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ey tos eee | Cedi O ’ eee ye t. eee ow anal ae ee | cette Teta BEES Cann er Prat Atel og LOFT a . Wanuary &7, 1941 it o e n -. . Mra. Franklin De Boosevelt . fae Fhtte FZouse Washington, D. Ce. , ‘ly dear Mra. Roosevelt: - we I have just recetved your note of January &6th rela- ttue to the tavestigation of Mre. Helm. I note your atatenent that the explanation contained tn my letter of Janucry £4th that the tnveatigation of Mre. Helm wos o mistoke, tadtoate? tinefftotency upon the part of the pereon who ordered tt. JI thoroughly shore your view about thia. I did wont to make certatn, however, that you understood that the investi gation mos not ordered by the Pederal Bureau ef Inveatioqation, but woe ordered by the dastetant Secretary of the Aduisory Con- ateston to the Counctl ef Fattonal Defense. ‘i ney In regard to the satatemen. that inguirtes have.been mode cbhout Mise Thompson at her apartment house os to when ee cones and goes and other tnformation, I made tumediate taquiry gad find that no tnuesttgation of any character Acs been er $a betng conducted by thie Bureau of Miss Thoupson. ' J want to asaure you that there has been no one nore "epprectatiue of the necessity for avoiding any attitude er in- dulging tn any cottutties which atght be construed as taproper @r un-duertoan uethods tn the conduct Of tnrvesttgationa than J. I think tt te so tmportant that those of us who sre charged with the conduct of Governmental investigations see that they t are carrted forth ta a proper manner - fairly, taparttally, ond without any aspect that moy savor of those procedures typ- teal of certatn foreto Governments and eo repugnant to our Anertcan ways. To acoonaplish thts, we have endeavored to select not only personnel of very high etanding and ethics, but to alac tratn and tnstruct that personne] in the proper _wta—performance of thetr duttes and tn the necesatty for carrytrg "te —__ tote d * iffaititt vera