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i™ RY, By ‘Letter postaated May 27, 1948, at Memphis, Tennessee, bg Confidential Informant T-2, of known reliability, received mimeographed brochure dated May 22, 198, and entitled "Cail. fo The State-Wide Con- ference of Wallace Supporters at Nashville, 4074 Union Street, on June 13, 1948." A list of sponsors signing this brochure includes CLARA NCENT, Chattanooga, ‘H. NAAIATLEY, Greeneville, and Reverend A A, Tapebannarn, Soddy, all Tennessee. —— Confidential Informant T-3, of known reliability, advised that he attended theQWALLACE-For-President meeting held at Nashville, Tennessee, on June of “IOHB, at ozs Union Avenue. He stated that the Executive ’ Board menbers wore elected and delegates selected for the National Convention of' the Third Party to be held at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Among those'elected as members of the Board of Diroctors were CLARA M, VINCENT, H. N. HATLEY, Reverend A. L. DeJARNETTE, —/ALIMAN and GEORGAERIED. “1-3 stated that among those selected am a . voluntary basis: delegates to the National Convention were SIDNEY "ne, GEORGE FRIED and C NCENT. Professor JAMESSQLDER, of Knox- ville; was also prosent at the Nashville meeting, according to T-3. “hn article in tneitincxvilie Journal for June 14, 1948, re-— ported that Dr. JAMES ELDER, University of Tennessee Professor, and RK. N. HATLEY, Greene County farmer and President of the Greene County Farmers Union, had been named as merbors of a temporary executive committee at the meeting of the HENRY WALLACE Party in Nashville, Tennessee. Tho , article continued that GEORGE FRIED, a University of Tennesseo graduate student, had been named as one of fifteon delegates to the Philadelphia National Convention. This article continued that ELDER advised that he aid not attend the meeting in Nashville, but his wife did attend. He further stated he did not think he would accept the appointment to the executive committee. . Confidential Informant T-5, of known reliability’, advised that a-"WALLACE Meeting" was held at the home of CLARA VINCENT, 1055 pagiowoe Avenue, Chattanooga, ‘on July 5, 1948., Those present were EVELYN (Agr FRANKAYINCENT, CLARA VINCENT, GRACE: HOOD, TENA WOLT LINSKY, g and _BEITYAPYEERCSL _ cI 5, of known reliability, advised ‘that on August 2, 1948, a WALLACE Meeting was held at the home of CLARA VINCENT. Those present were SEYNOURYGHAVIN, . DAVIDXPOLLARD (California. Tech College), EREDY6MITE._. (California Sch College); IVA LEE ZLDRIDGE, EDWARDYSEDRIDGH, DTPLARD KING, GRACE HOOD,” JOE} HOOD and Dr "?. A, STEPHENS, At thie neoting, POLLARD and SMITH advised they had come to'Chattanogga to distribute WALLACE literdture and make a house-to-house survey. - -2-