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EE ESSE 2h RN Lv USES TT _ 7 cepy ; Federal Furesu of Inves tigation Department cf Jurtics Washington, B.C. January 6, 1943 - Personal ant Confidential Special Messenger tty dear Mrs, Rocmevelts ae — _ . 1 grant to eaknowledge receipt ef your letter ef Becenbder Bl, 1942, tranmes thing at the suggestion of the President a letter received by you frue Wiss Joesphine T. Adame. It is noted that Mies Adams refers to a letter, ae oe . a ee, ee Se ae aes ree trie es che ahi sh Basbhenat tf. 2h 2 Statec te Be DITiOT1y ENVIGNICN SPC SnvisGmiliss wel, Tite Sew RIA Peers caured to be printed on Névesber 27, 1942, The author of this letter, according tc Miss Adams, ie indicated tc be pro-Nasi and on the basis of affidavits prepared by “Baldwin workere" tc have Bund connections. Apropos of this mtter, the President in our conversat‘on on Beceaber 16, 1932, advised me of a letter received by ycu from Miss Aceme whé bec, in tern, receives s comaunication from one indi oating that tre latter wae in possession of oert-.in information concerning Pegler. This inform tion "22 eteted by Sammie to be ef euch character as te prove that Pezl-r cets some of his mteriel froa “out end out MNesie®, as eo result of tris inforastion, GREED was interviesed at which Cine it wes determined that he hed no significant date te offer apart froe the fact tht wile employed by the Belswin Loocmotive Works in Pnileceiphia, Fwons, acme of the employees of this coxpany indicated that another amploywe stated to be pro-Naei had bossted of having written a letter which appeared im Pegler's Coluan. Qian observed that ths particler article by Pegler whigh inccrporsted the letter signed a "Tank Worker” appeared during the latter part of Noveaber 1942 ir 8 Philadelphia newspaper. I have previously supplied Major Genzral Edwin WN. Batson for the President's oons ide-ation a copy ef Pegler's column of Novesber 2&, 1942, as it appeared in the Washington Baily News. 2 review of Pegler's articles for the latter part of Noveaber indi ested that this was the ents eptoe ahi ah annroyimated thet which Sime ares red to hae fn 21nd omnis oe Ge? EO pp ee eee Te aS Pe SS eS 2 eS I have aleo previously supplied General Aateon with a photostetic sony of an article bearing the caption “Pegler Uses Hitler-Adat rer's Ammunition to Attack Aras Workers. This article was written by Walter Lowenfels and appeared in the Borker, Sunday edition of the Daily Yorker,for Becenber £0, 1942, This article related that "it was not difficul to trace thi< treacherous pro-Hasi letter from Pegler's colaan to Baldwin's tank shop", Going on the article identified one Andre® Herena “who hes lon, been suspected of pro-Wasiam by the cther workers” gs t.c sstior of the letter. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON