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Memorandum to Mr. Tolson fron L. B. Nichols RE: \ SECURITY MATTER - C You will recall this 'is the caae wherein there was a delay in cunducting interviews on the part of the New York office; that the intervlew v'as conducted as a part of our program whereby we seek nct to interview Hindividuals in their own homes or offices. Mrs. fidential informants as being a member of the Communist Party in 1934-42 Was reported by con- and 1944. Informants have reported she was in contact with Friends of the. Soviat Union on February 17, 194l; member of Joint Board of the Teachers. Union in 194l; member of American Association of Scientific Workers from 1941 to 1943; employed 1944, 1946 and 1947 by the Jefferson School of Social Science; that she had invoked the Fifth Amendment in appearances before the McCarthy Comnittee on May 25, 1953, and June 19, 1953; and in January, 1955,. the State Department had declined to issue a passport to her husband and her because of their refusal to furnish a non-Communist affidavit. I think the thing to do is for me to tell Levy confidentially for lis own information and guidance that there were certain matters we wanted to resolve; that we felt it inadvisable to go to oither her office or her home hecause we anticipated an antagonistic reception, so in all fairness we wanted to do what we could to resolve certain matters tf we could avoid any controversy; that since she had previously invoked the Fifth Amendment, there was not too much likelihood that she would furnish information; however, to resolve doubts, if she acted in good faith and was sincere, we thought she would take no offense if we approached her on neutral gound without advance information; that if she. declined to talk, no harm would be done and that here was another illustration that with scne people it sirnply does not pay to be polite and kind. I would like to give Levy her Conmunist Party Card #26195 in 1944; however, I think this would bo improper and would not do so.