◆ SpookStack

ety Ta ey os a) + er eh be ea oe oy Re © Res EE! 4 med | ate 4 tet. 4 Mr. Wr. Mr. ‘Ar ee de sie M, Vas Me. Mr. Mr. “Ar. Mir we se Rvoceve ng ale st eived ‘ron iw: letter cated that @ was possession o. ormation which would establish that Testbrook Pecler wes obtaining some of his material from Nazi sources.’ interviewed but had no significant information to offer apart Teme tact that while ho was employed by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, certain of the employees in that plant stated that they had knowledre of a pro-Nazi individual who had written Westbrook Pegler and whose letter appeared in Pepler's colum. “It was determined by FBI inves- tigation that the so-c ro-Nazi individual who had written to Pevler was ndoubte.ty i and that the letter appeared in the Pegler column of November 20, «, The White House was adviged by the FBI on December 22, 1942, by letter to Major General Edwin My\"atson of the » resulta of the FSI investigation. Advice was also furnished reporting that "The Worker," Sunday edition of the "Daily Worker," Commmist Party newspaper, for December 20, 1912, carried an article bearing the caption/"Pepler Uses Hitler ~- Admirer's 'Armunition' to Attack Arms Yorkers," written by alter ‘\ Lowenfels, a photostatic copy of which was also furnished to the white House. This article relates how Perler incorporated a letter in his colum from a tank the Baldwin Locomotive plant and it identified the worker as one ‘who had long been suspected of pro-Nazism by the other workers." Under date of December 31, 1942, Mrs. Roosevelt furnished infor— mation to the FRI indicating that forwarded another letter to her concerning the “letter from a tank worker" which Mestbrook Pegler caused to be printed on November 28, 1912, in his colum. escribed the worker as pro-Nazi and ag having Mund connec s according to affidavits from workers at the Baldwin Locomotive | was contacted by the FRI and stated that ho wrote the article to Westbrook Pegler which subsequently appeared in the Philadelphia Enquirer complaining to Pecler of a slowdown in production at the Baldwin Locomotive Works. denied ever having been engared in any un-American activities and nied that he entertains any sentiments inimical to the internal security of the United States. An extensive investigation mas conducted concerning which did not indicate that he had been in the past or was at the preSont engaged in any un-American activities and which investiga- Topscyhon failed to disclose that he was pro-llazi in his sympathies, attitude or zr COLLIS. , ™ Cless On, January as advised of the above infor- ‘le tt ion concerning ; t is aparently a copy of ledd thig letter which read to the select cpathering “IS O® Communists in New Yor:: “ht of January 9, 1943, and which Kosemshe claimed she received directly from Mrs. Roosovelt. biaey areon {fey it-ndea Kramer McGuire Quine Tara Nease Sdies Guid ob