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COPIES DESTROYED \. A re s ~ RFAVT Sav py tees Ay . ac ~ . . en \ : * - ON re Federal Bureau of Investigation . yy Bnited States Bepartment of Justice “YY Lf) A 4 Mb) i As’ Springfield, Tlincis : dugu st li, 1943 . ' Director, PBI AIRMAIL SPOCTAL DELIVERY Re: JOHN L. LEWIS, etal; CIVIL RIGHTS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Dear Sire Reference {a mie ta ny telephonis senversation with Ir. WORD of the Burefu om August 11, 1345, at whieh time I inforsed hin that there was & release in the St. Louls Pest Dispatoh under date of Auguet 8, 1943, in ree gard to the ordered investigation in this matter. Te am enclosing herewith an item whieh appeared in ° Jouls bh Tia. t = wH a dated dusust a — - ily mescur iy “nu Wp 1943, + regera wu was Ba matter. It ats be noted tint Gils release carries a Springfield, Tllincis, a I d net know who mde this release. However, I received a telephonie inquiry frou thd Associated Prese in this office on the night of August 7, 1945, at whieh Sime I waa informed that an inquiry had been received from the Asscoiated Press in Springfield from a paper in 8¢. Louls desiring that the Associated Press here oontact thia effice in o to deteraine the names of the fourteen spies who allegedly worked for the Progressive Mine Workers of Ameries om a secret payroll of ‘sbi ted "ne Workers of Amerion. The Asecoiated Press representative here informed that he “mderstood fren the paper in 8%, Louis that a release in this matter bad been prepared by the Attorney Genoral. No publicity has appeared in regard te this tarerti gation inthe — Springfield papers. oo a ks I informed Mr. MUMPORD at the time of my belephonie conver sation. with hin on August 11, 19S, ao interviews have boen aoducted in this esse as yet. The exhibits wane: sted by the Dopartemt ..cteain « tremendous volume of information whieh must be thoroughly reviewed and ether files in this office me presently being revicwod for backgr: ind cata in this onse. It is ane Sielpated that the Agents ecgaged f. this conse on special at the present will dogin intarviers with the alleged epies ef the United Mine Workers by at # August 16, 1945, and that the {nvestigation will nove fF rapidly from thet point, nw > YF “ " a -