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ee a ee — pee he Memorandum « UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ; » Me. dD. M. Lada? pats; April 8, 1944 =. lide a . . ie. Tuvin FROM + ¥. He Batley “4 i, 1 - a. ; va ew ) ~ >. SUBJECT: = ae - — I = ee re ce > - oft EP. Herston ; ; i. . The captioned individual telephoned at 8:50 a.m. on this date and , = was referred to me from the Director's Office. She advised that she was , calling from West Palm Beach, Florida, to complain about vice conditions - in that locality and a failure on the part of the local police to take act : _in that regard or to extend | protection to her husband and herself as a == Woe-| Freault of threats against their personal sarety. These threats have been pada) bd { een “' presumably by an alleged local bootlegger whose arrest Mre used recently for disturbing the peace at a late hour at night. The ts were co {ell She indicated that she hed congulted the Chief of Police and the : Mayor at Rest Palm Beach to no avail and that ashe was considering neking an 1%) Lj appeal to Mr. Farly, the Presidential secretary, for intervention in the matter * but preferred to secure the advice of the pp ae this connection, she imiicated that she and her husband, Colone and three sons are \ would be shocked to learn of the depraved conditions in Palm Beach. : i" I c£~ \ rs. aleo informed she wae positive that certain individuals of German background businese in Palm Beach were pro-Nazi in sympathy, although AN she gave no information tending to suppert such a contention. y - ACTION W c-| Urs. waa informed that any information in her possession regard- ing un-American ac ties on the part of any individual should most certeinly be brought to the attention of the Bureau, either at Washington or through our office at Miami; however, any threats regarding her personal safety, unless trans~ mitted through the mails, and matters of lécat vice conditions are subjects over which the Boreau has no investigative jurisdiction and would necessarily have to be handled by local Florida authorities. SeR th op Tee em 9 - om _ st : 6 ABC naa . 9 - 2 wnt Ez 2/ ca: M2 F B 7 id AF o, 4 L505 A. i.