Federal Bureau of Investigation

Washington, D.C. 20535

January 26, 2007

MR ERNIE LAZAR APARTMENT 6 577 SOUTH THORNHILL ROAD PALM SPRINGS, CA 92264 7884

Subject: WHITE, WALTER F/FIRST 20 SERIALS PLUS

1941-1942 AND 1954-195

FOIPA No. 1036354-000

Dear Requester:

The enclosed documents were reviewed under the Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts (FOIPA), Title 5, United States Code, Section 552/552a. Deletions have been made to protect information which is exempt from disclosure, with the appropriate exemptions noted on the page next to the excision. In addition, a deleted page information sheet was inserted in the file to indicate where pages were withheld entirely. The exemptions used to withhold information are marked below and explained on the enclosed Form OPCA-16a:

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85 page(s) were reviewed and 83 page(s) are being released.

Document(s) were located which originated with, or contained information concerning other Government agency(ies) [OGA]. This information has been:
- referred to the OGA for review and direct response to you.
- referred to the OGA for consultation. The FBI will correspond with you regarding this information when the consultation is finished.

☑ You have the right to appeal any denials in this release. Appeals should be directed in writing to the Director, Office of Information and Privacy, U.S. Department of Justice,1425 New York Ave., NW, Suite 11050, Washington, D.C. 20530-0001 within sixty days from the date of this letter. The envelope and the letter should be clearly marked "Freedom of Information Appeal" or "Information Appeal." Please cite the FOIPA number assigned to your request so that it may be easily identified.

□ The enclosed material is from the main investigative file(s) in which the subject(s) of your request was the focus of the investigation. Our search located additional references, in files relating to other individuals, or matters, which may or may not be about your subject(s). Our experience has shown, when ident, references usually contain information similar to the information processed in the main file(s). Because of our significant backlog, we have given priority to processing only the main investigative file(s).

If you want the references, you must submit a separate request for them in writing, and they will be reviewed at a later date, as time and resources permit.

See additional information which follows.

Sincerely yours

David M. Hardy
Section Chief
Record/Information
Dissemination Section

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MEXCRANDON' FOR IR. PICHOLS

Reference is made to the attached letter dated Soptember 15, 1943, from Arthur b. Spingarn, President of the Intional Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in which he requests a testimonial letter from the Director, directed to "alter Thite, Secretary of that Association, on the occasion of Thite's completion of 25 of service therewith.

A review of the Bureau files was made in connection in it. It. Thite, and it is interesting to note that we do not have a wain file on him. There are many many sec references, all of which worthin in the most part to his activities concerning the luscociation.

On several accosions he has been in to see the Director concerning the cases that we had under investigation involving civil rights.

The files reflect that he is a militant type of individual and is active in every conceivable program in which the letterment of the Negro race might be involved. In such participation, of course, he is alleged to have made numerous statements which are of critical nature of various individuals. In example of this would be the Detroit riot case in which he is alleged to have placed the tlame therefore on the lack of intelligent administration of law enforcement in the city, as well as the allegation that Fifth Columnism was behind the entire affair.

thite has apparently incurred the suspicion of ming conte of possible being communistic, although this is not definitely 'none. It is believed that a very guarded and cautious statement could be made, and would certainly do the lureau no harm, but would on the other hand aid us in our relations with the same race.

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EDGAR HOOVER

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

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DATE 4/8/81 BY SPIGSKIME

WAR DEPARTMENT INFORMS ME MY PERSONAL SECURITY APPLICATION
HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED TO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. WOULD DEPLY
APPRECIATE ITS CLEARANCE WITH ATTACHMENT OF YOUR RECOMMENDATION
WE DISCUSSED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS WISH LEAVE ABOUT
NOVEMBER 1. THANKS AND KINDEST REGARDS

WALTER WHITE

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September 30, 1943

RECOFFE 100- 328241- X4

Mr. Walter White Secretary, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 69 Fifth Avenue New York 3, New York

Dear Mr. White:

Your letter of September 28 has just been received.

I shall be very glad indeed to see you upon your return from your trip to California and before you leave for Europe.

Sincerely yours,

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June 17, 1944

Mar. Walter White, Secretary National Association for the Advancement of Colored Psople 69 Fifth Avenue New York, New York

Dear Mr. White:

In my letter of June 9, 1944, you will recall I advised you that a copy of your letter to me, dated May 22, 1944, was being directed to the Attorney General. You will recall that I also informed you that any additional information which you might forward to me would be brought to the attention of Mr. Biddle.

Since writing you I have been requested by the Attorney General to ask you to continue to furnish all information concerning the status of racial conditions, not only in Detreit but in other areas, which is brought to your attention, or which might be developed by you in the course of any inquiries. I will, of course, be appreciative of your supplying me any data along these lines. You may be assured that they in turn will be brought to the attention of the Attorney General.

Sincerely yours.

John Edgar Hoover Director

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Hederal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Iustice Washington, D. C.

June 16, 1944

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Mr.	Fletcher

MEMORANDUM FOR MR. LADD

With reference to the attached memorandum addressed to the Attorney General transmitting a copy of the letter addressed to the Bureau by Walter White, Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on May 22, 1944, you are advised that called at my office concerning this matter. He stated the Attorney shows a substitution of the subject matter should be shown to enter the statedy however, he thought it would be well for rumors. He statedy however, he thought it would be well for the Bureau to write a further letter to Walter White requesting him to continue to submit to the Bureau such additional data and him to continue to submit to the Bureau such additional data and information as he receives upon this or other matters believed of interest to the Department. Since we have already written white one letter about this, I think it would be well in white one letter about this, I think it would be well in addressing a further letter to him to indicate that the Attorney General has requested us to ask White to continue to furnish such information. Indicated that he thought it would be well to avoid indicating to White whether we were or were not investigating this situation.

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED TO TELL YOURS, HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

DATE 4/8/81 BYSP/GSKIME Edw. A. Tamm

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Office Memorandum STATES GOVERNMENT
TO : The Attorney General

JUN 1.2 1944

DATE: JUN 10 '544

FROM : J. Edgar Hoover - Director, Rederant Hursan of Investigation

SUBJECT: RACIAL CONDITIONS, DETROIT, MICHIGAN

I am attaching hereto a copy of a letter dated May 22, 1944, directed to me by Mr. Walter White, Executive Secretary of the Mational Association for the Advancement of Colored People. You will note Mr. White refers to racial tension in Detroit, and urges that this Bureau institute an "exhaustive investigation" relative thereto and more particularly, an investigation concerning the source of rumors pertaining to Negroes who allegedly desire to cause trouble.

I have informed Mr. White that his letter was being forwarded to you for your consideration and stated to him that this Bureau does not institute investigations relative to rumors or actual racial trouble and tension, of a nature referred to in his letter, without your prior authorization. I also expressed a desire that Mr. White furnish the Bureau any additional information he might receive in this regard, particularly any data reflecting pro-Axis or subversive elements agitating or exploiting the situation in Detroit.

With regard to Mr. White's letter, I would appreciate it if you will furnish me with an expression of opinion as to whether any investigation should be made. As you know, I have in the past supplied you with considerable information in turn furnished to this Bureau by informants and other sources concerning racial conditions in Detroit.

With regard to the rumors referred to in Mr. White's letter, it is recalled that under date of April 1, 1944, I forwarded you a memorandum entitled "Racial Conditions," referring specifically to rumors of "Pushing Clubs" in the cities of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Baltimore, Maryland, Detroit, Michigan, and New York City. Informants and other sources of the Bureau were contacted with negative results as far as developing any foundation in fact to these rumors. With regard to Detroit, it was found by the Detroit Police Department that the rumors of the "Pushing Clubs" were in most instances passed along as anecdotes at social functions. The Bureau was advised by the Detroit Police Department that their investigations of the rumors met with negative results. Furthermore, a person believed to have been the original source of a conversation relative to a "Pushing Club," advised he recalled a conversation in which he did discuss the fact that he had been confronted with a number of instances of "pushing" on the part of Negro shoppers among white shoppers. This original source indicated that possibly his conversation may have been misinterpreted and promoted a rumor concerning "Pushing Clubs" which was subsequently relayed by intermediaries to the Detroit Office of the Bureau.

With regard to Mr. White's reference to rumors of an Day for Negroes," it might be noted that during the month of May the Detroit Office received a number of complaints about rumors of pending race riots. The Detroit Police Department and the

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COPY DE DATE DE SIEN BY SPIGSK /MC

Memorandum for the Attorney General
Offices of Military and Naval Intelli

Offices of Military and Naval Intelligence also received similar reports. Investigation conducted by the Detroit Police Department to determine the source of the rumors was conducted and no specific information was received. Military and Naval Intelligence in Detroit advised information received by them in this regard was nonspecific and without apparent foundation in fact. It has been pointed out, however, in connection with the rumors of a possible riot that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Detroit was at the time contemplating a parade scheduled for March 28, 1944, in connection with its annual membership drive. This parade was to have attracted some 5,000 participants.

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	Specifically, it is recommended that investigation be made of the sources o	f
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4	East Warren Avenue (Telephone: Temple 1-3609) has at my request supplied me with the following information regarding these two rumors.

JIW:mr 100-328241-1 RECORDINA

July 24, 1944

Dear

Your letter postmarked July 5, 1944, is before me for acknowledgment.

I have carefully noted the content of your communication and wish to thank you for bringing the information contained therein to my attention.

Should you obtain any information which you believe to be of interest to this Bureau, I want you to feel free to communicate directly with the Special Agent in Charge of our Newark Field Division which is located at 1836 Raymond-Commerce Building, Newark 2, New Jersey.

Sincerely yours.

John Edgar Hoover Director

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 4/6/81 BY SP-165KMW

Mr. Tolson
Mr. E. A. Tasm
Mr. Clegg
Mr. Coffey
Mr. Olavin
Mr. Ladd
Mr. Nichols
Mr. Rosen
Mr. Tracy
Mr. Mohr
Mr. Carson
Mr. Hendon
Mr. Hundon
Mr. Sunford
Mr. Jones
Mr. Quinn Tasm
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New Bleach Turns Black Skins White

NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (INS) — Walter White reported yesterday that scientists have discovered a chemical that can change the color of skin from black to white He identified the chemical and

He identified the chemical as monobenzyl ether of hydroquinone.

White, secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in a magazine article said if the chemical is made available at moderate cost "the racial, social, economic and political consequence would be tremendous."

Racial Prejudice Fading in Japan

BY WALTER WHITE

Secretary. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
TOKYO—One of the most fascinating experiences in revisiting war zones is that of measuring the extent of survival of racial prejudices or of democratic practices initiated by American soldiers during the fighting.

Here and there one encounters residual remains of fantastic myths about Negroes—for example, the one that all colored people have tails or that Negroes in the United States occupy virtually the same status as untouchables once did in India.

But one finds far more frequently that the deliberate efforts a minority of white Americans made during the war

to create difficulties for colored ones have either been totally forgotten or have resulted in a materially increased sympathy for Negro occupation troops. This is especially true among those who themselves have been the targets of color prejudice.

For example, we talked with a brilliant and charming graduate of Wellesley College who had undergone considerable persecution from her fellow-Japanese during the war because of her outspoken pro-American views. "The thing which hurt most and proved to be one of the most valuable aids to the war lords in whiching up hatred of the United States

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was American's calling us 'yellow . . . '", she told us. "We knew the Germans weren't being called 'white . . .' and we couldn't convince the people we talked to that the United States wasn't as evil as Japanese propagandists said when we were attacked because of our color."

IT IS A PLEASURE to report that we found here a remarkable absence of friction or prejudice between white and Negro troops or civilian occupation personnel although a very high percentage of Americans here are from the deep South.

Seven out of ten soldiers who stood in line in front of me at the PX window where Americans can purchase yen or military scrip spoke in accents redolent of Mississippi or other deep South states, which seems to be about the average of sectional origins of occupation personnel.

Despite this fact, according to Maj. Gen. Doyle O. Hickey, deputy chief of staff of the Far East Command, himself a Mississippian, there has been only one minor instance of friction between whites and Negroes in Japan the last six months.

THIS IS TRUE in spite of and possibly because of the new army policy of racial integration. It appears that only a beginning of compliance with the armed services' order to wipe out segregation has as yet been made here in Japan.

I discussed this briefly at luncheon with Gen. Mac-Arthur whose views on the necessity and practicability of abolishing racial discrimination in the armed forces seem to have grown materially since we last discussed the subject in 1945 during the battle of Manila.

But it is obvious that the use of racial friction in the United States by both Russia and Britain to create distrust of Americans in Asia has made Gen. MacArthur acutely aware of the problem.

THIS AWARENESS seemed to underlie much of his alarm over the worsening of the situation in Asia, especially in China.

"Even if Chiang Kai-shek had been the devil incarnate, we should have backed him to the limit as we should back every anti-Communist," MacArthur told us. He added that the race question plagues and complicates every phase of American diplomatic and military policy in the Far East.

That his concern is abundantly justified is to be seen on every hand here by the frequency of the questions asked of the two Negro members of the 'round the world Town Meeting seminar.

The questioners seem to find it almost impossible to understand why or how Negro Americans can continue to have faith in a country which does nothing, apparently, to stop lynching and discrimination, which is about all they hear about Negroes in the United States.

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FHA Accused of Discrimination

BY WALTER WHITE

NEW YORK—A showdown to determine whether President Truman or the Army and the FHA shall decide what is to be done about racial discrimination is imminent and inevitable. More than a year ago the President ordered the Army, Navy and Air Force to do something about segregation of Negroes in the defense forces.

The Navy and Air Force went to work immediately and have gone a long way toward racial integration and equalizing of opportunity. The Army has stubbornly refused to budge except⁰ in a few token moves.

Recently Baltimore-born Phillip Pearlman, Solicitor Gen eral of the United States, announced on behalf of himself, President Truman and Attorney General J. Howard McGrath

that henceforth no Federal monies shall be given through the FHA for construction of any housing from which American citizens are barred because of race, color, creed or national origin. No reasonable person can question the right of the government to make and enforce such a requirement. Funds loaned by the FHA and all other government agencies are obtained through the taxation of all citizens. No tax exemptions have ever been given citizens to whom equal benefits are denied. Thus the United States Government said through Mr. Pearlman's order that Americans who insist on indulgence of their

campaign had been carried on to persuade the FHA to cease its flagrantly discriminatory practices which were so brazer as to include in its Underwriters' Manual specific instructions to refuse approval of loans to minorities except in segregated areas.

It was not until 1941 that continued public pressure forced the FHA to remove the discriminatory provision from its Underwriters' Manual. But the FHA continued its discrimination by recommending inclusion of restrictive covenants in new housing developments until the United States Supreme Court ruled that no agency of government could enforce such covenants.

APPARENTLY IDENTICAL tactics are now being folowed by the FHA to avoid compliance with the newest order to cease and desist from racial discrimination. An anonymous FHA spokesman is quoted in an Associated Press story out of Washington as saying that "racial segregation in public housing projects will be left up to local authorities," adding as a concession to the President's order and public opinion, "so long as equitable provision is made for all races."

It is clearly manifest now that neither the FHA nor the United States Army intends to comply with the explicit orders of the President, the Attorney General or the, Solicitor General if they can get away with such thumbnosing.

Commendable though the orders may be, they are meaningless before the ink has dried on them if the executing agencies find or devise loopholes or excuses to evade their implementation. This kind of action makes it obligatory upon President Truman to insist on compliance or resignations. To do otherwise would constitute an admission by him of weakness and of inability to lead his own administration.

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UN MASSIFIED DATE 4/4/81 BYSPASSIFIED 1952

Mr. Hoover:

When recently being interviewed by this office in connection with an extortion letter received by him, Walter White, Executive Secretary of the NAACP, was very complimentary to the Bureau and told the following story:

He said that he had recently received a telephone call from an executive of Hadassah, a Jewish women's organization in Philadelphia, who stated that they understood that Walter White had issued a statement critical of the FBI's activities in connection with the Negro bombings in Florida and that White had stated that the FBI was not diligent and not doing a conscientious job in the Florida bombings.

