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ot Dace ALR ee ate oe tet a scat hae ats sl had OCA all at Btn Sine dieenlnl hast Mali aCe Sa aN clay Wa Sinks tbliichienienimmigetantoemaiatantediaheeiae soe a 8 COPY INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH This is an unincorporated asseclation com;,osed, vith minor exceptions, of German-Jewish socinl scientists snd philosojhers, engaged in research work dealing with social and economic probiems, It 4s located in one of the buildings of Columbin Universality «¢ - 429 West 117th Street, New York. It is net connected with the University except that in consideration of the use of the building, it is supposed to give the Dep:rtment of Sociology the benefit of its researches, Its real aims «nd objectives sre not know to the University authorities but these will be discussed inter in connec- . tion with a consideration of the members snd associ tes of the institute, and their activities. Although cenying any political | ahh of ee limbs tee TA etna gta aga bel ebay a PPE ania re tage Obed mie Le et eae by jpeg alins tae it is a Communist organization of intellectunls operating under the eloak of sockhal and economic resaarch, fininced by on endowment created abroad, , Before proceeding further, however, we shrll give a history of its beekground and of the manner in which it wis estublished in New York as it is an outgrowth of en institute originally or- ganized in Frankfurt, Germany, uncer the name of Inetitut fucr Sozialforgchung, which transi:ted means, Institute for Socin) Research, ind which we shell c.ll the Germin Institute for jur- ;oses of convenience. ‘ The German Institute s,,e7rs to h ve been estcblished in 2924 in afflli- tion with the University of Frankfurt wnere som of its members taught uo ;rofessors of sociolosy. It ws founded by a wealthy dew named Herm n Weil, a member of tne Large ernin exporte ing house, Well Hermenos & Cia, of Buenos Aires und Kotterdw, -e- cording to = synopsis of an FBI agent's re,ort found in the file of the Naturaliazition Service on Franz L. Neumann. The PSI received information in 1942 from an unnamed confidentinl source tht Felix Luelo Jose Weil, also known os Fe:ix Weil and is Felix J, Weil, the son of Herman Veil, used his lerge fortune to finsnce the Comounist Party of Germany and was presently finsneing =n economic rese: rch organization in New York City which serves .s <n economic re, ort centre for the Comintern through Karl August Wittfogel and /rkndij Guriand who acted as Soviet sgents in the Germon Institute; tht he was associ:ted with the Germen Institute founded by his fsther ot the University of Frankfurt, ‘Whether this inform:tion is correct - DO NOT DISSEMINATE Mace Byr % $