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. * . Oe ' . _ { gts Mr. Tolson SOHN EDGAR HOOVER C QO Mr. BE. A, Tamm_ DIRECTOR ; Mr. Clese ial Mr. Coffey. seorral Gureau of Investigation Mr, Gavia Hnited States Bepartment of Justice Mr. Ladd” . Mr. Nichols ; Washington, B. C. Mr. Rosen = Mr. Tracy FLY: KK August 26, 1943 Mr. Carson . Call: 3:00 P.M. Mr. Harbo MEMORANDUM FOR MR. D.M. LADD Mr. WeGuire__ o Mr, Momford_ Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, et al; Mr. Piper ‘Civil Rights and Domestic Violence Mr. Quion Taom_ Tele. Room At this time I received a call from Mr. Frank Coleman of the Mr. Neasc Civil Rights Section of the Department at which time he said he had received some information from apparently reliable people which bh related as follows. One it s that a man name (first name unknown, an official of th tional Labor Relations Board and who was discharged be he was supposed to have accepted a bribe out at St. Louis, is now on Lewis' staff, and further that he is a "fixer" in cases of this kind. He said the Depertment is supposed to have a file on him and that the FBI looked into it, but he thinks they dropped the charges. He said he has asked the Labor Board to look it up, but they haven't done anything about it yet. I inquired if his sources couldn't determine irst name, and he said he will see that they do. He said that since this S such a common nane, it would be difficult to identify him through a check of their files, and I explained that the same would be true in connection with the Bureau's files. Mr. Coleman stated his source also advised that ——. (phonetic), two gunmen who Lewis has in & m Illinois, are the men who do . even rougher stuff than does; the “45> they actually carry the gungan intimidate the witnesses. PP Ms wey: f-s ¢ S*- Soy Dm Mr. Coleman said he has in mind sending , Bureau &_nemorandun suggesting thet these men be watched, especially Jf they ‘move into that 0 during the Bureau's investigation; that probably put under some degree of surveillance for fear that’ i fin the area to intimidate persons. He said he supposed the Agente had been active in the field in this connection for about four days, and the possibility » no doubt is that they realize today how serious this thing is, and there corres pesrrowe Al INFORMATION CONTAINED = R23 eyAM 1962 HEREIN 1S BHRCLASSIFIED 6.0 SEP 18 194" DATE 227) BYss ema ee MT ence eget nig ee Sy RR rare re ae ere mca ieee way char me 2 = (670.