White said he told this Hadassah executive he had not made any such statement and that as a matter of fact, the FBI was doing an outstanding job in Florida. He further told this executive he had been down in Florida and had observed the FBI's efforts and that they had been working night and day in a most conscientious manner

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Mr. Hoover:

While being interviewed the other day in connection with an extortion letter received by him, Walter White, Executive Secretary, NAACP, volunteered the following information regarding the incident at the Stork Club:

White said that
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FROM: Walter White 242 Last 68th Street New York, N.Y.

For release to subscribing newspapers. Thursday, January 3, 1952

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It may be that the background of the lush, natural beauty of blue lakes and sky, of orange trees so studded with golden fruit as almost to obliterate the green foliage and of "Millionaires' Row" in Winter Park makes the bombed home here of Harry T. Moore more incongruous and shocking than the destruction I witnessed during the war in Europe and Asia. For here is the shambles of the modest dwelling place of a man, now dead, and his wife, now lying critically wounded in nearby Sanford, because he had dared to speak out and work for enforcement of the law.

Today I turned over to the F. B. I. the names of three persons who allegedly have recently advocated mob action against Mr. Moore. They are not the only ones who have voiced resentment against him. Repeatedly since August, 1949, he had written to Gov. Fuller E. Warren urging him to assign trustworthy persons from the Governor's office instead of Sheriff Willis McCall of Lake County to transport Samuel Shepherd and Walter Irvin from the state prison at Raiford to Tavares, Lake County county seat, for a hearing on a motion for a change of venue in the new trial which had been ordered by the U. S. Supreme Court.

The entire world knows what happened because of Gov. Warren's refusal to act as was requested by Mr. Moore. Samuel Shepherd is dead and Walter Irvin recovering from three bullet wounds inflicted by McCall on a backroad near Eustis. McCall, backed by J. J. Elliott, Gov. Warren's personal representative, asserts that he fired in "self-defense," although neither man denies that the two prisoners were handcuffed together at the time of the shooting.

Following the 1944 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court against the barring of qualified Negro voters from so-called "white Democratic primaries," the number of registered Negro voters in Florida, as in other Southern states, has measurably increased. Today it is estimated to number close to one hundred thousand voters in Florida--a bloc large

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blast of either nitroblycerine or TNT. Explosives experts are convinced that dynamite could not have done such destruction. They are also convinced that the crime was painstakingly planned, timed for the only period of the year when the entire family would be gathered together.

Mr. Moore traveled constantly for the NAACP. Mrs. Moore is a teacher in a rural school near Palm Beach. Both she and Mr. Moore were denied renewal of their contracts as teachers in Brevard County because of hostility of the school officials to Mr. Moore's participation in a legal campaign against educational inequalities inflicted on Negroes. One of the Moore daughters is a secretary in the Department of Labor in Washington and the other is a secretary in the public school system of Ocala. The bombers waited until the entire family gathered to spend Christmas--birthday of the Prince of Peace--together. So shattered is no the modest cottage that/one knows why one of the Moore daughters and Mr. Moore's 71-year-old mother, who slept in an adjoining room, were not also killed. It is obvious that the criminals intended to wipe out the entire family.

Gov. Fuller Warren, irritated by criticisms of the failure of the State of Florida to act against bombings here and in Miami, has issued daily blasts at this commentator as "a disturber of the peaceful relations between the races." How peaceful those relations have been are best mirrored in a front-page story in the December 29 is sue of the Miami Herald. Here is a part of the background of terrorism which preceded the assassination of Harry Moore. Last March 31 Melvin Womack, an orange grove worker, was taken from his home in Cakland by four white men late at night. The following morning he was found beaten and shot to death. No arrests have yet been made.

Last February 6 Luther Coleman, Negro janitor at the Winter Garden elementary school, was beaten unmercifully by several white men in the heart of downtown Winter Garden. No arrests of his assailants have yet been made.

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These are samples of the unpunished crimes against Negroes in Florida now highlighted by the assassination of Harry Moore and by the spreading of mob violence against Jews, Catholics and others.

To Florida's credit are the vigor and courage of most of its newspapers, especially in the metropolitan areas, in exposing the breakdown of law and order. Many citizens of the state, Negro and white, are shocked and aroused. Hotel men, proprietors of tourist resorts and Chambers of Commerce are awakening to the fact that millions of dollars may be lost by the unsavory developments here. Already an alarming number of cancellations of reservations for the winter tourist season have been reported. It is possible that this combination of moral indignation and economic interest may result in action. If the energy and determination of the F. B. I. can be approximated by Florida law enforcement officials, there is hope that Harry Moore's tragic and violent death may diminish if not put an end to the violence which has become an epidemic here.

contacted the Bureau frequently regarding civil rights matters. He has maintained cordial relations with Bureau officials and has indicated that he is attempting to keep Communists from infiltrating the NAACP.

White appeared as a Speaker, on June 14, 1940, at a meeting sponsored by the Maryland Association for Democratic Rights, affiliated with the National Emergency Conference for Democratic Rights, which organization has been cited by the HCUA as a Communist front. He also appeared as a speaker before the Writers Congress, a meeting which was sponsored jointly by the University of California and the Hollywood Writers Mobilization on October 1, 1943. The Hollywood Writers Mobilization for Defense has been cited by the Attorney General as Communist.

INFORMATION NOT BEING DISSEMINATED:

The report of Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Relations, U. S. Senate, 81st Congress, published in 1950, 1ists one Walter White as a member of the Advisory Board of the Film Audiences for Democracy in 1939, (pg. 1499) and a sponsor for the Greater New York Emergency Conference on Democratic Rights in 1940 (pg. 1504).

