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7 * \ a \ py: “ granmane pone ne ie To Imad From: G. A. nega e oS ro Parsons a Rosen 7 ao aes J ——- Ce - as ei a Office Mi J 772 + UNITED §& 7) ‘OVERNMENT : MR. 'TOLSON pate: December 22, 1958 rt SUBJECT: GERHARDT EISLER 3 oe L {| U | A source within the American Legion has furnished two ee — Photostats of lgtters written January ll, 1939, and February 7, 1939, by Mrs. EleanorfRoosevelt to Sumner Welles, the Under-Secretary of State, -yneeew concerning captioned individual and his brother, Hanns Eisler. In one letter dated January IL, 1939, Mrs. Roosevelt mentions that she has on been told that Eisler is a perfectly honest person and also that the Eislers | are not communists and have no political affiliations of any kind. She Zz. states that she has been told that the Eislers believe our form of Governmen is "heaven" and would be entirely agreeable without reservation to take — an Oath of allegiance. ; ae , A ue po we. I} Mrs. Roosevelt additionally states that she feels that the Labor Department had not examined this case carefully enough and if should be done all over again and bring it out in the open so the Eisiers could j | | defend themselves. Co J fit, Gerhardt Eisler is, of course, now the communist pfopaganda! ia! hief for the Eastern Section of Berlin. st wa , ar v Enclosures (2) L / 1 - Mr. Belmont , l- Mr. Jones REC- 60 CDD-ein, ..” a > 90 BATA -/ 023 . ta 20 JAN 21 1959 a = =_ G0 JANE? 1059