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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 2

91 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Sep 13, 1957 · Broad topic: Cold War & Communism · Topic: Eleanor Roosevelt · 90 pages OCR'd
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+) aE . . 1 “€. 4 4° Pp dy ter we pee ete Fe wee ee ot capa Fetes wm. 6 . Office Meme, anauni ¢ UNITED SinsEs GOVERNMENT iy \A . ro 0} MR. L. V. BOARDMAN '12 4: pare: September 16, 1957 > PET tte ; yeom 1 MR, A, H. BELMONT |} ) a f 2 : phy rt, (Mr J i. —— eusyect: MRS, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Ree INFORMATION CONCERNING” 7 (Central Research Matter) . 4c Some — Geliewen Communist propaganda appears in many guises. B is transmitted 2 throughout the world in many ways. Perhaps the most insidious method used . for its transmittal involves the usc of dupes. A Visit to a “Holy City" in the Sovict Union Eleanor Roosevelt, in her syndicated newspaper column which is read by millions, has been telling hr readers of her travels in the Soviet Union. On September 13, 1057, el: related the details of her visit to the 8h _ ry 2h f.. ME nt.. adder Hoan mh nalland i end [ne of Zagorsk. She sicscribec this "holy Cily, " a8 Sné Cauec xu, anc mentioned the “shrinc, ’ the "monastery," and the “two churches" there. She told of the "continueus" religious service carried on there and made reference to the "unbelievably beautiful voices” of the "older women" chanting the service. é The widow of the late President Roosevelt went on to tell of the great amount of food available and the "hospitality and kindliness" she --‘found in that “holy city." (The Washington Daily News, 9/13/57) 6 Mrs. Roosevelt apparently would have her readers a ey Shoe hat lcommunist leaders have changed thcir views on religion. What gre Iview va? Phe record speaks for itself. b2- ree es 7 os ave Wt i 3 Communist Views on Religion are rar @ SEP 30 1957 In 1844, Karl Marx wrote: ". The! rag gle against-religion ig therefore pe y the struggle 1 against that World * whobe Sata ritual aroma, * . ~-- - mee oe in 1913, J._ Lenin said: "... Eve lee of god, even pevery I fii tation we With = ides 10)" B:jet 1 - Section tickler 1- M. A. Jaw. 1. Cc. QD Beannan 1- A. Pp. Gu: “yt a Fs EFS Websense
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