Both of these organizations have been cited as Communist fronts by the Special Committee on Un-American Activities, Report, March 29, 1944.

This information is not being disseminated because the individual listed as Walter White is not further identified, (121-29278-267X12)

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Mr. Walter White
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
80 West 40th Street

Dear Mr. White:

HEREIN IS UND ASSIFIED DATE THE BY SPIGSKIMA

I have receited your very kind letter of June 9, 1952, together with the column concerning Canada Lee.

It is very gratifying that you saw fit to write me concerning my participation in your new radio program, and I would consider it a real privilege to indicate an acceptance if it were at all possible. I must explain, however, that for the past several years now I have had to decline all such invitations, and it is necessary due to the great number of requests received that I be entirely consistent in this regard. You will appreciate, I know, from your frequent contacts with us that the pressure of work here has been overwhelming, and frankly it shows no sign of lessening.

It goes without saying that all of us here in the Dureau are keenly aware of the danger and the Trreparable damage which can result from irresponsible name-calling and vigilante action. I know you share my view that injustry into a person's loyalty belongs in the hands of professional investigators and that evaluations of the data developed should be made by authorities appointed for that purposes in the same purposes.

I trust that you will accept my sincere regrets and I do hope you will appreciate my position. One of these days surely the international tension will lessen so that I can do some of the things that I have had to forego.

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June 9, 1952

Knowing how busy you are, I could come to Washington at your convenience and record the program there. Please let me know if you are willing to do such a program.

I was delighted to hear from Lou the other day that you are now in perfect health again.

Cordially,

Walter White

Mr. J. Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigations Washington. D. C.

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FROM: Walter White 242 East 68th Street New York, New York For release to subscribing newspapers, Thursday, May 15, 1952

Canada Lee's obituaries were lengthy and effusive -- so laudatory, in fact, that the generous and gentle actor would be startled by them in light of the privation he experienced during the last few months of his life. It is certain he would read them with a bitter smile reflecting that he might have earned money enough for the rest and medical treatment he needed to save his life had the newspapers spoken as admiringly of him during his lifetime as they did when he died.

They had written, it is true, in glowing terms of Canada Lee's superlative performance in "Cry, the Beloved Country" in which the spectator through Mr. Lee's great acting really lived the role of the Reverend Stephen Kamala. But employment neither in Hollywood nor television nor radio materialized as would have been the case of any other actor following such ecastatic reviews. A whispering campaign was circulated among broadcasting and advertising executives that Mr. Lee was "too controversial" because he had appeared at benefits for organizations purportedly fighting race prejudice which subsequently had been placed on the Attorney General's subversive list.

Never one to take attack or innuendo lying down, Mr. Lee called a press conference in 1949 "to put the record straight". In that rich and eloquent voice of his he declared passionately and angrily, "I am not a Communist or a joiner of any kind, never have been and never will be. Call me a Communist and you call all Negroes Communist who cry out against injustice." Dutifully some of the press reported his denial but buried it deep towards the back of the issues when they carried the statement at all.

Desperate, Mr. Lee came to see me not long ago to ask advice on a step he was considering to break the iron curtain of suspicion and fear which was damning his career. He told me of four lucrative television appearances which had been offered him, in each of which the sponsor had told him that he would employ Mr. Lee "after he had first appeared on some other program." But none had the courage to be the first. Mr. Lee had thought of buying a shoe shine box with placards telling his side of the boycott. He proposed to use it in front of the Astor Theater on Broadway where "Cry, the Beloved Country" was playing to capacity and enthusiastic audiences. Now I know I was wrong in dissuading him from his melodrametic plan.

Sadly I reported my failure to my friend. Chance revealed a few days later how desperate his financial position had become. We at the NAACP had asked him to speak in the Westchester County Center in White Plains at a memorial meeting for two peaceful Negroes who had been killed in cold blood by an ex-policeman because the latter objected to the men drinking a glass of beer in a public tavern. Canada Lee had promised to meet us promptly at seven o'clock to drive to White Plains but failed to show up on time--most unusual for him. Later we found that he did not have taxi fare. In a torrential rainstorm he had to walk. He had only forty cents in his pocket. But what disturbed him most was the fact that he had been forced that afternoon to refuse a loan to an aging actor. "I'll get that \$10 for him tomorrow,"

It is possible that his great and gallant heart might have stopped even though privation and prejudice had not made his last few years a Golgotha. It is even more possible that Canada Lee's great fame and ability might have been used by a kinder and wise America to furnish the answer to the Paul Robesons who, unlike Mr. Lee, appear to have lost faith in democracy.

Two days before his tragic death I received a long and impassioned letter from him suggesting steps to inform the world of the progress which has been made through struggle to cleanse America of its racial sins. He said this progress must be made known in order to counteract dangerously spreading propaganda of Communists and others against the United States. Although America had denied him because of his color and its fears the right to earn a living at his profession in the hour of his greatest artistic triumph, Mr. Lee doggedly held to his faith in the ultimate perfectability of democracy and his determination to use his vast talents for the abolition of bigotry.

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Keep Negroes Out of White Schools

JOIN NOW!

