UNITED” STATES GOVERNM ‘T Memorandum : of ‘ . callahen . . . . ot. ie ~ - . eLouch a. To 86:)©6Mr, W. C. Suliivast) Y #2 ele DATE: _Baly 18, 1963 be * > pre Seat” 10 2 Ng, 12 “. “oo co . . ' * Oye L2Vgn me, .. - Pavel . Trotter yr ROM 3. R. W. smi lS Ae oO 0. SEY snl’ ul M4 4 —_ 4 ele. — —_— He Gandy sugyect: REQUESTS FROM SENATOR WARREN G. MAGNU SON , “Ge LEE AND CONGRESSMAN JEFFERY COHELAN os CON CERNING CURRENT RACIAL AGITATION " Reference my memorandum dated 7/18/63, Sptioned as above, which 3 acknowledged receipt of letters and enclosures from ‘Senator Magnuson and o™ | Congressman Cohelan and informed them that their requests are being forwarded ’y to the Attorney General for his consideration. ft Senator Magnuson requested information as to the authenticity of a . photograph of Martin Luther King and others taken at the Highlander Folk School, the ‘status of thé’Georgia | Commission on Education which printed the photograph, and information relating to the Highlander 1 Folk School, Congressman Cohelan ‘ also requested information Yegarding King and the school, t leg. Information concerning the Highlander Folk School and those in the photograph with King--Abner Winston Berry, Aubrey Williams, and Myles Horton-- . was furnished to the Attorney General by letter dated 7/17/63, captioned ° , “Martin Luther King, Security Matter-C, Racial Matters." wo - The enclosed memorandum contains additional information for the _, Attorney General, ms : ORIGINAL FAUBKD iN The Georgia Commission on. Education, a legislative investigating body of the State of Georgia, sent a photographer to a seminar at the Highlander Folk School over Labor Day, 1957, to take still and motion pictures of individuals and activities, Later the Commission published these photographs ina large § folder. Enclosures aoe 7 5 . hee NOT’ RECORDED’ /_  ° J -Mr. Belmont a , 1-Mr. M.A. Jones . 17§ JUL 24 1963 | 1 ~ Mr. Mohr arcany Whe £3 1-Mr. Baumgardner - /- 2-Mr,. DeLoach ..- fy 2” 1 ~- Mr. Bland womens wee RSE? : 1-Mr. Evans . “ *: ° 1 ~ Section tickler.. . | | 1-Mr, Sullivan clales? 1 = Mr,. Gamer ~ 10° - ar > i * Ip: ‘ 2e ty wv . Laermer ; . . AN) RSG/aab 6 This s document is prepar wed in response.to your request: andAs not fordissemt- (11). nation outside 'ydiir *Coriemiittep, . dis use 3 limited to official proceedings by yous Committee and the content may nut be disclosed to unauthorized person- 5 4. JU L 39 1 hepa the eupress approval of the FBI . 0 NW 55074 Docld:32989531 Page 106
Memo Smith to Sullivan Lo, Re: REQUESTS FROM SENATOR WARREN G,. MAGNUSON : . AND CONGRESSMAN JEFFERY COHELAN CONCERNING CURRENT RACIAL AGITATION Information in-our files shows that Abner Berry, Aubrey Williams, and King were. present at this Labor Day seminar at the school. King was quoted by a press service on July 13, 1963, as having admitted that he attended the 25th anniversary celebration. of the school in 1957 and that the picture of him was apparently taken during this visit. fo rene RECOMMENDATION: - , | That the enclosed letter be sent to the Attorney General. Hw S5074 Docld: 32589531 Page 107
£ . 5 . b 1 ~ Mr. Belmont Director, Mt, foie 70- Hl i - Mr. Evans Sro98 yey REC-10/ 1 - Hy. Stanley O ART IN LUTEER KING - . SECURITY MATTER ~ C AM oa gune HO . is RACIAL MATTERS 2 ee pe Ts S ori Po ns . ; z The following is 2 brief summary of infermation in Ws this Bureau's files concerning Abner W. Berry, Aubrey Williays.= and liyles Horton: sy z S x *1802,-At Beaumont, Texa: 1929, ‘and £rom 1530 to LD5GqRe het i i fhe Attorney General 4 within. position’~until ¢ in: September, 19805 LOSS o Party; however, he attended $30 17th Communist Convention on Hecember Gg = the Pasty. Abner Winston Berry, BW Negre, was bern aon June 12, ms: binds the ae © petsy was xeport bichelevel positi j in 195iKe ‘velisauished editorship of the Harion edition of *The Yorker" iss order to assume the nosition of Heorg-Atfairs Editor Gf the "Qnity Worker.' the mMaily@orker" eeased operation in January, ted to have left the. Rawtry me web oF LZ, LOS3, at New York City. Communist Party in ons He held this Beye tron on 3 BAGS ee CFLS He resides in Newark, New jersey, and is currently employed as an editor by the Antaya tndonesian News Acency, with ofrices sudiding, New York City. daily nulletin which has been described as an Indonesian propaganda outiet owned and onerated by the hovever, investigation indicates wath no Upon being in the United Hations 5 : publishes: a 4°. COMM-FBI \ " at R my $80" 3074 noczaniielca? Lv ne inte 4 Govermment of Indonesia; it actually appe subsidization by the Indonesian Government. iewed on three occasions by Special Agents of the FBI,Y Berry Has refused to cooperate, indicating that he had severed his connections with the Communist Party because it became a fuvile "Org sanigation. ~ & aubrey Willis Williams is Chairman of the Nations] * Committes to Abolish the House UneAmer ican, éataittps cited eas an organigation set up to lead anal diver?’ the Communist Party's “operation abolition” campai ; organized by Williams and Prank Wilkinson known and admitted past Communist Part} yp vearr Williams has spoken betfore, ‘and supported, a number of of se Bettewing: and commmnist-Led Groups, a2ithough he has publicly, Information obt ained from memo Jones to 7.DeLoach, 7/16/63, captioned “Abner Winston Berry, att Sy eis Williams." See Evans » Same caption, CHS:rap. no TE = ur! DeLoach 4. ~ - MES Rosen 2-7 | ~ Mrs MAIL Vou y see ard ho NOTE: Sullivan hinles Horton, - McGows ituont_me Vad an Ace oa Exol. lassyy {cation ars to be a privately owned firm tntlabdrd CONT Be sang 4 grap pa, This ap ~e acency a) —~ This committee was in cc pee GY 4 Lark) A what fong oujneug * 0 Of t90 OZLL ur Id p en Fpueg re = TLVIYO ULE: ojas © sgn Sr Maco g ~ € bsg Committee: with ex the 48 TVNorLyntede Hd 8 ¢ 4} WE I ALTIND ir Ae waves nore seA ome tat IA ORME HS . ’ rnc ncey ce et MALL AEN SETS AMIR EER AT LONI PS BN OPA NAC EET
- ~ os '_@ CONF PSENTIAL @ The Attorney General Pa, ‘ and in appearances before Senate investigating committees, disclaimed any connection with, or knowledge of, the Communist -. ° Barty. He has worked energetically to discredit the FRI and _ the Director. As of July, 1951, Williams was President and & member of the Board of Directors ef the Southern Conference Educational Fund, Incorporated, previously known as the Southern Conference for Human Welzare, cited as a comnunist front. A listing ef the officers of the Southern Conference Educational Fund dated in January, 1963, indicates Williams is now president emeritus of this organization. According to a confidential informant,.in dune ef 1958, .during the time the Southern Conference for Human Welfare was in existence, Communise jpaety members were aifiliated with it and worked actively in it. Since the formation of the Southern Conference Educational Fund, vark and file Party members have not been encoureged to work in it; however, certain Party members in the New Grleans area had been assigned to participate in the organization to further communist principles. On june 29, 1 BS, . Myles Horton identified himself _ to the FBI as Director of the Highlander Research and ‘ Education Center of Knoxville, .Tennessee, This is the ' . successor to the Highlander Folk Schocl, originally at Monteagle, Tennessee, of which Horton was also the director. . The Latter schcol was supported primarily by donations from \ individuals and labor unions and it offered. courses of instraction in labor organization, .secial economics and the general field af labor education. It was known to have Communist Party members on its staff and it followed the practice of securing communists as students. However, according to information received,.i£ was never known to have offered courses of instructions in communism,.nor was the Party known to have succeeded in gaining control of the ' school, There were many allegations that it represented the headquarters for communism in eastern Tennessee; however, these claims were never substandated.. The Tennessee Courts revoked the Highlander Folk School's charter on the grounds that it violated the criminal laws of the state. A state charter for the Knoxville school was issued on August 28,.1961. On April 21, 1942, a confidentini informant advised that Myles Horton was a speaker before the Southern Conzerence ‘for Human Welfare... On April 19, 1949, Paul Crouch,.a selfi-~ : admitted former Conmunist Party member, described Horton as cons rp Berra wa Bw HW 55074 ,Docld: 32989531 . Page 104 . . . .
