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“Dinestor, FRE | : wees Rez: MARCUS REBACK, etc. : ee. LOYALTY OF GOVERNMENT BUPLOYEES- a and his wife, TAYLOR CALDWELL « re In “hugust, 1940, TAYLOR CALDWELL became quite tivolved with | a “neighbor; a one CHESTER BROST, over the alleged placing of swastikas painted on signs on BROST's: "lawn. As a result of this incident she wrote a letter to the Director in which she "accused the Buffalo Office of "amused indifference and apparent lethargy." Bureau ' file 100-836 sets forth this letter, plus a subsequent interview with Miss: CALDWELL eet erie oes In-October, 1941, this office came into possession of a ‘letter to urs, JANET T. Ce“REBACK, dated October 17, 1941, on the letterhead of SCHOELLKOPF, HUTTON. & POMEROY, Investment Securities, 70 Niagara Street, Buffalo, New York. This letter. was a statement of sales of "blocked" German Reichsmarks against payment of U. 5.2 funds. This letter was evidently a statement made by the brokers to Mrs. CALDWELL at-her request. In February, 1941, Mrs. REBACK advised the Buffalo Office that she had _ heard a rumoy which was supposedly current in New York City, to the effect that she had received 60,000 Marks from the German Government. At this time she admitted « ° receiving 60, ocd Marks and 125,000 Marks from the German Government as royalties : for a book she wrote which was published and sold in Germany. - - In June, 1941, Mrs. REBACK in the role of a complainant stated that she. was the recipient of a postcard from the CHRISTIAN MOTHERS! CLUB OF AMERICA, branding’ her a "depraved" person because of her views on the European situation. At this .. tine ‘she branded this club as an active bund organization. . Poa In February, 1942, the employee as a complainant contacted the ‘Buffalo: “Office regarding a call received by his wife to “warn (your friends and then get out _ There is going to be an air raid." Se a ae ; In August of 1942, Mrs. REBACK as a complainant advised the puffalo ' Office that one HANS PAUR had contacted her the latter part of 1941 for a supply” ws had told her that a teacher in Public School 13 had remarked, "The United States.