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St. Petersburg, Florida

April 28, 1953

Memorandom for Mr. Tolson Mr. Ladd Mr. Richille

During the course of my conversation with the Attorney General on another matter he mentioned that Mr. Walter thite and his group from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People are coming in to see him Friday at 4:30. He wondered if we had anything in the rield of Civil Rights which he ought to know about. I told him I did not but that it might be well for us to prepare a memorandum for him on the things that have been done; that we have had a pretty good record in that field and hir. I have has been rather commendatory of us in letters as well as some of his articles. I stated I did not know what trail he was on now; that he very ardently supported our position in the Civil Rights cases in New York and also in the cases initiated in Aliami. I stated it might be well for us to have a memorandum along this line so that if he has any criticisms or complaints at least he, the Attorney General, can point out the good things the Department has done. The Attorney General stated this would be very helpful and I told him I would have a memorandum to him within the next day.

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE 4/8/81 BY 59-16-514/19/20

WILL MEDITE OF AM MONTH 47.8-53

Very truly yours,

John Edgar Moover

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20 heat Fortieth Street
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Loor Mr. White:

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December 21, 1963, with enclosures, and I was particularly interested in seeing the copy of your cablegram to the time regro Por's who have refused repatriation. It was extremely well prepared.

In line with our conversation, you may feel free to utilize the following statement of mine relative to your radio program:

makes a valuable contribution to intelligent enlightenment in a crucial sector of this democracy's strujgle against the forces of bigotry, prejudice and subversion. The aims of his program are straightforward and simple.

The aims of his program are straightforward and simple.

The aims of his program are straightforward and subversion.

"Mr. White's efforts to create public repairion sused on intelligent understanding and appreciation of the need for unity of purpose among all americans are most commendable."

It is a privilege to have this opportunity to be of

Sincerel Wours,

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this cablegram may induce them to change their minds.

Returning to the radio program. I would very much appreciate the letter you agreed to send me expressing your opinion of it. I believe it and several others, including one from the War Department, may possible restore the program to Washington and perhaps cause it to be heard in other cities.

Cordially

Walter White

Mr. J. Edgar Hoover Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of Justice Washington, D. C.

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WAS A MEMBER OF THE PRO COMMUNIST GROUP AND AS SUCH WAS A DISHUPTER OF
NAAC? AFFAIRS TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT WHITE-FINALLY REPORTED HIM TO DIRECTOR
HOOVER AND ADVISED THE DIRECTOR THAT IF IT WAS NECESSARY TO SEND A MAN INTO
THE NAACP ONE SHOULD BE SELECTED WHO WOULD NOT DISRUPT THE ACTIVITY OF THE
CRGANI ATTON. SOME OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE ATTE P T. TO QUESTION LR. WHITE
FURTHER CONCERNING THIS MATTER BUT WERE UNABLE TO C. AIN ATCITIONAL DETAILS.
MP. WHITE ALSO ADVIS 'D THIS GROUP THAT A SHORT TILF AGC " MIT MR. HOOVER IN	4
HARVEYS FESTAURANT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WHERP MR. MOOVE WAS I THE COMPANY
OF ONE OF HIS ASSISTANTS. AS A PEDULT OF THE TALK, I F DILECTOR SENT WHITE
A LETTER OF COMMINDATION. MR. HITE DESCRIPTION THE 1 THE AS "THE LIKE OF
WHICH NOT MANY PROPLE IN THE US EV R REJUIVED." "ITE ADDED "I WE GLD LOVE
TO HAVE MC CARTHY CALL ME TO TESTIFY SO THAT I COULD I ODUCE THIS LITTER AS
AN INDICATION OF THE TYPE OF CITIZEN I AM". ADVISED THE
FOLINOING WERE IN ATTENDANCE DURING THE POST BANQUET GATHERING:	b6
NICLO NAACE STATE	b70
ALSO ADVICED WIAT AT DUE ADECEME TIME
ALSC AUVISIN THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME
NEGRO, IS FOR NAACP. ACCOFDING TO
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT, UNDER THE NAME.	1
ATTENDED THE LENIN SCHOOL AT WOSCOW. THE ABOVE IS BEING	61
SUBMITTED FOR THE INFO/THE BUREAU AND NO FURTHER INQUIRY WILL BE MADE IN THIS
MATTER HACE. The was A TO LE KELLY OR ME BEI MONT
DOM. INTEL DIVISION

March 3. 1954

Memorandum to Mr. Nichols

RECOMMENDATION:

(1) That SAC Kelly of the New York Office	be telephonically
instructed to immediately question SA	concerning his b6
of and that SAC Kelly be instructed to ob	tain a detailed
memorandum from concerning this matter

ver yes.

(2) In the event that SA denies having mentioned an anonymous letter regarding to Webster, it is felt that SAC Kelly should be instructed to personally contact Webster and inquire when the interview was conducted in which mention was made of the anonymous letter. In this regard, it is noted that the interview with Webster by the New York Office was in June, 1953, whereas the item concerning the interview did not appear in Walter White's column until February 25, 1954-eight months later. It has further been noted that other governmental agencies have, in the past, expressed interest in the past, expressed interest in the past, expressed interest in the past, expressed interest in the past, expressed interest in the past, expressed interest in the past, expressed interest in the past, expressed interest in the past, expressed interest in the past, expressed interest in the past, expressed interest in the past, expressed interest in the past, expressed interest in the past, expressed interest in the past, expressed interest in the past, expressed interest in the past, expressed interest in the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the past of the pa

Kiga Ran advised 54

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Memorandum to Mr. Nichols

DETAILS:

By memorandum to Mr. Tolson dated February 26, 1954, you advised that the Philadelphia Office had reported an item had appeared in Walter White's column in the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin on February 25, 1954, referring to an Agent apologizing for conducting an investigation of one of the Nation's top bankers on the ground that an anonymous letter forced him to make the investigation.

