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© 1b 8 Se pepmeinnen dares VER He PCO EE REN ie Z pri * , JOSEPH P. LASH - orwacrsemmmm— of Fas D Shave i- NEW YORK EN. Y. song 3 November 19,1974 Mr. Clarence M. Kelley Director, Federal Sureau of Investigation Washington, D.C. Shee terme 4 Dear Sir: I am a writer whose most recent book wag a biography of Eleanor Roosevelt, ELEANOR AND FRANKLIN. I am now at work on a book about Roosevelt and Churchill and it is in connection with that that I am addressing this query to the Bureau. pee In the biographies of John L. Lewis, the leader of the United Mine Workers » 1t is asserted that . in an interview between Lewis and Roosevelt on October 17, 1940, when the President solicited Lewis's support, —— the latter asked why the FBI was tapping his phone. K The President said that was "a damn lie," but Lewis replied that Frank Murphy, the former Attorney General, Wy . had told him, and that he, Murphy, had seen FDR's order ff to the FBI to do so. . My questions are: was there such an order from FDR? If so, did it goow out of Lewis's contacts with William Rhodes Davis, an oilman in touch with Goering who had floated a Goering peace balloon in late 1939? Your helpin establishing the historical facts ‘ Ci will be greatly appreciated. ; a Sincerely, 7 JoserH P. LAsH i —2> va 20 EAST OTH STREET . . NEW YORK, NEW YORK {10008 . by INEORMEATION CORT NNED fof DRELED