peed “ 4 A. . Y ic e rd x Et vet me "- ©@ I t = 2 a re ' CONFIDENTIAL By i pts My ra Br “* t 2 “ The Attorney Genoral a. & leftewing scclalist who was always close to the Communist Party, meting with officiais and vepresentatives to discuss policy and precedure during thse period from 1959 to 1941, This informant also deseribed Horton's wife, Zylohia, as being even closer to the Party in 1941. Another confidential informant advised this Bureau in 1950 that tlorton continued . to follow the Communist Party Line during the neriod 1947 to 1950 and that he associated with known Party members. This -ainformant doubted that Horton was actually a Communist Party member, kn 1950 and 1951 a third confidential initermant, who is a former member of the Party, advised that lorton , was not a member even though he had close association with Party members. He stated Horton had been criticized by the Party members as an opportunist whe used the Party for his own purposes, - Horton was reported to be listed as one of the speakers for a "Bill of Rights Dinner which was to be Sponsored by the Emergeney Civil Liberties Committee on December 15, 1959, The above confirms information furnished to Agsistant Attorney General Burke Marshall on the morning . of July 16, 1963, OO - ‘n.2 « Hy. Burke Marshall - 4ssistant Attoxney General 4 — tiv, J. Walter Yeagley . ,  4seistant Attorney General « NOTE: (CONTINUED) Classified confidenttaY as information furnished from confidential informants whose revelation could cause harm to the ‘national defense. w Bw QONFIDENTIAL 5074 (Doold: 32989531 wage 110 -_ a ae soe, «4 Ta oe tt nese er ee . pce renwlamewannspromtemunonucameeennanetss xm awe 6 CEES TEES SPS YET ETT TO
e e SSC LETTER 10.6~75 ITEM 7d ray See oe NW 35074 Doold: 32999531 Page iii
7 4 " iy voag . " es * . . NATIONAL @ouiney INFO we A : . SECRET ‘soitthor ized Disclosure” “ ATION : ‘ oy amar Ject to Criminal: Sanction ‘ . ¥ o The Stterney General | « 1 Mr. Belmont ‘ 3yly 1%, 1983 , » 1-Mr. Mohr . REG 42. AqMr. DeLoach .1-Mr.M.A.Jones | St i ia elractor, 2 B/S 7 lp —-\3 2=Mr. Evans - 1-Mr. Baumgardner ! 4" Mr. Sullivan 1 - Mr. Bland | J REQUEST FROM sENATY &.coN CNEL Teeter Beker a ee J - t . y Joe ° wT elo — thee ¥or your information, there is eactosed a copy of a lotter cried daly 24, 1SGS 7: eeecived srom, Luter &. a. Wide Monrodey woick ie soli-e splanatory o i . bave aAi¥3 gue center g.0nrouey by Lotter o1 tals ute taat, in He o with oh arta iG Rt L _Bolicy, t Ha PaVerriag ihe Lutter ta Jou . , t ‘" in substanes, tne: Comraunist 5 B saxty, 1 Utek (CHU) iz not able to assure a « vole of leaders iig in the racial anrust ut this diae. Lovever, ine rarry ‘e albu pling to coglolt the eurrcut racial situation throu,k propaceneg au. participation ia . $menviratioas and@orher activtice wherever possiblic. ehrouzh ticus tactice, tau | Barty hopes witiately be progress irom its current HUDPORTRE Tale to a posiiion of ticticive leancralip, _ - * , , aah of the ceygat oe ‘bape ig play a maore dselsive role is linkea with tuiley Lovison's e028 ae an advinor to i.artin Luter giag. arty oilciils re,are Leviega, Secueret hianber of eae UPUSA, he beak 3 sugaved inthe most licportunte wore in te. Fart oe remters se ot bis ass ssetenon with Sing ‘ LeVieta p Ras gouorte au & & i — 6-0 Henk Rie bse z “arte ar Saorie fone te i esp) Olbsd rit guns ialy.” rein t iu reputed to nave written the wBeeslet whericts “ging celta af G2 Cesdvention of the American Feacration of LaboreLongre ti OF Tn _ , Org aniza tienu } (ik Le CIO) i in Lioriaa tn Sucenm.bex, 1001. eh VE FL ee 7 - “ ; TiAl VY de, QUE. S Ne hed Pecing inuicated in dune, 1962, that ha wanted snother aca bees ative andlstang, Lovin recommenced Kunter Bitte o ball, wn hao been us schid to the Nallonal Sommbese of the Cou in December, 1908, uncer the pac f CormuHus James. | ing adopted Leviuon's Supduahlon ave “angioye GG ty il in Ris Orgactzation, wie WOUTRLETE sa va Pian 4. .a6 erst GConferenes (CLO). me Le We aE? iguntifiiau Of: Lakyas a & CQum ake fall Ge | UH ee hase, 18g announcdsu ist th dd tad od gncetprom tie pie. ROwever, of acbb “Soatinuca to asaociate wild gies iO this aS “, DON taerr cra, WN > ~<— fe eH TE: ‘See meméfandum, Sanity’ 10 § Sullivan, 7/17/63, RSG: aSfer jG, Conrad px fo re:“SENATOR A.S8. Lyle MIKE MONRONEY, EQUES? FOR Expy , DIRECTOR'S VIEWS RE,‘ 7" * CURRENT/RACIAL AGISATIGN. gs Rostp ee ac nn ad NAO MELE ~ tent NBSa: JIMS dahab kp “SEE NOE. HON PAGE THREE RE C Trotter _____| (a dD. i ne 2] its C eng QNus Why ‘ele. Room Yi Ss | cto le = Holmen me ‘AUB isi lee EFagy WE Gandy MAIL ROOM re PE dt 1
_ wie ~ . ce ‘ nf . : \ the Attorney General ‘, Recently, infermation recctvad indieates th mat, While Levison still re fain his strong cosmids? convierioas 2 ang Sill acte au an aficttive Party advisor to aius. | _ be is *ecoubag evitical of the Party's role in tne relaticnship, Ne bcHeves me #2tty yo 4 has lost pructtige mong Negroes intely because if hes not beaut pooped Aggragal ve ans, aiisciive in promoting civil riztts for the Negro Ain olner Wiss actively inner sing i linedt in kagre eauses, . 2 : Sing rehorteely attended a a: Cake Say weekend seminar in 1837 at the Eishlender Falls choad is seonivazio, 3 ent jniaae ACGOTGHAS tO a: a UMcation circulated cCouceraing inig muodng dy the ucoergla COuuLigcion of .autation, whic Gay Baw “SM aniiercover ayent in BELCREUECS the meeilag was Rel io Wiscace EbRBus 2 £2 gaetics for prcelptintine racist ctiriic and cichirhanees, - o nile Cru. m amber ve Were @8 ihe scncol Stak avu tae ychool fallowed thy pellcy ox WiLCOming communist ohiconte, fhe CPu.2i was notin contrel ad fhe scheol. See wr llr fe von sfietrfek Bled 22 GS Te dime, 1360, the sUL0 was reporiad te have messes from tne <Ovict and Czechosioy vaiian inmnbassies aad the Luraanian Logation ik wannincion, In¢ ; ae Sime ODA Aw f J ’ In PeGont years, Hing hag signed a vetliion need 8g abolition of the House Committee on Un«merivan .ctivitic ad ang potiGens pequssting the release of two ixcprivoned Commualet Barty leaders NACE Oificials are aware that the NASCE is = communtot target. 10 2 result, the NAACP has taken a iri utand acainst cogunumiuni ana has warned lis branes ees to be constantly Sluxt ag etagt CRAIN SE Strorts a8 infiltrates the. “Fn8 ecnsiitutien of ihe haw contains an anticommumist clause which prohibits a.scabare snip in the Gryausation by unewn Comuatnist serty enbare. . There is no incieation that any of tas key igares Gf the WAAC? ara or have Seon mercbers of tae Communi farty. Loy iilkins, tsceutive ccerstary of the NAACT, has "pect otrougly aniicommusist and has enccavored to } seep the Ride ives of vouusnddsts. v Seyret emer ek ‘The tollowing national officuru of the NAaC? had conmmiuel.t froat affthations «in no instance catuasiva-es number af years usa, but nous is snown to have been a a Communist Party meraber: Arthur opingara, President; Binbop stuphca &. Hpoltswoo » Chairman of the Hoard 08 Lirectors; and iabort L. Carter, General UGuasi ine een rears a wg * ‘ * , # t » 4 ‘ . . . NW S5074 Boold: 32569531 Page 113
ry “ 38 « aa a . . a The Attornacy Gene ‘ ‘ , : 7 There is ne evidenes that any of the following top leaders of CONE are or have been Communist Party mombers:. Janes L. Farmer, National Director: dames T. BicCata, Hield Lirectar; and sercdon R. Carsy, sirector, Program and Training Department. Carey was cue of ths founders of the Conference of Young vocisiisia (CYS) in 1927 ana was 3 imexober at large of the ixeecutive Committee of ov. Tne C¥w was controliod by the Trotskyite cocialist “orkers Party, which has been designated as eubversive pursuant to aaecutive Order 1b15u, . —_ evra chapen ene "Hull datniis.of the activitle related herein previowaly have Ween furnished _ for the Eepartuont's Hbes in individual reports and related communications, ~~: Enclosures @)- ; rr re a : 3 « The Lepaty Attorney Central + Eeelosures (2) . i= lie, burke Margheall «inelosures (2) | 0 —— , Assistant Attormey ionoral , Note: ‘This letter is classified-Secnetinasmuch as it contajns information ; m from highly sensitive sources, the unauthorized disclosure of which could result in serious damage to the Nation and have an adverse effect upon the national defense interests of the country. . * ft . ~ os . MW S5074 Doold: 32589531 Page 114
‘ST-1i6- 4 f / _ Hy dear Senator: : SEEDIAL SESE § F's : ers Beference is made tg your letter dated &O* & duly 12, 1963, requesting information ccencerning 88s § the extent to which the current racial egitation oe SS is conmunist instigated and information concerning Tsls& tlieged subversive affiliations of Martin Luther g gs &° Hing, dyv., and the leaders of the National Sass Association fox the Advancement of Colored People & Qs and the Congress of Racial Equality. In line with aaa Departmental palicy, your request for this wes 6 information is boing transmitted to the Attorney .. $ gs . General for his consideration, m = a2 8 oS —~ ees ~ our Sas BY, GQURIER S¥C. Bincorely yours, “Ia ~  gegs ee & mes = NY or Stee O4JUL19 rysz & B8a8 3 Hep. pm eee © Ses COMM s ESR We Edgar Hoover 2 = g 3 | 2 ges - NOTE: See memorandum Smith to Sullivan, 7-17-63, ~ “Se RSG: JMS:aabsjdd, re: SENATOR A, .S. MIKE MONRONEY, was REQUEST FOR DIRECTOR'S VIEWS RE CURRENT RACIAL ss AGITATION, 8&5 Pols) BS S3s &ss S83, Kyl \ ‘olson — lelmont —___ (ohr yasper ratlahan fonrad leLoach ONS ale osen allivan J avel rotter ele. Room olmes andy ) REC- 42 /S = GC Honcrable A. 83, Mike Monroney ; United States Senate - ‘Doold: 32989531 ° Page ‘ : “4 . . & a or ; z . . - * By l-Mr. Belmont l-Mr.M.A Jones l-lir,Mohr l-Mr,Baumgardner - 1-Mr,.DeLoach 1=Mr.Bland 1-Mr.,Evans l=-Section tickler l-Mr,Sullivan leMr.Garner duly 17, 1963 BY SPECIAL MESSENGER 4 ary -, a ° wry r . LA. Vv a RSGLONS:dcb:3¢a d . S. = § ? Na @ a2) "Yonago ye Hb 83, ] oo an ved uEF Has Ys ; 5 us), j DO he 1 thi fVeils : faly ws i are i i v y : He: Ane bl AY US ga 9 apt nee “et MER, . ¢ My { MAIL roon [_] dL AS bH if -_ -.. i5 ) 1 pth coe aa MW S5074 +