In your memorandum of February 26, 1954, you advised that you had talked to Walter White concerning this matter and had asked White if he could identify the case. White said his source of information was a very reputable, conservative lawyer and that he would vouch for the lawyer "on a stack of Bibles." According to White, the lawyer related that other persons interviewed had commented on the waste of time in investigating the banker. White said he would talk to the lawyer and get his approval to furnish you the full story. Additionally, White stated his column was not intended to be critical and that the lawyer was not critical of the FBI but was critical of the system and of placing unnecessary burdens on the Bureau. You told White that anyone reading the column would construe it as a disclosure of some impropriety on the part of the FBI; that the Bureau wanted to get the facts and if the facts support what White said, we wanted to look into them. If the facts did not bear out the allegation, however, the Bureau would want to have the correct facts used.

In connection with this memorandum of February 26, 1954, the Director noted, "Try and get this nailed down. H."

On March 1, 1954, Walter White called you to advise that he had seen the lawyer who had been the source for the item which had appeared in his column in the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin on February 25, 1954. White identified the source as Bethyel Webster, President of the New York City Bar Association. According to White, Webster felt without any criticism whatever toward the Bureau that it was highly improper to investigate a man of the standing of the banker on the basis of some crazy letter. He identified the banker as

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Memorandum to Mr. Nichols

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RE BUREAU INVESTIGATION OF SUPERIOR OF A	Z
Bufiles reflect that has been investigated only on one occasion by the Bureau. In June and July, 1953, the Bureau investigated as an Atomic Energy Act applicant. The investigation was requested by the Atomic Energy Commission and was conducted by the Bureau in accordance with its responsibilities under Public Law #298 of the 82nd Congress, passed on April 5, 1952. Following receipt of an Atomic Energy Commission personnel security questionnaire, the Bureau's AEA applicant investigation was opened on June 5, 1953. Copies of the letter opening the investigation were sent to New York, Washington Field Office, Boston and Baltimore.	b6 b7C
On June 22, 1953, Sherman Adams, Assistant to the President, wrote the Director requesting name checks and investigations on individuals who were being considered for Presidential appointments. Included in the list of individuals under the "name checks" category was By letter dated June 26, 1953, the Director advised Mr. Adams that the Bureau was conducting an Atomic Energy Act applicant investigation relative to and that Mr. Adams would be promptly advised of the results upon the completion of the inquiry.	D
By letter dated July 17, 1953, the Director furnished Mr. Adams eleven investigative reports concerning as well as Photostatic copies of hearings held before the Special Committee of the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, on February 27, 1945, pertaining to Copies of the investigative reports were, of course, also furnished to the Atomic Energy Commission, and copies of reports concerning also were furnished to ONI.	b6 b70
By report dated July 1, 1953, SA reported the results of investigation conducted by the New York of fice in connection with the AEA applicant investigation of On page 8 and 9 of this report an interview with Bethuel Webster, President of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, is set forth. Webster is reflected in the report as commenting favorably concerning

Memorandum to Mr. Nichols

RE ANONYMOUS LETTER PERTAINING TO BELIEVED POSSIBLY
IDENTICAL TO ANONYMOUS LETTER REFERRED TO IN WHITE'S COLUMN:

A "Request for Report on Loyalty Data" form
concerning acted October 6, 1950, was forwarded to be
the Bureau by the State Department in 1950. A review of
Builties at that the revealed considerable information on
By memorandum dated December 27, 1930, the Director
adolsed peptity Attorney General Peyton Ford of the receipt
concerning Troluded in the information furnished
Peuton Ford was the following.
10g ton 10, a add one g diloang;
I"In an anonymous letter to the President dated
September 28, 1945, information was set out con-
cerning In this letter the individual
who wrote the letter stated that he had served
with in Military
Intelligence. A State Department contact advised
that the author of this letter was a
who was at one time attached to the
The letter stated that when
came into Military Intelligence,
he brought with him numerous young lawyers who
were personally loyal to him from his own law
firm and similar law firms and included in this
Proup was
the writer of this communication stated the has
been the vigorous leader of a pro-Communist group
within G-2 to a point where he attempted to have
the truth presented not from the simple American
point of view but in the light most favorable
to the Russians. A study of the personnel in G-2
will reveal that he permitted officials with
known Communist leanings to sit in positions
where they could influence the presentation of
intelligence. The letter continued There is a
saying in G-2 that would not
made tasted one week if his former law partner,
were not in a position of importance."

Memorandum to Mr. Nichols

At the conclusion of the memorandum to Peyton Ford dated December 27, 1950, the Director stated, "Your opinion is requested as to the advisability of conducting a loyalty investigation of based on the foregoing information. If no investigation is desired, please advise whether the information set out above should be referred to the Civil Service	b6 b7C
Commission and the employing agency or whether the loyalty form should be returned marked 'no disloyal data, FBI files.'"
The Bureau periodically followed this matter with Deputy Attorney General Peyton Ford. By memorandum dated August 20, 1951, Peyton Ford advised the Director, "The file in this case, including a copy of your confidential memorandum of December 27, 1950, has been brought to the attention of Honorable Donald S. Dawson, Administrative Assistant to the President, who has in turn brought it to the attention of the Secretary of State. This action was taken in order that the top officials who are concerned with the important matters in which is engaged might be made aware of the allegation	b6 b7C s.
"It has been concluded by Mr. Dawson and the State Department that in view of the very vague and rather nebulous nature of the charges, which seem to apply to someone else rather than to an investigation is not justified. In view of this no investigation is required."
By memorandum dated September 6, 1951, Deputy Attorney General Peyton Ford advised the Director, "In view of the action which has been taken of furnishing the information to the Secretary of State, it would appear that it would be sufficient to note on the form loyalty form) that information in the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been furnished to the Secretary of State with an added notation that no investigation is being conducted."	b6 b70
Regarding the anonymous letter to the President dated September 28, 1945, concerning it is to be noted that the File Review Unit has checked all available references to in effort to determine whether the Bureau has a record of information pertaining to this anonymous letter being furnished to the New Yor Office. Several references to were out of file and not located; however, nearly 200 were reviewed by the File Review Sect and none of these disclose that the information concerning the anonymous letter had been furnished to the New York Office.	an k

