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Case No. 62 = "This file is not important insofar as commmistic activities are concerned, but rather is important because it sheds light on some rather unusual mental aberrations of certain individuals in the Department. In this connection, it perhaps should be mentioned that the types of individuals described in this file are regarded as bad security risks by most investigative agencies for the reason that they are rather easy blackmail victims. This file I recomend to the attention of any committee that cares to investigate it. It goes into some detail in regard to the peculier——-how can we put it--the peculiar mental twists. I was trying to handle this matter delicately. I think this will be of interest to the comittee in that it gives a rather interesting picture of some rather unusual mental twists of these gentlemen who are tied-up with some of the Communist organizations. “glso it is confirmation of what I believe I mentioned earlier this evening when I was talking about one of the top investigators in Washington. I said to him, ‘Thy do you find so many people fanatic about commnism? Is there something that is so inviting about it? Is there something mentally wrong?! He said, ‘You will find if you search deep enough that there is something mentally or physically wrong with every one of them.' There is certainly something wrong with this group. I might say that the new security officer has recommended that they get rid of all that type of individuals regardless of whether they are shown to have any communistic connection or not, ® Possible Identification This individual is possibly identical with who, according to his loyalty form submitted in 1918, oy: in the State Department, and has been so employed since 1927. A review of main Burem files reflects that a preliminary loyalty investigation was opened on on April 30, 1918 on the —_ is 2% _ - basis of Bureau report dated November 27, 1940 at Washington, DB. C. entitied,