* soe as TOTO ato = .* . . xy git OPTIONAL fotm NO. 10" ~ ak, 6 S eo! LK Cae v ° er . : Leh. ‘ ? get Tolson UNITED STATES, GOVEKNME ae ex —_ Memorandum ) ae = ae 3 4 3 aa : -— a op? “Trotter FROM : “Sir, BR. W,. Smith We HN * ° VG oR » ae Fe <7 a 7 , A beat F, eae * Ig sugjecr: SENATOR A. S. MIKE MONRONEY = (WD. \-O7- REQUEST FOR DIRECTOR'S VIEWS rn Vo + RE CURRENT jaci AGITATION ve i a OPn cat f [pier CE 1g te Ea < By letter dated 7212-63 Senator A, S. Mike Monroney — requested the Director's views concerning the claim of Governor SF molt Ross Barnett of Mississippi that much of the current racial avitaétiGary— ~ is communist instigated, Senator Monroney included with his letter a transcript of Governor Barnett‘s remarks and requested informatiun concerning the alleged subversive affiliations of Martin Luther King,Jdr., mand the leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). n - oe) Mr, Tolson suggested that we write a shor t note to Senator Monroney acknowledging receipt of his communication‘and advising that, in line with Departmental policy, his request for information is being transmitted to the Attorney Genergi for appropriate consideration. Mr.’ Tolson further suggested that we also prepare-a memorandum for the. Attorney Generel and Deputy Attorney General transmitting Senator V Monroney’s letter and the transcript of Governor Barnett's statement, along with the infcarmation contained in Mr. Sullivan’s memorandum on ‘this matter: Gated 7-16-63, The Director noted: "I share Tolson‘s views, PAA acogatn NATIT Accordingly, we have prepared the enclosed letter to Senator Monroney and the enclosed memorandum for the Attorney General, - with copies for the Deputy Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General Burke Marshall, in line with Mr. Tolson's Suggestion. looms SPRL C ALTACE Ti Is REL ESTE WIN, cate ed TS eh ODAC TLE NR, BETA ine DER le a cA need ANN ANE ROYA tAfan MEINE EIR RAE etapa /5 2.7. fp — ? “ 2 ay 3 $ "4 _ REC- 42 ~ ioe eee ” . ia Oe: ol] ] 6 Lye" - a ‘That the enclosed letters be sent. Me AUG S oo any 4 : se 5 AO Enclosures * VY Wwe GAR 1 - Mr. Beimont be le itr, DeLoach °: he Hie CON 5 a “1 - Mr. Evans | b’ or ay 1 - Mr. Sullivan;, i 7 I 1 - Mr, M.A.Jones* pH abd a Ce 1 - Mr. Baumgardner eed ' acc By if - 1 -~ Mr, Bland a Ey nr 1 - Section ticker document is prepared in response to uty e oa ; 1 - Mr. Garner nytion outside your Committée. otis use és aM ted ‘e official ox dcecdings by ” qyise: JUS: nab: Jae, ur Committee and the content may nut be disclosed to unauthorized person- (eee ~{(11) me ;} sel without the express approval of the FBI . _ AAG 745 otra: 3 doesss1 _Page 116_
o 3 lyn oe \ ral / f k (7) Télson . . 4 fy eo » . a. ° : . a e OPTIONAL FOR HO. 19 Casper A N s. . sé on 2 SEs s 2 Aue 121963 UNITED STATES GOVERNMEMT ip spelment . . bad ohr ———___. i Memorandum - cai | DeLogchiy ~ Evan To : DIRECTOR pate: 7/16/63 Gale Fe, Trotter 1 FROM :* CLYDE TOLSON Tole. Room O . ; Gondy . By, ‘ ty ented 25 a sere: . k CuCon CG dts ee Te er] , Please note the attached correspondence. Ido not believe the \ suggested approach is proper. It seems to me that we should wriié a‘short note to Senator Monroney, acknowledging receipt of his communication and advising that in line with departmental policy his request for information is being transmitted to the Attorney General for appropriate consideration. ’ We can, at the same time, prepare a memorandum to the Attorney General ‘and the Deputy Attorney General transmitting Senator Monroney's leiter, together with the enclusure (a copy of Governor Barnett's statement) and advise him of the information contained in Mr. Sullivan's memorandum of July 16 concerning Martin Luther King, NAACP and CORE. It seems to me that the letter proposed by Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Eva BSS ss can only result in your-heing called before the committee personally to 3% se ‘answer detailed questions concerning the current racial agitation. = Ss = (ages X / gesl ev , 4 ‘ sss 8 . ae oF ; x Re CT:DSS x PS ane 8 S93 . < . Ro S a wa , 2? AMsmiae - S88e . 5 = a S28 fa ct q\6 a ee BESS vw a bd R a See " . ¢ by © Mews (iit * 2s, S AUG 8 1963 ges , pi danee . os ws & * a Lot fe Maren OY BECE SAE foo SS ~ S oh A-1pod {yh oe a4 ek Ay 83g tek do “MGs DAG + ABS . \ Qe po ye. Ss seins cob Vos sy § Ss ss¢ . S Big, STN Dt nytt a pe Docld: 32989531 Page i117 | MW 55074
an ml %, af. bd mys % ey ‘2 . . Rosen ~, ; ~ ‘Sullivan Yo} - Tavel ed , Trotter 7/17/63 (2 3 * Tele. Room nN ~.3 4 - Holmes > = J? A Gandy \ 2 AUG 121983 Windia. MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR: é =I think it might be well for Mr. Evans to personally deliver the original of the memorandum to the Attorney General and the copy of the memo- randum indicated for the Deputy Attorney General so that if any questions are raised Mr. Evans can make it very clear that the Bureau does not furnish information of the type requested by Senator Monroney to members of the Congréss, but that matters of this kind have been handled in the past through the Department. — = ac, i. » fo. ~~ ff”. ) 15 7-G—i| “Op, —~ “6 B® AUG 8 1963 78u AnOR 39 gone fap routtn ssoudeo 9 £4 98” saz Puogzuog va DUD a 2. Lube) ip a Ano Pasojos: 7 Po.2u, Yinnun og Ieiorffo o. Pazeto paav0nd U0siod fig shuy ba “0a7}UUL Ob Us Dasndoud 9 02 asuods 28anbas Ritassep 0. f 40 ~ | é ~ AY Nw 55074 Docid: 32989531 Page Tif
€ > ™ ‘ > e eesiOnat sORM NO. 10 ' , . . . of ‘ @ * . @ - Tolson ae : < UNISED STATES GOVERF T ay . Belmont ohn? . . Casper —________ . Memorandum Sit pobeach Vans TO : Mr. W. C. NG AE DATE: July 16, 1963 mele Gate —___— Sullivan Tavel ot * Wee a ‘ Trotter __._ FROM is W. saith Pa? O 7 yo senate i sereres . *: . Gandy SENATOR A. 5. ULC MONRONEY Pocial Jo g7Te., sugject: Re TUSST FOR DIR aCTOR 3 “VIEIS~ wees iad RE VURRE NT RACTAL Aul FALIGN fo, By enclosed letter, 7/12/63, Senator Monroney requested the. Director's views concerning the clain’ that much of the current racial agitation is communist-ins tigated. . Me There is enclosed a letter to Senator Monroney, with whom we have had cordial relations, pointing out that while com unists strive —e to exploit the racial si tuation, their activities have been of Sipporting nature rather’ than a “leading one, ‘xnis iS a tac actual state- ment and is supported most concretely in today's situation by sta téments ‘ade in the last month by four se parate Party leaders who lamented in Party meetings,the,lack cf any Party leade rsnip in the current Necro movement. (eesaee 5% oe Airtels re CPUSA Negro Guestion 6/19, 29, 24 and 7/12/63; CG 6344 TS CGlet 7/5/63 re CPUSA Negro Question; & NY 943-5, 109-3- 76) Tae? SE eee aad Lo bots 4 1. baa te o Senator Monrone y also requested the Director's comments on JR allegation that the Reverend Martin Luther King and other leaders of &§ such organizations as the National Association for the Advancement o®8 &§ Colored People (NAACP) and the Congress of Racial Sauality (GRE) haves. subversive affiliations, A review of information in our Yiies conceme@T: King and leaders of the NAACP and CGRE discloses the followings: S270 vinon W auUnoop sry 7, este Cs fi 4 UL powndasd st LE PUD DQ no SO. — Martin Luther King King has not been ident tified as a memper of the Commmist Party; however, he has been described by a Commmist Party fiunctiona asa. King ass0ciates with Party members, communist front groups. Nace ey WOM er ot NAACP “officials are aware that the NAACP is a communist The NAACP hasagajen a aeirn stand against communism and has warned Dranches to De: cons tant ty dflert avainst communist effor ts_ to. infiit them.” . ‘ oat ior 2 ————e 08 Ene . , ED Baal act ° aid Nees ENCLOSURE ATTACHED | / ose. HS/als (19) ~—ees PS ree «°C 1-Mr. ‘Belmont; 1-Mr. Mohr; Liar: DeLoach; fo L-hir. ie A. Jones; dene. Sullivan; 1l-i!r. Bawugardners Oh # 1-Mr. Bland; 1-Section fickler; l-iir. om ned / WA RGF V/ » | me oh @ AUG G12, On is RCFE Li he be ell old: 32989531 _ Page 115 "aaqqvUuU s) paconddn qusHuU09 et; | £& and his name has Jbeen Linked wi 3 } f au how sf S27 sy “2 ct - TTT FY2 oq } {4 9s Li0f Of asuodsa "pete tt Be) ae tA “ks HESS v£t pun ysanbas ps) a0 ‘< affO 09 & AUG 8 1963 FROUN 02 PD. Q shuapoa001d wie. ZULOY. $ assip LOf 10u 8? uosiad pa fi ~2Ub 4 t > “eT a) anaee aes, penne eet Aen Se eemeyaee 1 epenreenann reo encore wee SP ranma set a me = ney iste a neem eerie mere
Memo to hir. Sullivan : Re: SENATOR A. S. MIKE MONRONEY i REQUEST FOR DIRECTOR'S VIEWS j RE “CURRENT RACTAL AGITATION : : a~ Roy Wilkins, executive secretary, is strongly anticommunist and has endeavored to’ Keep the NAACP clean of communists. Several other national fficers of the NAACP had cormmist front affiliations a@ number of years ago ~-- in no instance extensive -- and none have been known to be Communist I Party members, | CORE , | There ‘is no evidence: that any of CORE's top leaders ‘are 4 - members of the Communist Party or have any communist sympathies. AS a matter of fact, CGRE's top leaders have been very cooperative with us. ° , “ ~ OBSERVATION a 4 | } { | | . The reply -to Senator Monroney is absolutely factual and sound, | and cannot be used to embarrass the Bureau. It is put iposely gene eeneral | in nature. In resard to the Senator's request for specific information ! about alleged subvers ive affiliations of Kartin Luther Wing, the leaders ‘ of the TAACP and cons it is believed best to advise him as we have i ; q { done in the letter that he may wish to direct that request to the Deputy Attorney General Nicholas aeB. Katzendach, In the first place, any thing we might reveal about King could jeopardize a highhy, placed source; In addition, we dio not want to say anything that might possibly appear to contradict’ something the Attorney General may say ia his testimony today. LETTER TO deD, EATZENBACH Enclosed is a brief létter to the Deputy Attorney General . Nicholas de3. Katzenbach furnishing hin with a copy of the Senator's letter and the Director's reply. RECOMMENDATIONS (1) That the enclosed letter to Senator Monroney be sent. 7 ; (2) That the enclosed letter to Deputy Attorney General deB. Katzenbach be sent. ; x , c
