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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 32

66 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Eleanor Roosevelt · 66 pages OCR'd
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—” Office Mei 2nauin + uxitEp Sta.£8 GOVERNMENT To C , ' Director, FBI DATE: absthit_1_ SAC, Oklahoma City f ye poner \ } Lf, _ OOF Ins DESTROY E,, Novenber 20 , 1950 gener SECURITY - K /g-/ . Cutie $62-43838) , jal . /, gust XTS For the Bureau's information, GERALD L. K.SMITs spoke before an | oe ee a eee. oo | m4 ALT Wb Pe a ee ae ee ee Se, ST. Sv CUDVEMLIVE Balt, LUISE, VALUE, VO WS HIRI OL WORUDELD £5; 1950, under the_aus n Netionalist Crusade. This meeting was covered by who furnished the fo ng report: “Smith opened hia address by pointing out that he was not connected with any political party, but was under sponsorship of the Christian Nationalist Crusade. In these opening remarks he mentioned that he had Dr. Claude EX Hill, Pastor of the First Christian Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma, as his’ guest at dinner Sunday night. He also asked that those who opposed him behave themselves and they would not have any ( trouble, However, if they acted otherwise they would be helped from the auditorium, “Smith began his address by declaring Americans were unable to under- stand the Oriental intrigue that is being conducted by Marxists through- out the world. He said in the United States the greatest danger lies in the professors and teachers who are being produced at Harvard, Columbia, — a 2 29 3 and Chicago Universities to teach Gur children. i he "The first blest at a personality was leveled at Eadiak Cantor who performed at Convention Hall, Sunday, October 22, 1950, the night before Smith spoke. ,}- (Smith's) investigation into Hollywood, declaring, ‘Motion pictures, radio sf “ how Cantor is inked with recognized the U.S.S.R. was the first step to new horizons for the world. wood figures, Smith named seventeen in all. ‘The average American just "You thought you were coming to hear a comedian, but actually you came toy t and TV are packed with Communists and fellow-travelers.' Smith outlined ~ L home of Chariie, Chaplin in 1945 when a letter was written and cabled to Oks Smith d this cablegram was signed by Chaplin, Cantor, Olivi se aviland, can't keep up with the city slicking game of the Marxists,’ he commented. hear the most shrewd Pro-Marxist in the United States.' He cited his , the Comminist movement; how Cantor was at the Joseph Stalin.’ He said the letter stated that the time the United States Johnarfield, Rita orth, Orsoy+W6lls, and several other leading Holly- "Smith then made his first reference to the local newspapers, namely, The Julisa World and The Tulsa Tribune, He said neither paper bad the courage RECORDED .5 bn SYS: L 5 * NOV 25 1950 - .
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