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Office Memorandum - TO : The Director FROM : OD. M. Ladd SUBJECT: HENRY AC WALLACE INTERNAL SECURITY -c \ ; Your attention is directed to Henry Wallace's column on page LI 68) of the March 8, /1948, issue of the “Néw Republic," and to the attached clipping —--.. | from page 4 of "PM" newspaper for Friday, March 5, 1948, in which it is st = by Wallace that/ he is organizing &!'Freedom League to combat "the subtle terrorism" that he claims is being spFead through the country by the Fedéral’ Bureau of Investigation and the Inmigration and Naturalization Service? A o- PNA A Wallace calls on “everyone who has a specific instance of how the ; federal government or businessmen have abridged our freedom to write in to O the Freedom League at Room 1405, 0 East Forty-ninth Street, New York 17" (the offices of the "New Republic’). Wallace continues: ", . « » Give the name of the man who put pressure on you or who asked an un-American question. "Did the investigator ask whether you-read the 'New Republic,! the *Nation,' 'PM' or 'Reader's Scope'? Did he ask if you knew | Henry Wallace or Glen Taylor or Jo Davidson or Albert Einstein? What other questions were asked designed to make you feel like a criminal‘if you entertained a progressive idea or knew a progressive American?" ACTION: None. This is for your information. We will, however, keep you advised concerning: any further items regarding the Freedom League. Attactment Sheulend Ae er pore | eae se ee LOT “7A Cher: > i je iB K, eo ae +7 \, é . NY “4 _ tal 2 oa