* - @ ° CCARL HAYDEN, ARIZ., CHAIRMAN LEVERETT SALTONS” *, MILTON R. YOUNG, 2 K. RICHARD A, RUSSELL, GA, DENNIS*CHAVEZ, N. MEX. | N J, ELLEPDER, LA, LISTER HILL, Atyi. JOHY.L, MCCLELLAN, ARK, A. WILLIS ROBERTSON, VA, WARREN G. MAGNUSON, WASH. SPESSARD L, HOLLAND, FLA. JOHN STENNIS, MISS, JOHN 0, PASTORE, R.I. ESTES KEFAUVER, TENN. A. & MIKE MONRONEY, OKLA. ALAN BIBLE, NEV. ROBERT C. BYRD, W. VA. GALE W. MCGEE, WYO. HUBERT H. HUM! HREY, MINN. KARL E. MUNDT, 8. MARGARET CHASE & = /H, MAINE ‘THOMAS H. KUCHEL, sUF, ROMAN L. HRUSKA, Kwak. GORDON ALLOTT, COLO, NORRIS COTTON, N.H. CLIFFORD P. CASE, NJ. JACOB K, JAVITS, Ne¥. EVERARQH.-SMITH, CLERK THOMAS J. SCOTT, ASST. CLERK x ° es Mnifea Gtates s vvadte COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS The Honorable J. Edgar Hoover Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington 25, D.C. My dear Mr. Hoover: _ ‘€ er pera wt att, ¢ July 12, 1963 ao You have no doubt seen the statements made today by the Honorable Ross Barnett, Governor of Mississippi, in his testimony before the Commerce Committee on the pending civil rights legislation. The Governor made a number of statements concerning alleged Communist activities, and I have had a number of inquiries from my constituents in a similar vein. Undoubtedly the Governor's testimony before the Committee today will ~, result itimany additional inquiries concerning the validity of these allegations. It is my purpose to be as factual and informative as possible in responding, to. my constituents who indicate great concern as a result of them, -~ beng, oe subversive affiliations. I am enclosing for your convenience a copy of &Se statement, but I will also refer you to his subsequent testimony, during I which he elaborated by naming specific individuals and orga ie ay With kindest regards and best wishes, Iam wv)? ENCLOS RL JUL 15 1963 (ate he ecw ot ra NW. (geybe Sorll tel oS Wiosos It would: -be most? Se asp Page L2flin. i wt. Lie Sincerely, Wie Mike Monroney aalied Rett) tye Lo helpful to me in preparing responses to these constituents if you could provide me with your expert views and reactions to these allegations t& the effect that much of the current racial agitation is Com- munist-instigated. In particular, I would appreciate having your comments concerning the allegation that the Reverend Martin Luther King, and other leaders of civil rights organizations, including the NAACP and CORE, have Perhaps better than any other American, you are qualified to place these allegations in proper perspective. ENCLOSURE Overnor Barnett's prepared e | Mr. Betmo ‘a : BU a> RUNG U yn moyna 1 i Mr. Mohr ....- a Mr. Casper... Mr. Callahan. jMr. Rosen.& Mr. Suliitat- Sa Mr. Tavel ......-- Mr. Tretter.....— Tele, Room. Miss Hines ...—- Miss Gandy. apisyno WouDU quayimaop SVJ, aquuuoy «moh oh aouddn ssasdua @ UAYUOI OYF PUD O “2aI{WWMULoD Li sucdsat UL palin finw 4 ja 4 asn $2] 0} P. i fs iy a vue Bat AR © 09 UP ARAL - Gq ayy fo ‘ ra ~s Sojostp 7q 7OU ZLLOYINDUN 02 82-2 ~yos.iad pa fig shu -WULass \ ‘ me AUG 8 1963 ss Pao Arts SS CU é . ee ” “N REA TE LLSA LEERY AES OS WIA AAT ICY LEE SENT APIS SRNR SSCS RRA ANGST AIT LTE TS MERLOT A 2 eo te, DAR EAR tial a MAAS D Sas ee La a ie VES BM AT
oy . - . seams BY GOVERNOR ROSS R, BARNETT OF SISSIPPI BEFORE U. 8. . * * SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE, JULY 12, 1953. . oy Gentlemen, we are facing one of the most critical times in the history of our nation, Minority groups in our country have taken to the streets to agitate, to demonstrate; to breach the ‘peace, and to provoke violence calculated to blackmail this Congress into passing legislation in direct violation of tiv v...--. ““"tes Constitution. * . You have been forced to consider this legislation through the pressure and blackmail of mobs in the streets, The President and the Attorney General have encouraged genonstratiors, fregdom rides, sit-ins, picketing ‘ang actual violation st local laws, wnat ‘is happening in our nation today fits the fattern of what hag ‘been happeaing throughout the world insofar as I ghe Communist activity is concerned, Compare the- Coimunist tactics | a with a Cuba, a Laos, @ Berlin, a Viet Nam, a Hata, or other parts | . , of the world, Communist tactics are to create a érisis and let it 4 cool off, The same tactics are peing practiced in’ the United States - . through 2 Birmingham, and letting it cool off; a Jackson, and ° letting it cool off; a Danville, Virginia; a cambridge, Maryland; -. “ ; riots in Philadelphia; and in New York City. It's the same old ‘ Ve an? ; Communist offensive of attack with a hammer and then withdraw. ca Fo Attack with a hammer and then withdraw--each time causing more ill will, more racial unrest and pushing a wedge further between existing good relations of the people of a nation, It is the divide, phe om ree pee Aner cane etn oe disrupt and conquer technique. The passage of this Civil Rights legislation will positively provoke more violence, not just in the so South, but. throughout all areas of our nation. I am convinced that 6 this is a part of the world Communist conspiracy to divide and | + j W& conquer our country from within. | . ve YY fhe Communists are, therefore, championing the cause of the | ‘a? > Negroes in America as an important part of their drive to mobilize i 9 ye ~ poth colored and white for the overthrow of our government. A 7 y | There are those who are so anxious to hold high the banner of . | wy yy the Civil Rights issue that they fail to read some of the writing ‘ Ww on the benner., They feil to realize that the Communist Perty hopes iN $e Less sats Legoyertier 22 ate Zowin wisi me guopess oF shen ! i HWS 5 0-hM—Pecicd?s2eiS52) ae:
coe fan@: the flamer into a holocaust in @ Northern racial strife areas. To date, they have been disappointed and defeated by the due process of law in the South where law enforcement agencies and level- " headed citizens have been able to contain the aggravations of the outside racil agitators. Gentlemen, it is obvious to many of us throughout the country that the racial-agitation, strife and conflict that has been stirred up throughout our entire nation is largely Communist-inspired. Racial agitators in Mississippi and leaders of demonstrations in other states have backgr ounds that have made many of us, including our focal police, state _tnvestigating agencies, and. | the FBI, to be goncerned about the: real motivation behind these g0- called Civil Y Lat Rights leaders, mz a Your passage of this legislation Wald be no dane all for the problems that this nation faces because of racial ‘Btrife and conflict. The passage of this legislation will,’ however, mean the complete end of Constitutional government in America and result: in racial violenge | of unimaginable scope. Even the New York Times has ‘said that “with - every negro advance, momentum for more violence and agitation inereases, not decreases," . This legislation is so all-inclusive and so sweeping in its Scope that it has been termed by many as the “WHITE SLAVE BILL". Gentlemen, you have all learned through your personal experiences that to try to appease, accommodate, or give concessions to the demands of the arrogant leads only to additional conflicts and additional problems which you didn't face before.~--Certainly, you are familiar with the results of our policy of appeasement towards Cuba and Laos. The passage of this Civil Rights legislation will itead us into an area of conflict between the races, the like of which we have never known. There will be no end to the constant pressure “ for more and more and more. Tho Attorney Qeneral has atated that the pannage of this M111 would move the problem of so-called discrimination in public eccommodatians out of the streets and into the courts, I question eee of shorsecnts 22 wel os oe 2 * hae ote Wee FS TTS SE 2 shoo 2A NW 35074 Doold: 32999531 Page i235
MW 55074 Doctd: 32989531 @- purpose of government should r@ protect the individual and to see to it that no one interferes with his private property. The present administration seems to have adopted the very heart of the Soctalistic philosophy that the private rights of men are to be tolerated only at the suffrage of the -State,. What we are seeing today is a grasp for power by certain men in public office who would five to an all-powerful Central Government full control over all: phases of the lives of our neople, I see this legislation as an attempt by greedy. minorities to prostitute the purpose of law and government as a protector of private property, and to use the law to t ! plunder the property, of others, If you pass this legislation, you are allowing @ minority in our country to force itself uwoon the majority of the citizens of our nation. What and where are ‘the rights of the majority? The powers | ov the Attorney General under this legislation will be so sweeping and so encompassing as to comorise a ‘serious threat, in itself, to the safety and stability of the nation. The abtomey General in his testimony has stated, "I think that it is an injustice that needs to be remedied, We have to find the tools: with which to remedy that injustice," In other words, regardless of the Constitution, he, through ~this legislation, asks for the power to run roughshod cver the rights of every individual and dictate to every citizen what he could or could not ‘do with his private property ang business. Where is the equal protegtion of the law? .. I challenge the newspapers and news media of our country to awaken the man on the street, the small business man, all those wha respect law and order; to the fact that this legislation is an oven attack on the rights of every individual to the control of his personal, private property. . Every citizen has the right to own and operate his own business as he sees fit without interference from any source. To give to an all-powerful Contxal Goverment the right to force the owner of a private business to unwillingly do business with anyone creates a | " new and special right for a minority group in this nation that 2 } | i { destroys the property end personal rights of every citizen. | | t t Page i24
@enator Russell has stated and tneess has failed to report, “Our American system has always rejected the idea that-one group of citizens may deprive another of legal rights and property by process of agitation, demonstration, intimidation, law defiance and civil disobedience, Every Negro citizen possesses every right that is possessed by any white citizen. But there is nothing in either the Constituiion or in Christian principles or common sense and reason which would compel‘ one citizen to share his rights:with one of another race at the same place and at the same time. Such compulsion would amount to a complete denial of inalienable’ rights of the ° Apéivicual to choose: or select his associates," av Gentlemen, whaé could be more unequal and. discrimatory than to give one particular class of eitizens the privilege of by-passing the normai channels of justice, vihich other qitizens mast follow. Under this Legislation, any agitator or vrouble-maker or crank could bring the owner of any business establishmént into Federal Court by merely writing a letter to the U. S. Attorney General. ‘he. agitator would: be represented, at no cost to himself, by the offiéials and attornéys of the Federal Government. if this legislation passes, American citizens will have no rights in the ownership and use of their private property, unless they use it in a way that federal officialdom considers to be consistent with the so-called public interest. Today, it seems to many Americans, the demands of the racial agitation groups fix official opinion as to what is the public interest. Tomorrow, the public interest could well be something else, It ‘ould even invade the home--or even the bedroom of the individual. HW 35074 Doold: 32989531 The legitimate purpose of government is to protect a man's home as his castle. Does not this same basic American “Constitutional fagt of life apply equally to a man's own private business? The legislation you have under consideration would use federal police power (as exemplified in our system of Federal courts) to destroy a man's personal property simply to satisfy racial minorities. Can there be no end to the current insanity that would compel the mixing “of races in social activities to achieve WHAT? You can name it yourself! Page i125
on ee the head of the ‘NAACP here in Washingtom™ D. C. (where Negro eriminal violence against white people is creating something akin to a reign of terror) said on a national television program in early May of this year, that Negro violence is coming and that the NAACP will promote the violence if whites do not immediately give the Negro what he demands, What does he demand. Does he honestly know just what he’ really wants? Whatever he may want will not come as a result of this or any other legislative act. You can be certain ‘of that basic fact. The race problem can never be: solved by passage of laws, court edicts, or by breaches of the peace. ONE ESTABLISHMENT GOES OUT OF BUSINESS I have said that the free enterprise system “has contributed mach mune td making our nation great and that many establishments would go out of business if they were required to integrate. I am prepared to give you one specific example in Mississippi. * Mrs. Marjorie Staley of Winora, Mississippi, ‘hes operated a restaurant as a Continental Trailways Bus Terminal for quite a while. Apparently, she was making:good and had a good -husiness but she was told to either integrate or close the business. She chose to closé her business rather than integrate. It is my understanding that Trails vays officials had been @ eted by the gustice Department to’ warn her to either close or integrate. She has approximately $20,000.00 of equipment in the restaurant. She had. seven or eight , people employed -~ three whites and three or four Negroes. She had &@ payroll of $2,000.00 per month: Now her business is closed, seven or eight people, Negroes and whites, are out of employment, and she | os has $20,000.00 worth of equipment on her hands. SS Prior to the time she closed this business, she served both white and colored in separate compartments -- one for the whites and one for the Negroes. Apparently, everyone was happy the way it was being operated. Everyone was well pleased--customers as well as ‘employees, and Mrs. Staley. This is one example that neither Congress nor the courts can change attitudes and customs, Mrs. Staley is a widow and earned her livelihood operating her restaurant. There is a communist nation just 90 miles from our shores and yet, with this and all the other problems we face as a nation, thé whole attention of the Congress and our nation at this critical era in history is diverted to this tragic and mis-named Civil Rights a) ee Nw 35074 Doold: 32999531 Page 126 a Scetulaations ane Lin EERIE ES eRUN ane Hobe RUTH semen ta mentored Set ae ce were baer ALY De eer eme ree me ne Sesion A NTA HLS TS AEM EE AYA SSSI 0% ce een 8 Tee none
: legislation. Perhaps this is all a part of a great conspiracy to divert our attention to this domestic issue so that we may neglect other and far more important matters.. ° Gentlemen, I have done some research on this matter as to the : constitutionality of the proposed bill. . Section 3 of Senate Bill 1732 provides that all persons shall be entitled, without discrimination or segregation on account of race, color, veligion, or national origin, to the full and ‘equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations” of hotels, motels and numerous other private business enterprises, , ; Section 2(h) provides that alleged existing.discriminatory at - practices "take on: ‘the character of action by. the states and there- rd fore fall within the ambit of thé equal protection of the Fourteenth Amendment to the constitution of the United States. " Section 2(i) ‘takes the position that Congress has the right to enact this propgsed legislation in order to remove alleged ’ a burdens on and obstructions to ‘commerce under ihe: Commerce Clause nat ‘of the constitution of the United States. ea *; . ra yt . ah pe ' . oo . i fs sewn? oe . Congress does not have the power to enact this legisiati on under the Fourteenth Amendment 7 Nn Bee The businesses sought to be controlled are ‘purely private in: Fé i character and as such fall within the ambit of what is commonly known as "free enterprise," ‘Every loyal conservative ‘American has a deep and abiding faith in our free enterprise system, He also stands ever vigilant to protect the citizen's right to own, control and operate his private business as he sees fit. The right to do business or to decline to do business with any individual is an ‘ inseparable part of said citizen's right to operate and control his privately owned business. If this right is destroyed by the Federal ox Government, the citizen has been deprived of one of his inalienable fre reton stor oft +e o- we Resend syrer ~ ome, POT 19) Pe Dae einen Peg MW 55074 Doold:32989531 Page 127 . 1.2
eo e "No State shall make or enforce any law which ‘shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty,’ or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.* Iv-should be notedthat the Fourteenth smerianent is a pro- hibition against State action. It is not a prohibition against the action of one citizen against another, Each individual has a legal right to discriminate against another individual. Any control over such individual agtion bythe operatior of a private business lies wnolly within the power of the State Legislatures under - the Tenth Amendment to the Gonstitution of the United States. ° ; Some states have passed legislation similar to this; some have not, 4 Each State has the: right to make its own decision. Mississppi has taken no action on this question, In our State the owner of each business is tree to ake his own GQécision as ; whom he will serve’ eS . , — Eighty years” ago in United States v. Nichols, entitled the Civil Rights cases, 109 U.S. 3, 3 S.CT. 18, 27'L.Ed. 835, the Supreme Court of ‘the United States held Sections 1 and 2 of the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional. said gets provided that . ; . all persons in the! United States were entitled tg ‘the full and . equal enjoyment of accommondations , advantages, facilities and privileges of inns’ and places of amusement. In holding that Congress had no right to pass such a law under the Fourteenth - Amendment, the Court said: "It is state action of a particular character that t8 prohibited. Individual invasion of individual rights is not the subject-matter ~ of the Amendment." 7 - - MW 55074 Doold: 32989531 Page 126
Nw S507 4 Doold: 32989531 Page i239 "and: so in the present case, until some state law has been passed or some state action through its officers or agents has been taken, adverse to the rights of citizens sought to be protected by the 14th Amendment, no legislation of the United States under said Amendment, nor. any proceeding under such legislation,. can be called into activity; for the prohibitions of the Amendment are against state laws and acts under state authority." 7 a . vor "Such legislation cannot properly cover the whole domain of rights appertaining to life, liberty and property, defining them and providing for their vindication. ‘That would be to establish a code of municipal law regulative _of all private rights between man and man in society. it would be to make Congress take the place of the State Legislatures and to supersede them. it is absurd to affirm that, becatige the vights of life, liberty and property, which include all civil rights that men have, are, by the Amendment sought to be protected against invasion on the part of the State Without due process of law, Congress may, therefore provide due process: of law for their vindication in- every case; and that, because the denial by a State to any persons, of the equal protection of the laws, is prohibited by the Amendment, therefore Congress may establish laws for their equal protection. In fine, the legislation which Congress is authorized to adopt in this behalf
'_@ , ® | is not Zeneral Je gislation upon the rights of the- citizen, but corrective legislation, that is, as may be necessary and proper for counteracting such laws as the States may adopt or* enforce, and which, by the Amendment, they are trohibited from making or enforcing, or such acts and proceedings as the States may’ commit or take, and which, by the Amendment, they are prohibited from committing or taking," : ke xX a ac “An inspection of the law shows that it makes no reference whatever to any supposed or apprehended violation of the 14th. Amendment on' the part. of the States. It 43 not predicated 9 any such views It proceeds ex directo to declare that : certain acts committed by’ individuals sheild be deemed offenses, ot and shall be prosecuted and punished by-proceedings in the . courts of the United States." ' , "In other words, it steps into the domain of local jurisprudence, 4 i and lays down rules for the conduct of individuals in society Bos ’ towards each other, and imposes sanctions for the enforcement ' at ; - of, those rules, without referring in any manner to any supposed hoo, ° action of the State or its authorities. - "If this legislation is appropriate for enforcing the ' prohibitions of the Amendment, it is difficult to see where it is to stop. Why may not Congress with equal show of se mo whe author ity enact a code of laws for the enforcement and vindication of all rights of life, liberty and property? If it “ is supposable that the States may deprive persons of lite, ” liberty and property without due process of law, and the Amendment itself does suppose this, why should not Congress proceed at once to prescribe due process of law for the protection of every one of these fundamental rights, in every possible case, as well as to prescribe equal privileges in inns, public conveyances and theaters? The truth is, that the implication of 2-power to legislate in this menner is based were a Ft we wer og Nw S5074 Docld: 32989531
. . aa . @. not merely power to provide a. of redress against such state legislation or action, The assumption is certainly “oy ' unsound. It is repugnant to the 10th Amendment of the Constitution, which declares that powers not delegated to the ‘United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively or to the people." The Givi Rights Cases arose out of the denial by a hotel of its accommodations to persons of color and the denial by theaters of their accommodation to colored persons, In 1959 @ Howard an Johnson Restaurant denied service to Charles E. Williams, a colored ° aa attorney for the Internal Revenue Service. He prought suit claiming that such action violated the Civil Rights Acts of 1875 and the Commerce Clause of the Federal éonstatution. In Williams v. Howard Johnson Restaurants, U.S.C.A.4th, 268 F.2d 845, the Court re-affirm:d the doctrine of the Civil Rights Cases, and said: "Sections 1 ang 2 of the Civil Rights Act of 1875, upon which the plaintiff's position is based in part, provided that all persons in the United States should be entitled to the full and equal a “ 4 enjoyment of accomodations, advantages, facilities and atod. | privileges of inns, public conveyances and places of amusement, and that any person who should violate this provision by denying to any citizen‘the full enjoyment of any of the enumerated vo - . accommodations, facilities or privileges should for every such ; offense forfeit and pay the sum of "$500 to the person aggrieved. we wo, . The Supreme Court of the United States, however, held in Civil ks 7 — . : Rights Cases 199 U.S. 3, 3 S.Ct. 18, 27 L.Ed, 835, .that these sections of the Act were unconstitutional and were not ~ authorized by either the Thirteenth or Fourteenth Amendments oF the Constitution. The Court pointed out that the Fourteenth Amendment was prohibitory upon the states only, so as to | invalidate all state statutes which abridge the privileges or _t immunities of citizens of the United States or deprive them of . | life, liberty or property without due process of law, or deny to any person the equal protection of the laws; but that the aetianess fog 20% Love rt Temnvet tf wit powers to Deets Nios ot fatty S. welee gre tet: wor ee pom LSveis, wwe we Se Ss oe MW 35074 Dooeld:32959531 Page 131
—WW-B5074— Doeld:32989531 Page 132 * From a legal point of view, it g perfectly clear that Congress does not have the power to control the activities of private business owners under the Fourteenth Amendment. Congress does not have the power to enact this legislation under the Commerce Clause of tne ‘.. Constitution of the United States. Article I, Section VIII, Clause 3 provides: ‘mé “Congress shall have Power: . .. to regulate Commerce -. o with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian’Tribess; . . ."" oo No one .¢an reasonably contend that the operation of a hotel, restaurant or drug store ,in Mississippi constitutes commerce among the several States. The Supreme Court of the Unitea States clearly did not think so-in the Civil Rights oases, ‘because it said; "Has Congress constitutional power to make such a law? of , course, no one will contend that the power to pass it was : - . contained in the Constitution before the adoption of the jast three Amendnients." . we . , . . The last three Amendments referred to were the 13th, 14th, *: and 15th. The Commerce Clause was a part of the Constitution ; from it inception. The Supreme Court, therefore, said that no one “ : | would even contend that Congress had the power to pass such law prior to the adoption of the 13th Amendment. . - a Of course, the right to contro] commerce among the States . ” , ot ; includes the right.to control interstate transportation, and Congress has done so in this field by Title 28 U.S.C.A., Section 3(1), which forbids a carrier to subject any person 9 “undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage in any respect. The right of the Congress to deny discrimination incident to interstate commerce has been upheld in a number of cases. Mitchell v. United States, 313 U.S. 80, 61 S,Ct. 873, 85 L.Ed. 1201; on
iW S5074 DodId: 32989531 Henderson v. United States, 339 U.S. 816, 70 S.Ct. 843, 94 L.Ed. 1302. In like manner, the Supreme Court has also held that certain State action constituted an unlawful burden on interstate commerce in this 373, 66 $.Ct. 1050, 90 L.Ed. 1317. field. Morgan v. Virginia, 328 U.S. In the Civil Rsbe s Cases, the Supreme Court recognized the power of Congress to regulate public conveyarices passing from one state to another, and said aa a- . * ‘ “And whether Congress, in the exercise of its power to regulate commerce amongst the several States, might or might not pass a law resvlating rights in public conveyances passing from_one State to another, is also a question which is € . . not now before us, as ‘the sections -in question are not conceived in any such view." . - ar It is clear, therefore, that the Supreme Court was not unmindful of the power of Congress under the Commerce Clause when it decided* the Civil Rights Cases and when it held that no one, _ would even “6 contend that Congress had the right to pass this’ type of legislation under the Commerce Clause or prior to the adoption of the 13th, “14th, and 15th Amendments. . Who would seriously contend that the operation of a restaurant on Capitol Street in Jackson, Mississippi, could be classizied as” as* commerce among the several States? I£ such action constitutes commerce among the States simply because some of the products handled were manufactured outside of Mississippi, every act of every citizen in every State could be controlled by Congress on the same basis. The Constitution should not be stretched entirely out of shape in an effort to reach what is believed by some to be an evil, the correction of which is a matter for each State to make its own decision. This issue was raised in Williams v. Howard Johnson Restaurant, supra, and wee held aot iro Fell within che Gommerce Clause oF the Consrtitvtion. Mea “Dourt Belt: ‘Wee tlenicl.ii menet an ote éllager Page 133 — perenne eee ee duet rer 6 seme meee es Wen reae Nee enero nea Tee <A eee per were neny mere te 21-7 ego nr vn eep peer omntt tear = 2a ae Ppepiamnennee Vics Contoale a asiecie.clak sa  Jnieneetenanateetediiandnaeanet irene ea
