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4. - * . City. This paseport was issued Narch 12, 1940, and wae valid until March 10, 1941. It listed the subject's nationslity as “uncertain.” His wife had & ginilar paseport in her posseasion and it is noted that her nationality was Prank C. faldrop in his columns ®Ine More" shich appeared in the ; Rashington Times Herald, Auguet 28, 1947, etated as follows: “urge. Roosevelt is back in the news agein. She is e central figure in the etory of Nanns Kisler, the Hollywood musical wugg whose affairs are about to be explored by the Bouse committee on un-American activities. “Ranne fe the brother of Gerhard Eisler, recently convicted Commmist agent who thought he could sucker the Kegroes of =e 7.8.4, into Comcnist revolt by promising then a Sezro Soviet republic dow in Dixie. _ *Just to give it to you in « oepevie, Hanns Eieler wouldn't be in the U.5.A. today except for Mrs. Roosevelt's meddling in State departaent matters. You will soon be bearing adout some letters she wrote Zumer Welles when he was undersecretary of atate. One of these goes as follows, end ie on Thite House stationery. ‘ ‘pear Sumner: | _ ‘This Eisler case is a hard nat to crack, im't it?! And fe signed, of courses, ‘Xleaner.' “*pear Sumner’ didn't want to crack that bard nut, but tFleanor' kept on needling hia until he caved in and ‘rescued! this invaluable character, Eisler. It will all be on page om, shortly. dust don't miss it.* Hens Fieler traveled to Mexico eomatine during the latter part of 1940 end reentered the United States upon a reentry permit dated January é, 1941. ’ Eisler net with Joris Ivens on the evening of May 8, 1943, in Los Angeles. Nine other individuals mat with Ivens and Eisier at the home of Oscar Homolka in Sel Air, California. Ivens is a writer and producer. In 1932, Iven directed tha film "Kongomol" (Communist Youth) and alee produced "our Russian Friends" under the auspices of Russisn War Relief. Ue hes been « menber of pumercus Communist front organisations. eonsidered the facta in the Hens Eisler case, advised that no request would be -gade for a Presidential Warrant for the subject's arrest as a cangercus alien enevy at that time. lr. Gault referred to the ocllaboration between the sub- Rertolt Rrecht and the similar mature of the facts in their individual an- con ENTIAL