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x," ® ; TRUE COPY ) 4-23-62 Mr.J. Edgar Hoover es Dear Sir Recentely I read in the Phila Inquire some articles which made me wonder, what some of our citizens and goverment officials think of and do. First the idea of Mrs Pearl Buck to feed the starving Chinese, and our goverment giving Ethiopia a large ship and awarding to the paper spending three Million of tax payers Money to fix it up. Our goverment is handing Money to practically every ruler who asks for it. I ama World I veteran, having nine sons who were in World War II and Korea. One a pilot in the ferry command who flew all over the world and was killed allong with another pilot at Hyattsville, Md, as a result of what I beleived to be sabotage on the plane, another son was seriously wounded three times in Korea. I wrote you concerning the plane crash to you. You took the matter up with the air force and no more crashes occured. This was in 1945. I believe in doing so you saved the lives of other fliers by doing so. I write for a local county paper and the Pearl Buck request got under my skin, so I wrote the enclosed article. I have the greatest respect for you and your wonderful organization. One of your men who was stationed at State College a few years ago called on me regarding an army deserter. I told him where he could find him in another county. He got his Iam a retired Man, having a small buissness, in years gone by. If I can ever be of any assistance, in reference to any Information or otherwise, I will be glad to oblige. Yours Truly ae, 27 ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED v HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED DATE olay —BY 5S , ry a a ¥ | 4 Bite Path ates ~.- nom eter Eng were en Query fp owag tue Sct tee re te veges