ee + so Or ncerstate commerce because it . beside an interstate highway and serves interstate travelers. He suggests that ‘a Federal policy has been developed in numerous decisions which requires the elimination of racial restrictions on transportation in interstate commerce and the admission of Negroes to-railroad cars, sleeping cars and dining cars without discrimination as to color; and he argues that the commerce clause of the Constitation (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3), which empowers Congress to regulate commerce among the states, ig self-executing so that even without a prohibitory undue restrictions upor, it. "The cases upon which the plain statute no person engaged in interstate commerce may place a ’ A tiff relies in each instance Z, ° disclosed discriminatory action against persons of the colored race by ‘carriers engeged in the passengers in’ - line of authority would be ’ the present controversy if restaurant was. so engaged. interstate commerce.” transportation of rey "In every instance the conduct condemned wag that of an “ ORS organization directly engaged in interstate commerce and the persuasive in the determination of it could be said that the defendant We think, however, that the cases cited are not applicable because we do not find that a restaurant >” * is ensaged in interstate commerce merely because in the course of its business of furnishing accommodations to the general public it serves persons who are traveling from state to state. { As an instrument of local commerce, the restaurant is not subject to the constitutional and statutory provisions discussed above and, thus, is at liberty to deal with such persons as it may select." - Neither the fe et that some customers of —_— eee OF eee - owe wee es ee ee - — —— S¢ TSSIS-LLE it 223 Zz 2 SITS IT = S ia 4 tv we pio ws aA & ANY soy eet peers meee et eres, Se eee ers ae melee s a ae Ww S5074 Boold: 32989531 Page i34 - - : - os : weer 2 Sefer Waren Sen fee ype wr gO AG WOOD CMEN Bevel eee T Porous es LIUM Ae Lae Le an establishnen ct iB ws 4 Sm = we NW 55074 Docl@:32989531 Page 13400
— . . « we mA to control by Congress. In 21: @. Herpital, Inc. v. Richardson, j.S.C.A.8th, 269 F.2d 167, the Court held that the treatment of some patients wao were travelling in interstate commerce did not destroy the purely local character of the services furnished by the hospital, and said: “The fact’ that some of plaintiff's patients = . . might travel in interstate commerce does not alter the local character of plaintiff's hospital: I£ - the converse were true, every country stote _ . , ' : residing outside the state would be selling in , . a” t interstate commerce. Untformlv..the courts have held to that obtains its goods ftom or serves customers . : 7 the contrary. ALLA. Schechter Poultry. Corp. v. ° United States, 1935, 295 U.S. 495, 55 S. Ct. 837, 79 L.Ed. 1570; ~ 4 Lawson v. Woodmere, 4 Cir., 1954, 217 F.2d 148, 150; - Jewel Tea Co.’ v. Williams, 10 Cir., 1941, 118. F.2d 202, ~ | * ‘ 207; Lipson v. Socony-Vacuum Corp., 1 Cir., 1937, : et 87 F. 2d 265, 267, certiorari granted 300 Y,8. 651, 57 S.Ct. 612, 81 L.Ed; 862 certiorari dismissed 301 3.8. 711, 57 S.Ct. 788, 81 L.Ed. 1364." Re . ) ‘ Congress is now asked to control the operation of country stores and hotels,on the theory that their operation constitutes commerce among the several States. The statement of the proposition is so ridiculous that it need not be further ~ "refuted. It is my understanding that the Attorney General of the . United States has suggested to this Committee that it disregard the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in . oF -) the Civil Rights Cases. I have always been under the impression . that it was the duty of the Attorney General of the Uniteg States = - < - Seen = hea = oa “3 advise comrrearcrione!] committees as tro the present status oF mhe - - ” . tan te “ * + > = > twee = - Tew, © dc not relieve ne AAS FNe BLthtIvity Io recormecst tt yee > et eee a a wee lee ee te ae ate ae i = —Nw fb b024—Deeld.32h8 9531 Page 735
a ul cd MW 55074 Docld: 32999531 @ conclusion, I would like to Deeceain members of the Congress two questions: (1) How long do you plan to bow to the unreasonable and unconstitutional demands of selfish minorities in your state? (2) When do you expect to begin to represent the - we? great majority of your own people? Another question naturally follows --how far do you think the great white majority of this nation will stand to be pushed? Ihave received and am receiving daily letters from substantial ° everyday citizens in every state of this nation and I say to you seriously that our “fine white citizens have stood just about as much ox this minority insanity as they can take.. Gentlemen, you are just about to hear from that great, silent, nd » substantial white majority back tome. . ‘. When John Doe and Ole Joe Q. Doakes on Main Street in every ‘ city, town, village. and cross -road in your state, finds out exactly what is really in this legislation--just what the present U.S. Attorney General and the Negro minorities want tgday~-turmoil will really break Loose in this nation. if you think 500,000 Negroes marching on Washington is something, pass this legislation and you'1I find out what one hundred million angry white Auexicans will do. an Please think .deeplyan these matters. Think seriously as to how much the white man will take in having his rights chipped away with new legislation such as this and by each decision of the Federal Courts. Are there no rights of the individual sacred today in this country? Equality in a social sense is attainable only in total slavery. Justice Brandefs said, "One of the inalienable rights " This certainly applies to the hard- ~ of men is to be let alone. working, small business man? = Aven os? Rea - —, mw as Wev should nor the individual, who has worked to produce his Page 136
4 ‘s . an What we are about to experience , nation today is tyranny - ; of the mob. The intent of this legislation is to steal away the fondamental rights of man to own and manage his private property as he sees fit. The President and Attorney General are sewing thé seeds of hate and violeace. The nation could reap a bloody harvest. Gentlemen, if you pass this Civil Rights legisiation, -you are passing it under the threat of mob action and violence on the part of Negro groups and under various types of intimidation from the Executive Branch of this government. This legislation i tust be defeated if this nation is to survive as a Constitutional Republic of Sovereign States, i % Tie decision is yours. May God have mercy on your souls! THE END ” . Raf as + 3 . r ~ tae wt . € a 2 MW 55074 Docld:32989531 Page 137 . .
“ . . . . « * * *> -t °., “<* . Senony - “fon NO, 10, * e @ :@ wh .! “UNITED STATES GOVER iENT “f o Memorandum. 7" oe | ceo $ sha TO: Mr. re a pate: July 29, 1963 Holmes Gandy a Wi ee . Trotter ___= ih FROM . Cc ° A, Eva Tole. Room : f _ sugjecr: . ” REQUESTS FROM MEMBERS OF - ; \, CONGRESS CONCERNING ALLEGED mm Ota A COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN THE ie sf wm oa oo . o % . * Assistant Attorney General Burke Marshall of the Civil Rights Division was contacted this morning and this matter was discussed with him further? He: ‘pointed out that he had not received any additional requests for such information as to communist influence in the racial situation from any other inembers of Congress but that he fully expected there would be further inquiries, In this/connection it was pointed out to Marshall the undesirability of making the snet to Martin Luthen King and the use of the language "communist-controlled" as Marshall has had fuit details as to King’s association with Stanley Levison, the d to the — GaAs BPP PLES To lhaansn Al ‘oncealed communist,and Hunter Pitts O'Dell, who had been electe . National Committee of the Communist Party (USA), 5 ran a ng Brus Fa Le bbe Ff In addition, as @ illustration, Marshal was’ informed of the case involving Lee Pressman who had denied for years being a communist and then .. later admitted it for a Congressional Committee, . ats id Rat wer z . Marshall said that he was most appreciative of our warning him about these pitfalls and he would be guided accordingly in any future statements. He added that he would also appreciate our continuing to highlight for him any information indicating communist activity in the Negro movement, S. “| Marshall said he had been endeavoring to see Senato?’S~Monroney (D. - Okla.) and Magnuson (D. - Washington) but had not accomplished this to date. Senator Magnuson is reportedly seriously ill in the hospital; (This has not been publicized. ) and Senator Monroney has cancelled two appointments Marshall had with him as Monroney was tied uP with the railroad strike legislation. me XE Z | 1- Mr. Mohr -- +: = aye’ ; ~F we G be 975 1 - Mrx‘DeLoach' £3 » AU ; a REG an 1- Mr. Rosen “*” : - 1-Mr, Sullivan _ ¢ (Cll TO AG rBKG S 16d mug 4 L-Pl~ 6. 1 - Mr. aie HES 7 ey CAB:peW (8), gprs str Pts our A ittee, s use is limite 7 ope Ne nw » Leg iy DGoinmittee and the content may not be ied . without the express approval of the FBI Y HW SS0 7S Deeidrs2989554—Page—i38 “} ~~ Pe if ‘1963 aoe kim fo. | : mT TRENT RACIAL SITUATION rae A wt ‘© Coypet? wy . ific comments previously noted as to giving complete clearance oof 4 ’ : 4 (siehinnesnattnnamaneneneetinntesatemmmncnaeranenteree ee Ae menenee” tater se mune: *é, 2 Tee tw mien Cth 2 oo me awe * JNAXBLRWED Cory eee timeonrs