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TO I	Mr. Rose	DATE: March 12, 1954
FROM :		DO folson
		HE-MAN TO THE STREET
SUBJECT:	COLUMN BY WALTER WHITE REGARDING	(a) Core when the manages of challenge of
	ALLEGED FBI INVESTIGATION OF	HEROPETA CHINA CONTROL
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	Reference is made to the memoran	dum from Mr. Jones to work
Mr. Nicho	ols, dated March 3, 1954, concerni	ng the above-captioned Tele. Room
matter.		Dandy
COUNT	It will be remembered that White	whote a nevenener
column ir	the Philadelphia Bulletin on 2/2	5/51 referring to an Agent
apologizi	ing to a lawyer for conducting an	investigation of one of the
nationis	top bankers on the grounds that ar	anonymous letter forced
him to me	ake the investigation. After Mr. I	Wichols talked to White,
White ide	intified the lawyer as Bethuel Webs	ster, the President of
the New 1	fork City Bar Association.
	To AN
Vally of	In the referenced memorandum it i	vas recommended that SAC
of the Ne	W Vork Office who interviewed Wel	asten in connection with b7C
en Atomio	Energy Applicant investigation of	(the
banker in	volved). in June. 1953, as to when	ther he mentioned an
anonymous	letter to Webster and that if	denied it, then
Kelly was	to interview Webster to get his s	story and to explain to
him that	the investigation by the Bureau in	June, 1953, was conducted
pursuant	to an Act of Congress and that the	Bureau had no alternative
ежсерт то	conduct the investigation.	0 /
	At 10:05 A.M. 3/8/54 Mr. KATTE	was appropriately advised
by the wr	iter. At 5:45 P.M., the same date	. SAC Kelly advised that
there was	no reference in the New York file	s to any anonymous letter N
involving	and that Agent	had been interviewed
by Mr. Ke	lly and stated he did not know of	any letter and certainly
did not m	ention any letter to Mr. Webster;	that recalled
the inter	view - that Mr. webster was very o	courteous and spoke well of any
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Memorandum to Mr. Rosen

job, wouldn't be able to hold a job in G-2 because of his bopro-Communist attitude.

The referenced memorandum, Page 6, stated that nearly 200 file references were reviewed and there was no indication that the New York Office had been advised of this letter.

After Mr. Kelly's call, a complete review was made of our files and this review definitely shows that the New York Office did not receive any information concerning the anonymous letter.

Mr. Kelly then stated that he would interview Bethuel Webster at the earliest possible moment.

At 1:20 P.M., 3/12/54, Mr. Kelly called and in the absence
of the writer advised Supervisor that he had interviewed be
Bethuel Webster and that Webster recalled having been contacted by
Agent He stated that Agent mentioned no letter
to him; that conducted himself in a perfectly proper manner;
that at no time did he make any apologies for having to make the
investigation. He mentioned nothing concerning an anonymous letter
And, according to Kelly, webster said he knew nothing about an
anonymous letter. Webster received SAC Kelly very Well and stated
that the Agent conducted his interview in a brief, bright and thorough
manifer.

Mr. Webster spoke highly of the Director and indicated that he liked the Agents of the Bureau very much. Mr. Webster stated that he understood very well the Bureau's position in conducting the investigation of

Mr. Kelly advised that he was sending a detailed letter to the Bureau pertaining to this matter.

RECOMMENDATION:

It would appear that either White or Webster is a liar. It is suggested that upon receipt of the letter from the New York Office, consideration be given to ... contacting White and advising him that we have been in touch with Mr. Webster and that Mr. Webster completely denies the story which appeared in White's column.

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May 21, 1957

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED \$5.0
DATE 4/8/8/8Y SP-165/4/MA

Your letter of May 12, 1957, has been received during Mr. Hoover's absence from the city, and I am acknowledging it for him.

I know he will appreciate the interest which prompted you to communicate with him.

Sincerely yours,

Holen W. Gandy Secretary

MAY 2 1 1987

NOTE: Correspondent is not identifiable in Bufiles. It is believed that he is referring to comments made on the Mike Wallace television program on May 5, 1957, at which time Wallace was interviewing a high official of the Ku Klux Klan. While the comments of Wallace are not identifiable in Bufiles, it is believed that he had reference to a statement surnished Walter White, Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in December, 1953 in regard to White's radio program. This statement, while not mentioning the NAACP by a secretain of the Contribution being made by White's program it has ascertained that Waite had sayied er colored in March, 1954, White was alleged to have bragged of the Detter from the Director in managed was alleged to have bragged of the Detter from the Director in the letter in view of turn White has taken Him the view of above, it is not be advisable to comment concerning correspondent's inquiries.

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