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.* Mnited States Bepartnent of Justice Federal Burean of Investigation 6335 Federel Building Louisville, Kentucky IN REPLY, PLEASE REFER TO FILE No, ————__ November 22, 1947 END FIELD wXy Director, warATE - Re: HENRY A. WALLACE Dear Sir: . Mr. Mohr ...---+----- “ . Mr, Pennington ..--- * Under the sponsorship of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare, bn gue ami... former Vice President Henry A. Wallace spoke to approximately sixte . saneee ceceee hundred whites and negroes in the Armory at Louisville, Kentucky ise Gandy ....------ ‘November 21, 1947. of the Federal Communications Commission had been given “unsolicited ., @xpensive or extensive (I could not ascertain exactly which word was aN ‘ used) reports prepared by the Federal Bureau of Investigation under z \ ‘. John Edgar Hoover on people in the entertainment field. He left the “inference that you were attempting to influence the licensing of radio N stations by the Federal Communications Commission through calling their . N attention to persons broadcasting over those stations whose ideas did ~X not conform to your own. . ~ He also referred to “thought police"; that is, the policing of the > xX thoughts of the people in this country, and placed the Federal Bureau ' ., of Investigation in that catagory. oC There was no mention made in the local press concerning these remarks, |_|. a however, a great deal of space was given by the press to his talk. oS “* Pr I am endeavoring to obtain discreetly a complete transcript of Mr Wallace's talk, which I will forward to the Bureau as being of possi interast. PFCARDED CC ; f° a “ Pot Special Agent ee at oe ALL: INFORMATION CONTAINED, 7 ¥ HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED ‘@, sent DATE 5-2 7-7 By AL ce fof“ 1H? e eee tm INA AA A