Memorandum to Mr. Belmont RE: REQUESTS FROM MEMBERS OF CONGRESS CONCERNING ALLEGED - oie COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN THE mee CURRENT RACIAL SITUATION As Marshall said that over the weekend he had received information - that the United Mine, Mill and Smelters Workers in Savannah was making _availeble office space for use by the Negro groups. He noted that the Negros ‘are short of funds and are prone to accept aid wherever they can obtainit. If this represents communist activity in Savannah, Marshall said he would appreciate recziving any details we might obtain, ACTION TO BE TAKEN:: The Savannah Division will be instructed to ascertain whether the local of the United Mine, Mill and Smeiters Workers in Savannah is subjected to communist influence at this time and whether such influence may be a factor in the support that union is reportedly to be currently giving to the Negro movement. A memorandum should be prepared following the results of this ‘ inquiry. a ~, od NW 55074., Docld:32989531 |Page 139,
UNITED STATES Gan @. . emoul? ; - @ . — me Gasper Memorandum yoo. sppmnlde ot oH” wearer TO: MR, anworn(hloue DATE: 7/19/63 i - ~ ro S r en e f ce Mr. Belmont Trotter s____} i ’ FROM =: C, A. Evang Mr. Rosen Tele, Room eee | Mr. Sullivan ve Mr. Evans An, #4 og supject:©) Meotlee 2 Gruen & Mr. McGowan lt yb EPA RACIAL -STTUATION ~— Mr. Baumgardne ya Le y Ww a an aes In_ taikifig with the Attorney General and Assistant AG Marshall, ofthe Civil Rights Division ,- reference was made to our earlier conversation concerning: Congressional requests which had been received by the Director, relating to alleged communist influence in the“racial. demonstrations. The Department's original position was that there was “no inmediate urgency in recontacting Senator Monroney, in view of recent contacts had with him by Departmental representatives. Today, I pointed out that these requests should not be. aiiowued to remain unresolved too. long. i j een Assistant AG Marshall advised that he had dtatted.a proposed letter to be used in replying to these Congressional requests, since © he had ascertained that a written reply is desired, particularly by — Senator Monroney. Ini his letter Marshall proposes to paraphrase the President's statement at his press conference on 7/17/63, Marshall's : letter will, of course, make no reference to the President's state~ ment, but merely indicate that this is the conclusion, predicated upon reports and other information supplied to the Department. . ar In those instances where the Department is dealing with a. Member of Congress believed to be trustworthy, Marshall plans to deliver his letters personally and to explain that the classified nature of£..the. reports precludes the furnishing of specific informa-— tion in Writing or in testimony. Marshall feels that he can talk confidentially ‘in this way to Senator Magnuson and thus forestall any requests for further information, It was noted that, as a result of the, Director's. conversation with the Attorney General, Marshall had spoken With Martin Luther King about the dangers of his associating with Statiley’: Levison and accepting assistance from him. It was, therefore, bélieved that since this may get back to Members of Congress, Marshall should talk with the Andividual Senators, where this can be done on a confidential basis. Marshall said he would, of course, Keep us advised of nae results. of his contacts in this regard. feo Lf —_ “YS & ww ~ aa - fe ; 8 JUL 80 1963 cA: ca ue wun \p g Cite Ww docu fey is prepared in response to 4 your request ond is rat for dissOiir me ae nation cu) your Committee, Its use ts limited to i eedings by . iS oe Auc Denk your Comiméttee and the content may not be disclosed to unat zed person- NOP EAT Pore cere AQ—ner Nhu the express approval of the FBI . NW S5074 Doold: 32989531 Page 140 seeseens Dn neseersrnpaenenenei sss eeecennutamenta arampnnenes waaurneantceri nt Ss eeecianebenstnty te venoneierenenoenetetatnnaner shemmanmtanaadieakechenineenadenmentemeaneineteamena wt seen Fire Fe ee ererena
SSC LETTER 106.75 ITEM 7f Ceo eF NW 55074 Docid: 32989531 Page i141
ZF TEE AT GED ge We BED V fie O OSRD LP L GN A eoreSbea SS Sr a ma PRT las PRANTL ERE, wR. @ I ~8 hi a . , . fio phe OM . The Attorney General duly 31, 1963 . - He, Belmont Director, FRI a fir, Bohr X- . =- ic, Bohoachk = Hy. Syvans » Uy, Sublivan «- Mv, Helmfeldt L- Her. Breanna Uy Ler. Baumgardner . NY ; . L-~lie. Bland i - Hr, a: Bnere 18 attached for your consideration 2 copy Ryan = x % ( WUTEER PLIERS SO a INEINNAL SHCUIITY =» € ENGHANAL © BEcy RITE AC? oF fast food fod fod fad fad fot ie Ga & of a letter. duted duly 27, 1963, received from S-mator. tichard 4 SESS , together with a copy of the qury 25, any 15G3, a wiicle in the Atlanta, Georgia Woustituvion Ld, ‘ \ I ERAN TET RTT HET SNy IPMN EY FOE ME FER ORO NTT crt Ape tte es, A wo ee ee Se ee eh fl i ontitled ‘Snetime Communist On Giinse Ueads Rev. Sing!e———-sece yy ‘@} Office in W.Y.* i have advis ed Senator Eussell by Letter aS) - sof this date that, in Line with Departmeatal policy, 2 am Sas a ar of referring hia letter to you. Sse8 ; 8 You have been kept advised by communications, seks “Wy the Latest cf which vas dated duly 17, 1963, captioned ® 8s gs ~ ‘Request From Senator Uoenroney Concerning Racial Agitation," S88. ee of Hunter Pitts O'Sell's ass sociation with the Reverend S& os a) Martin Lather King, J¢,, au2 with the Southern Caristian & So8 Loader shin Conzerenc e (820). In addition, copies of Q9 8 & ssvestigntive PS gorts concerning O'Dell have been submitted ¥ rg . + t& the Internal Security Division of the Department af 88s “e Justice on a continuing basis. The Last such report as. . « Subgitted vas dated June 28, 1563, at New York, New York. £8 a w _ gs ae For your further information, a telephone cale s* ss ib tHe office of the SCLC in Hew York City on July 30,. i383 , yoSep ff 02 poqvmy $2 ash szz pun ysanba. nok 02 asuodsas oS vesulted in a statement by an unidentified female enployse 2 | © ‘lthat Lunter Pitts O'Dell was no longer employed by the BCLGL” & 12s S 1 he E art *- y & 3 ios Popes «- 2 ws we & lf os Eh 23 Axe ey Ww & ot 3 2 slisokseor6 — 7. , an 8 : . & BS i.- The Deputy Attorney General (Eaclosures = 2) % geo -1031 = ur, Burke Marshall (Zaclosures = 2) Esicomemce nes om ks ‘Assistant Attorney General LES “2 Sa, ae NOTE; goa Seems See memorandum Bau mgardner to Sfilivan, same subjec?,~ va. dated 7/36/83, EBR: DR: ere: pws TE aud fr ——— ed to——— FBR dfm: ere yp ‘ BED me 38) a \ i mo oe IQ ms oi ah - awe AS BM te UA Ie PERE AES ON perro + NW 55074, Docra: Sadasds Page 142 ' ma? s
wt ae eo Sey ampans sweet eme soyee Cape ty megwnind vate ene Lod cre oan 1 = Mr. Belmont 1 = Mr, Mohr 1 = He. BeLoach Suly 31, 1963 1 = ir. Sullivan t 1 - tir. HMaimfeldt ; 1 ~ Mr, Brennan 1 - Mr, Baumgardner / 1 - Myr. Bland > 1 = liv, Ryan - Honorable Richard B. Russell ° wb. S&S ¢ United States Senate eee! “— os ge Washington, BD. G. one _epamneles. ¢§ r * - se en My dear Senator: nae yoy 2 « S sé oo wa Boe > . Reference is made to your letter gg” dated July 27, 1963, requesting advice regarding Sats an artgicie which appeared in the Atlanta, Georgia, & SOS "Constitution" of Gnursday, duly 25, 1963, captioned 28 $ vonetine Communist Organizer Heads Rev. King's ozZiee 8 88> . Shs in vesponse to your inquiry and in line . ee ~ with Departmental policy y Z am vweferring your letter S°% to the Attorney General Yor his consideration, 4 "SES trust you will understand my positicn,. Pay ce rece aan . Says ~~ Sincerely yourd, "Bs S259 tL. Edgar, Hoover $ YY oo “ S 4s 8 &o =. 3 SS 3.9 NOTE: . &S o > ive) . a See memorandum Baungardner to Sullivan gos ; \ dated duly 30, 1963, captioned “Hunter Pitts’O'Dell, FSH i ‘ internal Security - C, Internal Sécivity Act of "(950 ,! oe : EBL: DR: ercipy. be Ay. se fF he ante REC: 66 fC xcecd wane “OM ~ Telson n » Belmont Any fo AUG. 5 1953 : emma a BBR: ere oy —_ ; Galtchen (12) oh ; é, vaoeenensse — . Lonra: fd Gale —_—_— . Kose & a. ; a ke Silva . ie 3 pie  - — 29 oe On 7 ay mae Room es rey pocunes noe a Holme, asc RIVET TI SRNR ody MAIL roomL _l TELETYPE unrrL_] , hw p5074.- Docld: S25989531 - Pagel 143
RR, eilWnS5974 Doold: 32989531 Page 144 yaar PLOOO BYRO, VA. MARGARET CHASE SM Bit, MAINE ETUANT SYMINGTON, MO. J. GLENN BEALL, MD, . setpuny 64, ACK EON, WASH, BARRY GOLDWATER, Nix Geer 2 Cav, IR. N.C. CLIFFORD P. CASE, NJ, 4 ( ¢ 7 ee as THRMOND, 8.6. | £ Pa St £ SS { . Ce h Oat, CALIF, ivire Ares ewmeare erie 2.00y Ww, CAnMaDE, EV, JONTLAT C. BIND, W, VAL COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES ef CrR A TOU, OHIO ‘ a, RICHARO B. RUSSELL, GA., CHAIRM Font BIELKNIS, MISS, LEVERETT SALTO! 1, MASS. 11%, @, WEAITE, HAWAII Mr. Evans. . MARKY ts WINGATE, JR, CHIEF CLERK 5 - A Mr.f osen_i.- ee uly 27 t 1963: Mr. Sullivan. Ye = =f Mr. Tavel . 4y\ Mr. Trotter ‘ lo N \ Tele. Room. =} eae Se Miss Holmes | x aa So Miss 3 Pandy ; ° ‘ fay tenF + a qe f LE TE. Honorable J. Edgar Hoover, Director on 5 cates ee aE Federal Bureau of Investigation my b eu Department of Justice a 4 < xX Washington 25, D. C. non / 5 “4 Lo Polson E Mf.) \Bolmont =~ Ms iRiit hr. | Mi Cdiper__E Mr. Callahan $ Mr. Gontad.—__v. Mr. Tg rach. 227 Dear Mr. Hoover: a , Permit me to call to your attention the article, ‘ "Onetime Communist Organizer Heads Rev. King's Office in N.Y." which I have marked on the attached tearsheets from the Atlanta, Georgia CONSTITUTION of Thursday, July 25, 1963. . . , I would appreciate your advising me as to whether’. the information contained in this article is correct _ 2 according to your recordgand whether this information was available to you when you advised the Attorney General , that in yen epeenton there was no Communist connection ‘ wit fhe ern Christian Leadership Conference which wm Yjltaxtin Luther Ring eo iv? Me oF of u? )) ) i pee B. Russell ; ny ae Wy Ex03 waa ore This “tod. of prepared tw response to your r nation outside your Committee, Its use is lisnited to aoe ot Jor ae a gente Conumittee and the content may nut be disclosed to unauthorized person- nel without the express approval of the FBI .