife HELEN MERRILL LEM, wrote the: famous boek "Middletown", a survey ef Muncie, Indiana. Cennected Columbia University and with Sarah Laurence, Gollege < of Bronxville, Sew Subsequently, in the 1910's, EUGENE DENNIS and JACK instructed me to consider LYND as a Commmist. This was equivalent te stating he was under Communist discipline and I se regarded him during . wy entire time as managing editor of the Daily Worker since these instrus-. tions were official in character. Professer LYND seened to confirm these instructions by his association with a number of Communist fronts. | ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED ) HEREIN 1S UNPLASSIFIED : oA ‘ ZN 329,175 COPIES DESTROYED j1-26-5aAul ENCLOSURE