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BASIS FOR INVESTIGATION wN An FBI informant of known reliability was contacted by the FBI during course of a previous security investijation conducted in June 19h2. At this time he furnished a list containing names of persons on active indices or mailing list of United American Spanish Aid Committce. List contained nance Rw. (Croup cited by Attorney General.) Previous FBI investicpations indicate that United American Spanish Aid Comittee was organized by Communist Party and completely controlled by it. An FBI agent who joined the Communist Party at the request of the je Bureau in 1937 and was expelled from the Communist Party in 1948 and whose record as an informant was one of camplcte reliability, atated that Siusimie was a member of the Communist Party and personally known to him as such. The same informant advised that Suenhminih wife, Sqgjipelulitie, had been a member of the Commmist Party both before and after her marriage to Quuninia. She formerly lived with RaupeR@Rewt@hbeNNm and the wife of Bernard Addes. They have maintained close association with SRE, an admitted Commmist Party member. According to this informant Muaumgm claimed to have been in the Communist Party in Europe and said his father had been a Trotskyite. @eaeb came to a lot of "open unit" meetings and to all recruiting meetings of the Commmist Party from 1938 to sometime in 19)2. This informant said he had had no contact with @gmimmlit since 1912, stating further that @igilit.was horrified at the Russo-Cerman alliance in 1939. ne Another reliable FBI informant recalled SMM as a menber of the Communist Party in the late 1930s. His wife, SURRpem, was formerly secretary to QR of Workers Alliance. His wife, Mimepg@mliggm, was member of and active in Young Communist League before and a while after she became a Communist Party member. A reliable informant said Bernard Addes and his wife were associates of Otay in the late 1930's and these people were both members of the Communist Party and have been ovor a long period. Mrs. Addes and Mrs. @@pmG@@ were long time friends. Mr. Addes ran for Governor of Maryland about 193), on Communist Party ticket. Recently named in paper and by radio commentators as well- known Communists who contributed $5,000 to the Presidential C Fund of Wallace (Verified thr campaign records in office of Clerk of Senate — contributed 2/8/)8). The same informant said that when lirs. are was secretary to Ghee she was a Commnist Party member and it was strongly believed that @iseumy was aleo a member but his membership was never definitely established by informant. @0i@) ‘however was e Commnist sympathizer and propagated Commmist principles and became quite friendly